The Great Hunt: Tips to tell your 18-year-old self

MyHappinessProject

aloiseb wrote: »

Go interrailing. Make sure you have enough cash to do it, but I think everybody should if you can - nobody can take away those memories, and your mind will be broadened by seeing other cultures.

I would love to do it all again, but my DP doesn't want to go to youth hostels or anywhere daring, now we are older and creakier....:o

aloiseb,what will you 81 year old self tell you about^^^ what you are now ??

puppey

MyHappinessProject wrote: »

Never get a credit card!!! Something you REALLY want is worth saving for.... Do not try to keep up with anyone else's expectations by getting into debt. It can creep up and creep up ,if you do this again and again and you may be left with debt you cannot repay. Nightmare. It can hang over your life and ability to do anything(including socialising) for years.

I cannot express how important this is, I had a friend who kept using credit cards here and there expecting that they could pay it off with their part-time job when they got their pay checks. However it becomes a habit espicially with the ease of access! and they ended up going from full time college to part time college just to pay it off, was a horrible time for her.