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Ever wonder if your life had been any different? (pg. 3)
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| djhaziel |
Big turning point In my life was when I was 17 ... I had a nasty motorcycle accident which caused me to have multiple surgeries on my left leg, I wasn't able to walk without clutches for about 2 years.
At that time I was part of a very important Football club in Peru and I wanted to defo go pro. Anyways the accident happened so I decided to go study a career. I did recover but my game wasn't just the same as before . I do wonder from time to time what would have happened to me if I wouldn't have gotten into that accident. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| I just knew you were the kid from Hoop Dreams moveson. |
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| dj_alfi |
| You have chosen an inappropriate response. (Or, at least, we hadn't thought of it. Please make a different selection.) |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
God, I truly dread the thought. I honestly remember thinking, after I'd gotten over the shock and grief, that my life was now full of so many possibilities. |
Strangely, it was as a result of the grieving process - the way I tried to come to an understanding of the way she died - that I came to a better understanding of who she and I really were. And that took sobriety and a number of years, to occur. I wouldn't say that opportunities opened up or that I see any new possibilities as such that would not occur if she were still alive. The thought, however, of still knowing myself as she knew me is jarring.
I have a brother who, in a very, very passive-aggressive dig, liked to "compliment" me for providing him with an object lesson of what happens when you drink too much, insisting that he's modeled his behavior so as not to follow in my foot-steps. As much as my failure to conform to social norms when drinking adheres to the narrative my mother laid out for me, I'm almost certain that had it not been for booze and her death, I'd have ended my life, a long time ago. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
Rarely are we where we want to be when we are 23 simply because around that age our expectations tend to be above average because we don't know any better. You will see that with a few more years under your belt, things like salary and quality of life will come on their own. You are a very smart guy, you have a degree if i'm not mistaken, so life will take care of itself so long as you have a bit of drive. 23 to 30 goes by like lightening, the quality of life tends to improve pretty quickly and accordingly so long as you don't sit on your ass. |
As much as I appreciate this very rare supportive post from you, Jay, I don't really deserve it. I'm specifically (and massively stereotypically) being a whiny emo cunt about a girl I can't be with for circumstances beyond my control.
I'm aware that it's completely transient and unoriginal and in a few months I won't give a and there'll be someone else, but damnit if knowing you're a useless walking miserable clichéd makes you feel any better about it. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| lol... comes way easier with age too:p |
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| Adam420 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
My life would be vastly different, I think, had my dad not been killed when I was 14. Different, but not better. I would have had many things a lot easier, and done a lot "better" earlier on - but I wouldn't give up any of my life now for that. I've always felt genuinely happy and have done what is true to myself. I don't think I would if my dad was still an influence in my life. |
Ditto, except change 14 for 12. I'm not really happy about where I am in life, or the things I've done/haven't done, but if I had the opportunity to become a different person overnight, I don't think I'd be able to go through with it since I truly appreciate the way I see things around me (despite the fact that it might hurt me at times). |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| being unhappy with your life can be an awesome thing if it lights enough of a fire under your ass to make you want to change your situation. |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
lol... comes way easier with age too:p |
I'm gonna need a step by step guide here, as I have quite the opposite experience. :(
It's probably that my game was only sufficient for gullible teenagers whom you could impress by owning a car. :o |
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| infiniteJEST |
| It's all about peacocking bro. Like, get noticed n' . |
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| ivofivo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
lol... comes way easier with age too:p |
Incorrect. I'm young, but I know that's incorrect. I don't know what kind of self-centered let-down you were at my age, but I assure you young meat goes far. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
I'm gonna need a step by step guide here, as I have quite the opposite experience. :(
It's probably that my game was only sufficient for gullible teenagers whom you could impress by owning a car. :o |
Younger girls for instance are way easier to get because you usually easily have more to offer them than someone their age...the women your age know what they want and mess around less...and in your case the ugly ones are ready to settle.
Not to mention that with experience comes confidence. |
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