They say hindsight is always 20/20. When we look back at our past life with our current experience and knowledge, it is very easy to recognize our mistakes. Because we know exactly how things progressed due to our decisions, we can evaluate things in retrospect and hopefully learn from them.
So when IFS officer invited Twitter to share the 3-word advice they’d give their teenage self, people had some interesting, some funny, and some profound takes.
Enjoy your life. What about you ? pic.twitter.com/MTYIAnYOTx
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) August 5, 2020
Warning their 18-year-old self about the coronavirus was one of the most popular answers. So was giving financial, career, and relationship advice. One person mentioned how he wanted to caution his past self about his impending baldness 😛
Bitcoin khareed lena
— देहाती (@BeingDeoria) August 5, 2020
Buy Reliance stock !! — just kidding 😊. Seriously would most likely say — “Exercise and Diet”
— S. Rajiv Krishna (@RajivKrishnaS) August 5, 2020
don't love him. katega tera 🤣
— monika singh malik (@monika92399665) August 5, 2020
Sab mohmaya hai !!
— Ajay Tiwari (@tiwariajay238) August 5, 2020
Mechanical Mat Lena
— Socially Distanced Engineer (@desi__engineer) August 5, 2020
Tab bhi single,
Ab bhi single
😂😂😂— Mahipalsinh Jadeja 🇮🇳 (@MBjadejaGJ) August 5, 2020
Thodha Padhai Karle
— Indrakanti Srinivas (@indrakantisrini) August 5, 2020
Mask khareed lena.#COVIDー19
— Arvind Raghuwanshi (@amiarvind) August 5, 2020
Last year I would have said
"Contagion dekh lo" pic.twitter.com/HhjodRWNxl— Ananya Sharma (@AnanyaS19564537) August 5, 2020
Explore, Experience, Enjoy.
— प्रणव प्रकाश बाजपेई (@pranavpbajpai) August 5, 2020
Prepare for baldness
— shiv (@bennedose) August 5, 2020
Nahane jaa Nahane 😶 https://t.co/VGwqNOWaqj
— Rohan #WatchDilKoKaraarAaya (@rohanAtic_) August 5, 2020
If you could go back in time and offer some gyaan to your previous ‘naive’ self, what would you say?