Dr.Bedlam Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hm. Kind of a tossup between "lose a whole bunch of weight" and "give myself a ridiculously hefty bank balance." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hm. Kind of a tossup between "lose a whole bunch of weight" and "give myself a ridiculously hefty bank balance." Take the money - hire a trainer. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMelons Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Question 26: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Hmmmm my second guessing. I second guess every single thing I do, which I suppose reflects my confidence. I'm rarely ever able to finish anything because I sometimes feel that I can always do more. More more more. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokemeister Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Question 26: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? This is a hard question to answer. Part of me wishes that I had the drive to do more exercise - for health reasons if nothing else. The problem is that I don't have a lot of personal time at the best of times. If I had that drive to do more exercise, would I end up with no hobby time at all? That worries me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish the Deliverer Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Question 26: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? It's interesting the answers everyone has. I'm another one for procrastination. Like Qwik, I tend to do my best work under pressure (great for my naval career, horrible for my private life). I have plenty of plans (man am I good with coming up with plans) but I usually don't follow then to completion. I also do what I have to do, but given any choice in the matter I put things off. When I think of all of the time that I have wasted when I could have been productive (finishing my degree, projects around the house, hobbies, staying fit), it can be somewhat depressing. I have to realize that what is past is the past and I can't get that time back so no need dwelling on it. I just have to make the most of my time going forward. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkA Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'd be more patient. I'm okay with clients, family, and friends, I just have no patience with myself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 if I could change just one thing, it would be this blankity-blank anxiety disorder 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Question 26: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Hmmmm my second guessing. Are you sure about that? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'd make it so I don't get vertigo. Traveling is always a bit of a gamble, I get motion sick so easily. The enjoyment of rollercoasters is purely conjectural to me. Just a few minutes of $&@#% jiggy-cam can make me ill for hours. I can manage train and auto travel with care; being able to take planes and boats without ill effect would be kind of nice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadZeke Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I have several things I'd want to change, from recent friendship woes to going back ten years and avoiding dating the literally crazy girl... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I wrote a more lengthy response but the internet ate it. The gist of it was: over thinking. Procrastination and indecision are products of over thinking for me. At the same time, this quality has benefits as well. Due to this I am hesitant to actually change anything drastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator OneBoot Posted December 4, 2014 Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2014 Oooh, that's a hard question. Not difficult to answer, just...hard. There's several things about myself that I've wanted changed, but over the years I've come to accept and/or embrace them. For example, my perfectionistic/OCD brain is such a part of me now that I would actually be sad to lose it. Yes, it can get in my way, especially when I'm tired and/or stressed, but it comes in such handy when it comes to organizing things! :) My appearance is also something I've grown into; yes, there's a couple things that if I could change them in an instant I would, but overall I'm happy with myself. :D What I would change about myself, though, is something several other forum members have already mentioned: my tendency to procrastinate everything. This inability to effectively manage my time has cost me a job, made schooling difficult, and caused endless frustration to my loved ones, friends, teachers, etc. I've tried planners, schedules, timers, alarms, calenders, etc., but nothing seems to stick, and I don't know why. So, yes, if I could hack out that part of myself and burn it with fire, I totally would. Huzzah --OneBoot :D 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcktlnt Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I would like to change my sensitivity to being ticklishness. I don't even know how to word that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Question 26: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? So, I was going to leave my previous answer as "good enough", but I've decided to answer this one after all. (This isn't going to be easy, so bear with me here.) 8 years ago this month, my wife and I lost our daughter. She was 5 1/5 months old. Since then I've been diagnosed with: mild ADD, clinical depression, PTSD, severe social anxiety, insomnia, and agoraphobia (fear of crowds and crowded places). All linked to that event, and all linked by the PTSD. It's why I don't do holidays when my wife isn't here; if I'm not doing the holiday for somebody, I don't have the emotional ability to do it at all. I'm a product of the "suck it up and drive on" military, and this new-fangled "resiliency" garbage just turns my stomach. So...I deal with it. I work. I paint. I try not to think about it. But this time of year, every year, I get kind of detached from the world around me, and think about it. A lot. It's hard not to, you know? So, really, there isn't just one thing that I could change about myself if I had the ability to. All of my issues go hand-in-hand with each other, and I'd have to change them all to change one. Believe me, I'd like nothing more than to change them, but the meds turned me into a functional-zombie, and talking about it to a "therapist" isn't all it's cracked up to be. I wasn't sure I wanted to share that, but...I guess somewhere deep down I wanted to, otherwise I wouldn't have. Right? And I honestly don't want to hear anything about condolences and/or sympathies. I love (most of) you guys/gals like family, but I've had enough of those over the last 8 years, and it starts to sound disingenuous after the first few months. tl;dr: I'd change the chemical imbalances in my brain. All of them. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokemeister Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) @dsmiles - For what its worth, thank you for sharing. Edited December 4, 2014 by Jokemeister 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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