What would you tell your 25 year old self?

[lissaholly]

Sept 24, 2013 13:43:13 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

STOP. EATING.

God damn!  I want to tell myself from June that once the vacation is over stop eating like you are still on vacation!  

[iamgrace]

Honestly? Not much. I'm pretty happy with all the choices I've made since then. I met H when I was 24. Maybe save more money.

[curtains]

So many mistakes... but every one of them led me to where I am now.
All I would say is to stop being so hard on yourself, everything will be ok and will get much much better. Smile more, laugh more. (Maybe then you can slow down the early onset of resting bitch face)

[discogranny]

That feeling you have is correct, see the fertility doctor now, don't waste another year.

Keep working out/eating well. You will gain the weight back if you don't.

[Deleted]

Have a baby. Have two. Your career will still be there. (LOL that everyone is thinking opposite things here).

[malibu]

Go to college. Go NOW, because trying to do it with a job, a kid, and a mortgage sucks.

Enjoy the body you have now. It's going to go to hell in a few years and you'll be working your ass off to get it back.

Stop spending so much damn money, stupid!

[aliciar6]

Dump and forget that jerk instead of taking him back and eventually getting married to him. Instead, that hot guy you keep seeing that is friends with your friend/co-worker...he's interested in you and you should dump the douche bag and go for him. Save each other a failed marriage and lots of lost $$$$ by getting together years sooner.

And you are wrong, someday you will want kids, it's just that it took meeting the right guy. And don't spend all the money you earned during deployment you'll need it just trying to get pregnant.

And you should have stuck to your instincts, you didn't want a house, you shouldn't have caved and bought one, it will cause you nothing but trouble, but I already warned you about the douche bag you won't have to worry about that now will you?

Don't go out riding to bike night with the guys in 2005, you'll end up in the hospital. And don't upgrade your boobs to a D, it makes running, which you will eventually love doing really not fun, and some of the clothes you just love and would love to wear, won't look right on you...go smaller.

[orangeblossom]

Go to nursing school and/or get your doctorate.

[Saint Monica]

Nothing bc she wouldn't listen

[joshlyman]

Get out more
Treat your anxiety - don't put it off
Put more effort into your marriage
Get tested for ADHD
Don't settle for your career

[Deleted]

Take better care of your skin. Wear sunscreen every day. It might not feel like it right now, but you *will* get old (I.e. 30). It would be nice not to look like it though

Travel, travel, travel

[mcsangel2]

Holy eff, get your ass back to college so you don't have to do it when you're 40.

[Deleted]

Not a lot.  I'm 28 and feel like I'm in a pretty good place.  But...

When you get that new job, negotiate more.  You're worth more than you think to them.  Get used to saving money now so you're not obsessing over it later.

Take your parents' offer to take the money and elope.  That $25k would have done you a lot more good in the bank.  Throw a cheap party when you get home.  You REALLY don't need more kitchen appliances.  You don't.  Stop.

[game blouses]

Don't take the job!! You won't work at the school you're interviewing for. They're going to transfer you in the middle of a Tuesday a few weeks after school ends. Working there will send you into such anxiety and depression that you seriously can't imagine ever going back to teaching. Keep the middle school job a little longer. The money's not as good but at least you have your own classroom.

[game blouses]

Also to my 17 year old self - make out with that guy. Everyone thinks you did anyway, and he really likes you. He breaks up with his girlfriend in a few weeks anyway, and then your relationship gets lost in that Should I Make a Move crap.

[bananapancakes]

Travel more!

[revolution]

Answer the phone when it rings. You will know what I am talking about when it happens. Trust.

Keep having fun and enjoying single life and little responsibility!

[SadieBear]

Go to school before you have kids. And enjoy marriage for a few years before you have kids.

[lulu13]

At 25 I had just broken up with the biggest asshole ever so I'd say "thank God he's gone and don't worry this year you'll meet the love of your life, get married and have 2 great kids."

[noodleskooze]

I am 25.

I'd go back two months to the day I found out I wouldn't be able to breastfeed and tell myself that exclusively pumping sucks and that formula is perfectly okay.

I'd ask my H and family to get more pictures of me and the baby together. He's almost three months, and I only have about 5 pictures of us together so far.

[agnes]

"In 2012 take that trip in March. You're going to change jobs in June anyways. Oh and you should take a week off in between the jobs."

Other than that, there's not much to tell since a lot of my big life moments happened prior to 25. I'm 29 now.

[Deleted]

Put dowwwwn the chicken wings before you gain 60 lbs.

[silva]

Surprisingly this was right before I met DH so from what I remember, I was happy and doing great things.

[mrsukyankee]

"You are seriously skinny. Seriously. Do not listen to your asshole fiancé as he's an asshole. And don't stop eating to try to lose even more weight. In just a few months, you will lose a lot of weight when you lose that asshole - best weight loss ever. Love who you are and enjoy being young. Oh, and don't cut off all your hair after you break the engagement...it's gorgeous and you won't be getting back at him, just causing awkward regrowth in the future."

[sandyapples]

It's going to take you a year to get pregnant.  Don't freak out, it will happen.

[Deleted]

Sept 24, 2013 13:49:54 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

Honestly? Not much. I'm pretty happy with all the choices I've made since then. I met H when I was 24. Maybe save more money.

I'm with you, including meeting my husband when I was 24!

[FastHands]

Stop spending money on birth control -- your shit don't work anyway.
Drink more wine.

[jssymom14]

Don't use that credit card like disposable income! Things can wait to be purchased and you don't have to go out with friends because you have a "real" job, it doesn't pay as much as you are thinking it does!

[Deleted]

I know what you are thinking. Don't do it. The grass isn't always greener you silly girl and you will hate yourself in 3 years if you do it.

[Deleted]

25 was a great year for me. i'd probably tell myself to stop getting so worked up because he IS the one and you WILL be happy together forevah. and also that maybe reading some horn books would facilitate the exam studying process. not "extra" reading--in lieu of reading!