I wouldn’t go further back than the birth of my daughter, because there’s no way I’d take the chance to not have her in my life, no matter what I might wish to change from before that. That said, I’d like to change a few things since, so I’d probably do that.
I’d say this is incredibly cheap. That’s $3,650 per decade. So if you’re say 70 and you want to go back to your first day of high school (15yo for the sake of argument), that’s a hair over $20k to basically live your entire life over.
Of course the question is, do you de-age as you go back? Or does the 70yo stay a 70yo just 55 years ago? If you don’t de-age, then the whole thing is much less useful- it’s basically an opportunity to undo one or two mistakes.
Less than a month ago when I hadn’t yet accidentally deleted several days of vacation photos. Other than that, my life tended to get better over time, no way am I travelling back to a time when it was worse.
No cloud back up? If you deleted them from a computer, they are still there if you haven’t installed anything else. There is recovery software to help you get them back
If someone actually said that, I would assume they are crazy and ignore them. However, in the scenario that I know they are telling the truth, I would go back to the age of 4 and change a lot of things. Even though a 4 year old doesn’t have a lot of agency over their lives, they can still influence things for the better.
I would tell my parents that I travelled from the future, and prove it by telling them of some future events that aren’t that bad, waiting for it to happen. I would tell my parents what stocks to buy to get rich.
I would be sure to become a good sibling, because as a kid I was completely self absorbed in my own misery and ignored everyone else.
Also, I would spend more time with my grandmother. I never appreciated visiting her, because we lived in different cities and I always hated car travel, but she was such a wonderful human being, so I really wish to have had the chance to spend more time with her before her passing.
If I stay mentally the same I would start over from age 8 I think, just old enough to skip the awkward part of having your parents helping you bath or wipe etc but still young enough were all of my life is ahead of me.
With good investments I can never worry about money and I would have all the time in the world to educate myself further and develop a career in a field that I love and not worry about money.
The only issue would be hunting down my best friend and befriending her again.
All these people spending years living in reverse time. I don’t know.
There is a lot that I don’t think I’d enjoy backwards. But maybe if it’s a whole perspective shift I wouldn’t notice the difference. Just watching my life events with an “oh yeah, that happened too”
Maybe give the person like a dime after I break a few things just to wig out on reverse entropy, if I can.
January 2015. I would do my best to put paychecks away for a few months coupled with what I already had, and invest it all in Bitcoin in August/September when it was $200. Even if I just let it ride until November 2021 rather than playing the ups and downs I’m looking at a 340x return. If I emptied out my savings and 401k, even if I couldn’t convince family members, I’d have tens of millions of dollars.
This is a pretty common wish, I’d wager. Know everything you know now with no responsibility. Ace school cause it’d be like a review. Friends and romance would be much, much easier with your experience. You would be SO free simply be knowing it’s such a waste of time and energy worrying about certain things (am I normal, does she like me, am I ugly, etc.)
Oh to just sit back and relax with nothing hanging over my head and no responsibilities (compared to an adult). Oh, to have that very strong feeling of wonder and know your while life ahead of you and the possibilities are endless!
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