If you could.....

Quicken Sarah
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in The Water Cooler
Happy August everyone, we hope you've had a great summer!

As we start moving into fall and 'back to school' season, we wondered, if you could give a piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be?

Myself, I wish that I could have told myself how credit works and to start building it responsibly earlier.

What about you?

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  • india just
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    Build on your strengths, go faster.
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  • Quicken Anja
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    "You are exactly where you need to be. Be patient, and stop rushing."

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  • kb7rnh53
    kb7rnh53 Quicken Windows Subscription ✭✭✭
    Fall....that wont be for a few more months for us here in Flordia :)

  • UKR
    UKR Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I could travel back in time ...
    Wow! Think about all the mistakes I could do all over again.
    And there were some whoppers ... :s
  • BK
    BK Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    I would tell myself not to take life so seriously and have more fun.

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  • Chris_QPW
    Chris_QPW Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2021
    My dad and I were very close and therefore we pretty much knew what the other one was thinking and feeling, so in some cases I didn't voice what I was thinking just assuming that he knew.  I think I would voice those things to make sure.

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  • TTSguy
    TTSguy Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    Learn to enter every transaction into my checkbook register so I don't go overdrawn. That costs too much $$$
  • walter bender
    walter bender Member ✭✭✭
    Save often, pay yourself first, live beneath your means.
  • Frankx
    Frankx Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would tell my younger self - "Don't sweat the small stuff"

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  • UKR
    UKR Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    Quicken Sarah said:
    ...
    Myself, I wish that I could have told myself how credit works and to start building it responsibly earlier.

    Maybe they should teach that in school: Personal Money Management 101

  • skeleton567
    skeleton567 Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭✭✭
    NotACPA said:
    Buy Microsoft stock
    Buy Apple stock
    Buy Berkshire Hathaway stock

    You sure got that right.  In 1984 I changed jobs and had a profit-sharing plan of $35k which I moved into an IRA with Piper Jaffray investment councilors.  Since my background was in Information Technology I wanted to put 50% of my funds into Microsoft stock because I though they had a good thing going.  PJ adamantly opposed that and insisted on diversification.  

    As a current song says, 'I can only imagine..."

    Ó¿Õ¬

    Faithful Q user since 1986, with historical data beginning in 1943, programmer, database designer and developer for 42 years, general troublemaker on Community.Quicken.Com
  • NotACPA
    NotACPA Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    Frankx said:
    I would tell my younger self - "Don't sweat the small stuff"

    Gee, I always hear that as "Don't sweat the petty stuff ... and don't pet the sweaty stuff".

    Q user since February, 1990. DOS Version 4
    Now running Quicken Windows Subscription, Business & Personal
    Retired "Certified Information Systems Auditor" & Bank Audit VP

  • skeleton567
    skeleton567 Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭✭✭
    Quicken Anja said:
    "You are exactly where you need to be. Be patient, and stop rushing."
    Anja, there is lots of wisdom in that.  While it may be really uncomfortable where we are at any point, I firmly believe that there is always a reason which we often don't understand until later.  

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    Faithful Q user since 1986, with historical data beginning in 1943, programmer, database designer and developer for 42 years, general troublemaker on Community.Quicken.Com
  • skeleton567
    skeleton567 Quicken Windows Other Member ✭✭✭✭
    Frankx said:
    I would tell my younger self - "Don't sweat the small stuff"
    Well, sometimes it pays to sweat the small stuff before is gets bigger.  I guess wisdom is knowing the difference.

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    Faithful Q user since 1986, with historical data beginning in 1943, programmer, database designer and developer for 42 years, general troublemaker on Community.Quicken.Com
  • John Dahlgren
    John Dahlgren Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭
    Live for today! You can't "fix" yesterday and there is no sense in worrying about tomorrow.

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