If theres one thing that you could redo what would it be? As I age it pizzes me off more and more every day how much taxes I pay for every little thing I do.
I think if I had a do over knowing what I know now I would start without a social security number and be self employed working or selling strictly for cash. I certainly wouldn’t need the biggest house or all the up to date toys.
Winternet has definately set in for me. 
Just one thing?
The common denominator of all my really bad decisions can be summed up as a result of straying a long way away from the church.
I think if I could do it again I’d try to not be afraid of change. Particularly getting to committed/trapped in my job. I would love to leave my job and live at the cabin, there’s a place I could easily get a job at but the retirement and pension is tough to sacrifice.
getting married to me Ex………… 
That’s an easy one. I would have dumped all my money into these little start up companies called Microsoft and Amazon.
getting married to me Ex…………
but you had kids 2with her right?? 
unfortunately 3……they add up fast coming out 2 at a time. 
about the only good thing about it!!!
I hear ya Glenn!! had kids with my ex too..
So many things I would do over, If I had to choose one it would be move to northern MN like I wanted to forty years ago.
So many things I would do over, If I had to choose one it would be move to northern MN like I wanted to forty years ago.
It’s cold up here, ya might not like it. 
Do you like who you are today? If you do then you can’t really say you’d do anything major differently if you had the chance. Cuz then you wouldn’t be you, right? You’re you because of ALL your experiences good and bad throughout your life.
It gets coldernell here too Dutch, below zero temps again this week, I know its worse up there but cold is cold once its below zero for any length of time.
Back in the early nineties it was twenty to thirty below zero everyday for two weeks, I never realized thirty above could be so dang warm until that time.
And, the way things are supposedly going it will be in the seventies year round up there soon……
Sharon, that’s a pretty fare statement. Sometimes the successes and failures we’ve gone through build our characters and blaze the trail we venture down.
But if things could work out mostly the same, I wish I could have made much better financial decisions earlier in life. The struggles I went through helped me learn a lot! I could have invested, or put all my money into purchasing land back when it was $250 an acre…… Anything besides the worthless debt I basically purchased.
Do you like who you are today? If you do then you can’t really say you’d do anything major differently if you had the chance. Cuz then you wouldn’t be you, right? You’re you because of ALL your experiences good and bad throughout your life.
I like me fine, I’m guessing I would like me fine if i’d done something different 50 years ago also.
I’m trying to do all of the things I want to do in life long before I retire.
I don’t need to be the guy with tons of $$ in the bank and no ambition to spend any of it when I’m 65.
I have multiple friends with plenty of $ that just retired or are nearing retirement that are no longer able to or have lost the desire to hunt and fish like they did when they where in the 40’s and 50’s
Getting old has taught me something special – Don’t give a rats azz about what’s in the rear view mirrors. Like I told Iowaboy, I’m blazing a highway to either heaven or hell. My circle of friends has become a dot and I’m embracing becoming that grumpy old man.
Back in the banking crash in 2009, I had a few customers that defaulted on their construction loans and ultimately I got shafted on nearly a half Million. My pride kept me from filing bankruptcy and I personally paid every sub contractor and vendor. Unbelievable now what that would have been worth for retirement. I missed updating my liens and lost it all. Was going to kill them. I regret carrying that anger, but the consequences for making coyote bait out of them would have been worse.
The good and bad is what makes us who we are today. Couldn’t imagine life as a flat line
If we could all have a do over with what we know now we’d all be very rich. Other than investing, a lot of what I would change would be things in my fishing and hunting addictions that I know now that I didn’t in my youth.
Probably wouldn’t have let that one girl get away. But you never know how that would have changed the path of life so maybe it was for the better, who knows.
Life is good! Lots to be thankful for. We don’t have many spins on this rock, enjoy it and live life for experiences not possessions!
I think I could have been a better Dad. And a better friend.
SR
well said Sharon!! I agree..
and Steve Root I do understand that too..
not worked so hard and then my body woudnt be shot
I’d have invested even more in my 20s. I wasn’t a big “spender” really other than buying my first house at 23, but I could have dialed it back even more looking back at how simple life was then.
I really started investing heavily the year I turned 26, but having even a few more years maxing things out would have made sense. Fingers crossed my wife will never work a day beyond 57, and I’ll be done with my day to day jobs for good at 59 with nothing but side gigs and busy work that’s as much hobby as it is for pay going forward. That’s the plan – God willing.
Hind sight is always 20-20.
Hind sight is always 20-20.
And lookin back it’s still a bit fuzzy…
Not many regrets in my rear view mirror. But if I could re—do a few things, I would treat a few people better, listen more, hold less grudges, and asked more girls to dance…
Heated garage. Oh how my life would be different if I would of put a heater in the garage 30 years ago.
Tell my Mom that I love her, more often.
Got married sooner. Knew my wife for ten years before we got married. Only had one child. He’s fantastic but we would have loved more. Some health issues that may have been mitigated by starting younger. Still, we’ve been married 37 years and my life is good.
I look at this two different ways, things I regret doing and things I regret not doing.
Thing I regret doing, buying my truck when I did.
Thing I regret not doing. Putting money into Bitcoin.
I think I could have been a better Dad. And a better friend.
SR
Completely disagree, Dadio! You’ve always been an amazing dad. Sometimes a listener, sometimes a discipliner, but always loving and supportive, and willing to share wisdom and great music.
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