Writing 1

Do you wish you could return to a moment from your past?

If I was to go back in time, there is nothing that I would change. I have no major regrets in my life. There are little things here and there that maybe I could've done differently, but that probably wouldn’t make a difference in my life as a whole. That homework that I didn’t do really won’t affect my grade enough for anyone to notice. I’ll still have straight A’s and at this point in my second semester of my senior year of high school, grades are slightly less important anyway. That’s not to say that I’m going to just give up on my grades and let them fall so that I lose my 4.0 GPA. I’ve come this far and done so well, that it seems like it would be a waste just to end that.

Even though I like to close strong on something almost done, I can’t really say that the whole process is like that. If I don’t gain momentum on a project that I am working on, then I will have a very hard time finishing. This is sometimes why it is hard for me to finish playing through video games. Two times recently, I have started a game, but been unable to finish for the sole reason that I stopped and never came back to it. To be fair though, I had to stop because I was leaving the country. But when I returned, I never returned to playing those games, and I’m sure that I won’t, at least not anytime soon.

But that is not something that I truly regret. I mean, I did waste a couple of dollars, but I got both games on sale for a very good price. Nor would finishing either game do anything to either improve or deteriorate my life. So if I could go back to a moment in my past, it would not be to change anything for the better.

I think if I was to return to a moment from my past, it would be just to observe how I lived. The ways in which I interacted with people or how efficiently I did my work or how often I would squirm my way out of trouble. It would kind of be like a wildlife researcher following around a rare animal. Maybe I would go back and watch myself obsess over Jane Goodall and her research with the chimpanzees. That would be quite ironic, wouldn’t it? To observe someone making observations about another person’s observations.

Even though I think it would be very interesting to view my younger self with the perspective of a slightly more experienced person, there still would not be too much a reason to travel back in time. I have no life changing experiences that are of any importance nor anything so interesting that would make me want to go back to reexperience it. Except for maybe my trip to the Black Gorge in the Golan Heights of Israel.

That was the coolest thing I have done that I can remember. It was an experience of extreme hiking, where there were no paths, jumping fifteen feet into pools was necessary, and I got to rappel down waterfalls. Not to mention eating soggy sandwiches. This was not a journey for the cowardly, but one for thrill seekers and hiking fanatics.

I suppose that that hiking trip would be quite fun to relive, but I wouldn’t be terribly sad if I couldn’t do it again. So, in short, my life has very few exciting adventures worth telling, but I think it is important to be aware of the fact that I am satisfied with the way my life turned out. There isn’t anything that needs to be changed, even if I wanted to.