If you had the option to hit restart and begin life all over again, would you?

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BrittBratt2416 · Accepted Answer

mm honestly my life hasn't been that bad for me to think of resetting it, for the most part my life has been pretty normal. Sure I didn't grow up super popular or had the most friends, I do have some regrets or moment in life were I thought " oh I shouldn't of done that or said that" and I still have those moments from time to time but it's not enough for me to say "RESET". Plus if I hit the reset button I'm just going to end up were I am now, and the thought of having to get up at 6am all over again to head to school.. ehh not exactly something I want to do. But it would be cool to look at myself in the past to see what I was like and If I missed anything.

Hidden_P · Accepted Answer

Honestly? Yes and no.

I’ve had some lovely moments but also horrendous ones. And I don’t mean “oh a lovely birthday party” and “someone said boo”.

Hitting reset won’t guarantee a worse life. I’ve sustained rape, suicide, attempts murder, eating disorders, poverty, health issues, fertility issues, mental issues... hitting reset doesn’t mean I’ll be a fairytale princess.

For all I know I will be raped as a child until I’m killed. I could also be a talented someone with money and happiness.

Slim57 · Accepted Answer

This is a tough question. Life is not easy for me right now, I'm struggling, barely holding on, but I just think how much of an accomplishment it would be if I pushed through it all and was able to look back on it. But then again it would be wonderful if I restarted life for a chance at an easier life.

CuriousMufuxka · Accepted Answer

No. Maybe going back to 1997 and investing in Amazon though.

Apple1996 · Answer

No, even all my mistakes were good decisions because they led me exactly where I am now and I'm very happy with my current life🙂🙂🙂

pervertedjester · Answer

As long as I could remember two things, you bet I would!

GermanGuy87 · Answer

you kind of can.

You just can't erase a criminal record. you can't rewind your age. you can't join the military passed a certain age. you can't get into an ivy league school after you already have crappy marks in high school. You can't get a young hot girl friend if your no longer young and hot. You can't have kids passed 35 for most girls. You can't reverse medical problems that have left you crippled.

But other than these few things you can totally restart your life anytime you want all u need is your I-m-a-g-I-n-a-t-I-o-n

Anonymous · Answer

Sometimes, yes. I think I could've saved myself a lot of heartbreak and inconvenience, and not had to have learned some things the hard way.

But most of the time, no. Not only were certain ages exhausting and I'm very glad to be done with them (especially my preteen through teenage years), but I also believe that things have sort of a domino effect and happen the way they do for a reason. I feel that if I changed one minor thing, it might change the entire course of my life and some of the great things wouldn't have happened.

angelgirl7 · Answer

If I retain all my memories, then yes.
I've made a lot of decisions that I really regret making. I truly feel that had I chosen a different path for certain things, I'd be much happier with my life. But unfortunately you can't change the past so I'm left picking up the pieces.

guacamoleee · Answer

my life is definitely not perfect and sometimes i wish i could trade lives with someone i think have something closer to a perfect life however i consider that i have been lucky enough to have a great life even if it's not perfect but who's life is perfect? no ones. There have been bad moments in my life, moments where i regret everything just like everyone but there are also so many memories, people, moments and experiences that i wouldn't change for anything bc i live for moments like that, moments that make me feel truly happy.

311WasAnInsideJam · Answer

I'm recovering from a pretty low point, but if I were to redo it I might not be doing as well as I am now.

Just to cut out that one part of my life would be a lot of life gone, so I'll just stick with my shitty decisions.

If you had the option to hit restart and begin life all over again, would you?

ShortCircuit · Answer

Only if it changed the circumstances of my birth, either randomly, or with guarantee of better circumstances.

If I was just being given a chance to retry the life I've already lived so far, I wouldn't do it. I don't think I could've played the cards I was dealt much better than I already have.

JKingOff · Answer

And go through puberty a second time, f*** that s***! regardless of what decision I make will always be a positive and negative outcome. In order to have the good you have to go through the back. That's just the way it is. There is no such thing as the perfect life.

winterfox10 · Answer

I've had to hit the reset button a number of times in life, but never anything THAT extreme.

I don't know that I would do it. There are a lot of ways in which I think my life could be better, if I knew what I know now, but there are also a lot of good things in my life that have resulted from those bad situations/choices/etc...

backintown · Answer

Yes absolutely. There are days when I wish I could wake up and it would be 25 years ago.

But think of every person sitting in prison or people who accidentally kills somebody (drunk drivers). I think they wish this much worse than anybody.

It’s a fantasy. It’s impossible. It hasn’t even happened in the Bible (but Jesus did say if you had enough faith anything is possible).

You got to live with the life you have.

AmandaYVR · Answer

Nope. I'm tired. I feel like there would still be problems or mistakes, but they would be different ones. And mostly because I don't like repeating things, I prefer new stuff. Even if I wiped the memory of the past life, I don't need to live double.

Lman3000 · Answer

Yeah, Fuck all the bad shit that happened to me, Some shit I wished never happened I would reset without thought I don't care Fuck the old my past made me who I am BS I would want to see how big a change my life would have even if there''s a negative to it

OhThatsMorgan · Answer

I don’t think I would because I’ve learned so much valuable information growing up in the area I was raised in and having so many different experiences (I even learnt how to cure my own depression by myself) and I feel like what I know costs too much to trade for another life.

muliebrity · Answer

Ugh... no to redo seems such a pain. Given even if all memories are wipped out I still think it'll be the same. Learning.. making mistakes.. growing etc.

ellexoxox · Answer

Yes and no
Yes because I would want to spend more time with my dad nan and grandad before they passed and also to change some of my decisions but no because I don't think I can put myself through all of it again

Cynicaldreamer · Answer

Absolutely! So many stupid mistakes I made growing up, missed opportunities, making the wrong friends or not making enough reliable friends... or just have the chance to be a better person.

Yeah, I would not mind a fresh start.

Stingray444 · Answer

I seem to be letting down everyone lately, I've been so stressed that my brain is so confused and foggy and I feel horrible.. I'd do anything if I could just start completely over again fresh and make myself more manageable

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

Yes.

It'd be nice if I knew the consequences of my decisions too, like what some may lead too, so I could kind of correct any mistakes.

If I had the same mindset and way of thinking from a young age too, then I think that'd help me too.

coachTanthony · Answer

Hell yes!! But the question is do we remember this life after we hit the restart button?

TreeO2 · Answer

Yes if I retain my memories, unless I would begin life again but randomly and not the same one I had, in which case I'm unsure.

JSmuve · Answer

Get to do kindergarten all over again? Where do I sign up? For real though, I'd probably start at age 10. I think that's where things began falling off the rails for me.

Aethereal · Answer

If I retain my memories, yes I would. I would prefer to restart as a different person, in a different time and place. But restarting as myself from birth is also fine.

Hamsteroids · Answer

Maybe not life, but I’d certainly start over from my high school to college transition. I’d do A LOT of things differently 😣

jgokgotit · Answer

No because i would just make different mistakes. Good or bad I'll stick with my current track record and see where God takes me.

Annie12234 · Answer

Nope because I’m happy with my current life and I don’t regret. I’m not going press to restart doing all that shit again. 💯

stardust101 · Answer

Hell no, although I would love to push re-start the last ten years of my life.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

No. I love the way my life turned out. I also don't wanna lose all the wonderful memories.

dreamstar72 · Answer

Would like too, but with reset your old life would be erased and forgotten. So a new life would began maybe for the better, but with all likelihood for the worst.

Robertcw · Answer

I think I would. My current life isn't very good so even rolling the dice probably wouldn't turn out any worse. Even if I lost all my memories that would be fine.

qwert1234 · Answer

If I could retain the knowledge/skills I have now. Sure. I mean, not the lotto combinations and such, but life skills, confidence and wisdom. Otherwise, nah.

Wharvey98 · Answer

If you believe in reincarnation the reset button is pretty easy to find, you just might not like what you end up with.

Electric_Dreams · Answer

It's redundant. You start life again with no knowledge that you all ready did it so you'd only do things differently purely by chance.

Madeziner · Answer

Believe me. I am a true believer and can be compromised on a liitle less i. e. Ctrl+Z To rephrase weird moments and blunders of my life lol

Anonymous · Answer

Yes and no yes because I would want to not do some things I done in my life No because it would mean I have to relive my Mum and my Niece and Nephew deaths

ImJustCurious13 · Answer

If I retain the memories I have now then without hesitation. But if I can't retain any memories then I'd just be living my same insipid life all over again and what's the point in that.

just_a_potato · Answer

As corny as it sounds the hardships I've been burdened with so far make me the person I am today

angelll_sn · Answer

No because I’m gonna be a kid again and do the same mistakes I did before. :))

Howard5069 · Answer

If I had the chance to hit restart there are a few things I would change. I would tell my first love I loved her. I would have still gotten married if my original true love turned me down. Even though I was abused for 23 years I would still do it.

ManOnFire · Answer

Yes, I think I would. But would want to still grow up in the 90s.

normalice · Answer

You mean like a timequake thing or a groundhog day thing? Answer is No/Yes, respectively.

nerms123 · Answer

I feel like I have some regrets but I really don’t want to go back 🥶

Shahax · Answer

Do you get to retain your memories otherwise that's essentially a suicide button

truthbeknown · Answer

Do I get to retain my acquired knowledge and memories?

lightbulb27 · Answer

sure, sounds fun, I'd be a lot smarter, faster, etc..

Kiran_Yagami · Answer

Only if I could somehow retain all of my knowledge and memories from now. Otherwise it'd be pointless. Everything would play out exactly like it did the first time.

EleanorRigby · Answer

I would maybe go a year or two back in time, but not restart completely.

CandacePerry · Answer

Probably not because I don't want make same mistake about guys being unfaithful

Reach500 · Answer

I want to say yes, but I don't know how the chain of events would change the present. I want to say yes, but it's a risk

CuriousChick101 · Answer

Sure, to experience what it's like to be born! Unless they're liars, I'm so jealous of people I've read online who supposedly remember their birth! 😆

StephenCF · Answer

Without a doubt. Even if it meant school all over again, I’d say I’d tolerate it a lot better with some popularity this time

Anonymous · Answer

The only regret I have is dating my ex because I lost his brother (who I was close to prior to dating his brother) as a friend. But then again, if he really wanted to be friends, he would have kept in contact.

NyfikenSyd · Answer

Nah! I'm not going though all that trouble again! Once is enough!

yeeeeeeeet · Answer

Yes. Hands down. Anyone I leave behind will understand.

Bandit74 · Answer

If I could keep all my current knowledge, then absolutely. Otherwise, no.

zagor · Answer

No. If I had do-overs at certain points in my life, yes, definitely I would take them. But in general, I've had it pretty good.

bolverk · Answer

If I could limit the reset to the last 20 years I'd go for it as long as I could retain my memories of those years.

DWornock · Answer

Of course! I would get to live all of my life over. Every year I've lived is one less remaining. More is better so naturally I would.

Mamamialetmego · Answer

If experiences and wisdom i gained will stay deep down there in my mind yes but if everything will go blank as white page hell no.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, if I would keep all present knowledge. Even, when my first 18 years was total pile of dog s**t, not worth mentioning. I would concentrate on different thinks then I were before.

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