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If you could go back to your early 20s, what would you do to avoid regrets later in life?
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i have no regrets. I would do it all again.
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I wouldnt even go back im trying to get this shit over with already
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>>84419002
working in tech or in any corporate office job
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I am in my early 20s
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>>84419002
Study harder. A lot of my problems now would go away if I had just studied harder.
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>>84419046
Seems like a missed opportunity sadly
>>84419054
Are you a zoomer? Most millenials are already in their 30s, In fact, 2026 is the last year Millennials enter their 30s.
>>84419067
Could be better path even though no guarantee
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read more visual novels
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can't do much going back in time, because the problem I had back then stayed here unresolved.
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>>84419118
only good response itt
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>>84419132
What problem? If it's personal, it's okay not to tell
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>>84419002
i'd learn to drive. i still don't know how to drive lmao
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>>84419136
y'know, it's obvious you samefagged
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>>84419002
Buy chainlink
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>>84419192
What makes you can't drive to this day? Intelligence, anxiety?
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>>84419220
it's a long story, but i'll learn eventually. tired of walking everywhere or having to take the bus/an uber
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>>84419136
larp god?
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>>84419002
start trooning and flee the country asap
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getting into psychiatry. worst error of my life
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My only regrets is not getting my ADHD diagnosis sooner and ignoring /g/ when bitcoin mining first started.
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>>84419275
And fleeing to Thailand/Iran, best decision ever!
>>84419302
Do you take the similar path?
>>84419321
Yeah, I felt bad for myself how I behaved and acted differently during my teenage year only to find out I have adhd. I was already diagnosed since I was a kid, but my parents just didn't tell me anything until high school.
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>>84419364
>was already diagnosed since I was a kid, but my parents just didn't tell me anything until high school.
That was one of my major resentments when I found out thst I had the 'tism diagnosis as a child but they convinced the professionals to say I didn't have it and I just had a speech disorder. If I had it, maybe I could have gotten the adhd diagnosis sooner (I had all the typical symptoms) and did better in my life lime I do now. They didn't want to be those people who had that kid. I saw the evaluation when I moved out after college and saw the evaluation, read it, and I started spurging out at my parents. Literally everything in that reports is classic assburgers. All my behaviors growing up: clasdlsic assburgers. Everything fell into place. Same now thst I have the ADHD diagnosis.

Holy fuck being treated for adhd has did a 180 in my life. I remind them often on how much I hate them for what they did. They deserve it. I missed out on a lot and struggled throughout my life due to their ego.
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>>84419002
Let's see...
I didn't struggle that badly in college, though I still think I could have done better.
During Covid, I'll definitely just lay on my ass again, it was the most fun I've ever had in years...
Hmm, maybe change my Capstone Project? It was good, but not everyone thoroughly understood it.
There was definitely a good side-job that I wanted to do back then too, I should have pressed my professor harder for it. He picked me at first, but he may have forgotten later...
Definitely do better on my in-person interview, last time I was caught offguard and it happened way sooner than expected, I wasn't ready, the employers were also wrickly old pricks who clearly didn't want to be there either. I'm still mad that I got rejected and suffered a lot for it.
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>>84419364
>Do you take the similar path?
what do you mean
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>>84419002
Work out with friends more so I'd have a healthy physique. Being strong makes it easier to rape foids as well
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Buy more Bitcoin. Keep it instead of spending it all on darkweb psychedelics. Use the money to get away from your parents.
Stick to the gym. Stop eating like a pig. You will stop being fat in under a year. It won't even be hard. The sort of girls you have pictures of on your hard drive will think you're hot. Yes you will have abs.
That guy is not your friend. He talks shit behind your back constantly, especially to girls. You creep him out because he knows you're bisexual, even if you don't yet. You won't ever talk to the other guys again, you won't want to.
Don't move to that city with that girl. Tell her you know she's still doing heroin, dump her, move to the city you actually wanted to instead. Remember how you felt last time you visited. Now imagine that all the time. You will waste ten years if you don't. Don't be afraid.
You need to finally accept that you are not like these people, instead of hoping it's not true to avoid the pain of moving on. You will never make real friends until you do, and you will always feel this way until you start listening to yourself.
You already know exactly what you need to do. All of your problems are the result of you ignoring that. All of them. The only thing you are truly afraid of is becoming the person you already know you are.
You are never going to "smart idea" your way out of any of this. These people are never going to change. You are, whether you like it or not.
You will actually get good at that thing someday, you just need to get out of your own way. You'll actually get extremely good. People will give you money for it, for what it's worth. It won't really matter. It's the same thing either way. You should understand that sooner rather than later.
No, the part of you that feels the way you do isn't egotistical. It's trying to prevent you from wasting your time. It's the only thing you should ever listen to. There is no advice that helps. Just do it. It works out in the end.
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Swallowed my pride sooner and applied to Walmart. Then request a transfer sooner to go live in my bro's city and not the city an hour away. And THEN, actually find a real job while I have steady Walmart pay.
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>>84419420
Now you know all those "weird" behaviors are not entirely your fault, it makes you at least forgive yourself about it.
>>84419436
Never mind, I thought it was like a major you wish you took in college.
>>84419427
You dodged a bullet there, you should be glad you don't work for those boomers.
>>84419437
You can still do that if you once work out before, muscle memory still remembers
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I would start down any career path at all, just pick something and do it.
Obviously buy bitcoin etc but that feels like cheating.
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>>84419002
Go to parties. Actually engaging with the girls that wanted me to go to said parties in college.
There was this one girl who invited me to watch lord of the rings at her place. Of course I rejected because it wouldve felt awkward to say yes.

Now I am just an old balding white collar faggot, hating my existence. Would've been nice to actually have something to look back to with joy.
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>>84419364
>And fleeing to Thailand/Iran, best decision ever!
that would be an improvement.
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No friendships with men. They just wanted to fuck me. Yes, all of them. Yes, ALL OF THEM.
Building credit, should've not waited until my 30's to get a credit card
Should've done a big road trip while gas prices were cheaper
Sadly should've not had as many pets, having dogs cucked my 20's and was like being a single mom, always had to be home by a certain time like Cinderella, do not own anything more than a hamster or fish in your 20's
Should've joined a sporty hobby group near me like rock climbing gym, I stuck to nerdy groups but normalfags can be cool too
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>>84419002
>stop smoking weed sooner
>shave my head bald (receding hairline)
>be at least a little active on Instagram
>pursue some of the ladies I went to postgrad college with for 4 years
>be more generous after starting a high-paying job
>save some of the BTC I bought in 2015 as an investment instead of only buying my friends drugs
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>>84419002
start training boxing, work full time. start working on qualifications part time sooner. talk to girls more.
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>>84419445
>You creep him out because he knows you're bisexual, even if you don't yet.
this guy got Romans 1'd
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>>84419002
I've been thinking about it and there is nothing I could do because I would have no idea which stocks are gonna go up or down.
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attending funerals is more important than saving money, just buy the flight and pay for accommodation, saving money isn't worth the regret
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learn how to drive, invest in bitcoin,
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>>84419002
>stay off the internet
>tell all my "friends" to go fuck themselves
>read and learn music
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39 posts, no kill myself? wtf happened to this place
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>>84419002
I'd never touch a drop of alcohol
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>>84419002
Started gym the moment I made my own money and ate very healthy, put all my money into btc and eth and then retire after a few years and travel the world then settle down in ireland with a qt nerdy redhead. Sadly this is all no longer possible because I fucked up being a lazy piece of shit.
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>>84419822
I guess anons here just have the will to live
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>>84419002
Realize I liked what I did for a living much sooner so I could have built a solid career doing it and saving more cash. I wasted pretty much my entire 20's bouncing between low paying jobs looking for adult money doing something I didn't hate. I guess at the very least I eventually found it.
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>>84419002
That's a tough question. There's multiple other paths I could have taken, but there is no clarity of whether they would be better or not. I think regrets are unavoidable.
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i am living in my early 20s just about to turn 22 in a couple of months and dont know what to do i feel like since covid those lockdown years were robbed off me im just letting the river carry me
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You'd have to go back to when I was 14 to actually fix my life, but if I rewound time to be 20 again I'd become a successful pro gamer and start my current diet/supplement regimen sooner. Contributing to this shit society is still a waste though, if anything I hope society collapses faster on the new timeline.
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>>84420092
Get a job right now and buy a lot of bitcoin in about 8 months time (after the gradual drop) before the fourth peak.
From the sentiments in this thread, you should start going to the gym twice a week now.

>>84419903
Just do it at the age you are. Stop being lazy.
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>>84420147
Also start going to a KJV Church and integrate yourself into some sort of community, because women view men they're familiar with as much more attractive (only dating Chad only applies for unfamiliar situations = dating apps).
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>>84420147
ive been going to the gym/working out most days of my life since i was 12-13 i dont really understand the rush gymrats have at all, its just another thing in a routine for me, i am looking for jobs tho i ran out of neet money since my parents discovered i dropped out of uni
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>>84420158
The blackpill stuff is true, only because modern society lacks community (Hypergamy suddenly becomes the only viable option for women and they don't know why).
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>>84420163
If it's in anyway possible, go back to uni as soon as possible. Somewhere with a lot of female peers around your age. Both for reasons of career and romance.
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>>84420167
Hypergamy was what they always wanted.
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>>84420163
i have a gf too i just hate how monotony life is and getting a job will probably just keep me in that state but with cash in my pockets again
also im probably severely depressed
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>>84420175
yeah thats something im looking into, i think its a healthy thing to interact with more people besides family
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>>84420147
I am doing that but the returns in btc and eth are so low and most crypto stuff is a scam. I am in my late 20s now. Learning how to day trade with ai support atm making my own algo and then putting a setup together while working a 9to5 I hate and being all alone is hard af. But I know I will kms if I keep doing the same shit for another 5 years. Also trying my hardest to get skills to get a fucking remote job that pays better then my shitty job so I can spend that time for other things. Then I leave my shithole central eu county filled with old fucks and browns.
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take risks
get a job
try talking to a girl
still need to do all these at 33 but now it's much weirder
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>>84420569
>the returns in btc and eth are so low
did you only invest 4 months ago??? even if you only invested in december there was a pretty big gain.
>Aiming for a remote job in your late 20s
I hope you're a normalfag with a gf, or this is a retarded plan. You need to be around women your age if you're going to find a wife and make a family.
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>>84420176
women are physically and mentally inferior to men and thusly shouldn't be blamed for how society turned out
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>>84419717
should've been a faghag
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>>84419717
>No friendships with men. They just wanted to fuck me. Yes, all of them. Yes, ALL OF THEM.
No shit, even retarded guys know this by 15. Surely somewhere in your heart you knew not to collect orbiters.
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>>84420832
>did you only invest 4 months ago???
Na in crypto since 2022 I know the market and I will no longer trade in crypto outside of btc and maybe sol.
>You need to be around women your age if you're going to find a wife and make a family.
Na I am a autistic loser and I hate life and the shithole I live in. I want to live in japan or maybe some sea country for some time. Family or anything like that is long dead for me and women my age have no appeal for me anyway. Only attracted to young women. Most women here are so ugly, entitled and bitchy that they are worthless.
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>>84420842
Shut up faggot I hate faggots and will NEVER give my female time and attention to a faggot that just wishes he could wear my skin and get a straight man.
>>84420886
"just be fwends" is a mantra repeated over and over and women are raised to be Nice, not my fault
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>>84420920
women and accountability.... just only let them be acquaintances at most unless you want to date them from now on
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>>84420910
>since 2022 I know the market
bro... I don't think trading is for you...
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>>84420910
Since you're an old autistic loser and you want to date a young attractive girl, going SEA is probably the best choice. Marrying a younger woman is normal. If you don't improve your personality however, I think you'll get divorceraped. You seem jaded, this is fair enough. Try to improve how you think of and treat others nonetheless. It does make a difference.
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>>84420946
The male predator threatened by the KNOWER
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Just get any job, and do it.
Then again, I tried that at the time, and the job evaporated under my feet.

I would have posted on tumblr, and tried to worm my way into some art-hoe social networks.

Made more of a real go at learning something every day.

Refuse the meds.
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>>84419717
unironically, why is it so hard to just fuck your friends?
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>>84420970
Sea women are ugly to 95 % and they are all gold diggers so no. Only for sex and short fun nothing else I don't plan to ever marry unless I find a perfect european or east asian woman. I am tall and lift now so I will have enough muscle mass in a year or two
>Try to improve how you think of and treat others nonetheless. It does make a difference.
Idgaf, got treated like trash all my life by others, being autistic means you will never connect with other people or being understood. And late 20s is not old.
>>84420955
You make most money in the bear market, sorry to say it but you are stupid or just don't know anything. Buy when it is low not up.
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>>84421156
it was low in 2022 (2017 peak 2021 peak 2025/26 peak), it is high now. I don't know what bear is, but if you bought the largest coin type when you said you got into crypto and sold now, you would make a large profit.
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>>84421156
You don't seem like someone who'd date a woman for love though. I think you lost your 20s to a perception of reality influenced by the internet.
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>>84421201
I have around 200k atm. Not much but it is all earned thankd to being smart and nobody has ever supported me. I want 500k so I can fuck off out of europe forever and be happy.
>>84421211
I tried in the past and got fucked so hard, no longer, never again. I hate women now. Would need some qt autistic girl who is obsessed me with but that is impossible I know that.
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>>84421255
It's not impossible at all. Just change your mindset so you don't end up hurting her and getting commonlaw divorce raped.
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>>84421268
You sound delusional and like a cuck.
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hey that hot girl (or severe hot girl) that is kinda whorish when you already met her, guess what buddy? she won't change for you
go for the uggo that actually loves you
character over looks any day and i fucked plenty of hot bitches french slovakian argentinian you name it
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>>84421277
learn it firsthand then

>>84421280
if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife
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>>84419002
I would repeat the same mistakes over again, because that's just who I am. If given an opportunity to fix anything in my life I would always find a way to fuck it up, on purpose or subconsciously, and I don't know why.
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>>84421280
>bruh just settle for a woman after putting in efforts for sluts
You are a demon nigger
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definitely i wouldn't get a hand tattoo lmfaooooo
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>>84421300
it's not about being pretty or not, if she's already a whore let's say upload nudes to IG best friends, or you already know how many guys she's been with and it's a big number. AVOID AVOID AVOID
>>84421339
yes i made errors in my life and i'm trying to be better that's the whole point of human existence
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I'd get into motorbikes sooner
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>>8442128
Yeah, those are pretty big red flags
>An ugly wife is a treasure in the home.
old chinese proverb
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>>84419002
Get into part time trucking a bit earlier not that it would be possible back that as i didint have the money the only reason i got my licence was through a gov program that made it 70% cheaper.

Other then that i dont regret my choices.

25 now.
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>>84419002
Nothing, i would just drink way more. I miss drinking beer and watching king of the hill. It was my favorite thing to do in this life...
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>>84419002
Good question anon, I need to do some reflection since im entering my late 20s very soon. Part of me feels like I semi wasted my 20s and I didn't achieve or enjoy them as much as I really could have.


>Friend of mine told me im too focused on career and to realise 20s are also meant to be enjoyed too, I plan to do more of that but money is an issue.


Positives:
>I generally stayed in decent shape, I have a body that has been commented on regardless of where I go, it's not amazing but it's decent and I want to work more on it. So staying fit/healthy. My tip here is stay consistent with exercise and gym.
>You're young, so you can afford to waste time on the good things e.g learning how to lift properly, having a few good tasting dishes that you can cook as a staple, learning skills that will make you money down the line.
>To myself I messed up my last year of high school and this set me back 5 years in my career, I could have had a much different life right now. I also messed up after by going to a less well ranked school and not transferring to a well ranked school (let's say NYU equivalent) because I had imposter syndrome, dumb decision.
>One thing I did well was not giving up on my dream, I started it in my mid 20s instead of 18. But I'm still doing it, so now theres no huge pit of regret/failure. I had a dream, pursued it genuinely, made the sacrifices and got here now I'm preparing to achieve other things. If you're going to go for a dream, put everything you have into it, be selfish with life (not others) and enjoy the journey.
>If you are willing to work though, it might be worth looking into jobs that pay very well if you can manage to spend less time on your passions for a bit. I didn't realise how much certain corporate careers lawyers/finance etc made.
>Squash any family beef or beef with parents and start building a good relationship with them.

Theres a ton more but that's the main stuff from me.
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>>84419002
Ignore the negligent and incompetent people around me trying to convince me to do anything STEM related and just go to uni and study English lit. Avoid the mentally ill Yakui drug maid cosplaying ethot
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>>84419002
I am in my early 20s and need to go even further back to 16 or 17 I think. My biggest mistake was not changing school august 2019.
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>>84419002
Fuck that. My 20s are me digging myself out of the grave my shitty genetics and upbringing dug for me. I would rather reroll on life entirely.
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>>84419002
Learn to drive asap

I'd still be a fucking loser but being able to drive to places by myself whenever I wanted opened up some good opportunities for me
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>>84419002
Life was already fucked by then, so just kill myself.

If I wanted to fix my life, I would need to go back to being a 12yo kid, maybe even a bit earlier.
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>>84422722
What messed your life up?



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