I think my 16 year old self would be disappointed that I didn't already have my kids. Back then I thought the 30s were SOOoooo old and I figured I would be done with having my kids by then. Haha the joke is on me.
I think she would be proud that I made it through my schooling and ended up in a job where I protect the environment and still advocating for what is important to me.
I never thought I'd have kids. When I was really young, I was all "I'm having 8 kids!" By the time I was 16 I thought I was too selfish and had r many goals to have kids. I also didn't want to end up like my mother.
I never thought I'd have kids. When I was really young, I was all "I'm having 8 kids!" By the time I was 16 I thought I was too selfish and had r many goals to have kids. I also didn't want to end up like my mother.
I was the opposite. I always said I would have a bazillion kids. Even with my first bf who was a total screw up. Now? Maybe we'll have one. In a few years. Haha.
I think she'd find me kind of boring. lol I used to go out every night to see a friend or my boyfriend, even if it just meant going out for a coffee. Now? Forget it. I've become such a homebody.
I also think she'd find it odd that I don't have any kids yet. For some insane reason, I always had it set in my mind back then that if I had children, I wanted to be done having them before I was 30. Because when you're in your thirties, you're waaaaay too old, doncha know? Yeah right, Kid!
I knoowwwww. I kind of want one now, but alas we are working towards paying down debt and saving for a new car and being able to take some trips before we get to that point. As a side note, We just paid a huge chunk of debt off yesterday.
I also think she'd find it odd that I don't have any kids yet. For some insane reason, I always had it set in my mind back then that if I had children, I wanted to be done having them before I was 30. Because when you're in your thirties, you're waaaaay too old, doncha know? Yeah right, Kid!
That's exactly the way I thought about it back then. Ohh how naive I was at 16 years old.
I think my 16 year-old self would ve disappointed that I didn't pursue a doctoral degree, but stopped at a masters instead. I also think she (I?) would be surprised I don't have a child or own a house yet. She'd be very glad I left my HS bf in the past. And probably pleased that I still have my car from HS. Even though I thought at the time that I would keep it for 10 years and so got a sedan for future baby-hauling. lol
I do think she'd be happy to see me working in a job that makes a difference in people's lives.
My 16 year old self would be pretty stoked. I wanted to do a creative job, at the time I thought it was Graphic Design. Instead I'm an interior designer and I dabble in graphics. I've gotten to travel to a lot of foreign places. That was really important to me to see the world.
I think the surprising things would be that I am still in the South. I wanted to move to NYC or Chicago. Also that I am married. For some reason as a teen I thought I wouldn't get married, I'd live with someone but not get married.
I think 16 year old me would be pretty proud of me for the most part. But H and I should have more kids at this point, and they'd be turning 12 by now, instead of 1. If only I could have skipped all that crap in the middle. Really though, I know that all of that is what got us here, so I wouldn't change anything.