Would you do it Again?

I spent the evening with a really sweet group of students at St. Mary's in Winona and we chatted about some of the topics in Lost Edens. I kept going back to when I was in their shoes and all the things I wish I had done or could undo.

I guess in the end there isn't too much, actually. I would enjoy being a student more, that's for sure. Now that I've worked full time through two graduate degrees I know I didn't realize how lucky I was to have the luxury of just being a student in undergrad. As lovely as he was, I wouldn't have dated the same boy all through college. What else? I would have dreamed bigger and been more willing to make sacrifices to make the dreams happen.

I was asked in an interview if I would do the time chronicled in Lost Edens again and that's a bit different. That's an easy no. Even with all the things I wish I'd done and the things I wish I could undo, I would not do that time again, regardless of shifted outcome.

But looking at the sweet young faces of these college students I think the question of redoing my college years is an easier answer: I would do my college years again. I would do and undo some things. I would have a ton more fun. Then again, maybe it's best to let things stay where they are. If I were a fresh-faced college student now it'd be very different from 15 years ago. Like one of the students asked about my experience versus theirs, "I don't mean to call you old, but do you think there's generational differences?"

Why yes, yes I do.