If I had It All To Do Again I Would Not...

[Mr. Broken]

have waited until I was in my thirties to join a Rock band.

[Menolly]

...have ever gone vegetarian.

Nothing wrong with it for others, but my body has not ever recovered from doing it for two years in my early 20's.

*or so I tell myself*

[Prebe]

....have turned down an assistant editorship of a Danish mens magazine, and accepted a PhD scholarship.

Edit: You were a vegetarian Menolly??? Ouch!

[Avatar]

Nonsense, Mel is a veggie (quite unusual in SA I assure you) and there's nothing wrong with her. Still, at least you realise it's something you want to believe huh? (Sorry.)

I don't think I got any regrets myself...I think it's important not to. Some things maybe I'd do different, but on the whole, I'm pretty fine with life.

Maybe I wouldn't be so lazy. Or such a procrastinator.

--A

[Menolly]

Edit: You were a vegetarian Menolly??? Ouch!

*nod*

I was initiated into the Surat Shabd Yoga/Sant Mat by Darshan Singh in 1981, when I was 21, and followed that path for several years. The adherance to the vegetarian diet even includes the avoidance of cheese with animal rennet.

When I chose to forsake that path (mostly), my metabolism has been screwed ever since.

[Avatar]

So, you mean you would not stop being a vegetarian.

--A

[aliantha]

<ali gingerly sidesteps the discussion between Av and Menolly>

Hmm. I agree with Av, I think. There are things I might have done differently, but on the whole, I did what I thought was right at the time.

[Avatar]

Ayuh. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

--A

[Menolly]

Nonsense, Mel is a veggie (quite unusual in SA I assure you) and there's nothing wrong with her. Still, at least you realise it's something you want to believe huh? (Sorry.)

As I said, it's fine for others. My metabolism slowed down so much that when I reintroduced a regular diet it never bounced back. Even when I was intensely training for the Floriday Sunshine State Games (where I took a "silver" in Bo, btw), and for Juniour Olympics six days a week, the metabolism never sped back up.

So, you mean you would not stop being a vegetarian.

No, I would have been better off never having followed such a diet. But, again, that's me.

I do still think eating meatless several times a week is healthy. We don't need meat all the time, that's for sure.

...and ali, I bow to your wisdom.

[aliantha]

Ayuh. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

--A

Zackly. Plus it's just a bad idea to second-guess yourself -- that's a surefire prescription for self-loathing, endless self-recriminations, etc.

(Of course, in a couple of months, I may be back here in this thread and saying to myself, "Boy, was *that* ever a dumb thing to post!" )

[Avatar]

Damn straight. Done is done and that's that. If you can't live with your decisions and their consequences, might as well kill yourself.

--A

[aliantha]

Damn straight. Done is done and that's that. If you can't live with your decisions and their consequences, might as well kill yourself.

--A

Hmm, well, not sure I'd go *that* far...

In terms of non-life-changing decisions, tho...I probably would have stuck with the first Toyota Corolla I owned for another year. Buying the next car when I did helped wreck the budget. And then it started needing big money repairs before I'd finished paying off the loan.

[drew]

I would never have tried to be an independant truck driver when I was only 22.

It only lasted three years; and five years after THAT I'm STILL suffering the conciquences.

[danlo]

where I took a "silver" in Bo, btw),

What in the world is Bo? Tae Bo?

My one regret is that I didn't knock Jeb Boyd's head off in HS. But according to Eckart Tolle, since I am a nonviolent person, what my ego has been doing is carrying a negative and destructive grievance, this is baggage I must rid myself of in order to awake and be the concious "I am", pure Being. So, in other words, no.

[Menolly]

where I took a "silver" in Bo, btw),

What in the world is Bo? Tae Bo?

No. The bō is the wooden staff used in karate-do.

According to the article, Donatello of the TMNTs uses a bō as his weapon of choice.

Mine is rosewood, about 2" diameter, and 6' tall. My "silver" medal (it's actually pewter) was for kata with my bō, not kumite.

*snort*

I just noticed...Mel-cho??

*giggling*

[Cheval]

In martial arts, my weapon of choice was always the bo-staff.
(You can do soooo much with one)

But if I had it all to do again I would had stayed with my Kung-Fu training.
(I got old and lazy and stopped after about 15 years of studying Wing Chung, Wooden and Drunken Monkey, and "shoot" fighting.)

[danlo]

I meant to refer to you as Men-Cho but misspelt. Yes I know what a bo is, just didn't know your games had martial arts competitions...

[thefirst]

On the whole, I don't regret much of anything that I've done so far in my life. I think that even the bad experiences that I've had, have served their purpose, and if nothing else, have helped me to be the person I am. I'm comfortable with myself and I think that the past and the way I've dealt with things, only helps me to meet the things that will happen in the future with a better outlook. Am I rambling? Oh well.

[Sunbaneglasses]

I would have been nicer to some people and less nice to others.

[Auleliel]

I regret not starting martial arts sooner. But then, that wasn't technically my fault either. So if I had to do it all again, I would work harder at convincing my parents to let me start in martial arts as a kid.