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The Adme project once asked its Facebook followers a question: “If you could call into the past when you were 20 and you had 30 seconds, what would you say to yourself?” For a couple of days, the post received more than 1000 comments, and their number continues to grow. We have collected the most interesting ones for you.
In fact, in the post itself, a link was published to an article about what you need to start doing at 20 in order to live happily ever after at 30. Among the 12 points were tips to learn languages, improve memory, negotiate, play sports, use the brain to the maximum, not be nervous, not forget loved ones and others. But, as often happens with social networks, not all users went to read the article, preferring to give their answers. They can be divided into several groups.
“Buy bitcoins”
“There is no time to explain, listen and remember: when you know what “bitcoin” is, put everything you can into it! Bye!”
“Buy dollars, then sell high dollars and stocks and buy an apartment in a major city. You will do the rest right. Life is good.”
“Buy 1000 bucks worth of bitcoins and you would be a billionaire now.”
“European Football Championship 2004: bet everything on the victory of the Greek team! And buy Apple stock.
“Convert the scholarship to bitcoins.”
“Find Zuckerberg and sponsor Facebook.”
“Don’t Marry Him”
“Don’t get married! Run abroad!
“Don’t waste your money and time on idiots and gigolos, better travel.”
“Break up with that idiot and take care of yourself.”
“Don’t marry her!”
“Do not register your husband in an apartment.”
“Do not marry N and do not give birth to him!”
“Quit smoking and your husband…”
“Run away from him without looking back.”
“Don’t marry a poor loser.”
“Be sure to draw up a marriage contract!”
“Get rid of the person who is ruining your life and your future.”
“Avoid idlers, spineless, amoebas. Find a caring, good guy with education and housing, from a good family. Give birth before 30!
“Learn language!”
“Learn languages, baby! This will give you the freedom to choose a job and a place to live. Learn to knit, sew and embroider – handmade will become a fashionable and expensive pleasure.
“Learn the language, learn the language! You learn – leave!
“Learn English, idiot!”
“Choose Spanish or Portuguese as your second language, not Chinese! Your husband will be Brazilian!”
“Do what you want, but by the time you graduate, you MUST be fluent in English.”
“Believe in yourself”
“Dear girl, stop worrying about trifles. And trifles are practically all your “stresses”.
“Don’t worry about what anyone thinks of you – it doesn’t matter at all.”
“Do not be afraid of anything! Forward!”
“Don’t deviate from your path, you are going in the right direction.”
“Your great happiness is ahead of you, manage to wait.”
“Don’t even start smoking!”
“Listen to your intuition and react faster!”
“Develop! Start running!”
“Change the way you treat people”
“People who betrayed you or framed you once, farewell and say goodbye to them forever! No need to analyze and try to understand them!”
“Don’t waste a second on people who don’t need you!”
“Forget the words: decency, compassion.”
“Get your mom an MRI of the brain.”
“Learn all about autism to help your son.”
“Spend more time with your daughter, you won’t earn all the money, and children grow up very quickly!”
“Learn! Be prudent! Don’t trust people!”
“Don’t you dare say goodbye to her…”
“Get your mom and drag her to the hospital. You can still make it”
“You have no obligation to anyone! There is only you and your life – the one and only! So live!”
“Tell your dad that you love him.”
“Be careful and kind. Time can not be returned!”
Other
“It doesn’t matter what you choose: study, family or work, it is important to do it to the maximum. To close at least some niche by 30. So that you have something completed: a family, an excellent education, or a cool position. Then at 30 there will be time for the other two branches that remain unfinished. Unfinished studies, an unfinished career, a complete fiasco with your personal life – these are good reasons to panic at 30.
“Better think about the choice of profession and places of work, if only because you are capable of more than you think. And because stupid likes and dislikes are not always the best in this choice. It is more useful to think about the prospects.
“Save dollars and buy real estate. Don’t study so much, it doesn’t matter. Don’t go over the suitors, Stasik is not plump and bald, he is a millionaire!”
“Get the Spanish grapes out of your summer kitchen and into the heat. On December 28, it will be -20 at night. Then, perhaps, it would not have been necessary to close the first business. ”
“All your dreams will come true, but you will not be happy. The idea of dedicating your life to helping animals is much cooler, start there.”
“This guy is a wonderful husband. Don’t quit business. Don’t waste dollars. Have children. Don’t buy too many things. Enjoy your life”.
“Less ambition, more responsibility.”
“Defend your dissertation.”
“Don’t leave the system. Make the most of it.”
“If you meet Shurik, marry him and, no matter what happens, don’t get divorced!”
“Stop thinking about looks, you are already beautiful!”
“You can hang out every two days, not all the time.”
“Don’t stop the terminator from taking out John Connor!”
However, not everyone wants to change something in their lives.
“I’m afraid that such a call will lead to a “butterfly effect”: everything will change then. And then I will not have this wonderful family. Not! If I were offered to call into the past for 30 seconds, I would ask them to replace them with a dream – this is definitely not enough now!
“Don’t change anything in your life, let it go as it goes.”
“At 20, I wouldn’t listen to anyone, not even myself from the future. And she would have done the right thing – life is good because it is unique.
“But I don’t feel like calling – I don’t regret anything and would have lived everything in the same way, along with mistakes, tears, despair and happiness!”
“Never mind. Sense something. We never listen to those around us, but here it is not clear who we will hear from the telephone receiver. Yeah…”
And what would you answer to this question? Write in the comments.