If you could fast-forward your life right now, would you? Why? And by how much?

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I'd fast-forward a year. Except then I'll be 50 and that sounds terrible, jumping into that decade. But I'd still do it.

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

This is a good question because I'm so curious about everything I believe that we're headed for a place we don't want to be so I would definitely want to go there and find out because if I could change it I would at the same time I believe that we're also supposed to experience life I mean everything about life we need to experience it because we do and we can't take it with us because we are energy and energy Never Dies I believe when you become one with the universe with everything that is all of our destinies because that way you don't have opinion you don't have judgment you live in peace with yourself and everybody else you don't have race bait you don't have all the negative things that we go through and our destiny is to find ourselves with all of our experiences to be that person so I wouldn't want to pass up those opportunities but at the same time Common Sense tells me we're headed to a place to there's no need to go to but through politicians and world order as they call it there are people on this planet that want to basically destroy a lot of the things our values and ethics and morals that we have in place to keep us all a good person but if I could go into time learning all this and then come back and change it for sure in a heartbeat I'd do it

globetrotter22 · Accepted Answer

I am dealing with major financial struggles right now. But I stay the course (and I have been for the last 3 months) I’ll only improve my situation. So next year sounds better than this year.

With that said the real fantasy is being able to go back 10 or even 20 years. It’s an “uncle Rico fantasy” so i know better than to dwell on it. But still I have to admit the thought is daydream seductive at times. Have future knowledge and being young to enjoy better decisions would feel like I’m halfway to heaven.

SunnyCaliGirl · Accepted Answer

I find it vary interesting you used the image of a protostar for this question, as a star takes 100,000s of years to become a full star. Where it is formed within its time and can’t move forward or back in time.
A great example of where time seems to stop is a blackhole, when debris gets within the entrance of a blackhole it stenches whatever it is and time seems to slow down, just some interesting info that I was reminded of seeing your 1st image, that ironically in a way related to the question

As for my reply with to your question, I wouldn’t change a thing to go back or forward in time, to me it’s not worth it

DarkCarousel · Accepted Answer

I wouldn’t. I feel like I wish time away, or ignore the present, just to make it to the weekend. I often reflect back on the time I spent doing that and how I should have been enjoying the moments in between a little more.
It’s hard of course, to be excited for an exhausting workweek. And in the evenings, I feel like I have to rush around so I can try to get to bed early and get ready for the next day. Feels like I constantly rush and it doesn’t change anything.
Instead of rushing, I want to slow down and take it all in. I’m tired of rushing.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

No, at 67, you really don't want to have your finger on the fast forward button!

GoodManDave · Answer

If I had control, like I could go back and forth, I’d probably try a decade or two forward. It might help make some better decisions about my life.

I’d try a year, first. It’s a lot of “dead space” at the moment because there are a lot of things “on hold.” There will be some big things happening within the next 365 days, if I can get over the things I have to wait to get done. So I’d like to see what happens in a year.

Then maybe five, then maybe ten years into the future (if I can go back to now). Maybe get to 20, but honestly, I think I’d be more focused on now and it’s fairly early future.

Lynx122 · Answer

No not really. Even though I'm in a situation that I want to get out of (it looks like 6 months of patience needed atm) But Im not at an age anymore where I'll just skip 6 months. I can have good times any day even when my overall life is not in the spot I want it to be. I've gone through so many tough times where I was just enduring until things got better and Now I feel like this is the biggest hill I've climbed so far and I'm almost at a great phase of my life and I can do it for a while longer :)

FriendlyDrugDealer · Answer

No I wouldn’t and because I enjoy life now more than I ever have before. I enjoy the moments of seeing people I care about accomplishing their personal goals , the gatherings or expanding my mind through conversations or reading.

Life is about enjoying the present moment, i wouldn’t trade it for anything else

Effably · Answer

Only your first and last options truly make sense to me, and I am glad to not be in the last section.

I suppose if you are expecting a rough year or two and know it will all be better after that skipping it makes good sense. I would quite like to have an autopilot mode as a fast-forward in real time with a pause function. Although I suspect it might make life rather short if you fast forward most days at work, sleep etc.

Prettygurl12 · Answer

Either 6 months or a year, assuming I live that time in some other dimension or something so it isn't lost time.

Things are uncertain right now and I know that 6 months from now they'll be clear but I'd love to just skip to that part lol

Unit1 · Answer

I needed this fast forwarding when i was a kid and a teenager to skip all the abuse and boredom until when i got a job and started making money.

No need for me to fast forward anything now. Wouldn't say we live in a good time however. Kind of far from it.

ShadezMcgee · Answer

I wouldn't. I wouldn't want to see what happens years from now. What has changed or happened sounds too much to take in and adjust to off the bat. Go back in time, possibly. Not forward.

Ezra_lila · Answer

There is saying " Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Present is a gift" And I want to live that gift no to fast-forward or backward I want to feel this life no shortcuts at all.

Pinay_ako · Answer

No. I want to see my parents live for a long time and fast forwarding it isn’t a good thought at all. I’d want to take my time and enjoy what the 40s has in store for me. 💕

Sandeeppingping · Answer

I'd jump a year as well if it's between these options, if I have free range I'd go for 10 months, for my plan has the next 10 months as pure hell but it'll be worth it in the end

ThoseCognacEyes · Answer

Nope, I would not. In fact, I would rewind 15 years to experience some things again and also to meet some people from the past.

menina · Answer

I would fast forward 5 years. That way I could see if I reached my goals and if I'm already living in a decent country.

ZS007 · Answer

I wouldn't cause if I did I would miss my final years of student life in uni and freedom before working.

letuswaltzforthedead · Answer

To my 18th or 19th birthday. Nothing will chance and I know the time in beteeen will probably be wasted anyways

bowenw · Answer

I'd rather go back and do some things differently.

The_Shadow_Dweller · Answer

Fast-forward just my own life while keeping everything around me intact. Just mentally or physically?

Or

Fast-forwarding everything including my own body, but keeping my mental age intact.

What are you meaning here?

Still-alive · Answer

I just wanna see if i manage to get out of debt in the not too distant future... or if i failed smh

xyzfdg · Answer

I would like to enter a black hole & simply cease to exist, as I don't believe there's anything truly meaningful to exist for - only indulgences - chasing cravings - followed by death... only useful thing would be to relieve suffering as much as possible for those left behind after you die, but the well-being of others, in my experience, is rarely high priority on many people's list of daily activities.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

I would pause it so I can make the ENITRE series as well as teach myself how to make books (if I don’t age during that period). Then all I’d have to do is buy the stuff, make the books, and find someone to publish them

FilmGuy93 · Answer

Probably 2 years. I need to finish law school and then take the bar exam in my preferred state. That’ll take about 2 years.

Kylal412 · Answer

Id actually say 2 years so I can finish my nursing degree 😅

clampfan101 · Answer

I want to as every day for the past decade has felt more or less the same… However, I can’t decide how long without knowing when I’ll finally have a girlfriend.

Smoothing · Answer

Life is too short as it is. I would rather experience every single moment. Good or bad

IceCreamSandwich · Answer

[Click 2006] No.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

I wouldn’t want to miss time with my family. I’ve watched and read many novels on time travel it never ends well 👍

BlueScorpio · Answer

Um no, I don't see the point of that. It's better to live and experience those years then to fast forward through them. I think only moments I would fast forward are the moments when I'm at work lol

VIVANT · Answer

😂 I thought you were going to ask if I could fast— I was going to say yes absolutely I do every week! lol

Owe your actual questio— in my opinion nope not wanting to miss anytime here 😊😊🙏🏼

kataang · Answer

I would. Probably about 3 years, when I’m done with puberty.

AsaKyo · Answer

I'd fast-forward it by 5 years just to see if I'm still in the same place or not and if I was, I'd just off myself at that point

LindsayR07 · Answer

I've been raped twice and nearly killed over a dozen times, have a permanently broken foot and a back that would be bad for a woman twice my age... I'd trade none of these experiences because they make me who I am today and I love me.

Sour-rose · Answer

At this rate of life... nah. I be missing all the good stuff and it turns out i skipped the process of me being rich and living the dream... and I'M NOT? I'm gonna be so mad :)

dustybiker · Answer

No. I would only miss all the adventures I’d be skipping over.

Brainsbeforebeauty · Answer

Nope.. Because if you fast forward, you don't know what good parts you missed

exitseven · Answer

No, life is short and even of you are going through a rough patch I would want to experience it anyway.

duttyjamagyal · Answer

I would fast forward it to after I pass my NCLEX, so like in 10 months

Jamie05rhs · Answer

YES! Please fast-forward me until I get a girlfriend. I'm bored as f*ck. 😄

madgoat · Answer

I've wondered about this from time to time. I suspect it'd be addictive. In the end, self defeating as you'd run out to life. Never wish your life away.

Light909090 · Answer

I would Fast forward 200 years and eventually Through the Fast forwarding I would die and because of Fast Forwarding I wouldn’t experience the pain of death.

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

To the end. This whole existence thing is just not for me, I'd rather not have been born.

Zolly99999 · Answer

Nah... I wouldn't I'd like to go back fix mistakes though

Pizaz · Answer

About a week at the most, I miss my mom and she's visiting in a week ☺️

J2ohhhhh · Answer

If it was done by a remote control, I'd skip a few conversations here and there, but wouldn't skip a whole day.

Rania05 · Answer

By a year, many things can be out of my life by then

Aerissa_Jade · Answer

To the end, lets end this pain and suffering.

CanadianCityGirl · Answer

I'd like to fast forward just to find out if I get married and have kids of my own one day.

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

I would like to fast forward it to next Reincarnation

GlassTop · Answer

Why the hell can’t I go backwards? Going forward is like killing yourself? How do you know you will do a good job and exactly what you want?

stargazeraug1989 · Answer

Never. As this is the only story I'll ever write, I'd rather not skip any chapters.

Wubs3000 · Answer

Last year I would have but I want to live this part of my life rn

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

Maybe to skip the sleep part but until the about to wake up part, so you still feel great

Mac-One · Answer

Would go back to the 1960s knowing all that I know today.

JosyJosy · Answer

No, we're already going to die eventually, life's already short.

Valso · Answer

I really don't enjoy life and it's more than clear I'll never be married, so I'd just skip to the end.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

What’s the use? My friends would miss me, and travelling to my folks’ deaths might be for a long time.

BubbaTech · Answer

I'd rewind it, not to relive it, but go back in the background and do things that I missed back then...

monkeynutts · Answer

Nope, that would be a waste of time, unless I memorize the results of several hundred horse races. And go back in time to win big.

genericname85 · Answer

I would never use a fast forward button on life unless there's also a rewind one.

douride2 · Answer

At 45 I wouldn't. Actually I would sooner rewind my life about 10 - 15 years.

JSmuve · Answer

Nope. But if I could rewind my life I'd sure as shit do it.

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