it bothers me when people resort to the 'if i had my time over i would have done this differently and i would have been better off' - as if the alternative would have produced a guaranteed better result ...
if you didn't carry sheet rock, you might've been a bum ... and i have a feeling that 'wasting those years' has nothing to do with the work you were doing and everything to do with yourself at the time. you are assuming your child would be better off if they didn't do those things ... there's a bunch of other negatives that will replace those you have with your memories of your own life. success is a state of mind ...
if i could have my years over (the great many there are!) i'd work in a bar again ... beer soaked shoes ... but so little stress.
