What would you tell your 23 year old self?

[ConstantChange]

A buddy of mine posted a version of this on Google+. I've changed a few things to make it more appropriate for our group.

You're informed that you are going to be transported back to the day after your 23rd birthday to live your adult life over again. Your memory is going to be wiped, but before transportation you are given an hour (plus Internet access) to write down 50 words on a piece of paper that will be sitting on the bedside table when you wake up after transportation.

What do you write to your 23 year old self?

[FasterTraffic]

Apple
Google
Southwestern Energy
Cliffs Natural Resources
Coach
Ventas
Cognizant Technology
CarMax
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Cummins
Range Resources
gold

And then a list of girl's names.

[xXBUDXx]

Apple
Google
Southwestern Energy
Cliffs Natural Resources
Coach
Ventas
Cognizant Technology
CarMax
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Cummins
Range Resources
gold

And then a list of girl's names.

Followed with a list of girls names titled, "do not do" and give my parents a hug.

[Cybercowboy]

What, even a whole tweet?

[Craig]

Don't reenlist. When you get out, go to Hollywood and find three guys named Axyl, Duff and Slash. Become their drummer (edit: quit after first album). Spend royalties buying Apple, Microsoft and Cisco stock. You'll thank me later. For fun, buy late 60s muscle cars.

[ConstantChange]

Yeah, the obvious answer is money related. Most of us said buy Apple and list a few super bowl winners. With that info, you could make more than enough money.

What about the other 25-35 words?

[Cybercowboy]

Dear future self,

Please understand that this will come as a surprise but bear with me while I unload literally decades of hard-fought wisdom into your amazingly supple yet wholly ignorant brain. First of all, whatever you do, avoid the invasion of the most despicable and, with hindsight, not unexpected

[1911fool]

run

[kylebuck]

Not going to get laid much

[FasterTraffic]

After giving it some thought, I've changed my answer. Here are my 50 words:
_____

Terrorists to hijack and crash US airliners - 9/11/2001.
AA11
Mohamed Atta
Waleed al-Shehri
Wail al-Shehri
Abdulaziz al-Omari
Satam al-Suqami
UA175
Marwan al-Shehhi
Fayez Banihammad
Mohand al-Shehri
Hamza al-Ghamdi
Ahmed al-Ghamdi
AA77
Hani Hanjour
Khalid al-Mihdhar
Majed Moqed
Nawaf al-Hazmi
Salem al-Hazmi
UA93
Ziad Jarrah
Ahmed al-Haznawi
Ahmed al-Nami

[Ryan Bell]

Buy Apple stock.
Buy Google stock.
Write more music.
Don't waste your time with the following people (list of names goes here)
Invest your time with the following people (list of names goes here)
Also, please note that the rapture won't happen by the time you're 35.
Thanks,
Ryan

[Rotorhead]

You would be retired in two weeks if you had stayed in the Corps.

[polarbear]

Pursue your dreams and make a difference. Forget about the money, that'll come by itself in time.

You are who you are. Ultimately, everyone else will have to adapt to you, not the other way around.

Hug the folks. They won't be around as long as you'd like.

Buy Microsoft stock. Often.

[boracayjohnny]

Go find this guy Dave Chappelle. He's gonna be big and you can laugh your ass off all the way to being "Rich B1tch". Oh yea, don't step in that dog shit on January 27, 2000. You'll be talking to Mike with your head turned for just a coupla seconds.

[Loco Vette]

Tell Tracy how you felt about her.

[87 Ragtop]

Can I make it 17 years old so I can see my Dad one more time? :angel:

[Broken Wind]

That woman you married last year? Divorce her NOW! She's going to screw you like you cannot even imagine 20 years from now.

[Jeff '79]

Put all your money on Apple.

That's it.

[DropTheTop]

In three months, you'll have an opportunity to hook up with that office chick that has caught your eye. For all that is holy, DON'T DO IT!

Cut up all credit cards. Use only cash or PayPal.

Do not buy that house next to sister.

Regular exercise! Quit smoking - NOW!

[kingpin]

The Bitch you play pool with is not really a bitch. Don't let her get away.
Lottery jackpot numbers.
Pay for that 72' Corvette on the spot and haul it off right away. Don't wait till the next day because it won't be there.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Don't marry her. She's impossibly hot, but nuts.

[onedef92]

"Whatever you do, just don't smoke (and shit)."

[carlton_fritz]

1990 World Series. Bet everything on the Reds to sweep. And record session of sex with that brunette.:leaving:

[Tossin]

Don't leave the state. Move closer to your family because your father's death will impact you in ways that you cannot imagine.

[Bill]

"Whatever you do, just don't smoke (and shit)."

The late Yul Brenner is on the VB? Wow!

[onedef92]

The late Yul Brenner is on the VB? Wow!

Yul Brynner - Anti-Smoking Commercial - YouTube

[Bill]

Besides the stock tips and sports wins, I'd tell myself to hang on to the cute, adventurous Portugese girl, and whatever I do, definitely do not EVER even talk to my future ex wife.

[lspencer534]

Buy a bottle of viagra. When you wake up at age 23, run to a chemist to analyze it, then patent it and you'll have no worries the rest of your life.

[GRN ENVY]

Let you know what I will say when I am not 23 anymore