Would you like to be 17 again in your senior year of highschool, the doors to life open wide? What decisions did you make then that took your life in a direction you wish you hadn’t gone in?
In the movie 17 Again with Zac Efron and Matthew Perry, the character they play Mike has been in a state of lament for the last 20 years over his decision to marry his pregnant girlfriend rather than pursue a college basketball scholarship. Mike’s wife wants a divorce and his children want nothing to do with him. Things aren’t going well for Mike. He’s thinking he should have gone for the scholarship.
This movie delightfully surprised me. It is funny, charming and well-acted. It is a good movie to watch with your children after you have met with your friends from your highschool days.
I have my regrets from my young adult days. Things I should have done that I didn’t. Things I did that I shouldn’t have. Decisions I made that put me where I am now.
I shoulda shoulda shoulda. I went to the wrong college for me. I majored in the wrong profession for me. I didn’t go to graduate school right after college. I didn’t play sports in highschool when I really wanted to. I spent my senior year so stoned and drunk I hardly remember it and I spent most of my time with my boyfriend’s friends in another town. I missed out.
But all of that is what makes me, me. And I’m fine with that. Maybe you have to turn 40 to get to that place where you are okay with yourself. Besides it’s never too late to go after your dream.
And, I wouldn’t change anything that meant I wouldn’t have my family.
How about you? Any regrets?
