Writer's Block: Do-over!

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If those were my options I'd totally give it to a friend, but tbh I'd rather give it to an enemy.

I have no desire to relive childhood, I don't think it could possibly have been made any more pleasant for me but it wasn't something I would voluntarily go back to without some excellent reason, and I don't think I would do any better next time.

If they get a parent swap there are some friends I would happily hand it out to, but if it's just a do-over in general I'd rather give it to someone I didn't like - after all, they might turn out better next time!

(hi guys, it is Procrastination O'Clock here, where I bury my head in the sand and try not to do anything worthwhile for a month or so in order to recharge - I am still available for doing minor useful things but given I now have three Possible Major Projects that people are failing to get back to me about, I don't have any Major Planning Space or amazing reserves of cope right now)

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Surely if you have the option of keeping your memories and being born again at the same time you have been handed an extra ten years or so of useful life and limited precognition.

Admittedly you will be trapped inside a child's body for a good long while which might get frustrating and boring but you could spend the time reading or learning skills you didn't have the time to master the first time around.

As you'd be terribly precocious you might be able to get into excellent schools early and minimise boredom.

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I still can't think it would be anything other than hideous.

Think about it. There's probably a good year or two where you can't focus your eyes or move your hands well enough to consistantly read a book or operate a computer. Your parents and other authority figures are unlikely to understand your precocious behaviour, and will attempt to restrict you to 'age-appropriate' material and interactions.

Excellent schools are difficult to find and even more difficult to have the wherewithal to be accepted at - it's a big geographical, social and economic lottery whether you could get into one.

I'm only just climbing out of the pit where no-one pays attention to me because I don't have the seniority / experience to possibly be right about anything - I don't want to plunge myself back into it again!

There's nothing I desperately want to learn which can be learnt just by reading books or practicing, anyway. Everything I currently want to learn can only really be learnt by getting out there and doing things (management skills, people skills).

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Also, I don't want an extra ten years or so of life - some days I don't really want an extra ten _hours_ or so of life, and currently the thought of death from old age is so remote that a handful of years either way doesn't really motivate me.

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I guess whether or not it's good in the general case is not trivial.

In my case I have a strong relationship with my parents who have treated me with respect since an early age. In many ways I feel less respected now by my peers than I was in school.

With regards to schooling and opportunity: I'm fortunate to come from a very wealthy family and my parents sought my input at many stages on how (and in which country) I should be educated.

It's true ages 0-5 might really suck. If we're allowed to choose how we regain our memories I think getting them back gradually about age 7 or 8 might be the way to go.

After that it's basically a question of whether a life of lesuire and boring routine is a curse or not.