I often find myself thinking back to various points in my life thinking, “Man, I should have done this and I should have done that…”
And I don’t mean things like: “I should have bought Bitcoin when if first came out.” I didn’t never even heard about Bitcoin until it was already way to expensive for me to buy.
What I’m talking about is I think back to certain periods of my life and wish I would have acted differently on things that were within my power and knowledge.
COLLEGE
In college, I IMMENSELY regret the HOURS and HOURS I spent playing stupid video games. I have never had as much free time as I did while in college and I squandered it.
I could have done things that were within my power because I already knew what I should be doing. I could have worked out way more. I could have obtained way more knowledge, not just in the major I was studying, but in basically any subject I desired to know more about since I had access to the internet and an enormous school library and the nearby public library.
Starting a blog would have taken a bit of learning, but that was within my power too. Yup, I could have had a blog during the Golden Age of blogging when there was like 8 personal finance blogs making BANK. There was no barrier, really, to me launching a blog while in college…but I didn’t.
AFTER COLLEGE / YOUNG ADULT
So…not gonna lie. I actually did a pretty good dang job pursuing worthwhile objectives in my early 20s after college. I traveled a lot. Went on adventures. Worked interesting jobs. Read a lot of books. I don’t think there was much more I could have squeezed in here.
MARRIED / FAMILY LIFE
There is obviously a learning curve here, but looking back–I should have focused WAY more on my physical fitness. Maybe I was broke. But there is ZERO excuse for being way out of shape. It doesn’t require money to be in good shape!
I also wish I would have moved more aggressively with learning online business and building a business on the side faster. Speed is key. And I always moved way to slow.
I could nitpick a lot more stuff, but here is the point of the article:
You will always be able to look back on your life and say, “Man, I wish I woulda done that instead of squandering my time.”
WAKE UP.
Because you are doing that NOW. And I realized this. So, my new focus is living my life in a way NOW that when I look back 10 years from now I can say, “Man, I really kicked some ass in the period of my life. Good job.”