“Not appreciating people who love you.”
“Caring too much about what others thought of me.”
“Not investing.”
“Stretching and maintaining muscle mass. When I had kids I stopped both and it took a decade to get that back. Treat your body well. Something happens around 38 and the better shape you are in the better your 40’s and after will feel.”
“Speaking too quick not listening and thinking more.”
“Not taking better care of my teeth.”
“Disrespecting my parents when I was a teenager.
They really did know what they were talking about, I was just too much of a sh#thead to see it”
“Not appreciating how lovely I was”
“Seems so cliche but I did not wear enough sunscreen. I used to do the whole lay out with baby oil so I could get a “savage” tan. How stupid. Now my face looks like a topographic map of California. Wear sunscreen kids!”
“Not going harder at everything, thinking I had time.
You don’t.”
“Not asking older family members more questions about our family and forebears while they were still alive.”
“Spending too much time worrying about love and not enough time concentrating on happiness.”
“I should’ve started traveling much earlier in life, while i was still young & fit.”
“Worrying so much. In hindsight all that stuff seem so silly now.”
“Not learning a musical instrument. I’m trying now but it’s harder at my ancient age.”
“Not being careful with my credit. I got my first credit card at 18 and went absolutely crazy. It’s taken me years to climb up to decent credit and even more years to get to excellent credit.”
“Not enjoying it more, didn’t realize how fast my younger years would pass”
Said every boomer to every renting/bus-riding/laborer millennial, since they already have those "big" purchases BEFORE credit scores even existed.