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Title pretty much says it, but let me expand. The main question is: If you could go back in your life and start again at a certain point, what point (age) would that be?

For me it's not easy, but I would say around 8 years old. I'm not saying I had a great life as a kiddo, but I can say I had a lot of fond memories around that time. I would of course have a different out look on life, but to be young and stupid again, and not have to worry about bills, I think that would be a dream.

My main thing is I kept super active from my pre-teens till around 19 or so. If I could go back to those days, I would of stuck with one of the 4 sports I played. I wouldn't have burned my arm out in travel baseball either.

Back then, everything was new. Less pessimism was around then and not everyone sounded like a sarcastic, condescending jack ass. True, no one was self aware really, just sort of freely doing whatever under the ole parental supervision. I'd redo a lot that's for sure. I'd make it up to a friend two, for being a shitty friend in my teens to them. I'd still be me of course, but I guess I just know that I miss some quality people that grew from that moment and I fell in to the Jackass crew.

Though enough about me, would you go back to a certain point in your life and live it all over from that point on? If so, what age and why?
 
Ah, a very interesting one, Tyler.

I would definitely say when I was six years old - and not because I wish to relive my joyful childhood days. I've closed my eyes so many times and wish I could go back to that one day, hoping that I didn't have the mind of a naive child and being able to resist what was happening. It took years before I was able to come to terms and recover from the nightmare, but if I can go back and change things around, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
 
If I went back in time, I'd go back to age 5.

There are so many things I wish I didn't do, and so many things that I think now I could have changed. And, it all started at a very young age. I don't want to relive it, as it was hell. I want to change it, as it would definitely impact me at this point and make many things a whole lot easier.

I just read Mits' post and I heartily agree.
 
If I could pick a time to go back to, it would probably be back to about age 9. I was a genius in school, but made some stupid decisions at home. I did some things that got me in trouble, and looking back, I realized how dumb they were.

If I didn't want to go back that far, I would jump back to the 7th grade. I got really lazy with my school work, and in the end, it cost me more than I thought it would. Looking back, I now realize how important school was, and I wish I would have done what I had to do. :sad3:
 
I would go back to six, start working on my body early and not be as shy a person as i once was. I feel that in itself could change my life for the better considerably even if the true catalyst for the break down still existed.
 
If it was to relive my life without changing it, I would go back to my carefree childhood days, pre-teen and pre-embarrassment. The days when I had a pet imaginary dragon were awesome. I also led a gang, but because for the most part we all got on so well, we didn't do anything naughty or have any real enemies. Instead, I made up fictional Bond-inspired villains and we spent our days running away from them and looking out for them, even though they didn't exist. I convinced the people in my gang that they were wearing invisible camouflage, but very dangerous. A lot of people believed me. It kept us out of trouble at least.

If I was to go back to a time in my life and change... I'd have to pick the age of about 14. The start of High School, anyway. I'd like to relive this time up to the present. The reason for this is that I've wasted much of this time not saying much to people. While most people were starting to come out of themselves and really crack on with their social lives, I went far, far into myself. I stayed in myself for a very long time, and only when I reached my early twenties did I realise that it would be a problem for other things which are much more important as well as merely social things.

It had been very painful wanting to say something to people, and liking people and respecting people, but not being able to say it, or not being able to communicate it in a way that most people would. I wasn't forgotten or ignored, though, so I'm grateful for that – though I didn’t see people in a purely social context. I was doing very well with school, and was also respected for being good at running and winning stuff. I got a bit of attention for that, but to be honest it wasn't the attention I wanted or needed, as I never knew how to deal with it. I only wanted to be able to express myself like other people could. It wasn't congratulations that I wanted, I just wanted to be able to socialise back to them instead of smiling shyly, brain frozen, and maybe able to mumble 'thank you' or 'alright, yeah' if I am lucky.

Now if I could change all of that back then, I like to think that perhaps I could have been a social Godfather today (though without the violence and the horse heads, naturally). If I had tackled myself at the point in which my self-doubt, lack of confidence and embarrassment began then it wouldn't have escalated and forged the pathways which exist in my mind today, and that would make it a lot easier for me to knock my head into shape. As it is, my mind had become very used to freezing up in the presence of most people, and it takes extreme effort to overcome that and express myself in my adult life in any form whatsoever. Oh well. Slowly improving. I'll be married by 70, etc. At least I’m not being eaten by a lion.
 
To be honest with you, I don't think I'd want to change much of my childhood. If I could choose I'd probably go back to the beginning of my year 9 at school - that's just before I turned 14 years old. Not actually that long ago for me, but I slightly regret a few of the choices going into that year and the years after. I regret a couple of the subjects I chose at GCSE and A Level and I know if I'd worked harder I could have done much better. I've had a few ups and downs over those past 4 years as well that I wish I could have avoided.

So yeah, I don't see the point in wanting to relive childhood - I had an average childhood really. Not bad, but not amazing either. I was happy, but it's not something I'm desperate to do again :hmmm:
 
I dunno, maybe the early 90's? that was some fun shit, but urgh, the joys of being a teenager would soon follow... i guess just to relive some of the fun, but get myself right back to where i am rather than reliving the whole of my life, i like my life
 
I'd like to go back to when I was six years old, just after I had my appendix removed. All of my health problems, and many of my personal issues, can be traced to that, and I'd love the opportunity to change just that one thing: to stay healthy. I doubt I'd change anything else about my life...well, I might do a couple of different A-Levels, and I'd be a bit more sociable at University. I'd enjoy life more in general, I think; I look back on things and I don't think I was anywhere near as happy as I should have been.

...not to mention I'd have the Golden Age of Pokemon to look forward to all over again, and they put Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and Thundercats on BBC2 in the morning, and Sailor Moon on ITV at the weekends. Fucking awesome telly, which I would enjoy a lot more now :ahmed:
 
I have humiliated myself, embarrassed myself beyond belief, had the shit kicked out of me, ruined friendships, fell in with awful human beings, being rejected by important women in my life, vomited up part of my stomach lining on my runners, been suspended, and laughed at by an entire school. I would not change my life though, not one bit. The person I am now rather likes himself, and all those experiences crafted this handsome fellow.

Sometimes I think about one person I would love to go back and beat to a pulp, but that wouldn't help anything
 
:hmmm: Hard one to answer. If I had a time Machine I would go back to 13 years old. I had a shit time in Primary school but I would be too young to know what to change.

At 13 I would change the friends I picked, worked harder through high school and I would have found myself earlier. I think I was a very lazy teenager and I would never be like that again if I had a chance to do it all again.
 
I'd want to go back to my childhood, any normal person in the world would; young, happy, blissfully unaware of the bad things going on around you; only that's not how my childhood was, in all honestly, though I won't go into that...so I'd probably go back to about 5 years ago when my life started to get more difficult and talk to my family more and enjoy life then because it only gets worse and it did.

On a somewhat more lighthearted matter ; I'd go back 7 years and prepare my 9yr old self not to get too attached to my cat Salem, because crazy ass neighbors would shoot him and eventually run him over; I cried for a day straight. >.>
 
Meh I'd only go back to 1 certain spot in time for me...

when I was 10 years old to give my Cousin Micheal a proper goodbye before Cancer Took his life,Id be satisfied if I could just get that small window of time back..

He was like a Older Brother to me and I'd give anything to go back and say goodbye instead of being scared and hiding behind my mother..
 
ill keep mine simple. id like to go back 11 months and date the other girl that wanted me and see how that would go instead of this 6month relationshit im in.
 
If I had a time machine then I would most likely choose to go back to age 6 strictly to meet my best friend I made in second grade. I actually had a good chance of keeping in touch with her a year after but I never did, and I used to think about her alot since she was like a sister to me, hate I cant see her again.
 
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