Call the number on this piece of paper. They're always short staffed and looking for unpaid interns. A couple of months there and they'll hire you, pretty much guaranteed. Also, get back into programming. You'll save yourself 10+ years of wasted time.
― I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Dont stop being awesome
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
relax I got this
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Be more wary of alcohol. Otherwise, steady on.
― Aimless, Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
if this works prospectively then also to be wary of alcohol and not to keep leaving it in the damn freezer to chill for 10 minutes and then forgetting about it
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
don't forget to dance
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
just go to the dentist you idiot
― j., Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
I am I think roughly ages w nakhchivan so we'd be talking about my future self
I got nothing tbrr
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (not thirty yet but)
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
What one piece of advice would you give your thirty year old self?
pay down your credit card bill. (still wrestling with this in my late thirties: low monthly minimums and the temptation of available credit means capital one will have me by the nuts for years to come.)
― Rihannamator (get bent), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
in fact, close that credit card asap. don't spend what you don't have, and find alternate ways to keep your FICO score high.
― Rihannamator (get bent), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
September 2001 is a bad time to decide to go and visit your family in New York. Trust me on this one.
Also, don't move in with the DJ/promoter guy. Dump him as soon as he starts pulling the weird gaslighting bullshit; it will only get worse.
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Saturday, 30 August 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
when will my cat die
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Move out of Mississippi and never, ever, ever go back except for funerals.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Don't move into the house in Stoneybatter. It's not worth the effort and will cause more stress than you want. You deserve better than this.
Check out Galway.
Learn to sew, check out courses.At the time I seemed to be in freefall. A lot of things falling apart and some really bad choices made. In fact if i could go back to the choice of moving into the place before that last private rental in Dublin I'd say avoid like the plague.But the next year (my 31st) saw a lot of change which could have been a lot less painful. Some f it turned out to be reasonably positive.
But outside of that, the advice that I wish I'd been able to give myself a lot earlier would involve getting hold of a sewing machine and the set up to use it much earlier than i did. & learning how to make clothing. Would just love to have started a lot earlier.
Somewhen around then it would have been really good to ensure that the lps I lost around that time didn't get lost as well as all the recordings of my radio show.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
Or maybe learn to do something about the stress. Find a decent place to live.Get into doing something that is in some way productive.Be aware of the existence of things like Fás and college courses.
Learn to tidy the place you're living in is something I could really do with having learnt much earlier too. Still need to work out how to properly organise.
Learn to cook properly. & if you're looking for a flat make sure it does have proper coooking and washing up facilities. & secure windows etc.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
buy real estate now
― sarahell, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
stop getting so many parking tickets and pay those fuckers off ASAP
― sarahell, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
i'm turning 30 soon and i already have real estate and don't know what a Fás is yet
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
congrats on your real estate, harbl!
― sarahell, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
harbl ✓
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
build that garage asap
― mh, Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
buckle up
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 August 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
You know deep down it's a bad idea to work for a bunch of hand-wringers who are on the one hand obsessed with creativity and innovation and on the other hand clueless as to how to innovate anything, and you don't really want to leave the UK in order to work for them, so just don't.
OK, so you took the job. Despite hating all your co-workers, socialize with some of them, because it's going to be a lonely couple of years otherwise.
Dress better. (Still have not quite cracked this one tbh)
You already know you want to dig into developmental psychology, so start now and don't keep dropping it for 3 years at a time.
Don't get into super-low-carb eating. You will become obsessed with sugar and it will have 0 impact on your body other than a bit of yo-yo-ing.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Fás was an Irish welfare education program that has been replaced over the last year.I would have qualified for it at the time and it might have lead somewhere useful, though it doesn't really seem to have since. but if I'd got qualifications for things then it might have been more useful.
One thing that did happen within about 3 years of then is taht I got into University which probably wouldn't have happened if I had been aware of courses before I left Dublin.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, also "Buy Apple stock for the next five years or so. As much as you can afford and still be able to eat."
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
ha, that's a good one
I would tell myself that getting dumped is not a good reason to drink more, and that it will get better
also, do not sell records on eBay, regardless of how much you think they are worth
― sleeve, Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
Beware of marijuana
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
My thirty-year-old self is just gonna be blaming me for his disappointing twenties. Screw that guy.
― jmm, Saturday, 30 August 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
don't date/marry that woman
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
xpost jmm, that's why you have to flip that shit around. My advice to my 30 y/o self is to not disappoint my 25 y/o self, who is already disappointed in his 20 y/o self.
― the dickering of salm on race (Treeship), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Work out whether you're happy or not and what with, and do something about it.
Well that impossible task sounds simple, doesn't it? Blah.
― the ghosts of dead pom-bears (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Well, whatever advice or anything I would say to my 30 yr old self would be too dangerous and more than likely change history.
If, however, I could send a message to myself the day after my youngest was born, that'd be a different matter.
And what would that message be? I'm mot telling you.
― Mark G, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
you're going to survive
stop freaking out and worrying all the time
think before you speak a bit more
just because you can doesn't mean you should / quality not quantity
― the tune was space, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
Good idea, Treeship. That'll learn him.
My temporal parts are constantly feuding.
― jmm, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
Hey 30 year old me, the winning lottery numbers for next weekend in 2002 are 6, 9, 14, 15, 34 and 41.
― StanM, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
1st of tune's dicta technically untrue, rest seem sound
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
skip prometheus
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Buy lots of bank stocks in 2002 and sell them in August of 2008.
― StanM, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE ISN'T IT? IT'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUTURE! I WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS, KID! THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DISASTROUS! I REFUSE. TO ACCEPT. THE RESPONSIBILITY!
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
My advice to my 30 y/o self is to not disappoint my 25 y/o self, who is already disappointed in his 20 y/o self.
― the dickering of salm on race (Treeship), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:06 (32 minutes ago)
treesh do u have any advice for your 13 yr old self
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah, "you're going to survive to your 43rd birthday at least" would be more accurate. I'm not going to survive indefinitely . . .
― the tune was space, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
i'm kind of excited about turning 30
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
I'm incredibly excited about it
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
I'm gonna have a big party and be unwary of alcohol
i'll probably just go to work that day and come home
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
still
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
STOP BEING A DICK
― Daphnis Celesta, Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
sorry
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Daphnis Celesta, Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
you're fine, be who you are, just don't shit where you eat unless you're absolutely ready to eat somewhere else, keep shitting on the internet though because who cares.
― e-bouquet (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Kill yourself.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
:\
― ian, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
I'm sensing a pattern here. are you planning to kill yourself any time soon, emil.y?
― Aimless, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
I hope not
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:55 (eight years ago) link
I would hope not, too. I know she's been close to the end of her patience in living with her depression at times in the past. it sounds like she's in a bad way atm.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
it does , and i dont think you being so blunt there will help matters
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
clearly you meant no harm but it came across insensitive dude
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
it came across insensitive dude
she just posted three times in a few minutes that the best advice she could give herself at any age would be to kill herself.
my asking her can't be worse than her thinking it, imo. it's pretty hard to talk about it with anyone, if you won't say what you're thinking.
but, maybe you have more training and experience with this than I do. I will defer to your judgment, if that is true.
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link
I do not.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:06 (eight years ago) link
work on that left foot, its not to late to get a contract at galaxh
― irl lol (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
xp
Well, then let's both hope emil.y is ok, unless we hear otherwise. If she's not, let's try to give her whatever help we can.
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
galaxh?
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
i tried to message her on fb before we posted here but no reply/went offline. Hope she's ok too. If anyone is close to her I hope they can chat with her.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
Remember everybody's name and all the email addresses of people you work with. Store em away somewhere, start building a techie network of locals
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Friday, 29 January 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
- Don't dwell on what you should have done when you were 30
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 29 January 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
Don't be snobby about JavaScript.
― just another country (snoball), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
Find a community centre and take a few courses. Dressmaking would have been good though I wouldn't have had the set up to really capitalise on it.Find a decent place to live. & don't settle for bad housing. Place Iwound up in at the tiime wasa jerry built conversion weith no sound proofing.
Develop some skills.
Woun dup moving across the country and then going to University a couple of years later.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
Funny that the original post and the most recent thread bump mention computer programming. I turned 31 this past May and the best advice I have for my 1-year-younger self is to take coding courses so that you'll have employable skills in 2019.
― ed.b, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
The advice i gave 30 year old me 5 years ago still stands ... Oakland real estate circa 2004 was so cheap compared to now
― gazpacho with plenty of coombesin (sarahell), Sunday, 29 September 2019 02:24 (four years ago) link
Have a good time, all the time
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
that's my philosophy calstars
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 September 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
I don't think it's possible to have a good time, all the time.
My advice to myself would be:
Have the nerve to keep going and play your role, despite the imposter syndrome, the paralysis of fear and uncertainty, and the inevitable fuck ups. Life is surprising - some of the things you think you'll enjoy, you end up hating, and some disasters turn out to be positive overall. Experience it in all its variety - and don't get too obsessed on any one event and try not to end up embittered.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 29 September 2019 10:35 (four years ago) link
that ever-present awful feeling is depression, you should probably get that checked out
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
cosign. also ADHD is a thing, you have it, and you need to get it diagnosed.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:27 (four years ago) link
also enjoy the footy. Fergie retires soon and then it'll be years of mediocrity.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:28 (four years ago) link
don't wait another 6 years to get married. she's a keeper
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:29 (four years ago) link
your finances aren't automatically ok just because you don't pay any attention to them
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link
^^this
Also, exercise regularly and cut out those terrible eating habits, because metabolism slowdown in your 30s is a real thing and gets worse with that new job you got at 31 that involves sitting in an office 8 hours a day.
― Roz, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
The variety of these is very good.I forgot to add the other thing I’d say to myself: make a list of the things you really want to do (large scale and small), and just start doing it. The years you can waste in suspended animation...
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
- quit the band that makes you unhappy, especially as it’s meant to be fun.
- do something about the depression you think you have under control.
- listen properly to your partner.
- be more sociable.
― michaellambert, Sunday, 29 September 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
I used to think about what advice I'd give my younger self. I don't think I have any advice for that person anymore. I don't know what I could tell them that they would listen to and take in the way that I would intend it. I think probably I would show up and listen and say "That sounds hard" at appropriate junctures and my younger self would probably start off by yelling at me and at some point they would cry or almost-cry and I'd probably give them a hug. If I said anything at all it would be perhaps "You are a good person, you are stronger than you think you are right now, and you deserve better than this."
I don't know if that would make a difference either but it's my fantasy, right?
― Poody Mae Bubblebutt, Miss Kumquat of 1947 (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 September 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
Do some exercise, srsly, just a bit: go swimming occasionally or even try jogging; it's just half an hour out of your lying on the couch drinking beer time.
― fetter, Sunday, 29 September 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Stop masturbating
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Sunday, 29 September 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
don't assume loyalty to your employer will be reciprocated; don't tailor your education and professional development too narrowly to your current job
― Brad C., Sunday, 29 September 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
― j., Saturday, August 30, 2014 3:41 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
i should prob do this eh
― flopson, Sunday, 29 September 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
get married sooner
― gyac, Sunday, 29 September 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
don't assume loyalty to your employer will be reciprocated;
This. My company just laid off a 10 year employee the week after her anniversary. I am nearing my 15th, and my salary dwarfs the rest of the dept as i am the most senior member. I know i am next.
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
whats for won't pass you
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
throw yr eye at an aul fella with road frontage. he'll be longer dead than you are living
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
not sure exactly what that means but I like it
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
alas its too late for any of us to get on the REPS4 wagon dan
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
Whole lotta platitudes itt
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
Don't ever get on social media.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Thirty year olds have unlimited access to a massive buffet of all the platitudes they can eat. The problem is knowing which ones will best apply to their own situation, in order to avoid the stress, pain and heartaches that are headed their way.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive)
actually this is the best one, i'd do that one
― Calpico Girlfriend (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
I’m 30 right now but I don’t need any advice
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah. Like on the links and some old timer tries to correct my swing and I’m like F off you clown
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
I’m 30 now and I guess I wish I were a little more forward-looking with my dating life but other than that I’m doing my best, man
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 September 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link