When I was 27..... - Page 3

busterb · 01-18-2012, 09:52 PM

27 was 41 years ago. No idea what was going back then.

limey · 01-19-2012, 07:50 AM

27 was the year when:
I packed in a promising career because I could see it was headed towards things which I do not like to do;
I moved to the island where I now live for the first time: the first of four major relocations, the fourth of which brought me back here thirteen years later

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I unceremoniously dumped my boyfriend of six years in a phone call, an action of which I am still ashamed 25 years later;
I bought my first car.
There have been a lot of ups and downs since then, but here I am, just where I wanted to be back then. Here. With a roof over my head. And an income. Un. Be. Lievable. Really.

Gravdigr · 01-20-2012, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb

...was 41 years ago. No idea...

Sundae · 01-21-2012, 05:51 AM

I always feel apprehensive about this thread.
I've started posts and deleted, deleted, deleted.

I think it's because most people have moved on and improved their lives since 27.
I'd love to go back then and change everything.
I had money saved. I should have moved back home. I could have found the job I love and retrained as a teacher.

Of course going back in time would make me the same blinkered, trying to hang on individual I was then. So apart from being impossible it wouldn't work.

monster · 01-21-2012, 06:33 AM

Of course you can't move back in time and shouldn't. You could have found the job you love and retrained as a teacher, but it might not have turned out that way....

But why not try to be that person now, at 39? Age is just a number. Start saving, start training. You already have a job you love in a field relevant to your quest to become a teacher. I'd say at least one thrid of the student teachers who pass through our school are not typical student age.

Sundae · 01-21-2012, 06:38 AM

I am seriously considering my future now. I have 30 years work ahead of me.
I am positive, because I can be; on a scale of 10 I enjoy my job as a 9.
My goodness NO-ONE I worked with in Leicester or London could say that. ETA - no-one at my salary level.

So I'm not crippled with remorse. I'm looking into a future that is so much better than five years ago.

I suppose it's a bit like looking back at old photos and thinking "What was I worried about? I was so blessed!"
I can't imagine looking back on NOW and feeling regrets.

Trilby · 01-21-2012, 11:38 AM

When I was 27 I was blissfully ignorant of what a turn my life would take at 30.

I was working, going to school full time, had two in diapers and a husband who played on five (count 'em, FIVE) softball teams, a dart team, was a dedicated pool player and liked to follow the Dead in his "spare time," - wonder why that relationship tanked?

LOL.

Sorta.

01-18-2012, 09:52 PM	#31
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	27 was 41 years ago. No idea what was going back then. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-19-2012, 07:50 AM	#32
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	27 was the year when: I packed in a promising career because I could see it was headed towards things which I do not like to do; I moved to the island where I now live for the first time: the first of four major relocations, the fourth of which brought me back here thirteen years later ; I unceremoniously dumped my boyfriend of six years in a phone call, an action of which I am still ashamed 25 years later; I bought my first car. There have been a lot of ups and downs since then, but here I am, just where I wanted to be back then. Here. With a roof over my head. And an income. Un. Be. Lievable. Really. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of Last edited by limey; 01-19-2012 at 07:51 AM. Reason: tidying up the punctuations

01-21-2012, 06:33 AM	#35
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Of course you can't move back in time and shouldn't. You could have found the job you love and retrained as a teacher, but it might not have turned out that way.... But why not try to be that person now, at 39? Age is just a number. Start saving, start training. You already have a job you love in a field relevant to your quest to become a teacher. I'd say at least one thrid of the student teachers who pass through our school are not typical student age. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-21-2012, 11:38 AM	#37
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	When I was 27 I was blissfully ignorant of what a turn my life would take at 30. I was working, going to school full time, had two in diapers and a husband who played on five (count 'em, FIVE) softball teams, a dart team, was a dedicated pool player and liked to follow the Dead in his "spare time," - wonder why that relationship tanked? LOL. Sorta. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-21-2012, 05:51 AM	#34
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I always feel apprehensive about this thread. I've started posts and deleted, deleted, deleted. I think it's because most people have moved on and improved their lives since 27. I'd love to go back then and change everything. I had money saved. I should have moved back home. I could have found the job I love and retrained as a teacher. Of course going back in time would make me the same blinkered, trying to hang on individual I was then. So apart from being impossible it wouldn't work.

01-21-2012, 06:38 AM	#36
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I am seriously considering my future now. I have 30 years work ahead of me. I am positive, because I can be; on a scale of 10 I enjoy my job as a 9. My goodness NO-ONE I worked with in Leicester or London could say that. ETA - no-one at my salary level. So I'm not crippled with remorse. I'm looking into a future that is so much better than five years ago. I suppose it's a bit like looking back at old photos and thinking "What was I worried about? I was so blessed!" I can't imagine looking back on NOW and feeling regrets.

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