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| Posted on 2012-06-15 12:45:48 PM |
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I recently started playing the piano again (recently as in three days ago). I've played and learned a decent number of instruments in my life, but the last time I touched a piano was over ten years ago. As such, I'm pretty terrible at it and can only play a few basic songs - Auld Lang Syne, America and Bach's Minuet in G. Had I actually devoted more time to it in the past, I think I'd be pretty fantastic at this point.
I also played baseball quite a bit when I was younger. My dad was (and still is) a very avid lover of the sport, and he would always sign me up for local teams in hopes of shaping me into a decent player. However, once again, I just suddenly stopped doing it and any skill I had diminished completely. In retrospect, I enjoyed it quite a bit and would love to pick it back up at some point.
What about you? Is there anything you wish you did more of when you were younger?
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 12:50:15 PM |
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To not waste all the time I got with playing pointless videogames.
And, to learn to play at least 1 instrument.
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 01:16:16 PM |
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Listening to music (yeah, got into it very late), actually playing an instrument and going out...
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 01:17:26 PM |
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I just mourn my bad (and horrible) times in school in general: i wish i had more friends with less prejudges against me, and, especially, in superior school, i wanted a place where i could get a reasonable ranking without arselicking the stupid teachers (indeed most of them would give you a good rank in base of your sympathy and in base of how often you would offer them a coffee), so, i just had better to change to a better school (The Arezzo's art high school is a total shit, a total mess from top to bottom) Now i just regret to not having changed school when i had problem with my stupid classmates even in the first place. This would have made me more willing to study at school and even discuss subjects with friends i never had there.
To my classmates and teachers, that will unlikely read this: GO FUCK YOURSELF!
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 01:18:22 PM |
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I wish I had given musical instruments a realistic chance at all when I was younger. Like, my mom once bought me a flute and I even took lessons, but only for a few weeks, then I quit because I still couldn't play perfectly.
I recently started learning to play the keyboard (recently being January 18th 2012), though I'm not taking any lessons. I still very much suck at it, but this time I at least am motivated, so I might actually stick to it.
Also, I wish I had spent more time with my friends from ~7th grade on. This may be just me taking the easy way out, but I tend to blame the fact that I barely am in real contact with people other than my family outside of school on the high significance I gave to the internet in my life. Though it is getting a little better lately (I think).
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 01:29:57 PM |
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Originally posted by NeutronListening to music (yeah, got into it very late), actually playing an instrument and going out...
I may be 16, but same as Neutron here.
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 01:32:40 PM |
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Enjoy life. Seriously, the only thing I kept looking forward to is growing up and becoming older, but the times were all a lot better back then. I don't know, but I can't seem to be happy with any age I have.
And otherwise, play basketball a lot more. I could've become one of the best players of my country if I just put more time in it. Kind of disappoints me when I think about it, now.
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 02:12:44 PM |
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Originally posted by KevKotAnd, to learn to play at least 1 instrument.
I mean fuuuuuuuu-
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 03:04:09 PM |
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Oh god, my biggest one I REALLY wished I could've done was go outside like little kids should do and have a social life. Well... I definitely don't know exactly if going out a lot when younger is what makes kids more social but nonetheless, being social and enjoying life!!! Especially how for quite a long time now, I've been trying to improve my social skills and been thinking about it a lot and such. So yeah, that's a biggy for me.
I would've also wanted to play either the guitar or drums. Those rather interested me for some time now and still do.
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 03:49:55 PM |
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I probably should've started socialising earlier on in life but I suppose part of the reason I didn't is how I was raised. To live inside and almost fear what's around me. Pretty much the reason I was into games in the first place was because I was always told never to go outside. It became almost a bad habit of mine.
That and listen to my mother a lot less. She just moulded me into that nervous wreck. Oh well, I don't put up with her shit anymore.
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| Posted on 2012-06-15 03:56:12 PM |
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I really wish I had kept at trying to learn to do ASM about 3 years ago. If I had kept at it I might have actually gotten somewhere.
Other than that, I really have no regrets. I liked being anti social and practically living in my room, that and investing my time into art. Better than being out on the streets doing drugs and getting into fights.
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| Posted on 2012-06-16 04:09:17 PM |
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Originally posted by reghrhreOh god, my biggest one I REALLY wished I could've done was go outside like little kids should do and have a social life. Well... I definitely don't know exactly if going out a lot when younger is what makes kids more social but nonetheless, being social and enjoying life!!! Especially how for quite a long time now, I've been trying to improve my social skills and been thinking about it a lot and such. So yeah, that's a biggy for me.
Holy shit, that's what I've being trying to do this past year! I never was social when I was growing up, and I had a terrible school life. But now that I'm trying to be social, its sort of working (sort of being the key words).
- BlackMageMario
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| Posted on 2012-06-16 06:23:42 PM |
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I still am young.
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| Posted on 2012-06-16 08:20:17 PM |
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More extracurriculars in high school. Didn't join speech and debate until my senior year and could've partipated in Model United Nations, Mock Trial, and a couple other clubs too.
Golf's also another thing: I played a fair bit in my early teens, but drifted out of it and haven't played again since. It's too bad too, since nearly every high school or college has a golf team.
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| Posted on 2012-06-16 09:44:10 PM |
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Nothing, really. I've done most everything I wanted to do in my childhood.
The only big things I'd change would be A) not stress out over sexual stuff during puberty, and B) get ADHD medication.
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| Posted on 2012-06-18 08:42:30 AM |
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Though I'm twelve years old - too young for this thread, perhaps, one thing I wish I did when I was younger was get more musical experience. I played around with a guitar to a certain degree since I was around six, but always wished my dad had showed me more about it. I only got into music around two years ago when I started the piano, but we had a MIDI piano way back and it's really a shame my eight-year-old self showed so little interest in it too.
Also, it isn't really a "thing I wish I did more of", but if I had found out I had aspergers syndrome before the beginning of the year, that would've been nice.
I'm fortunate enough to have more time, so this thread really isn't for me, heh.
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| Last edited on 2012-06-18 08:44:02 AM by Zero-X. |
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| Posted on 2012-06-18 09:04:22 AM |
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I'm twelve, and... I don't miss anything. My social life goes very well, I had good travels to other parts of my state with school and friends many times, and my family is always just awesome. Perhaps, learn english, spanish and music since when I was younger would be cool too, but I'm nice as I am so far.
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| Posted on 2012-06-18 09:35:32 AM |
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Enjoy the youth and freedom of being free without any responsibilities or any worries in the world 🌎
Maybe Sleep more, when I was younger...
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| Posted on 2012-06-19 03:06:45 PM |
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Some of the things I wished I had were probably spending more time with some of my family back when I was closer to some of them. I also wished I wrote down every "little" adventure I had in my head so I didn't have trouble trying to describe them now. Writing my story would have been a lot easier if I started a lot sooner.
I also wished I spent more time hanging out with people back long ago, even though I would have moved away each and every year regardless. It is the experience that would have been good for me in the long run.
Oh and I also wished I kept playing Trombone or at least kept my instrument so I could play it now. Oh and possibly learning other instruments as well.
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| Last edited on 2012-06-19 03:08:36 PM by Scrydan. |
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| Posted on 2012-06-19 03:45:12 PM |
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I wish I would have paid more attention to my actions when I was younger. I still cringe on these videos I watch of my past, my past writings, creations, report cards, everything. I feel like I'm less of a person for not paying more attention when I was younger, and I missed a lot of opportunities.
I probably could have advanced and skipped fifth grade.
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