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.