What is one thing you would do differently if you knew how quickly time passes?

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I would spend more time with the people I love…we often get caught up in work, money, and everyday life, forgetting that time is the one thing we can’t control or get back. One day, we may wish we had spent less time being busy and more time making memories with the people who matter most…

SeekerOfTruth007 · Accepted Answer

I don't know about passage of time, but if I had my life to do again, I'd quit college and fight professionally starting at about 18 to 20 years old. I could have been a contender, maybe even champion, at 185lbs in the UFC or other major promotion. As things stand, I could actually train someone to be champion at any weight class, except I don't own my own gym.

The clowns at the Gracie gym down the street have fighters with 20 professional wins in MMA, and I tap them out the majority of rolls with them, much less the fact I'm much better at standup than I am ground game.

My second Karate sensei had the following credentials at the time, and he taught me everything he knew.

2nd Dan Shotokan Karate

4th Dan Isshinryu Okinawan karate and Japanese Ju Jitsu

1st Degree Black Belt in Gracie BJJ

Max level in Krav Maga.

Additional experience in High School and Collegiate Wrestling.

That was in the year 2000 when I last knew him personally. He's since progressed to 7th Dan in Okinawan karate and Japanese Ju Jitsu, but the truth is ranks beyond 5th Dan are purely ceremonial and no longer hold a fighting requirement.

I trained close to 4000 gym hours under him directly, with another 400 gym hours coming from 6th and 7th Dan instructors in each of 50 hours seminars (eight in total) by the time I was 20 years old.

so yeah, I was way, way better at Martial Arts than I've ever been at anything else in my life.

Zack-Bann · Accepted Answer

Before I moved away to study and live abroad, I wanted to spend all the time I had left with my family, and I did

But when I walked through those airport doors all I could think was “I wish I had more time”

That’s when I realized that the passage of time is irrelevant.
We will always want more of it.
No matter what we do or how fast we run it will never be enough time.

So now I simply treasure the time I have without attempting to halt it’s passage.
Because we are all at the mercy of the hourglass.

AnnaJuist · Accepted Answer

Love and cherish the one person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with and not settle for someone else, because of my youth & low self esteem.

Even though we both moved away & on and we both have our own families... never a day goes by, that I do not think of my 1st true love... even though they have passed away, a few years ago... I always wonder, How our lives would have been different.

Like the old saying goes (for us women)...

We have a precious gift, that we can only give to one special person (once in our lifetime)...

But we still have the box it came in.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

I would learn from mentors instead of trying to do everything myself and I would be willing to pay money for counsel and insight, because without information, doing things is a lot harder.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

Some say time flies you’re having fun & as for me I like to have fun so I’m not going to stop having fun just so time moves slowly.

What is one thing you would do differently if you knew how quickly time passes?

Move to another planet because time is different & yes I don’t care what The Planet Nazi’s say Pluto is still a planet in my book & those jokers who decided to downgrade Pluto’s status can go pound sand.

HawkPerception · Answer

Wish I didn't waste as much time as I did when I was younger. Being more of a go-getter, starting a business early on in life and eventually scaling it to the point I would be hands free by now and able to provide for my loved ones and live the life I want.

Lliam · Answer

I wouldn't have spent so much money when I was young buying things like collectables that I thought would increase in value and that I could sell in the future.
I would have bought more gold and silver.

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

I would have completely stopped drinking way-way earlier. Occupational hazard when you play in club bands, but it costs way more time and clarity than you can possibly know while you're still doing it.

MrChinaski · Answer

I should have pushed myself harder in childhood and stopped taking myself seriously earlier in adulthood. Meh. Next lifetime I'll get it right.

menina · Answer

I would have made different choices. My life would have been so much better if it wasn't for my mistakes in my 20's.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm acutely aware of that. Most of the the people i care most about have passed on. You WILL reach this point in life at some point. It's not that you give up on this life. But you're looking forward to seeing those you love on the other side. I've (hopefully) made enough money to sustain me for the rest of my life. So my focus is less about labor. And more about doing God's will. Not storing up treasures here on Earth, but in Heaven.

scrtnerd · Answer

I would not have compomised what I wanted or who I was for other people. I wouldn’t have done 11 years of tertiary study in courses I didn’t want to do in order to make others happy. I would have had more time to be with those I cared about and been with those so understand and have similar interests.

Still-alive · Answer

Definitely read more. Im getting more into it now but as someone with bad adhd it was always difficult to sit down and focus on a good book.

Anonymous · Answer

Spend more time at home with my kids. My eldest is 10, feel like i missed so much working

ohsheeT · Answer

This is so true and once in awhile you might meet someone instead of taking 5 minutes to say hello you walk away in a hurry to go nowhere sometimes

FreyaRed · Answer

I'm not prone to regrets. I just want to keep good memories and get rid of bad ones.

browsingthroughthe · Answer

I like to spend my time 😁 living island time 🏝️  Life is easier on island countries

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I'd not change anything. Just live a little slower, perhaps?

exitseven · Answer

I would not have wasted so much time chasing a dream that could never happen.

Anonymous · Answer

Take more calculated risks of it means enjoying life to ensure I'm living life to the fullest

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

Do the things that i love doing, plus spending more and more time with my loved ones...

Laulenke · Answer

I wouldn’t have gotten in that car because I knew it was unsafe  Now I have a wrecked right knee that will never work well ever again

Anonymous · Answer

travel, try new things out more, be more risk taking.

Paige2006 · Answer

Studied harder in school

Staximus · Answer

It’s too late now

OneViewpoint · Answer

I would have been divorced 25 years sooner.

Anonymous · Answer

Travel with family and friends

jshm2 · Answer

Nothing, seriously nothing.

_Jenny_ · Answer

@elenalena Tbh. nothing different

msc545 · Answer

I would go sailing more often.

RepleteAura · Answer

I would live days to the fullest more often

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I would've spent more time with my mom

Siajanua2027 · Answer

Spend much more time with my loved ones.

Billlewis · Answer

Nothing.

Maria1986z · Answer

Come out sooner.

Pterodon · Answer

Quit HS earlier

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