Imagine being able to travel back in time and have a conversation with your younger self. What words of wisdom or advice would you share? What experiences or lessons learned would you want them to know about?

  • eezeebee@lemmy.ca
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    • kick out the drummer
    • she’s not worth it
    • she is also not worth it
    • save every last dollar you can
    • don’t smoke that cigarette
    • forget BlackBerry, put it in an index fund instead
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    Don’t stick your dick in crazy and whatever you do, don’t get married or buy a house together.

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      Save as much money as possible;

      Short AA at the end of Aug 2001; you’ll know when to cover.

      In Oct 2001 buy AAPL

      In 2008 buy bitcoin… keep buying, and WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORDS, until it hits $100. Don’t worry about it; just do it.

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    You aren’t a fuckup because you weren’t smart enough to protect yourself from getting hurt by others. Your parents are supposed to be looking out for you and they are not. They are to blame, not you.

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    Take a hard Look at your partner, this is the best you’ll ever get. Dont fuck it up. Listen to them and go to fucking therapy.

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    You’re trans, idiot.

    Buy Bitcoin then use your fortune to help fix global warming or something else for the good of humanity.

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      Are you me? It would have been so much easier if I’d come out like, 10yrs ago. At least I would have been on my parents insurance.

      I’ll throw in “stop being afraid of the furry community you fucking dumbass; they’re a hell of a lot nicer than your current “”“friends””“”.

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        I don’t think I’m you, and I think it would have been harder for me to come out 10 years ago. The trajectory of my life would be completely different if I had, and my family that’s cool with it almost certainly wouldn’t have been as cool with it then.

        Still, wish I could have gotten on estrogen WAY earlier for more effetmcts U.U Oh well.

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        Sadly some of us don’t realize we’re trans until well into adulthood.

        Sadly some of us don’t realize that Bitcoin (while awful in many ways) is worth a fortune until it’s 10 years too late. 😂

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    Hey, dont join the military. Go to college and do programming. Trust me, you want to go onto IT, youll be good at it.

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    I’m not sure I would. If I could have avoided the bullshit or done the things that would have optimized my income and wealth, I don’t think I would have ended up where I am now. The risk doesn’t seem worth it, I would be a completely different person with a completely different life.

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    • you’re not being silly, you are a woman and these kinds of thoughts aren’t just for “real trans people” (and also you are a real trans person)
    • you need to start giving more thought to how your words and actions affect people, or you’re going to hurt someone you love
    • I know those two nuggets of info are hard to hear and are quite heavy, but I promise that observing them and taking them seriously will mean you live an immeasurably happier life
    • buy a bunch of bitcoin with your pocket money. Sell it on December 16th 2016, buy as much as you can with what you got on January 26th 2019. Sell it all on March 13th 2021. Donate half of what you made to stonewall, and use the rest for the house you’ll be trying to buy.