Don't do anything different, I like it here.
I'd second that one.
My message to my younger self: don't screw it up moron, or you won't get happily married!
Ask YC: What would you tell your younger self?
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#92"Don't listen to your parents so much."
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#93Don't pretend to do, just do.
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#94I'd probably just give myself a sports betting almanac. Until you asked that question I never fully appreciated Back to the Future 2.
Offtopic, but: When Marty goes into the future they should arrive in a future where he went missing (because he's traveling through time). Hence, the whole movie makes absolutely no sense at all.
I don't remember the series clearly, but he comes back much before that future event so he is not really missing at that time.
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#95Don't worry about trying to impress people. Just work hard on things you like. Don't get into debt.
What if working hard on what I like could potentially get me into debt? Or what if I like to impress people?
I mainly mean you should avoid consumption debt-- you should avoid living beyond your means. Debt incurred as part of a project your'e working on could be ok. (Could.)
If you work hard on things you like, you will impress people.
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#96Don't worry about trying to impress people. Just work hard on things you like. Don't get into debt.
Out of curiosity (I think that's sound advice through-and-through): would you say the same thing to the dramatic socialite? Most of my friends are part of the theatre circle: for a lot of us, impressing people and seeming really cool doesn't come from a desire to be liked, but from the thrill of getting reactions from crowds. It's more the act of people who specialize in trying to handle crowd emotions. Is that a sep…
That's kind of an edge case. But even within acting there's a distinction between actually wowing audiences and trying to seem impressive. The American Repertory Theater in Cambridge is a good example of what not to do.
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#97Smoke weed, you pansy!
Smoking weed has nothing to do with courage...maybe you mean to say "resist silly laws"?
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#98Actions speak louder than words. And not just your own, but others' as well. Observe what people do, not just what they say (or write). Learn from it.
To do that, you have to participate.
Participating is challenging. Learn to stand up for yourself.
Take martial arts. Not to be a badass, but to maintain your integrity around jerks who use physical intimidation.
Actions speak louder than words. If you feel bad about what you are doing, likely it is impacting others negatively as well. (Even if it's just talking.)
We learn emotions, not just ideas. If you stay stuck in bad emotions, you will reinforce their patterns.
Two things you have in finite quantity and which, once lost, may not be recovered. Time, and your health. Guard both strenuously. I dont' mean that one should live in isolation; quite the contrary. But don't let your time and health be wasted or needlessly, stupdidly compromised.
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#99I'd probably just give myself a sports betting almanac. Until you asked that question I never fully appreciated Back to the Future 2.
Offtopic, but: When Marty goes into the future they should arrive in a future where he went missing (because he's traveling through time). Hence, the whole movie makes absolutely no sense at all.
Not necessarily, you're looking at time and dimensionality in a linear light (ba-dum-dusch!). In all seriousness, by traveling through time he could just be traveling to a parallel dimension (universe?) that has already progressed to a future time.
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#100Buy all the two-letter, three-letter and dictionary word domain names possible and retire before going to college.