Time Travel

[Blueberry]

I *was* good about brushing. Thankfully, my fillings are small. However, I'm getting ready to have to have one replaced that has cracked We're trying a combo of oral stuff + novocaine because the novocaine alone never works for me. Talk about enough to make one dental phobic.

I'd tell my younger self to focus more on taking care of myself so as not to end up weighing as much as I do. I would also maybe take time off before professional school and figure out what I really want to do. Not sure whether I'd end up in the same place, but it should have been a more considered decision than it was.

[jobob]

V, a lot of it has to do with the materials they used for fillings back when we were kids (in my case, waaayy back ).

The metal fillings expanded & contracted a bit over the years and eventually caused small cracks in my molars, so a half-dozen years ago I had to get all those fillings replaced, and 2 crowns.

Eh, in the big scheme of things it wasn't that bad.

[shootingstar]

Yes, true flossing would help..my gums do tend to be weak and I know why...

I am glad not to have taken time off before entering university for 2 degrees.
My degree decisions were not a mistake. Both have proven applicable for past few decades plus all ancillary courses....as this trip to Europe reminded me again.
While it's nice to wish I could have travelled more and further earlier in my life, ...then I couldn't have done other things earlier in my life too.

Since I tend to strike out without powerful need to join the 'crowd', perhaps better sometimes I would be a more 'gentler' person, less direct.

Earned wisdom means eating humble pie, eh?

[roadie gal]

I would tell myself that not being in the "popular" group was OK, that I was not fat and ugly and that I was loved.

I would whisper in my ear that maybe joining the navy or the coast guard would be a better choice than medical school.

[malkin]

It doesn't matter what I'd tell my younger self; I know she wouldn't listen.

I do wonder what she'd tell herself if she had the opportunity to meet the current me.