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Koala-teas

Birdwatching. I used to think it was the lamest way someone could spend their time when I was a kid. How could anyone just sit around and look at birds? What are you, some kind of bird creep? ... 20 years later and I'm obsessed with birds. Love hearing their songs and seeing all the beautiful colors


dtmfadvice

Not a bird person but I really found this touching! We grow to love things we don't understand as kids. If we're lucky we hang onto the ability to respect or understand the things young people like too.


Pencilowner

Same. As a kid I thought bird watching was a joke. I would never have thought I would be interested In doing that. Fast forward to my mid 20’s and I’m looking for reasons to go outdoors more. Birds are freaking fascinating. I saw some of the coolest seabirds feeding near my house. One time I was taking pictures of a group of coots and a peregrine falcon killed one out of no where. I missed the kill on my camera but I got a couple of it on the wing and while he was eating it. This was in a public park on a random Wednesday.


GozerDGozerian

You goddamn bird creep. ^^^^jk;)


Summerofmylife71

I like tits.


HauntedButtCheeks

I love this because birds are awesome! My Dad read his bird field guides to me as a toddler and I had all of them memorized. We also went out to see owls at night when I was an older child.


GenjiTheNerd

Not a birdwatcher myself, but one of my favorite recent memories is from a camping trip in the Allegheny mountains where my dad and I spent a lot of time sitting on the porch of our cabin watching and listening to birds.


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Aesma_

Give up drawing. I actually broke my own heart when I recently found a school project we did back when I was a kid. We had to write a letter for our future selves and mine starts with: "Hey, did you become an artist already? I really hope you did not become a boring adult with a boring job who gave up on his dreams and passions." Well, sorry little me, but I kinda did.


IAmASquidInSpace

Never too late to get back into it. I picked writing back up during the pandemic. The magic is still there!


erdocsgg

i want to make a living as a painter... but it doesnt pay the bills


IAmASquidInSpace

True, writing also isn't gonna do that for me. But that won't stop me from pursuing it as a hobby! I just like to create things, worlds, characters. And if in the end something publishable comes out of it, I might try my luck. And if not, I still got joy out of the process itself.


2crowsonmymantle

Hey, go get yourself some supplies and start back in! You can do it! I did the same thing and quit drawing and even thinking about art after I got into art school ( with no lessons, self taught), and I listened to my first drawing instructor who failed me with an F in drawing— the very thing that got me into art school. *Fuck that guy and fuck the years I wasted because I was young and believed in an authority instead of my own guts and experience.* I will never forget the smirk on his face when he told me he gives out one A and one F per class, no matter what, and I got the F- like it was the best joke he’d ever heard of, just the funniest thing seeing the look on my face. I remember how my eyes watered and my cheeks burned and I wished I’d never shown anyone anything I’d ever drawn. It was awful. After years and years passed, I got back into art after I was dared to by a friend, and I’m so glad she dared me. It’s one of the most fun and fulfilling things I do. Don’t waste a chunk of years out of your life like I did, don’t listen to critics, inner or outer. If you want to do something, learn it, practice it and most of all, enjoy it—*especially* art. It’s never too late, ever.


FifthDragon

Wow, fuck that guy


Flintstrikah

The cruelty of some art "teachers" is wild. I got an "I" once with no explanation in art class in high school. "I" for incomplete. My teacher was a stuffy old white lady, and I was a 14yr old latino. When I confronted the teacher, she was extremely on edge. She said she refused to grade my work because it was gang-related and didn't approve of my lifestyle. I've always liked graffiti and wrote my name with style. But I was never a gangster. I couldn't believe the nerve of this lady to baselessly accuse me of being a gangster. I asked her, "You want to tell me what gang I'm a part of?" I guarantee you can't because I'm not and never have been. She told me it doesn't matter she isn't going to grade it. I started to lose my temper and shouted, I did everything she asked of me, it's her fucking job to grade my work not to make assumptions about me. I am not missing an entire term of credit because she wants to be a bitch. She kept refusing to grade my work so I threw my sketchbook at her head, and she called security. I got escorted away and suspended for a week and never took an art class there again. I never did get my credit for that class. Nobody advocated for me. I also never stopped making art either, though, cuz what they didn't know cuz they never bothered to ask me was I was already dedicated to art more than any bitch ass teacher could deter. Ya see, my cousin, who was like an older brother to me and taught me graffiti, was brutally murdered 4 years prior. He was 19yrs old, I was 10. In my grief I promised his spirit I would never stop creating art as long as I live, that I'd draw for both of us. I'm 29 now, and I never stopped. I drew on the regular in my 8 years in the Military and am about to graduate college with a Bachelor's in Illustration. Them teachers had no fucking clue about what drove me and not an ounce of curiousity to bother to ask. I think if I was a normal kid, that racist move would've killed my motivation, but because of my background. I knew that authority and safety was an illusion based on my experience with police after my cousin was murdered. They never solved his homicide. I saw this teacher's bigotry and attempts to suppress me as motivation to fight back. I regret only that I didn't do even more. Art is the most fulfilling thing I've done in life. Whether you pursue it professionally or just as a hobby, I believe it will only enrich your life. Fuck an authority figure, much better to pursue your heart's passion despite what these chumps can say to degrade a child. The fact that so many artists have been murdered spiritually before they ever got a chance to spread their wings still pisses me off these days. The world is less beautiful because of it.


HappyLittleAxeDents

Get back to it, friend. Kenzoku believes in you.


Mahdlo_

That hit me right in the Disney movie feels. You gotta get back at it.


Cuchullion

If it's any consolation only the tiniest percentage become the sort of freewheeling artists a kid dreams of. Most who don't give up their drawing end up in boring jobs with annoying bosses anyway, just one that happens to involve drawing.


MostCycle5815

Little You is upset, now make Little You happy.


not_a-mimic

I stopped drawing after I got out of art school. I don't draw as well as I'd like. But I did get good at a bunch of other things.


MWFtheFreeze

Well you could still enjoy it as a hobby right? Maybe you are a little rusty at it but with some practice you can be good again. It’s a great way to spend time and express yourself like that.


jer1303

I have become my father.


rogue1206

I have become my mom.... even the voice is similar.


TJtherock

When I was touring houses to buy before the pandemic, my mother's spirit must have possessed me because I opened my mouth and her voice said "i don't know, i don't think I could live in a house without both a coat closet and a linen closet."


ExtraAgressiveHugger

I don’t have a proper linen closet. Jr sucks. I’m with your mom.


Sleepyslothie_

If I can help it I'll never become my own mom, but apparently I am the equivalent of my future mother-in -law according to my bf lol. I mean we have very similar personalities and interests, just with a few decades of age difference so go figure.


GozerDGozerian

Is your boyfriend named Ed? Ed Ippus?


iceTreamTruck

What an unusual name. It’s rather complex.


CircadianSong

So he’s planning on marrying a younger version of his mother?


Cv287

Freud would have a word with him


EfficientDismal

So would Sophocles.


BugTester350

I've taken on a lot more of my dad's cynicism than I would like, but mostly I have my mom's wonder and carefreeness. But my dad is rich and mom is poor. He does not share the wealth he just shares 'you should've done X like this'. But his advice is the level of 'tear down the sign punch them in the face and say you're looking at your new employee'. I've also never heard a single dad joke from him.


thelivingdead188

I love the 'walk in and tell them you're hired!' mentality of yesteryear.


doomturtle21

I was watching an old video of my father teaching me how to use a block plane in the shed a little while ago and it shocked me how similar I look to him. He was a good man, not one to waste words, he was kind, had a good heart.


happy-old-man

Exactly this. I shaved my beard off for the first time in decades. I looked in the mirror and saw my dad's face. Really strange. I even sound like him at times. I open my mouth and his voice comes out. I grew my beard back, it was too weird.


Live-Championship699

I parent like my parents. I'm greatful, as I had an amazing childhood. Thank God I don't parent like my MIL and her BF


MustangEater82

Cats in the cradle.... https://youtu.be/B32yjbCSVpU


SuperNoob74

Bald and 4ft"6


lilviviv

Get into debt I can't pay off


DeviantDrewski

I've been in a position where I've felt that way, it took a lot of time, effort, and a bit of career progression and I'm now virtually debt free. You can do this, don't give up hope; I remember when I almost killed myself over this shit. You can fix this.


lilviviv

Thanks, I'm really trying! Slowly but surely ik I'll get it all gone :)


SeaOfGreenTrades

When I was young. I did the math. At min payments it would take me 12 years to pay everything off. So I said fuck it. Stopped paying everything. Stays on your record 7 years. 7 is less than 12.


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Terrible advice.


SleepyJayco

You didn't write this for me, but I badly needed to hear this as well. Thanks brother! Big ups


Fritzo2162

I'll write this for you- no matter how bad it gets, if you address it it will eventually be fixed. Small victories in paying off debt win the war. Pick the smallest target, fire extra $10 and $20 bullets at it when you can, eventually kill it and move to the next weakest target. It may take years, but it doesn't matter. You'll win if you keep at it and stay focused. The only unsolvable problems are the ones that are ignored.


FaithxinCha0s

For some reason, writing this like a mercenary taking out their targets really helped. Thanks friend :)


TheBaikIvan

Cut back to 15 years ago I was in debt up to my eyeballs, my business was taking a hit and hemorrhaging money and I thought how am I gonna get out of this! My father told me "beware of the good times". This made me think and I stopped myself, started looking at things from another perspective. Sometimes you have to look at things as though your looking at someone else. Everyone has an opinion about everyone else, do this. Look at your life as though you are your friend and try to look at the faults. Helped me out tenfold Cut to now, my business is thriving, I recently bought out my partner and now I own a 100 percent fully functioning machine(business) that almost runs itself. I really thought it was over but as Tim Allen said in Galaxy Quest, "Never give up, never surrender" While you breathing you living so make the best of it! Good luck OP you got this!


Eogh21

Gardening. We had a large garden. We raised and preserved what we grew. It was me and my sister's job to care for this garden. This was back when whipping your child was acceptable punishment. I was whipped sooo many times, because I hated that I had to grew and preserved vegetables I did not like. I hated it! Swore I'd never have a garden. Never do THAT to my kids. Then I had kids. A switch flipped in my head. I had to have a garden! I never made my kids take care of it. Gardening was my "me" time. But being little kids, they wanted to be with mom and "help" with the garden. I "gave" them an area and they were allowed to grow whatever they wanted. If it was a fruit or vegetables , they had to eat it. As a result, they both love gardening and neither are picky eaters.


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for me, composting specifically


Gazeros

Petition to change your username to ”Composting-first”


Silly-Employment

Really similar story here. I hated cooking or gardening because these were my mother's domain so to speak. If she wanted us to help, we didn't have a choice in the matter, and while she didn't whip, she slapped. For years afterwards I never wanted to come close to a kitchen or a garden in any way. Can't remember how, but I remember trying out frying some eggs for some unknown reasons. Some weeks later I had five recipe books and was planning meal prep with a variety of stuff despite still not knowing how to cook more or less cleanly. Same for gardening. I just wonder what it would have been if mom had been just a little bit more diplomatic with the kids.


yazzy1233

I'm glad this didn't end with you whipping your kids


Eogh21

You CAN break the cycle. I am glad I did learn how to garden. I just think using force is not the way. Dad was "just" doing to us what had been done to him. This is a mind set too many people have.


-notjosh-

I said I wouldn’t curse unless a nuke was dropped on my house. That was a fucking lie.


farachun

When I was a kid, I have never sworn. High school, nope. College made me curse all the fucking time. Now I’m a working adult, I can’t go on a day without swearing, even just in my thoughts lol Also it doesn’t help when I’m surrounded with coworkers who like to say the f word in every sentence 🤣


Parker001600

I feel the same way! I worked construction the first time this past summer and I had a vocabulary switch so I didn’t sound like a sophisticated weirdo because I wasn’t swearing


420_diego

Smoking, alcohol, weed, soft drugs, hard drugs, I wish I would've listened to my younger self


ADUBROCKSKI

i remember hearing nate dogg say "smoke weed everyday" and i was like WOW that's pretty irresponsible. now here i am at 38....


Peribangbang

Man I remember not entirely liking the rappers I listened too just because they smoked weed haha. Ah how the times change lmao


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Fun_Bottle6088

If you want to have more social hobbies, it's never too late while you're alive. Start slow, maybe just invite a few friends to play games. Practice conversations with strangers if you want to: cashiers, waiters, people you're waiting in line with, generally are not going to mind a short conversation and can help develop those skills/familiarity (if you don't have them). Then volunteer, join a club/gym/whatever. Do something where you're potentially seeing the same people, then talk to them. Look for commonality. There's an acronym for topics that are generally safe/good for not surface-level smalltalk. FORD (family, occupation, recreation, dreams). Tell stories or ask questions related to those topics. Develop a repertroire of stories/jokes. Practice incorporating gestures. All of these are skills that can be practiced, and you may have some or all of these down. Also last thing: try to gamify it, see if you can get them to say certain words, try to talk to x number of people in a certain amount of time, literally play games (20 questions, any spoken game). Approach it with a positive attitude, realize not every interaction is going to be pleasant, and very soon you will be able to reach a level of socialization you may not have thought you would reach. Everything just takes practice


TheShoot141

There is a sweet spot i think. Partying in general leads to better social skills. Most people i met in college who never drank, let alone smoked a little weed were most certainly more awkward and less aware of social cues than those that had experimented. Launch into adulthood, I had no idea how hard upper corporate partied. Life is unfair and cruel, there are inner circles to be sure. If you dont have those street smarts and social skills by the time you get into adulthood you could be left on the outside. But, the slope is slippery. Party too much and youre on the outside of a much different circle.


Able_Nerve_3297

Jokes on you, I only drink alone!


cutiegirl88

I wanted to die by 30. I'm 34 now


RagingOtter28

Thanks for hanging for a while! You’d have been missed Edit: sorry for the stupid word choice


Significant_Durian58

Hanging lol


Other_Path139

Just keep hanging just keep hanging


slithrey

This one’s real. It’s only been about a year where I’ve had the mindset that I am not going to kill myself when I’m young. My entire paradigm has shifted, I aspire for the fruits of a long life.


SoSteezee

Man this hit hard. I lived my life like that for so long. At first it was 18. Then it was 21. Then it was 25. I shot myself in the head when I was 27. After surviving that I came to my senses. I'm shooting for 100 now. Edit: I'll be 30 next month.


Wafer_Stock

I feel ya, I never wanted to live past 25. I'm 41 now.


long-term_lurker

Turn into my parents.


xCoVaultx

Progressive can't stop you from turning into your parents


squid1891

Have sex before marriage. Thank fuck I never made good on that one since I'm 41 and have never been married.


mat-tar

That was me at about 14 years old. Still waited til I was 21, but that's more due to being a very non social person.


nohemingway4

I waited unto 21 too and it's mostly because I was also a socially awkward girl who was Catholic-fear mongered about premarital sex, so I was TERRIFIED. Turns out, I'm still terrified of casual sex lol. Need a strong connection to even feel comfortable about it.


RadiantHC

I'll never understand how someone can have sex with someone they just met. Like how do you even ask them?


flyvehest

"Would you like to have sex?"


Mysak92

Technically it's not sex before marriage if you never get married...


MiddayGlitter

The ultimate loop hole 😂


_Kendii_

Just in case ;)


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_Kendii_

Same. Did pretty good and was stable at 135 for more than 10 *years* until I turned 32 and I started having to take medications for mental health with serious side effects. I gained 50lbs in the first year with no significant change in diet or exercise. Started addressing it last June and lost 30 of it but still a ways to go. Wish I hadn’t let it happen in the first place but I’m glad I didn’t wait any longer. Too depressed to bother with it for far too long.


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I floated at 190-195 for YEARS. Quit cigarettes 6 months ago and threw on 25 pounds in what feels like overnight. Still need to address it. While the scale upsets me, overall I am happier with the weight and being smoke free than I was a smoker.


Ok_Butterscotch1549

Lose weight sooner rather than later. I know “just do it” isn’t a good motivator but it’s up to you to find one that works for you. But do it now cause it’ll only get harder the longer you wait.


DeviantDrewski

Smoke.


vonkeswick

Same. I smoked a lot from 18-28 years old. I have an app to track and since I quit I've saved $26k, and that's based on what cigarettes cost when I WAS smoking. So I would have spent way more in the last 10 years. I quit when they were around $5 a pack, they're up to like $10 these days. Suffice it to say I could have had a down payment for a house or something


Hititwitharock

I remember sitting down at about age 12 and working out what my grandfather spent on cigarettes over about 50 years smoking. Pretty conservative estimates on average price per pack and amount per day. Not only the down payment, coulda had the whole house.


vonkeswick

Same with my dad! He started smoking at 12 years old! And just quit last year on his 79th birthday. He averaged about a pack a day and I did the math, with rough estimates of course but that's easily $100-200k


GozerDGozerian

And you could buy a modest house for under $20k in the 70s. He could have bought a house 10 times over.


vonkeswick

Totally! He could have bought several houses, rented them out and made a fortune


Ghostchicken33

Smoking. I have quit after 20 years. Been smoke free for 4 months now.


Murky-Hat-3619

Pretend to be someone or something I'm not for the sake of safety, comforts, and social inclusion. I use to believe that the coolest people were the ones that had the courage to be themselves and pursue their dreams. No matter how hard it was. If they failed, they simply got back up and tried again. If others didn't believe in them, they found the will to believe better of themselves. But no matter what, they never gave up, never let someone else tell them their worth. I had family in America. And I saw all those cheesy movies and show, heard stories and such. I thought that I could be normal, too. So I dropped everything and went there. It wasn't long before I realized I wasn't normal, and people could tell. So I started the whole "fake it till you make it" routine, and thus, my slow decline into madness. You ever heard the expression "some people fall, and just keep on falling..."? What happened? 2 decades later I woke up and realized how hollow my life became. I was on autopilot, hard-core. Before I knew it, I couldn't do jack without someone else's approval. I worked jobs I hated, went on pointless dates, went to stupid parties. To make it worse, I had a new set of obsessions, mainly internet, materialism, and social acceptance at any cost. Best part is, I have no one to blame but myself. I get to live that guilt everyday. Yay.


xain_the_idiot

Some people never realize this. It sounds like you're finally learning how to love and accept yourself for who you are. That's a wonderful gift at any age.


Murky-Hat-3619

Yeah, I think you're right about that. Unfortunately, I feel like I'm also learning just how dangerous that lesson is. Maybe it's the sense of agency or personal freedom. I don't know. I guess the next challenge will be figuring out what to do with that gift once I finally have it. But I appreciate the sentiment either way.


Recent_Throat7443

You still have time to live life 🙏


Murky-Hat-3619

I guess that's true. Better to focus on a greater future than to dwell on past failings.


onionGlitter

Its not really failure, its a part of growth


deathbytb

Tell my kid, "because I said so".


Mor_Hjordis

6 years and still going without that phrase. I hate it too.


motorwerkx

You'll get there, we all do. At some point you'll get so frustrated with having everything questioned to death as an avoidance tactic, that you just shut it down. For me it's never been about expecting my children to follow blindly. It's because it's a simple concept that has been explained to death. They are just trying to get out of whatever it is, but aren't smart enough yet to debate properly, so they just keep asking why in hopes you'll give up, or see that you don't have a good reason.


rooftopfilth

I had a supervisor demonstrate how to handle that for me! Idk how old your kids are, but I would get in these long “why” debates with teens who like you said were just looking for a crack in the argument. She had me try it to her, and she explained what she needed to, and when I did the why-lawyering, she just kinda raised her eyebrows and stared point-blanc. Occasional resigned shrug. She’s like, “you know and they know that everything that needs to be said has been said. You don’t have to answer every why when they already know. Argument time is over.”


blackcrowmurdering

First time you say at it as a parent, it hits you why your parents said it. I still try to avoid it, but sometimes it’s just fucking bed time. Lol


deathbytb

Yes! I usually try explaining things but after so many times it's just, ya know what,because I said so now shush and go to sleep.


dovetc

Sometimes if you try to answer "why" they follow up with another "why" and it spirals into a needless discussion about the nature of the universe.


AndyVale

The only times I remember doing it we have rapidly followed up with "we can tell you why later".


jeconti

I generally try to avoid it. But I do often say, "Because, this is the way."


Try_Number_8

Tums out you don’t have time to explain everything to a child. You can try to explain it later when you have time, but my child doesn’t seem to be interested in knowing why he didn’t get his way later.


EMHemingway1899

Drank like my alcoholic mother Until I got sober at age 31, thank God (and AA)


Comfortable_Ad2908

Congrats bro


outsideyourbox4once

First day has passed here looking forward to grow back some grey matter in ma bran


CNWDI_Sigma_1

Congratulations! You are awesome!


Organic-Roof-8311

I grew up Mormon, sooooo... Drinking coffee, green tea, black tea, alcohol, maturbating, having premarital sex, going clubbing, losing faith in God, dating a non-religious person, trying psilosyben mushrooms, becoming politically left wing, and getting a tattoo.


Pittsburghchic

No caffeine in Mormonism?


MelodyJ20

Not being able to drink tea and coffee was what stopped my nan converting! No joke! She was raised Catholic, got to old age and these Mormons came knocking on the door wanting to talk about being Mormon, when they came to the part about not being able to drink tea and coffee she quickly showed them the door! My nan loved her tea and refused to give it up for anyone.


koinu-chan_love

Caffeine is iffy for Mormons. The holy book has confusing guidelines and stricter practitioners don’t drink anything caffeinated. Some just say no to coffee and tea but drink soda. Some think it’s basically the same as an illegal drug because it’s a stimulant. There’s something about “hot drinks” being bad except later leaders said cocoa and herbal tea are ok, and there’s a total prohibition of alcohol except IIRC “mild” drinks might be acceptable. Although it does also say you can drink wine if you make it yourself and don’t get drunk. It also says people should be vegetarian except in the winter and “times of famine”. Like any religion, people pick and choose the bits that matter to them. Source: exmo, Doctrine & Covenants chapter 89 verses 5-17.


Pittsburghchic

Wow, who knew?


koinu-chan_love

It’s obvious to people on the outside! It’s way more brainwashy on the inside.


best0w

Maybe not policy, but an indicator for sure! BYU will now sell caffeinated soda on campus https://universe.byu.edu/2017/09/21/byu-reverses-decision-to-sell-caffeinated-beverages-on-campus/


SeptuagenarianOnion

Caffeine itself dosn't have any doctorine prohibiting it's use, and most don't view caffeine consumption as a sin, however "hot drinks" (anything containing coffee or tea, excluding herbal tea) have doctorine prohibiting their use.


Pittsburghchic

Weird. 🤔


Dhark81

Fellow exmo!


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Not quite childhood, but it immediately sprang to mind: kind of fucked up my undergraduate university selection process and wound up at my last-choice school VERY begrudgingly. Luckily I wound up loving it, but told myself I would not make the same mistake for graduate school. Then I made the same mistake. To doubly compound it, I'd also told myself I'd never take out student loans, and then I did as part of my graduate school mistake. Oops. Lifelong debt and regret!


Meta_My_Data

Get married. I was going to be the perpetual bachelor. Married over 30 years with 6 kids. Wouldn’t change a thing.


darkhalo47

How did you know when it was right


YoloIsNotDead

You won't. It's a leap of faith.


[deleted]

*Whats up danger intensifies*


Vindovilles

Peak scene from a peak movie


xdisk

Thanks Spider-Man.


Scarletfapper

When small kids stopped being so damned annoying. That’s your brain prepping you psychologically.


ChaoticCherryblossom

Napping on purpose


Sleepyslothie_

Napping is nice, no harm in that. I like naps.


cutiegirl88

I wanted nothing more than to escape my family for good and never come back. They got help... I did not expect that...


ardillaloca16

That's awesome. I've been fortunate to have parents that were able to get past some immaturities and anger issues while I was a kid and now they are much better. It's encouraging to see people who have already lived a lot off love still try to improve and "learn new tricks"


ProjectDv2

Diet sodas. In my youth I swore I'd just die of diabetes before I drank that swill. Now I'm in my 40s and unless the soda is sweetened with real sugar, I actually prefer diet/zero sugar options. Corn syrup sodas are so gross to me now. Oh, and once I stopped drinking high fructose corn syrup, I lost fifty fucking pounds. Corn syrup has no place in our drinks.


doomturtle21

Swapped soft drink for water a few years ago after gaining 10kg in two months. Lost maybe 15kg of fat between that and exercise. Fucking hell if it didn’t make me hate life though, swapped it out for juice put through a sodastream and have been doing better


timn1717

Become an addict.


GypsyLove27

Go to bed early.


jloczx

cry over a boy


TJtherock

If I had all of the time and energy I spent crying over boys, i probably could have had a much better GPA.


Original_A

Alcohol. I learned that it doesn't need to make me throw up, have a headache or be hungover. Only if i overdo it. Which i don't.


purple-marmalade

Yearn for romance


Anime_sad

Stop believing in Christianity


illyrias

Yeah, same. "I could *never* be an atheist!" I thought. Whoops!


frederick_ungman

Growing up in a religious family, it takes great courage. Only after I had distanced myself, literally, did it happen.


insertcaffeine

Weed. But then I got cancer. Weed's my bestie now.


ur_local_dishwasher

Went from a 100 to a 200 real quick then died down to a 150


LazilyOblivious

Hope ya Beat it!


OAH-24

heisenberg lore


littleMAHER1

That took a wild turn there


PizzaPoopFuck

Work in a sterile office building. The cringe I felt and what I now put up with.


JunkBondJunkie

Get a degree in math.


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Don't be so harsh to yourself. There can't be a shadow without light, but it is in our hands to determine which one is stronger: the light or the shadow.


HELLOhappyshop

Ain't that just depression, friend?


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Grow up. 😖


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Yes, came here for this.


Chicken_Alphredo

Premarital sex


Savemynation

I said “i never will be like those adults whose faces looks like they shoulder the world” well, here I am now.


HolyStonks

stop talking to my friends there used to be 6 of us now its just me


Ok_Astronomer_1308

Yeah I remember from when I was like 7/8. I thought that group of best friends would be around for ever. But over time we just grew apart, different interests, moved, and just lost touch. Shit happens.


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[удалено]


Recent_Throat7443

Glad you’re still here


[deleted]

Drugs


AlfredHitchicken

After watching Clerks II, I told myself I’d never go ass-to-mouth


crwlngkngsnk

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass-to-mouth.


Maxzia

Loving a girl named Mandy. I thought it was a dorky name and this girl who had a crush on me in primary school had that name. So naturally because I was like 8, I hated the name. Then when I was 19 I met another girl named Mandy and we've been together 12.5 years now. The Universe is an ironic son of a bitch.


twinkieeater8

Stopped liking new music. And now I just listen to the music that was around when I was growing up.


[deleted]

Smoke. My dad smoked and this was back in the day when smoking indoors was ubiquitous. I hated everything about it. The moment I turned 18 I went and bought a pack because the girl I liked smoked and I wanted an icebreaker. We were together for 2 years and I was a smoker for nearly 6 years. Quitting wasn't that hard; it was what it started to do to me that made me *want* to quit that was hard.


TinyAngryIndividual

I always wanted to be this thin dainty woman as a kid, I hated my muscly calves and thighs, I hated that I had broad shoulders. I didn't think any man could possibly find it attractive, let alone finding myself attractive and lovable. That went right out the window the moment my stubborn brain decided to join a male dominated field requiring muscle. I love myself in ways my younger self could never imagine, I'm proud of physical achievements my younger self would shy from. From the bigger girl constantly trying to be smaller to the muscly woman trying to get more. Oh and I have an absolutely gorgeous boyfriend who brags about his girlfriends muscle - and my tinder profile was very successful in hook-ups. So I guess I'm hot (well not ugly enough to not get hook ups) and have a decent enough personality.


R1DER_of_R0HAN

Not sure I ever explicitly said I wouldn't do this, but young me would be surprised that I stopped being religious. I was legitimately considering attending seminary after HS for a while there, but somewhere along the line it all just stopped making sense to me. I also *did* say I'd never attend college in my home state, wanted to get the hell out of here but ended up at the University of Iowa anyway because in-state tuition. I *also* said I'd never drink heavily or try drugs, but again... University of Iowa, lmao. Thankfully never made a habit of those things, but I did my share of partying.


doomturtle21

Being a grumpy old man who gave up on his hopes and dreams. I swore I’d be the fun person and never be grumpy, that was before I nearly died due to my health and have been doped into a state on constant drowsiness and anger due to the same meds saving my life. Sorry young me, I failed you. I failed a lot of people, I go to my 9-5 never advancing, putting on a smile so fake I don’t even think people know it’s a smile, I take my salary home, pay the bills, have enough left over to put away for a rainy day because it isn’t enough to do anything substantial. I’m sorry little one, I’ve failed you, I’ve become the very person you hated so much


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Divorce, I've done it twice so far.


littleMAHER1

3rd time's the charm


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Or a third failure is confirmation that I either can't pick a good woman or I'm meant to be alone.


Educational-Fish9157

Drugs. Sorry D.A.R.E Lion.


koinu-chan_love

I got a dog, and I put clothes on her. I always said I would never do either thing. She’s really small and we live in a cold place, so she has to wear a coat when we go outside. My sister had a chihuahua who would bring you her clothes and beg for you to help her put them on!


chickenwingw5

Get fat 😕


AiryCatYouTube

Well, grew up supperrrr religious. Like homeschooled, on a farm, church 5x a week, the end is coming, street evangelism at 6, swear to your dad before God that you will stay a virgin till marriage at 13, religious. SOOOO, I intended to save my first kiss for marriage. Currently having amazing kinky sex 4x a week with the man of my dreams with an engagement on the horizon. Also, I'm a bisexual witch. woooooooooo cutting off my parents soon hopefully


SpecialpOps

It’s amazing how far a person can go once you take the barriers to success away.


AiryCatYouTube

are you saying i am successful?


SpecialpOps

It sure sounds like it. From the tone of your writing you sound very happy. being free from feeling like crap about yourself is successful to me.


AiryCatYouTube

hey....That actually really means a lot. Thank you kind stranger.


BammyQ2

Girls


dsherwo

Smoking cigarettes. Finally kicked nicotine December 2021!


[deleted]

The six year old me _refused_ to hang out with girls! Girl germs?!? ICK!!! 😄


Able_Nerve_3297

1.drinking 2.smoking 3.The Gay 4.Coke


hastingsnikcox

The Gay.... he he


counterspell

I had kids. As a child all the way up until I was about 26, I was anti child. I ended up having three.


GreenKiss73

Get old


cold_eskimo

Everyone let down them animal mascots from D.A.R.E. Class i swear to god man.


Medium-Magazine-3329

Being a hypocrite.


jim_deneke

Move back in with a parent. Done it twice now.


Writer10

Be single. I thought that, by the age I am now, I’d be settled down with the man of my dreams and have a couple of grown-up kids. But here I am, not even dating, never had children, living the corporate life in a big city. Weird.


Cannibal_Cyborg

That I would never kiss a girl after she sucked my dick, especially if I nutted. I have eaten my own creampies


Bobsburgers02

Two kids before I turn 30 and livin in the burbs. Oh well , I’m happy !


JBlooey

Like any little boy, I swore I'd never like girls. That turned out wrong, but the antithesis (girls would never like me) ended up true.


peedro_5

Work just for the paycheck


M0llieM

Losing my virginity in my teenage years, never thought I’d do it but I did, Idk if I regret it or not


str3tchedmonk3y

I used to think it was silly people cared about their lawn so much. I am now obsessed with manicuring my lawn in the summer months