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Just For Fun- What would you change about yourself....

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B4Beatrice · 12/04/2011 16:09

....excluding physical attributes?

Obviously we all be slimmer, taller, prettier etc.

But what else?

I'd like to just be a bit happier with the here and now. Just live life and not always be striving for something (most of the time I'm not really sure what anyway).

I would also like to be a little more graceful when under pressure!

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dontcallmepeanut · 12/04/2011 16:11

I'd get rid of my dyspraxia and bi-polar disorder. Would solve a LOT

TheVisitor · 12/04/2011 16:12

I'd like to not be so bloody lazy and have loooooooads of energy and motivation.

Quenelle · 12/04/2011 16:13

I would be braver.

Reality · 12/04/2011 16:13

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littlewater · 12/04/2011 16:15

be a bit taller, and to have gone to uni. however just not worrying about the bills has to a first.

LoveACuppaTea · 12/04/2011 16:17

I'd like to stop being so jealous of other people's life when then have what I want!

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B4Beatrice · 12/04/2011 16:17

Ooo I would like more motivation also!

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Ooopsadaisy · 12/04/2011 16:20

I would not over-analyse everything and imagine problems that never even occur.

I spend a lot of my time worrying about things that end up not happening.

LittleOneMum · 12/04/2011 16:21

I'd fancy my DH a bit more Sad

GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 12/04/2011 16:35

Oopsadaisy, it's miserable isn't it - you think if you're not worrying about stuff, something really big and nasty is going to sneak up and you won't have seen it coming.

I'd be less anxious, less grumpy and happier. Definitely.

Flowerpotmummy · 12/04/2011 16:39

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minipie · 12/04/2011 16:47

I'd have more self discipline.

And need less sleep.

And like Ooops I wouldn't overanalyse things and work myself up into a lather about nothing. Generally would be more relaxed about life.

clairefromsteps · 12/04/2011 16:49

I'd have a trigger in my brain that says 'You've eaten enough cake now'. Seriously, I have the trigger for other types of food, but not cake (OK, all desserts if I'm honest). DH brought home a family-sized Tiramisu yesterday evening. I ploughed into it and had the gall to glare at him when he asked if he could have a bit Blush

TitsMcGee89 · 12/04/2011 16:54

Id like to be more positive and look at the brighter things in life! Id like to have more self confidence and self esteem. Id love to be able to discipline myself more with exersize and what I eat. Also to save more money, Im awful at saving!!

FleeBee · 12/04/2011 17:21

I'd like to be able to not talk sooooo much. I don't know if it's a nervous thing but even I think.... SHUT UP!!!!!

onEastarEggIGraze · 12/04/2011 17:23

No more deeply ingrained mental health problems that hold me back in life.

cheekeymonkey · 12/04/2011 17:27

Think I'd like a magic wand to make you all have what you want.
This thread had made me really sad! Sad

mrsbacchus · 12/04/2011 17:29

i would love a i like housework gene.

nikki1978 · 12/04/2011 17:29

I would be better at making small talk with people I don't know. I am rubbish at it and think it has prevented me making friends in later life. I am not shy at all with people in most situations but other mums and work colleagues I seem to struggle with.

Maryz · 12/04/2011 17:31

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TrinityIsABunnyMunchingRhino · 12/04/2011 17:33

I wouldn't wake up dreading the day
I wouldn't need to go to bed in the day
I wouldn't feel like I was shit
I wouldn't feel like I had failed my dh (rip) and my children
I wouldn't feel guilty if my house wasn't spotless
I wouldn't feel so guilty about moving away from my parents
I wouldn't feel so guilty about not being able to help my dad now that mum is losing her mind
I wouldn't feel really guilty about not wanting to move down close to them
I wouldn't procrastinate and my house would be clean and tidy
I wouldn't feel jealous when dp gies to see dss when he stays at his mums

NorfolkNChance · 12/04/2011 17:39

To find a cure and get rid of my chronic fatigue syndrome, would make my day to day life a lot easier.

cantpooinpeace · 12/04/2011 17:40

More will power deffo, better articulation......sometimes I struggle to find the perfect words.

HipHopopotomus · 12/04/2011 17:43

I would have NEVER smoked! (Don't smoke now but the though that I did for 17 years fills me with horror!)

That I'd fancy sex more often.

beesimo · 12/04/2011 17:56

I wish that I could get over this dreadful feeling and fear of 'losing' the family unit as it is and embrace the fact that my DCs are growing up and may grow away from me. I want them to have full and happy lives but its awful realising that you will gradually mean less and less to the ones you love most.

I might not even have them all at home for Christmas every year for much longer sobs!!!