When I think back on my time in high school, here’s the things I wish I had done:
taken the GED to graduate early (probably at 15 or 16)
slogging through high school was not clearly worth it for me; I likely could have gotten an earlier jump on my life if I had skipped 2-3 years of it
gotten a job so I could buy a car
not having a car really restricted what I could do with my life, and getting one earlier would have given me greater autonomy and thus ability to control more of how I spent my time
socialized more
I was very focused on my studies and getting into college; I should have spent more time hanging with friends and going on dates
gotten a job
perhaps unique to my time and situation, I could have easily gotten a job programming or IT
skipped college?
this one is tough; I would likely be financially better off if I hadn’t gone to college, but maybe I wouldn’t have had access to the same job opportunities and wouldn’t have learned all the things that have enabled to me to really engage with this community
One of the tough things about advice is it’s extremely context dependent, and for every bit of good advice you hear, someone needs to hear the opposite advice. So you’ll have to think about this and if it applies to you, and probably get it wrong. But that’s okay, have no regrets, because you can always only do the best you could at the time.
When I think back on my time in high school, here’s the things I wish I had done:
taken the GED to graduate early (probably at 15 or 16)
slogging through high school was not clearly worth it for me; I likely could have gotten an earlier jump on my life if I had skipped 2-3 years of it
gotten a job so I could buy a car
not having a car really restricted what I could do with my life, and getting one earlier would have given me greater autonomy and thus ability to control more of how I spent my time
socialized more
I was very focused on my studies and getting into college; I should have spent more time hanging with friends and going on dates
gotten a job
perhaps unique to my time and situation, I could have easily gotten a job programming or IT
skipped college?
this one is tough; I would likely be financially better off if I hadn’t gone to college, but maybe I wouldn’t have had access to the same job opportunities and wouldn’t have learned all the things that have enabled to me to really engage with this community
One of the tough things about advice is it’s extremely context dependent, and for every bit of good advice you hear, someone needs to hear the opposite advice. So you’ll have to think about this and if it applies to you, and probably get it wrong. But that’s okay, have no regrets, because you can always only do the best you could at the time.