What would you do differently if you had a chance?

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 05 Sep 2012, 08:45

Thats a good story, Laci. I wish I had done things different in my life, especially education but some other things if I had done different I wonder if I would be any better off.

clintessential · Post by **clintessential** » 03 Jan 2013, 14:14

I wish I had applied the same rule of thumb to real estate as I did to the pursuit
of the fairer sex. If I had gotten lots while I was young, I'd have diamonds as big as rocks
(instead of the my present position. Rocks definitely have the upper hand.)

BooksNJoy · Post by **BooksNJoy** » 05 Jan 2013, 03:33

Begging God to give me a better health not to stop my studies at university. No chances it happens

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 06 Jan 2013, 00:48

I would go back and do the course I WANTED to do at Uni, rather than the one everybody SAID I should do.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 21 Jan 2013, 00:04

I chose the wrong line in college that didnt serve me well. I would go back to college and get a degree in literature and creative writing and become a pro writer.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 21 Jan 2013, 10:11

That seems to be quite common, taking courses that dont work out as far as making a living. I used to work with a guy who took a course in the study of insects, dont know the name for it, and the only thing he found in that field was a minimum wage job in Hawaii dealing with pineapple bugs. Last I heard of him he was working in a furniture factory.

Another good friend from my home town was what they called a professional student, he went to several universities and took many different courses, and he ended up working in a mental hospital changing bed pans. He worked there something like 40 years, still taking courses.

A person should be careful in what they choose if its going to be their life's work.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 21 Jan 2013, 10:19

Lol, Bighuey, you are killing me.

I actually fixed my life. I didn't take literature in college, so gave a private exam later after college and got a qualification in my graduation. Then after some years of marriage, I worked as an editor in a printing press for three years, learning on job only, and getting paid to proof read and edit, so basically I did build a career out of it that paid money. I don't want to study now. I want to work directly and learn on the job as I go along. I write on the net to get work experience. This is my self employed internship too. I am writing here to practice my writing skills.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 21 Jan 2013, 11:41

Thats good. It sounds like you know what you wanted and found it. I never had much of an education, I just barely finished high school. I guess I wasnt that ambitious, I just wanted to make a living and didnt have the desire to to be a college graduate. I worked a variety of jobs, salesman, truck driver, warehouse worker, i had a janitorial business for a time, even did some movie extra work. My wife and I were average middle class. We didnt have all the fancy toys that some people had, boats and four-wheelers, stuff like that but we had something people with those kind of things didnt have. Peace of mind. Im a terrible writer, but like you, I have learned a lot from this forum.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 21 Jan 2013, 13:01

You had a wonderful marriage. Thats the real treasure in my eyes. "Who needs money when I have love."

Right?

I am a certified english language editor trying to become a good writer. Don't worry about your writing if I am reading you.

I love correcting spelling mistakes. And I am polite too about it.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 21 Jan 2013, 19:11

True, money isnt everything.

I kind of had the feeling you were in some kind of field like that. Correcting mistakes on the posts and that. I figured you as a teacher, but an editor would be critical of something that isnt right. But thats OK, some of us poor illiterates need massive correcting.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 22 Jan 2013, 03:59

I am the editor the writers personally want to work with. They take my criticism as a compliment.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 22 Jan 2013, 09:56

Thats great. Thats the way you learn is from constructive criticism.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 22 Jan 2013, 17:36

If you want me to help you with your writing, you can try what I did in office. They gave me good authors whose work was edited already, to proofread, and as I proofread them, I learned how to edit, by example. I learn like that. I follow the footsteps of others. I am not saying I am the best writer here as my style is very simple and I deliberately don't write big words so all can understand me easily without getting a headache, if you keep reading me, you may get some ideas to improve your grammar. Not saying that you are not good, it's just that since you mentioned that you think you make grammatical mistakes or have trouble with spellings, I thought I can offer you some tips on how to become happier its your writing.

I am always trying to improve me. I added a new game where you can find big words and leave them for me called "can you help me improve my vocabulary" game. Hope to see you there. You will have to click my name again And check my topics as I find that the easiest way to move in here.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 22 Jan 2013, 20:03

Thanks, Asma. Ill check it out. Thats probably what I should have done different, improve my vocabulary.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 23 Jan 2013, 00:01

Bighuey wrote:Thanks, Asma. Ill check it out. Thats probably what I should have done different, improve my vocabulary.

It was your retirement plan, remember? Lazing in the sun, doing field research on the Paca and their generations to come, with a dearly beloved Webster in your hand as your trusted sidekick. Good planning! Now you can impress the younger generation with your fancy words courtesy dear Web.

By the way, I am an Oxford person. I was brought up on the british system of education.