Future self HATES a lot of the STUDID things current did when younger.  From stock trades, to "fitness", to pulling all my comments out of my code because I figured I'd recall what I was doing later on HA.

Cut yourself a little slack... Hindsight is 20/20. Yes, sometimes you know something is not a good choice. Eat that salad, do that workout, but don't beat yourself up if your college roommate comes to town and you spend a night reliving those wild times. First time here, but thought I saw a post title about "set a course not a deadline."

I appreciate the advice on commenting code, since the recommendations "out there" are varied.

Future you has more info and experience than current you does. That's why he is wiser. The topic is on point and valid no doubt, but never underestimate the value of growth. No matter how hard we try, future us should always know more, understand more, be more prepared, be kinder, have more patience, be more balanced, etc.

I do enjoy these new posts. Keep them coming.

We used to have multi-generational families where wisdom was easily passed from generation to generation.  Unfortunately, our current life styles have moved most of us away from this "lessons learned" transfer mechanism.

The "best" thing about being "old" is that I don't have to wait 10 years to not remember what the code I wrote yesterday was suppose to do, I just wait until tomorrow!  LOL!!!!!  

"What the hell was I doing here!?" definitely goes on the Rost's Words of Wisdom list!  :-)

My wife said her father used to say "I can't wait until tomorrow, because I get better looking every day."

I like to say "I can't wait until tomorrow, because I get smarter every day."

And better looking. :)

Brilliant post, Richard!

Would it be possible to add a bookmark feature next to the like button on your posts? It would be great if users or visitors could save articles they find valuable. I’d love to have an easy way to access all your great content in one place without having to scroll through all liked posts.

599cd.com/blog/comment-history page you have an option to see all comments i wrote, Please add there a option to filter the liked ones as well

I've had a bookmark feature for just the moderators and myself for years; it's been part of the website. I don't know why I never rolled it out to everybody, but I just did. Thank you for the suggestion. And now at the top of every thread, you'll see a link to where you can bookmark a particular comment thread.

And then you can find all of your bookmarks on the Bookmarks list. You'll find a link for that on the top menu bar.

Richard My father had lots of silly saying, like your wife's dad. How my mom's eyes would roll up. He actually said the same one about looking better tomorrow. His favorite, whenever anyone had some level of success in a task or test, "Bring on the dancing girls!" Do they still have Show Girls in Las Vegas? I was a bit shocked when visiting family in Italy, how when a contestant won on a TV show, during the "family hours", actual topless show girls would come out of the wings and dance across the stage. Dad vindicated.

We can get a little bit smarter, the kind that IQ measures. Mostly we get more knowledgeable with hopefully, some wisdom.

I remember reading about someone famous and smart (can't remember who) that, late in life, said he found a letter to himself, that he wrote at a much younger age. He had advised himself against certain errors that he had so far committed. Dang he wrote, dang if I didn't commit those very same erros dozens more times in the intervening years.

I wish I could write a letter to my younger self. Lol.