February 1st, 2011
What Do You Wish You Had Known at 18 ??
I’ts so important to ‘share the wisdom’!
This is one of the most useful questions i have come across, if like me you have struggled with some of the answers to life.
So PLEASE PARTICIPATE. Post your answers at the bottom of the page. And lets collect a wealth of information we can help others with.
Below are some of the responses posted on facebook, before i transfered it here
everything I know now at the age of 36!!!!!
Hmmm im 18 now so I guess this doesn’t really apply to me. But I wish I knew some stuff when I left home at 16 LOL!
That I’m not only ok just being myself, I’m even better.
What I know now at 35, and more!
I wish I knew then how much GOD loved me… and how much HE had to give me… and could have touched people right back then with what I now know to be life changing truth..
I wish i had known.
1) That grown ups were generally a bunch of big scared kids in adult bodies (i would have taken more risks and been more assertive in business)
2) That my reality and feelings were entirely concocted in my head and not the fault of anyone or anything else! …See More
To see things with more clarity, and as they really are..I think at 18, 20, 30 and even 37 etc etc etc..so often things are clouded by opinions, views, judgements, lies, needs, wants etc…and it’s only once we can look at everything with a clear open mind that we begin to see things how they really are!..
and also i wish i knew that i am not in control of or responsible for any ones elese actions, words, behaviour etc..All i am in control of is myself and the way i react 
more travelling. Life is too short and there is so much to see.
independence. The ability to be on my own and enjoy my own company
I don’t wish I knew anymore or less at age 18, for the simply fact that life is about learning. If you knew everything you needed to know at age 18 you wouldn’t learn from life experiences and in turn grow.
i wish i had known that at 18 i could do & be ANYTHING i wanted…to know that the only limitations you have, are the ones you put on yourself. i wish i had known the bravery & courage that was inside me all along. if i had known that you do NOT have to conform to society…you CAN follow your own truth & let society mould itself around you. i wish i had known the courage i have now to stand up to people who said…”you can’t do that”
Nice one Julie
I don’t think I had much courage at 18, but I think Skye is pretty much on the money. I like to look back every few years and how (and if!) I’ve grown/changed over that time. If not, I would say I’ve failed in some way. I hope in ten years time I’ll look back and say “gee, I was clueless at 43!
Rebecca Sparrow just released a book aimed at teenage girls on this subject called Fin Your Tribe. I highly recommend it for not only teens but parents of young girls.
How to see through someone’s fakeness. Would have saved alot of heartache. Not everyone we meet are honest, genuine and sincere.
Not to be as serious as I was at 18, life is short just live it.
I wish I had known that the worries of being a mum don’t end when ur child turns into an adult. Young mums please remember this……….♥
I wish I had known then, not to sweat the small stuff!! And also that some people come into our lives for a season and not for life!!!
I wish I had been kinder to myself and revelled in my youth more.
The fact that you don’t know makes life what it is!!!!
That those converse shoes would come back in fashion … I would have kept mine
hehe great collection people – Love to see more
7 Comments on "What I Wish I Had Known at 18 – YOUR THOUGHTS"
I wish i had know that feelings of love were more often than not simply a chemical reaction
I wish i had know that heart break was more often than not withdrawal symptoms from that chemical reaction
I wish i had known how quick life was going to pass by
I wish i had known how much i was going to wish i had made better use of my time
I wish i had know that fear was just a thought i could learn to control
I wish i had know that life is always in balance, even if we cant see it. That the worst things have benefits, and the best thing has downsides!!
Don’t be afraid to follow your heart… hang on, I DID know that at 18, I just managed to un-learn that along the way.
I wish someone had told me to stop studying and go travelling.
I wish I had known that I would continue to grow.
That no matter what I thought I knew to be the absolute truth, I would one day prove it to be false.
That ‘happy ever after’ was possible, not just a fairy-tale, but that it takes some work…the work is in allowing it to happen.
That while I was struggling to be a grown up, I would one day struggle as hard to be an irresponsible child.
That the Beatles were correct – all you need really is love.
That some things – like purpose, family & friends – will remain important through the years. And other things that feel important now just won’t matter. That at 18yrs you can do whatever you want with your life if you believe in yourself and work towards it. Most of all, follow your heart (perhaps tempered by your mind at times!) and don’t follow anyone who tells you what you ‘should’ be doing! ‘To thine own self be true’
Everyone had a teacher but most of the 18 year olds dont want to be told what to do and how to live for a future better life.
I wish I’d know that it was just easier to be myself, and not to worry so much.
That the best thing is to just get out there, travel, meet people, try new things.
I think I’ve figured these two things out now, at the age of 31. I know there’s more to learn too!
I wish I had known that you should always live in the moment. Yesterday has gone and tomorrow doesn’t yet exist…..so no point worrying about things you can’t change or may never happen.