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What Do You Know Today That You Wish You Knew 10 Years Ago?  
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What do you know today that you wish you knew ten years ago?

	One of the most important things I’ve learned is that I don’t need to worry so much. When you are younger, you worry about what you look like, what you are wearing, etc. Of course I still care about those things, but I don’t stress over them. What’s really important is being happy. At all stages in your life: if you’re happy, you’re beautiful.
	I’ve also learned the importance of giving back. It’s great to realize that life is not always about achieving the next level for yourself and that it’s just as important to be generous with your personal spirit and knowledge. With technology, the world really is flat. It has enabled people to connect and to reach across the world as easily as they can across the street. We should all find a way to take advantage of that.
	To be unconcerning of what other people think of me. Like you as a younger person I cared immensely what people thought. I was also teased a lot as a child and had a lot of built up aggression from the fact that I could never live up to the standards other people had forced upon me. When I finally met my husband and felt a connection with another human being that was suffering from the same personality afflictions as me, I realized that it didn't matter. That the ideals other people had concocted for me were worthless. I then finally began to live and enjoy life, being able to truly express myself any way I saw fit without worrying about the back lash of nonacceptance.
	I wish I've known that everything has a time and a place
	One of the most important things I've learned is that it generally takes more energy to become upset than it does to simply "shrug it off." When I was younger, I confused independence and individuality with aggression. Now I realize that you don't have to be a tough girl to succeed. Kindness and compassion are the best tools to a happy, healthy life.
	Stock prices
	I wish I knew to have more self-confidence, and be less self-concious: to know that there aren't all eyes on me at all times.
	I wish that I knew that playing out in the sun all day and laying in it was bad for your skin...I was 10 ten years ago...
	I wish I knew how to manage time better. I realize how much of my life I have wasted in front of the computer, not accomplishing anything: having ambition, yet not fulfilling any goals, only dreaming...
	I wish I knew that finding a mate isn't about true love...it is about someone loving you as much as you love them. Too often I wasted my time and love on a person that didn't care about me. The best love is the love that is mutual.
	Lottery winning numbers.
	Now I have a divorce and an upcoming one coming...because I loved so much to someone that didn't love me. I stressed over finding perfect love and found no love at all.
	to not worry about what people think of me. To be who I want me to be and not what people want me to be!
	i wish i knew how to tell people what i exactly think and not hold back
	Not to drink as much as I did
	To start ListAfterList.com
	Don't sweat the small stuff and spend more time with your parents. Ten years ago, I was a super busy working married, working mom. My husband and I really thought that we just had to have more expendible income and we did. We were able to with the help of my parents, they picked up our oldest (she was an only child at the time) from daycare and watched her often. While I know that they loved doing it, I wished that I had been more free to spend more time with them. They died almost 9 years ago (due to a car accident) and everyday I wished I had had more time!
	Divorce my ex
	I wish i had stopped to listen to Gods still small voice in my life!! So many times he was trying to tell me, Sally that is going to hurt you or you are going to cause yourself more grief doing that. I would say oh, but I'm having fun! Then one day, when i was 28 I finally let go and gave my life over to Him and said ok, I'm not going to continue trying to sleep with my dates and end up trying to fill a void that i found out in the end, only God can fill! This may sound corny or it may tug at your heart and soul. For me it only did when i was done trying to lead my life and ready to give it to Him. My life still has struggles now but they are never like they were before and I always feel Him there with me, just because I asked Him to be that one day....That's it, take it or it leave it!!.....
	that a college education is important

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