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100. Become an architect.

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 02:03 PM

Dec 2020

My parents actually took me to Colgate to investigate their program, but after being told I'd need another year of high school (I was short in math), my 16 year old brain gave up that idea.

Own land. For my 16th birthday, I asked my parents for some land. I had a vision of maybe 20 acres in Maine. They didn't. (I did buy a 50 x 100 chunk of land next to my current house. Whoopee.)

Own an island. When I was 13, my dad wanted to buy Rose Island (off of Nassau). We both went there to investigate. He didn't. But having a tropical island all to yourself is a pretty nice dream.

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If you could live your life over again [View all] DURHAM D Dec 2020 OP

Bought Apple Stock in 1980..... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #1

Me, too. I literally passed on buying apple mnhtnbb Dec 2020 #78

I would want to be my moms dog... Enterstageleft Dec 2020 #2

I would be a child prodigy and write children's books in Kindergarten. TigressDem Dec 2020 #3

I'd want to be a college professor Poiuyt Dec 2020 #4

Leave home for good at 19 and later marry the boy I fell in love with... Hekate Dec 2020 #5

I would not ask my sons if they would... 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #6

My son-in-law does that with my granddaughters. Mariana Dec 2020 #61

Yes, she does. 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #67

I would have become a comedian/comedy writer. yankeepants Dec 2020 #7

Find what I wanted to do for a living much earlier in life. Initech Dec 2020 #8

Be born genetically and phenotypically female (nt) LostOne4Ever Dec 2020 #9

There are so many things... angstlessk Dec 2020 #10

I wouldn't have started using cocaine SoonerPride Dec 2020 #11

I should'a gotten it on with Patty, Nancy, Doreen, Judy and Sally. 3Hotdogs Dec 2020 #12

I would not take the job on which I wasted years of my life. LisaL Dec 2020 #13

I'd stay out of the sun DUgosh Dec 2020 #14

I'd become a vet, specializing in horses Green Line Dec 2020 #15

Would you tend to my goats? DURHAM D Dec 2020 #20

Yeah, I wouldn't have raised horses and would have been a librarian csziggy Dec 2020 #49

I worked with horses for years Green Line Dec 2020 #88

I bred foundation Quarter Horses csziggy Dec 2020 #90

At my age the only horses I could have would be lawn ornaments Green Line Dec 2020 #91

I call mine pasture potatoes but it is nice to be able to watch them csziggy Dec 2020 #101

Sure, I love goats. Green Line Dec 2020 #89

As overall happy as I am with the direction I took, grumpyduck Dec 2020 #16

Lots of things... BluRay76 Dec 2020 #17

Welcome to DU, BluRay76. mia Dec 2020 #56

Nice first post, BlueRay76. Totally Tunsie Dec 2020 #92

Moved to NZ when I had the chance. GeorgeGist Dec 2020 #18

I would be an architect mia Dec 2020 #19

I would not have married my first wife. Quemado Dec 2020 #21

I would not have married my first husband yellowdogintexas Dec 2020 #23

Interesting answers flying rabbit Dec 2020 #22

After college, fled to Paraguay and fought extradition..... lastlib Dec 2020 #24

Never quit school vercetti2021 Dec 2020 #25

That's a biggie.. LeftInTX Dec 2020 #75

30 vercetti2021 Dec 2020 #81

30 is young. My mom started college for the first time at age 39, Tanuki Dec 2020 #86

Young! Community college is fairly easy and there are so many flexible options today LeftInTX Dec 2020 #95

that is SO young!!! renate Dec 2020 #99

I would have bought a farm, or farm land. Bluethroughu Dec 2020 #26

Live on a farm shanti Dec 2020 #27

Finish my degree. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #28

Go back - you will probably enjoy it much more than you did years ago. walkingman Dec 2020 #68

So many things. silverweb Dec 2020 #29

Stopped doing things half-assed... Blue_playwright Dec 2020 #30

Once in an interview they asked Gracie Slick of The Jefferson Airplane Mr.Bill Dec 2020 #31

Uh, Gracie Enterstageleft Dec 2020 #44

I would have I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #32

I have 80 goats jcgoldie Dec 2020 #33

Wow. DURHAM D Dec 2020 #35

yes of course jcgoldie Dec 2020 #38

I just used the goggle to figure out how you DURHAM D Dec 2020 #46

yes jcgoldie Dec 2020 #48

I posted these here before but jcgoldie Dec 2020 #43

Awwwhhh - you are a lucky man. nt DURHAM D Dec 2020 #47

I think somebody made the ears too long. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #55

Great pics! Bayard Dec 2020 #57

Thanks ! jcgoldie Dec 2020 #59

Go to college instead of marrying young marlakay Dec 2020 #34

Be the second coming of Bucky Fuller Stinky The Clown Dec 2020 #36

Write songs, play guitar, piano and sing Tiger8 Dec 2020 #37

go to law school. BainsBane Dec 2020 #39

I took the LSATs and was accepted but DURHAM D Dec 2020 #54

Take more risks. SharonClark Dec 2020 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author SharonClark Dec 2020 #41

Majored in Engineering instead of Philosophy the first time around. meadowlander Dec 2020 #42

Change my major. herding cats Dec 2020 #45

Not a single thing different. I wouldn't even take the offer. Tarc Dec 2020 #50

I wouldn't have talked myself out of so many things..... FM123 Dec 2020 #51

Not married my 1st wife! CanonRay Dec 2020 #52

Been more physical. Demobrat Dec 2020 #53

Tried harder. smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #58

"I wish I had not been so afraid of financial insecurity and so afraid of leaving the security... Yavin4 Dec 2020 #64

Good for you, Yavin! smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #77

Lived a life with less regret Bayard Dec 2020 #60

Eat properly. Lucinda Dec 2020 #62

I should have taken an offered transfer to Eugene, Oregon in the 70's from Texas. Little did I walkingman Dec 2020 #63

I would have went away ellie Dec 2020 #65

Not been raised LDS n/t FreeState Dec 2020 #66

Go VHS, not Beta Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #69

I'd stay out of that bar in Naturita, CO liberaltrucker Dec 2020 #70

I'll bite. Lemme guess. That's moonscape Dec 2020 #74

Yep! liberaltrucker Dec 2020 #102

Get the hell out of Florida when I came of legal age. William769 Dec 2020 #71

Asked for mental health care in elementary school instead of relying on food for comfort usajumpedtheshark Dec 2020 #72

Go to medical school. Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2020 #73

Traveled when I was young and travel was easy to do. ☹ nt Raine Dec 2020 #76

Sorry 2 things Coleman Dec 2020 #79

Nothing. Everything I've done has led me here, and here is Luz Dec 2020 #80

I would have tried harder in high school and gone to college right after instead of going now, 20 Luciferous Dec 2020 #82

Follow my heart instead of my head Dirty Socialist Dec 2020 #83

Due to circumstances beyond my control, Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #84

learn more, start work and saving earlier bigtree Dec 2020 #85

just a few things, because I love my life! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #87

My wife and I crossed paths so many times when younger but didn't meet until years later. Efilroft Sul Dec 2020 #93

I would have taken that overland trip from Istanbul to India in 1976 bif Dec 2020 #94

I would have not majored in Art Mossfern Dec 2020 #96

I Would Make RobinA Dec 2020 #97

I would have my parents live longer and be healthier...and My Grandparents too...other than Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #98

Become an architect. Tracer Dec 2020 #100