January meme, Days 28 & 29

[thismaz]

I am having a slow morning today. In fact, so slow that the morning is almost over. So a quick update and then I'm off.

28. If you could change a decision you made in your past, what would it be and how would it change your life?

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

I loved Human Biology - I did it for O Level and was really disappointed when I went on to do A level that it wasn't available - only Biology with plants :(

[thismaz]

I'm forming a new Plant Appreciation Society! *g*

[brunettepet]

28. A lot of fiction has taught us that changing the past is a terrible idea.

[thismaz]

That is very true.

[sparrow2000]

Hah, I'm almost the opposite - I loved History and English (in Scotland, Eng. language and literature were not split out), but it was the literature side of things I loved most.

[thismaz]

I think it was more the set texts we had to study than the idea itself. Plus, I don't remember that the analysis had any depth, which I later discovered and enjoyed, but that might be my poor memory.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I think I'd only change very small decisions, or the timeline becomes unstable. And my timeline is okay.

I was very lucky that my school let me do all the GCSEs I wanted (two languages and history) as well as the obligatory ones. Not many did...

[thismaz]

And my timeline is okay.
Mine too. I would hate not to have had my past.

I think the subject choices were a result of the very prosaic limitations of the timetable - which rooms and which teachers were available. You were lucky in your school, or that your preferences fitted well with the schools capacity. There were certainly some choices I was forced to make for O Levels when I would have preferred to be able to do both subjects.

[texanfan]

I've learned so much from my mistakes and there is the fear that changing something could change my present which, COVID aside, is pretty darn good. That said, I think I'd like to change the way I did a few things so they didn't hurt the people I love so much. Tweaks if you will.

My favorite subject in college was history. In high school and before we were never given the context and it wasn't interesting. Once I got to do a deep dive I loved it. Still love it, I read quite a bit of history even now.

[thismaz]

Exactly - the way life works out is the sum of all the things that happen and the decisions we make. However, small tweaks would probably not be too bad.