I can't imagine 10 year old me
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that all that studying and academic pressure had basically zero payoff other than at least im employed
That I'm an atheist, probably. Living on the opposite side of the world is a close second.
Computers aren't cool anymore.
I finally learned to ride a bike. And I touched boobies.
That I'm still alive.
Well I did write down that I was going to win a billion money and move to the moon. I have much less faith in gambling now though.
That I never watched the final Star Wars movie. I was 10 years old in 1977 when the original came out
10 year old me would be surprised that my predicted death didn't happen. As a bit of fun one time my cousin, my sister, and I all wrote obituaries for ourselves and I couldn't imagine living past 35 so that's when I set my death date. It would be a bit of a shock for him that I'm staring down the big 4-0 (still a bit of a shock for me).
I didn't have a lot of belief in myself. At 10 my dream was "work in an office", because it would mean I was smart enough to not need to work a manual job. I also firmly believed that no woman would want me.
I'd be surprised to learn that I'm married, have a child, and work in tech for one of the biggest companies in the world. They'd also be surprised that I'm moving to that city where Friends is.
That I graduated high school, have a job, and changed my name. Instead of being locked away in a group home where I'm forced to stagnate at mentally 6 years old, and also punished for being mentally 6 instead of older.
that i'm not a teacher and that i don't read as much book as i used to and should
You are in accounting? Wtf? You can't even count.
Same as you. I also fully expected to be overweight. Sort of still do expect that at some point.