For those of you who have been wondering how many of us would start over some place at the major life markers, you might have missed the poll results on the right hand side of the page.
It seems that 6% would start over at birth; 6% at elementary school; 6% at junior high school; 13% at college; 13% at marriage; 0% at parenting; 20% wouldn't start over.
Well, I guess it's how you interpret the question. Does start over mean:
1. It was so much fun, I want to do it again!
2. I think I'd start over to do it differently this time.
Which was did YOU interpret the question. I'll come clean on this one. I'd like to start college over again. Although I seriously explored what I wanted to major in, I didn't really have an idea about a career. At that time, a job was a job, not a career for most females. I married during the first year of my "job" and began on my PHT path--putting hubby through. Given the second chance, I'd do it over with a career in mind for me. Which is not to say I'd skip marriage or parenthood.
I'd like to hear how others interpreted the question--#1 or #2 or something else. Your reasoning for choosing what you chose?
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I interpreted the question as "What would I do over again because I was so unhappy with my choice / decision concerning that time or event." My answer was "I wouldn't change anything." My reasoning being - "I never made a wrong decision in my life."
I don't mean that to be arrogant. Simply, because I always tried to make the best decision I could at the time with the information I had at that time. Thus, it was always the "right decision."
Did many of my decisions turn out to not be the best decision --hell yes. But at the time, with the available information, it was the "right decision."
Because I do not have the ability change things once done, I don't worry about it and try to do better (make a better decision) the next time.
Thus, I am happy with my life and the choices I have made. And I try to get better each day -- with the help of "The Big Guy" upstairs.
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