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What 2 words would you say to your teenage self?

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Trinket
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Since you were a teenager, we have learned more of lifes lessons, well I hope we have... what two words would you say to your teenage self? If 2 words isn't enough please feel free to make a list lol.



Mine would be...Microsoft shares.
Trinket
Advanced Wordsmith
orrrrrr keep quiet...
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Quote by trinket
Since you were a teenager, we have learned more of lifes lessons, well I hope we have... what two words would you say to your teenage self?



Mine would be...Microsoft shares.


Smarten up.

But seriously, two words would so not suffice retrospecively from me to my teen-age self.

Smarten up.

Loosen up

Eat broccoli

Phone Mum

Dump him

Write more

Create more

Trust yourself

Forget him

Love yourself

Grilled cheese

Write Grandma

Learn tap-dancing

Laugh more

Read more

Be open-minded

Go swimming
Circle_Something
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Quote by gypsy
But seriously, two words would so not suffice retrospecively from me to my teen-age self.


I agree with you. Very difficult to definitively decide. I think the two words, I'd choose would be "leave school." I left school far too late, and it's had a terrible impact on my life, so maybe I'd parrot your words "smarten up", even though, knowing me, I'd just ignore them. Hell, I might even say something so banal as "sort nosebleeds". Or maybe that isn't banal when you consider that I'm nearly 30 and still suffer from them, granted, not on such a scale or on as regular a basis, but still... I do. The one thing I'd definitely say is "write more." I never wrote much then, and I think it might have helped me. The trouble is, if I'd taken all that advice back then, would I really be here, typing this? Probably not. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I really don't know.
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Trinket
Advanced Wordsmith
I was beginning to wonder if anyone else was going to post here. I agree with you gypsy. Two words aren't enough a list is fine though. Loved your "dump him, forget him, eat broccoli and grilled cheese".

Andrew I have NEVEr heard anyone say they stayed at school too long. Always the opposite. Why do you say that?
Circle_Something
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Andrew I have NEVEr heard anyone say they stayed at school too long. Always the opposite. Why do you say that?


Because I missed a lot of opportunities. I could have gone to college and found my niche, but instead, I just sat in school getting stoned and wasting everyone's time. If I'd left school at 17, rather than 18, that year less would have made a huge difference, I think. I might have actually listened to advice because I would have felt that, if I was in college, it was my choice, so I'd have been more likely to listen to peers and tutors. In high school, I felt as if everyone was against me, and I know that everyone does, but put it this way, I wasn't even allowed to do work experience. Maybe if I'd left school, I'd have been given more opportunities. Can't really dwell on the maybes, though. Here's another two words I'd say to myself, though I really wouldn't understand them: "Get out."
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Humorous guide & Recommended Read =^.^= How To Make a Cup of Tea
A flash fiction series :) A Random Moment in Time
Editors' Pick! :D I Am The Deep, Dark Woods
And another EP!: The Fragility of Age
=^.^=
Colors_of_the_Wind
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Hm... I'm still a teenager... but if I were to speak to my younger teenage self...

Two words would not suffice.

Forget him.

Pay attention.

He is
a jerk.

Only Human.

Just breathe.

You're okay.

Hate poisons.

Love heals.

Discover self-love.

Explore. Create.

Dance. Laugh.

Smile. Joke.

Have fun.

Live. Learn.

Flirt. Fall.

Get up.

Get lost.
Find yourself.
Discover something
new. Sing.

Be Yourself.

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Unknown User
I can sum it up to two words.

Stay standing.
Guest
Lurker
Fight back.

Don't back down (I don't it's 3 words but still)
The_Count
Advanced Wordsmith
Lose weight

Learn karate
sinful
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It would be more than 2 words, but don't quite school and move out when Dad dies!!!!!!
Genmetsu
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Take responsibility
meredith
Forum Facilitator
Have Fun.....
"Them ain't no militia, that's the Army of the Potomac!"
DirtyMartini
Rest in Peace
Take Chances...

And I don't mean lottery tickets btw...
I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...
Guest
Lurker
Don't go

smoking bad

you'll lose

call back

dont stay

run away

dont join

dont buy

dont get

stay here

dont leave
her alone

help her
Unknown User
Keep on
Getting up

Dont let
Dreams go

They're wrong

Love yourself

Forget them

Stand proud

You stay
True to
Yourself and
Your friends
Genmetsu
Active Ink Slinger
EDUCATION PAYS
Colors_of_the_Wind
Active Ink Slinger
Defend yourself

Chill out

Make friends

He's wrong

People lie

Real Friends
love you
for you,
Others will
laugh and
lie and
fake it.
Learn the
difference and
make real
true friends.

Experiment safely

etcetera etcetera

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Genmetsu
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LOVE YOURSELF
Genmetsu
Active Ink Slinger
challenge yourself