What do you guys regret not doing at 21?

[DannoMight]

I dunno. I did a lot of rolls, blow, and drinking. Was making decent money too. Had a lot of fun, so much that I went to jail a few times.

 

[SpyWizard]

stubborn attitude towards the "Game"


and not taking the opportunity to become an RN then a Anesthesiologist all at the expense of the USAF..

doh..

 

[shirlene29]

getting my second degree then..instead of wayyy later

 

[jackangel]

not going through with teh sechs change

 

[Smurfy]

I regret not being more mature. That's about it.

 

[canadianhitman]

There are a few road trips I wish I'd pushed harder to make happen (you think you have plenty of time, but then some guys in your group of friends get married and/or have a kid and it's pretty much impossible to make it happen later). Other than that, I was balancing education and leisure time very nicely at 21.

 

[billfred]

you are too hung up on savings. At 21, you need to be focused on what you can do increase your earning power. Right now you need to eitehr be knocking down that degree or learning a trade skill.

Other than some shitty contributions I made to my 401k, I never saved a penny until I was in my 30's but I gained some great work experience that I can now leverage $$ now that I am in my high earning years.

Summary - what you save between 20 to 30 is immaterial in life compare to what you make when you are 40 to 50. Focus on education and skills for those high earning years.

Waiting tables and sitting at a hotel desk are not those skills.

 

[mrplunkey]

you are too hung up on savings. At 21, you need to be focused on what you can do increase your earning power. Right now you need to eitehr be knocking down that degree or learning a trade skill.

Other than some shitty contributions I made to my 401k, I never saved a penny until I was in my 30's but I gained some great work experience that I can now leverage $$ now that I am in my high earning years.

Summary - what you save between 20 to 30 is immaterial in life compare to what you make when you are 40 to 50. Focus on education and skills for those high earning years.

Waiting tables and sitting at a hotel desk are not those skills.

^^^ this

You need to focus on skills not savings.

 

[miplank]

you are too hung up on savings. At 21, you need to be focused on what you can do increase your earning power. Right now you need to eitehr be knocking down that degree or learning a trade skill.

Other than some shitty contributions I made to my 401k, I never saved a penny until I was in my 30's but I gained some great work experience that I can now leverage $$ now that I am in my high earning years.

Summary - what you save between 20 to 30 is immaterial in life compare to what you make when you are 40 to 50. Focus on education and skills for those high earning years.

Waiting tables and sitting at a hotel desk are not those skills.

Dream killer!!!!1

 

[CoBra666]

whats the point of regretting. just learn from mistakes. or if the mistake wasnt big enough do something worse and learn from that one. ive messed up 2 sports sponsorships, been to jail twice.. technically one was 3 months pre trial so it really doesnt count but 3 months locked up is still 3 months. paid almost 20 grand in fines, and suprisingly less in lawyer bills. stolen and sold an exorbant amount of shit to pay my bills, sold drugs, destroyed my body, destroyed my reputation several times, pissed off too many ppl in too many towns/cities/countries to ever count. spent 10s of thousands of dollars on illegal substances. ive had my ass pummeled up and down several towns, ruined my credit, been homeless, lived in a broken down truck for almost 3 months, lived in a car(this one still ran) lived in a walk in closet, lived in a hallway in a condominium, lived on numerous couches, lived under a picnic table next to the gas station i worked at and i dont regret nothing. that shit made me who i am today. for the friends that stood by my side they know i would do anything for them. for the new friends i make in my life they can tell how important my friends are to me. i have a fucking good job, a new car a nice little condo with a very good looking gf, and soon i will have my body back, and not one regret