What advise would you give to your younger self?

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Hello all,

What advise would you give to your younger self? I will start. Things are going to be just fine, God will take care of you. You are good enough, you are beautiful just the way you are. Your present state does not determine your future. Visualization is a powerful tool. No one is perfect, don't always believe what you hear.

Specializes in Mom/Baby.

Boys are bad. Stay away.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

1. Be a serious college student the first time around, instead of screwing up and having to go back and do it all over again.

2. Don't let Mom talk you out of things you want.

3. Tell the people that you love, that you love them, every single day. You don't know when they will suddenly be gone.

4. Be yourself. The people who matter won't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

5. And about that weekend at the lake ... :icon_roll :smokin:

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Specializes in LTC, Acute Care.

Get off the treadmill already. The barbell is much, much, much more useful in creating a shapely, strong woman.

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Get all of the education you want while you're still living at home and you're patents are paying for it. Once you get married and have kids it will be harder to go back and you'll have to find a way to pay for it.

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Get your education before you get married and have children (or have children and get married ;) ).

I can't say stay away from that blonde beach boy who ended up being an ex - he gave me two great kids! :D

steph

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Don't get fat. (It's a lot easier to gain weight than to lose it.)

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Specializes in Telemetry, Case Management.

Go to RN school, find a way and make it happen right out of school!!! Leave boys alone, they are trouble!! Do NOT take your mother's advice on this!!!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

1. Go to school right out of high school!

2. Stay away from bad boys!

3. If you can't stay away from bad boys, marry them and enjoy them - lol.

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This is an awesome thread. I probably can't post for a good decade, but this is a great read, lol. :yeah:

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.

Work very hard at whatever you choose to pursue.

Follow your heart.

You don't always get second chances.

Sometimes your choices close doors to your future and no, a window doesn't always open at the same time.

Make the most of your opportunities... they may not ever be repeated.

There are many relationships much worse than being perpetually single.

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Specializes in CVICU.

Have the balls to act on your original dream so you won't have to be a nurse later! :lol2:

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I'm still pretty young but I know a lot more than I did at 18. If my currently 22 year old self were giving advice, this is what it would be: Get the heck away from the house after graduation, and never return. Do something that makes you happy as opposed to following the advice of your mother, who drank the Kool Aid about the nursing shortage. There is nothing appealing in this profession, which is why people leave it so fast.

In retrospect, maybe it's a good thing I am a nursing student now, and didn't run away after high school. Although the job market is not what it used to be, at least I will have a job that pays a more-or-decent income. With enough savings, I will be better situated to get away. If I left when I was 18, I would be in bad shape now. And even in nursing, there's chances to find something that satisfies me. All is not lost.

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