Hindsight is the Best Sight

You know what is coming up? 2020. I’m calling it the hindsight year, but instead of using the year as a reflection, I want to use it as a clean slate. I want to reflect on everything I’ve done in the last 33 years and use 2020 to move forward. So I wanted to take a moment and write all the things I wish I had known, things I’m going to carry with me moving forward. Some of these are funny, some are super real…take it all with a grain of salt.

• People that judge others in front of you are also judging you.
• Money comes and goes.
• 95% of the things you worry about aren’t actually going to occur.
• Having conversations with yourself in the shower concerning said anxiety inducing things is still helpful.
• Don’t be too prideful to go on unemployment.
• Invest in gold when you were told to.
• Don’t marry that guy.
• Don’t marry that guy either.
• Run away from that guy too.
• Punch that guy in the balls.
• Join the Air Force instead of the Navy.
• Don’t adopt that dog, she’s insane.
• That guy is married, he’s totally lying to you.
• Wear more slutty clothes.
• Don’t let that guy tattoo you.
• Don’t get that stupid Superman tattoo. Good lord, you idiot.
• He doesn’t really mean it when he says he wants an open relationship.
• Skip Romania.
• Don’t end your trip for him.
• Don’t cancel that Galapagos trip, you dummy.
• Start saving $50 a week when you were 20.
• Eat more gluten.
• Eat more dairy.
• Eat more potatoes.
• Maybe travel less, therapy more?
• Pick a practical degree, you derp. Everyone wants to do advertising now.
• Don’t crash that car.
• Please don’t crash that one either.
• Be a better driver.
• Stop talking to your dad, he’s manipulating you.
• Eat more Waffle House, you’ll miss it when it’s gone.
• Eat more Dippin’ Dots.
• Stop counting calories.
• Stop working out every day, everything hurts now.
• Move on and stop looking backwards.