[quote name='The Mana Knight']I really shouldn't say this, because this will just lead to people making fun of me again, but I'm going to be 100% honest here.
-Getting a driver's license. Getting it while you're 16-18 is much easier than your 20's. When you're young, you really want freedom now, more energetic and willing to take risks, along with less experience (when you hear about friends getting into series wrecks around your age, or even being in an accident yourself, it makes wanting a license go down). When you get older, too many other things on your mind, not as energetic about wanting freedom (because you'll pretty much get it when you go away to college), and so on, it just gets way harder. My recommendation would be to learn to drive as soon as you can, but please be responsible and not do stupid stuff like some Teen Driver's do.
-Not doing more with my true friends over the years. I constantly hung out with people who were the wrong people to hang out with. They made fun of me for racial stuff, gave me a hard time over stuff, and so on, but I continued staying close with them. It only made me dislike people more. If I were to spend more time with a few people I knew, who didn't make fun of me, probably had more similar interests as me, I would have been better off. Part of it had to do with, just wanting to hang with the popular folks. My recommendation is, hang with people who are nice to you, share the most interests with you, regardless if they are popular or not. You'll be happier that way.
-Not asking out a girl at another H.S., who I'd see at every football game. She was the girl I really wanted and by the way she looked, she was the girl I really wanted. I knew her name and everything, but never had the courage to ask her out. I missed the opportunity 4 times. My recommendation is to ask a girl out, regardless of how tough it is.
-Spending tons of money on video games and having a collection of over 600 games I one point. I use to think competiting for the biggest game collection along with having a crapload of games would make me happy, but it ended up depressing me more. That's why I've sold off a ton of games. Feel better now, but would still like to get rid of more. My recommendation is only buy what you have time to play, unless you're very rich and buying many games won't put any dent in your income.
-Kind of regret not changing my major earlier to something computer programming related (instead of Electrical Engineer). I like electronics, but I prefer computer programming. However, at the time I chose my major, I never had any computer programming and never thought I'd like it. As a recommendation, try a little of everything early on, to see what you like.
-Kind of regret choosing summer school over summer interns. Interns give you more work experience along with better confidence in the work environment. Summer school might get you ahead class wise, but put you behind in the workforce IMO.[/QUOTE]
Wow, we have a lot in common. That's freaking scary.
Top regrets:
1) Not being more active in life.
2) Unhealthy Addiction to Games.
3) Going to my old HS, instead of the one I was supposed to.
4) Giving up on my original goal of writing.
5) Being extremely reclusive in my childhood
6) Falling in love with a alcoholic whore.
7) Giving up on the other girl I had strong feelings for.
Lots of regrets, and I constantly think about them. I'm trying to learn to put all that behind me. The past is the past, etc etc.
up quite a lot of things in my life from now until when I die. I'm going to end up regretting a lot of things.
