Phone call from the future

As I was driving to work this morning, I heard this advert on the radio talking about education and how you can stay in full time education and get a vocational course etc. The advert itself didn't really interest me, but what got me thinking was the how the advert was portrayed. It is composed essentially of a person receiving a phone call from the future from themselves, detailing what they should do and giving them advice. Although the main advice is about education I do like the comment "your legs are too short for skinny jeans" and "he's rubbish!"

Got me thinking about getting or leaving a phone call for either my past self or from the future. I was wondering what I would like to know or what I wouldn't like to know. Both might fill me with both excitement or dread.

I suppose the first thing that anyone would want to know is whether or not they were alive, and that would certainly be on my list. I would like to know if I was happy, that would be important for me, and also one piece of information if I had made a bad decision.

I don't think I would want to know about the lottery or who won the world cup, or even whether or not I was going to be rich. Just being alive, being happy and advice over any bad decisions I had made.

Similarly I though what would I phone to myself in the past. For the sake of this blog I would think I was in my teens somewhere.

What advice would I send back?

Firstly I would say, don't be influenced by your friends or teachers at school about A, Levels. I always wished I had gone out into the wide world at an earlier time. Secondly, that computers were not a passing phase and to get more involved in them while you can. And finally to have confidence in myself, and to be who I am.

These might seem a bit cryptic, but I think it would be good advice for myself when I was younger. Ofcourse, I don't regret decision I have made, and realistically if I hadn't made those decisions, I might not have been sat here typing this today, knowing who and what I do now. But it might have been nice to know that everything would turn out alright.
Have fun!