If you could have met your adult self when you were a child, what would your child self have thought of your adult self?

My childhood self would probably see me as nice, since I would provide lots of fun and enriching toys for me to play with. However, my teenage and early 20 self would see me as quite a disappointment I think. Since I wanted to be rich and famous, and I'm not either, then the teenager me would think that I had not achieved that great goal.

Also, I like to stay at home more than I like to go out these days. The teenager me would find that terribly boring, just like I actually thought my parents were those many years ago. In effect, I have become my parents.So, I don't think the previous me would understand why I now enjoy this particular life style versus other more interesting and adventuresome paths.

It's okay though because I also understand that the younger me thought that she knew everything; whereas the older me has learned that there is lots more to know and understand in the world that I can even begin to comprehend.

I would curse my older self for being a heathen! LOL. I was really a fundamentalist Christian when I was young.

I had never thought I would leave Christianity and became an agnostic. I was also very close minded (obviously) and now I am the most open minded and liberal person among my family, friends, or even anyone I've ever known in Indonesia. None of the people here would ever dare to become an agnostic because we were indoctrinated so much that people without religions were all immoral.

My childhood self would probably see me now as someone who really didn't do very well through her life. Back in my childhood days, all I ever wanted to be was a nurse or working in the medical world somehow, someway. I never did that.

I was more interested in boys to go to school after high school. I figured I'd work a couple of years and then go back to school to become a nurse. I never did.

I always thought I would marry my high school sweetheart, have two kids and he would have a high paying job and I wouldn't have to work. That never happened. Instead, I've been married twice now and failed both times.

And I had one son. After that, I couldn't have anymore. I worked my entire life until my back put me on disability.My childhood self would think that I failed.

I think she would like me. I believe she would be happy that I am happy now and she would be happy to know that the rough parts are behind me.

When I was a child I wanted to be a race car driver (very seriously, actually). While my child-self would probably not have understood exactly why that would have been a bad idea, I think I'd be pretty happy with myself in every other way. My financial aspirations at the time were very small.

I used to dream of a Ford van. I think my child self would be pretty happy at this point, but I'm not sure I would have been able to appreciate everything either. The world is a complicated place and it's hard for children to understand the complexity of everything.

Even without a comprehensive understanding of who I am now though, I think my child-self would be more than satisfied. At the same time, you have to wonder what my child-self is going to think in another 10 years, too. I'm obviously still working on that part.

;-).

Well I will look at this from the perspective of my friends children for a point of view. They all like me, want to know me, come to me for help so I guess they think I'm pretty cool and like my sense of humor.

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