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This week's The Silverbloggers Chronicles - Prompt 9 is ....
What advice would you give yourself if you could travel back to your childhood self?
The One Piece of Advice
The thought of traveling back in time to offer my younger self some advice is a fun one to entertain.
However I am a firm believer of a no What-If policy!
But being serious for a minute ... it’s a fluffing difficult question to answer.... so thanks 
Thank you Silver Dude After a lifetime of adventures and a fair share of chaos, I can honestly say I wouldn't change much.
The lessons I learned - the hard way - together with my ankylosing spondylitis were the ones that shaped who I am today.
I was always the "have passport, will travel" type.
When oil companies needed someone to work in far-flung, often dangerous corners of the world, I had no hesitation.
I'd go. Too fluffing right I did, I loved adventure!
My attitude was always to say yes, try something new, and embrace the experience, no matter how tough the circumstances. And tough they were. The oil business is a world of greed, and with greed comes corruption and conflict. I’ve seen my share of war-torn countries and their ugly realities. Maybe being forced to leave Belfast was a sign of what was to come, but even those experiences as grim as they were, taught me things about humanity and resilience that I could have learned no other way. I have seen the good in humanity and I have seen the downright ugly side!
So then when I think about what I’d tell the younger me, it's not about changing my career path or avoiding those tough spots.
Oh fluff no, it's not about doing anything differently, because the life I lived has been a full one and I have loved almost every minute of it.
My one and only piece of advice would be simple, practical, and a bit fluffing boring 🤣... start saving from an early age and never, ever stop.
It’s the one piece of wisdom that takes years to truly appreciate.
When you're young and making good money, it feels like it will last forever. You spend it on exotic holidays, on new cars, on nights out, on everything but a future you can't quite see yet.
I’d tell myself to be smarter with money from the get-go, to put a little away consistently, and to let it work for me over the long run.
In the end, I wouldn’t tell myself to change the person I was, because that person led a truly remarkable life. I'd just tell him to be a little more sensible with the money he made along the way.
What about you? What advice would you give yourself if you could travel back to your childhood self?
Let me know in the comments! And why not join in with the fun and start your Chronicle!?
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!
My previous Chronicles ... are :- Prompt 1 Colour ~ my Chronicle 1
Prompt 3 Hometown ~ my Chronicle 3
Prompt 4 Wheels ~ my Chronicle 4
Prompt 6 Memory recipe ~ my Chronicle 6
Prompt 7 summer holidays ~ my Chronicle 7
Prompt 8 Moves ~ my Chronicle 8
Prompt 9 back in time ~ my this one ...
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