AbiJul 5
Natasha Jay
If you can't look back at your younger self and realize that you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.
Jul 5 at 11:27amWeb
Show threadNeilJul 5
@Natasha_Jay better than looking back and NOT realising you were an idiot then, surely?
Show threadSleepyCattenJul 5
@Natasha_Jay 
Show threadAE4WXJul 5
@Natasha_Jay I was most definitely an idiot. Probably still am.
Show threadStoneBear Jul 5

@Natasha_Jay I'm not so sure I was an idiot 40 years ago.

I was for *damnsure* UNEDUCATED.

as the ex-newt said, "I got better..."

Show threadRavensrod 🫖 🍰Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay Why change the habits of a lifetime? 🤪
Show threadI see Dud people!Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay Yup.
Show threadTim RuppertJul 5
@Natasha_Jay
🙋‍♂️ Me, on the regular: What was I thinking?!
Show threadLou 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay Always been, always will be 🤷
Show threadCurt OlsonJul 5
@Natasha_Jay How far back do I need to look? Yesterday? 10 years ago?
Show threadCurt OlsonJul 6
@Natasha_Jay Lol, can both be true at the same time? (Speaking for myself only) :-)
Show threadJyrgen NJul 5
@Natasha_Jay I can. And I do, but some of it really hurts to look back at.
Show threadTeri Yaki 🖌️🎹🚲💻Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay 🥳🤓
Show threadChójźinaJul 5
@Natasha_Jay Looking back at who you were and 'cringing' is good, actually. It means you have grown.
Show threadkahlenarJul 5
@Natasha_Jay I look back at everyone and realize they were all idiots.
Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSCJul 5
@Natasha_Jay We're all idiots in one way or another. We're storytelling apes who believe in stupid stories. But if you know you're an idiot, you can take that into account and try to add some error correction.
Show threadTravis F WJul 6
@LordCaramac @Natasha_Jay ah, the wisdom! Which wise person said something about when you wish for your youth, do something stupid? the problem becomes, how much idiocy is necessary for a good life?
Show threadShannon Quinn Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay Nothing has been more consistently humbling—since, like, college—than looking at my writing from just a few years previous.
Show threadChris LamkeJul 5
@Natasha_Jay 100% true. My wife and I and two of our three kids exemplify this. One of my sons was more mature than most adults in his teen years and he still is. He's very much an outlier.
Show thread🐜Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay im an iditotic fool
Show threadJesse McClure Jul 5

@Natasha_Jay

I guess I'm an over-acheiver: I can realize my younger self was an idiot *AND* I can still be an idiot.

Show threadGinevraCatJul 5

@Natasha_Jay Started to write the answer below. Then started to think. Actually, I think my core values have not changed much. The pragmatism life has beaten into me has changed how I express them, but I seem to have stayed pretty solid on many fundamentals.
............

"What if you know your younger self would find you almost unrecognisable? (Not physically - but in lifestyle and values)."

Show threadBlacker than mirrorsJul 5
@Natasha_Jay I’m managing to achieve both
Show threadGreen HombreJul 5
@Natasha_Jay
As one ages, the cringy moments of our lives become highly accessible.
I spend a fair amount of time cringing at my former self. But memories like "why did I just come into this room?" remain a mystery.
Show threadbeaiouns Jul 5
@Natasha_Jay I implore everyone to not read my older posts
Show threadNatasha JayJul 5
@beaiouns
I delete mine after six months 😂
Show threadaprilfolliesJul 5
@Natasha_Jay I’m just saying I chose this username for a reason…
Show threadStefan SchollJul 5
@Natasha_Jay it can be both.
Show threadRichard RatheJul 5

@Natasha_Jay

Reminds me of this quote...

"When I was sixteen I thought my father was the most stupid man on earth. By the time I was twenty-one I was surprised how much the old man had learned."

-- Mark Twain

Show threadFish Id WardrobeJul 5
@Natasha_Jay it's when you keep doing it, and, I was "younger" last week…
Show threadMeadowJul 6

@Natasha_Jay
Hey now! Both can be true.

*looks sheepishly in mirror*

Show threadTravis F WJul 6
@Natasha_Jay hah. That actually bothered me for a while. Now I definitely have a chance of not being an idiot. But also I grew up too fast.
Show threadPoloniousmonkJul 6

@Natasha_Jay

I'd argue that, if you haven't performed a craniorectal extraction by age 25, it's highly unlikely you ever will.

Show threadFalling forward 🌵Jul 6
@Natasha_Jay
So, what's your point. 🤔
Show threadSine-Nomine🇵🇸FREE🇵🇸PALESTINEJul 6

@Natasha_Jay some idiot once said, "A life unexamined is not worth living" what an idiot!

Youre only as good as your last non idiotic thing....

Show threadquackademicJul 7
@Natasha_Jay for some of us this applies daily 😎
Show threadAtomic Orbitals3d ago
@Natasha_Jay I oook at myself now and realise I'm an idiot!
Show threadDifferent Drummer8h ago
@Natasha_Jay This isn't always true, but I was. And how.