If I had it do all over again…

You hear this question asked in interviews and the stock answered is “Nothing. I would do everything the same.” That answer shows that you are accepting and have done everything you wanted to do. You have no regrets. I, on the other hand, think it shows that the person is someone who has done what he/she thinks is expected of him/her by society. This person is not too introspective and probably has a really tight sphincter.

I, on the other hand, would change this and change that and fluff that up, rearrange that, keep THAT thing exactly the same, but totally avoid THAT one (jeez not THAT again!) and try THAT one that I avoided. I would change a whole lot of things. That shows that I am introspective and have a very loose sphincter

There are only a few things I would keep in my life. I would take better care of my body in my 20's and not smoke at all and drink way less. I would run marathons, climb mountains, and raft rivers rather than spend one more minute in a pub. I would embrace nature and spend less time in cities. I have only a handful of really good friends. I will keep them! There are a few people I would love to sleep with the next time around and a few that I would skip on my next visit. I have a boatload of acquaintances that I thought could have been good friends but I was deluding myself mainly out of boredom – it wasn’t fair to them or me to be wasting anyone’s time. I think I would avoid them next time around. I have heard everything they have to say and it wasn’t that exciting the first time. There are few experiences that are keepers but the rest of my experiences have been filler. Again ok and entertaining the first time around but not ones that I am going to sit through again.

I guess life is a movie and there are only a handful of movies that I would see again and again. Wait strike that – there are no films that I would willingly see again. Yes, when I am bored and flipping through the channels, I may rest on a film that I really like (usually silly comedies) but I rarely will watch the whole thing again. Just give me the good parts.

I am thinking this because I am in this movie that I have been in many times – I think it is called Groundhogs Day. I LOVED that the first 20 times I saw it but now it is sort of grating on my nerves.

So how do I change the channel on this thing?