Whats one thing you would change.....?

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chicago510

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Jun 7, 2012 7:02 PM
About your current life, or about yourself?

I would switch schools from Cincinnati to OSU to be closer to my family and gf (who I plan to marry).

About myself, I wish I was better in certain social situations. I'm a shitty public speaker, etc.
Jun 7, 2012 7:02pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:04 PM
I would have majored in engineering. That's about it.
Jun 7, 2012 7:04pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:13 PM
Not much - but I've had fifty years to get things to where I want them. :D
Jun 7, 2012 7:13pm
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adog

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Jun 7, 2012 7:14 PM
Nothing because if I did I would not be the man I am today..........
Jun 7, 2012 7:14pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:18 PM
About my life- I would somehow move my family closer to where I am. Will never happen, as they are happy in Ohio, and I'm very happy in Oregon, it just sucks only seeing them 3-4 times a year...
About myself- I'd give myself the willpower to be in the same room as cake and not turn temporarily insane and act like I'm trying to win a contest for biggest glutton...
Jun 7, 2012 7:18pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:24 PM
Not much I can change now, but if I were to do it all over again, I would NOT major in Education. I'm not sure if I would even go to college. If I could go back to being 18 years old, I think I would attempt to make the "big leagues" in basketball officiating. D1 or NBA.

If I were to go to college, I'd major in something business related, and probably NOT go to shitty BGSU.
Jun 7, 2012 7:24pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:24 PM
Nothing. My life kills.
Jun 7, 2012 7:24pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:26 PM
sleeper;1192329 wrote:I would have majored in engineering. That's about it.
You would change your career? sounds like a big fuck up being out of college barely a year.


As for me.. If I could change one thing, it would be my parents covering my costs for college. I will have approximately 50k debt when I am done. I know it could be a lot worse, and I am confident I won't have a problem paying it back. It's just the one thing I have in life that I worry about right now.

On the other side, me paying for all of my college costs and bills at such a young age probably will pay off better for me in the future with money management.

Maybe be on better terms with some of my ex's.
Overall, I'd say I have it pretty good.
Jun 7, 2012 7:26pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:36 PM
If I could do it over again, I wouldn't have quit playing baseball my freshman year. I also would have stayed and finished college instead of stopping with a year and a half left. I know I can always go back...but not graduating with all of my friends is something I think I'll always regret.
Jun 7, 2012 7:36pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:37 PM
ernest_t_bass;1192352 wrote:Not much I can change now, but if I were to do it all over again, I would NOT major in Education. I'm not sure if I would even go to college. If I could go back to being 18 years old, I think I would attempt to make the "big leagues" in basketball officiating. D1 or NBA.
What do those dudes make? 100k for NBA?
Jun 7, 2012 7:37pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:41 PM
chicago510;1192373 wrote:What do those dudes make? 100k for NBA?
No idea. More than a teacher! lol
Jun 7, 2012 7:41pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:43 PM
Nothing big. I possibly would have chosen not to play college football so that the knee replacement(s) would not be necessary or at least deferred.
Jun 7, 2012 7:43pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:46 PM
chicago510;1192373 wrote:What do those dudes make? 100k for NBA?
ernest_t_bass;1192375 wrote:No idea. More than a teacher! lol
http://www.therichest.org/sports/highest-paid-nba-referees/

Not shabby.
Jun 7, 2012 7:46pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:49 PM
Only thing I would change was the wreck I was in back in 93. Losing a friend is something that weighs on you for awhile.
Jun 7, 2012 7:49pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:50 PM
I would have finished my degree where I started it. Had I done that, everything else would have been different.
Jun 7, 2012 7:50pm
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Jun 7, 2012 7:56 PM
I would have probably gone to college, I would maybe make as much money as I do now, but hopefully not have to work as hard as I do.

I would have pursued my second wife when I was younger ( We met at an early age, but never got together, then after we both were divorced from our first spouses we hooked back up.)

I would find a way to bring my older son back from the dead.
Jun 7, 2012 7:56pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:11 PM
I'd have a full-time job! That's the number one thing I'd like to change. I am tired of getting by on nothing while having debt hang over my head.

I wouldn't change my college choices, I just would change the things I did during the summer -- like doing something that would've actually prepared me for my career instead of just "making money." If I did that, I'd probably be better off now. But, those are the things you learn as you go through things. The reason why I am doing what I am doing by trying to help college kids now.
Jun 7, 2012 8:11pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:16 PM
1) Ran XC in college

2) Move overseas about 5 years earlier
Jun 7, 2012 8:16pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:18 PM
I would have saved my child support that I got every month from 15-18 instead of blowing it all as soon as I got it on alot of shit I didn't need.

I would have gone to medical school. Not that I'm unhappy with where I am. I will be attending graduate school with a tuition waiver as a teaching assistant. But if I knew I would be in school as long as it would have taken me to be a medical doctor, I would have pursued that.
Jun 7, 2012 8:18pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:26 PM
There are things I've said to people that I wish I could take back. I was really an insufferable douchebag when I was younger. Now I'm just a marginally sufferable one, so I guess that counts as progress.
Jun 7, 2012 8:26pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:34 PM
I wish I wasn't so fat so COA would stop making fun of me
Jun 7, 2012 8:34pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:37 PM
Barry Badrinath;1192414 wrote:I would have saved my child support that I got every month from 15-18 instead of blowing it all as soon as I got it on alot of shit I didn't need.

I would have gone to medical school. Not that I'm unhappy with where I am. I will be attending graduate school with a tuition waiver as a teaching assistant. But if I knew I would be in school as long as it would have taken me to be a medical doctor, I would have pursued that.
What are you studying if you don't mind me asking. Medical school is a tough, tough grind. Thank god this year is over.
Jun 7, 2012 8:37pm
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Jun 7, 2012 8:48 PM
Pick6;1192358 wrote:You would change your career? sounds like a big fuck up being out of college barely a year.


As for me.. If I could change one thing, it would be my parents covering my costs for college. I will have approximately 50k debt when I am done. I know it could be a lot worse, and I am confident I won't have a problem paying it back. It's just the one thing I have in life that I worry about right now.

On the other side, me paying for all of my college costs and bills at such a young age probably will pay off better for me in the future with money management.

Maybe be on better terms with some of my ex's.
Overall, I'd say I have it pretty good.
No, I wouldn't change careers. I'd still be doing what I'm doing, but I could respect myself better at night.
Jun 7, 2012 8:48pm
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Jun 7, 2012 9:19 PM
chicago510;1192438 wrote:Lol NBA 500k WNBA 16k.

Obvious...." There is a hell of a lot less balls in the WNBA...
Jun 7, 2012 9:19pm