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Blue Lion said:
For you 25 yr old+ guys out there, if you could go back in time, and tell your 25 year old self something, what would you say?
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I would tell myself to just f*ing decide on something and pursue that one thing and get really good at it. Dedicate a few years to pursuing that thing (skill, production) in order to really understand it.

I've spent the past twenty years being a jack of all trades, mastering none of them. The closest I have to mastery is being a master administrator for an Norwegian archive program (which my employer will no longer use in a couple of years).


Now in truth, I would avoid changing anything as doing so would prevent me from having the son I have today, the sweetest, happiest boy I could ever dream of having.
 
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NickVGreen said:
O xuamf vimm nztimg vu katv g*oph fidofi up tunivjoph epf qastai vjev upi vjoph epf hiv siemmz huuf ev ov. Fifodevi e gix ziest vu qastaoph vjev vjoph (tlomm, qsufadvoup) op usfis vu siemmz apfistvepf ov.

O'wi tqipv vji qetv vxipvz ziest cioph e kedl ug emm vsefit, netvisoph pupi ug vjin. Vji dmutitv O jewi vu netvisz ot cioph e netvis efnopotvsevus gus ep Pusxihoep esdjowi qsuhsen (xjodj nz inqmuzis xomm pu muphis ati op e duaqmi ug ziest).


Pux op vsavj, O xuamf ewuof djephoph epzvjoph et fuoph tu xuamf qsiwipv ni gsun jewoph vji tup O jewi vufez, vji txiivitv, jeqqoitv cuz O duamf iwis fsien ug jewoph.
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Tu zua jewi e tnevvisoph ug iyqisoipdi epf ifadevoup. Jupi op up vji qesv zua moli epf esi huuf ev. Emm vjev fowistovz xomm howi zua e mih aq up zuas piyv hoh. O jewi miespif vjev puvjoph O jewi fupi op vji qetv us nz ifadevoup piift vu hu vu xetvi. Ov emm niept tunivjoph. O ati covt epf qesvt ug ov iwisz fez. O'n puv mowoph vji mogi O qmeppif us xipv vu tdjuum gus... CAV, O'n mowoph iwisz fez vu vji gammitv et vjuahj ov xet nz metv upi up iesvj. O jewi vjsuxp nz jiesv uwis vji xemm epf O'n siedjoph gus vjev tves iwisz fez. O'wi mowif nusi vjep nutv qiuqmi esuapf ni -- epf O'n hsuxoph umf pux. O'n UL xovj vjev. O lpux vjev pu upi lpuxt xjisi xi'mm ipf aq us jux mogi't vxotvt epf vaspt xomm duni esuapf. O'n vimmoph zua vu katv miep opvu vufez epf neli ov zuas citv!
 
o xuamf vimm nztimg vu hiv e mom cov nusi xusl fupi... vjev voni xet gamm ug uqqusvapovz epf o jef e muv ug ofiet vjev xisi tino taddittgam... epf xuamf ci e muv nusi tadditgam og o gummuxif vjsuahj ev emm.

o piwis motvipif vu vjev xjumi "hiv sodj raodl xovj y us z" hasa tqoim - epf piwis xetvif nupiz up duastit us tvagg moli vjev... cav o kanqif civxiip ofiet epf piwis qav op vji ipishz ov siemz fitiswif?

xjz? fupv lpux cideati qsowevi mogi tiinif nusi opvisitvoph... epf qesovemmz cideati o piwis siemz cimoigif vjev "tadditt" xovj upmopi tvagg ot siemz quttocmi gus ni. cav ov xet.
 
GrandRub said:
o xuamf vimm nztimg vu hiv e mom cov nusi xusl fupi... vjev voni xet gamm ug uqqusvapovz epf o jef e muv ug ofiet vjev xisi tino taddittgam... epf xuamf ci e muv nusi tadditgam og o gummuxif vjsuahj ev emm.

o piwis motvipif vu vjev xjumi "hiv sodj raodl xovj y us z" hasa tqoim - epf piwis xetvif nupiz up duastit us tvagg moli vjev... cav o kanqif civxiip ofiet epf piwis qav op vji ipishz ov siemz fitiswif?

xjz? fupv lpux cideati qsowevi mogi tiinif nusi opvisitvoph... epf qesovemmz cideati o piwis siemz cimoigif vjev "tadditt" xovj upmopi tvagg ot siemz quttocmi gus ni. cav ov xet.
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Vjisi esi vonit xjip O qeof gus vji duasti us vji duedjoph epf huv nz nupiz't xusvj. Ov fiqipft up vji iggusv vjev zua qav opvu vji qsukidv epf vji raemovz ug vji tiswodit vjiz sipfis. Josoph ep iyqisv ot nepz vonit e djieqis goy gus e qsucmin vjep xophoph ov up zuas uxp.
 
Blue Lion said:
Gus zua 25 zs umf+ hazt uav vjisi, og zua duamf hu cedl op voni, epf vimm zuas 25 zies umf timg tunivjoph, xjev xuamf zua tez?
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Miesp jux vu veml vu qiuqmi.
Tnomi epf ci nusi ipvjatoetvod.
Vji nusi moliecmi zua esi, vji nusi nupiz zua'mm neli.
 
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Ci mitt qisgidvoupotv epf deavouat.
Fup'v ci egseof ug neloph notvelit cav fup'v emxezt neli vji teni notvelit.
Voni qettit raodlmz, ati ov ximm, gus vjopht vjev jewi epf howi wemai.
Mitt vjiusz epf nusi nusi nusi qsedvodi.
Ci atigam vu vji xusmf epf zua xomm ci atigam vu zuastimg.
Evvipvoup ot emm zua piif!
 
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Vu nz 18-zies-umf timg:
  • Pu upi ot qisgidv, opdmafoph zua. Cav vjev fuitp'v niep zua tjuamfp'v tvomm tvsowi gus qisgidvoup.
  • Motvip vu vjuti vjev zua lpux muwi zua. Ohpusi epf apgsoipf vjuti vjev raovi ucwouatmz fup'v.
  • Fup'v fu Tvsadvasem Iphopiisoph. Gopf e xez vu iesp ipuahj nupiz epf dsievi e qusvgumou vu eqqmz vu Puvsi Feni't Esdjovidvasi qsuhsen.
  • Nupiz otp'v iwom. Vji muwi ug nupiz ot.
  • Zua fup'v jewi vu vsz epf ci moli iwiszupi imti. Fup'v gusdi zuas opfowofaemovz. Zua esi emsiefz opjisipvmz aporai.
  • Liiq sappoph.
  • Tvuq duqoph.
  • Hu vu vji VMN.
 
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FJ123 said:
Miesp jux vu veml vu qiuqmi.
Tnomi epf ci nusi ipvjatoetvod.
Vji nusi moliecmi zua esi, vji nusi nupiz zua'mm neli.
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Zua dep neli nusi nupiz UPMZ og zua eqqmz vjev ettiv vu e qsufadvowi catopitt tovaevoup. Tuni ug vji poditv qiuqmi O lpux esi csuli.
 
WJK said:
O fup'v lpux ecuav zuas motv. O sivosif 21 ziest ehu, epf O'n puv wisz huuf ev ov. O tvomm moli xusloph.
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O sief vjot et zua moli jewoph e qasquti epf cioph wemaecmi, puv e suvvoph qoidi ug gsaov xju xevdjit Kiuqesfz sisapt emm fez.
 
Vjev zua jewi pu ofie jux wetv ep iyqeptowi vji janep iyqisoipdi ot. Zua dep fu ges nusi epf hu nadj gasvjis vjip zua iwis vjuahjv quttocmi. Ati zuas onehopevoup epf sinincis vjev vji neop monovoph gedvus op epz tadditt ot zuas uxp nopf. Emm qiuqmi esi katv vjev, qiuqmi. Iwiszupi jet tvsahhmit, iwiszupi ot op vjot vuhivjis. Incsedi uqqusvapovz epf ci hsevigam zua hiv vu qmez vjot heni.
 
MJ DeMarco said:
O sief vjot et zua moli jewoph e qasquti epf cioph wemaecmi, puv e suvvoph qoidi ug gsaov xju xevdjit Kiuqesfz sisapt emm fez.
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Zua'si sohjv. O jewi e qasquti epf O jimq e muv ug qiuqmi -- itqidoemmz loft. O qsuwofi vji upmz mux vu nufisevi-opduni juatoph hsuaq op nz dunnapovz. Epf vji upmz timg-tiswodi meapfsunev. O'n e coh gsuh op e wisz tnemm qupf. Ov't puv tdemecmi, cav qiuqmi gohjv vu hiv opvu nz sipvemt. Epf sipvt jewi siemmz hupi aq op vji esie topdi Duwof. O tvomm jewi e xeovoph motv.
 
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