Earlier In Life

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  1. Sir Walter Pasty

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    Being more organized. A place for everything, and everything in its place, but not to such an extreme that it becomes an obsession.
     
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    saving/investing
     
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    I'm afraid I haven't changed my habits. I wish, however, I had developed certain skills and attitudes earlier than I finally managed to.
     
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    Putting more money away would have been nice now.
     
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    Saving money, but that's darn near impossible when a person is only making $9-$10 per hour.

    Getting stuck, for so many years, in the Shipping/Receiving/Warehouse/Stockroom jobs, instead of getting the education (that I finally got later) to work in an office in Purchasing and Inventory. Wasted way to many years doing physical labor.
     
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    Doing less housework and enjoying life more.
     
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    I'll go with being more organized. Organization is my achilles heel. I get it done, but it takes a little more effort.
     
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    competitiveness..... wish I felt the need to compete.....
     
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    I wish I'd been able to start saving much earlier than I did...
    Exact opposite to me @Gloria Mitchell , I've been competitive all my life.... :D
     
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    I did and still do have a problem with boredom. When I achieved whatever I wanted to achieve, I got bored with it and went on to another venture / adventure.

    But then, had things been even a little different, I might not have embarked on an adventure I will never be bored with which is meeting and marrying my wife. :)
     
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    I wish I had not made the mistakes I made when I was younger. I wish I had the knowledge that I have now when I was younger. But like my father would say wish in one hand and sh*t in the other and see which get full first.
     
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