What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Of all the lines of text in the Who Moved My Cheese book, this one stand out the most to me. There's this new joint that I am loving right now with KRS-One, OC, and local homie L the HeadToucha. I think I had a post a long time ago about songs that were like musical self-affirmations for me. Add another to the list. The beat is sick and the lyrics smooth a butter.

We did what we had to do
Be what we had to be
Go where we had to go
See what had to see
Growing up (Growing up)
Blowing up (Blowing up)
OH! Fulfilling our fantasies

The fear factor kinda goes hand-in-hand with the thought of having regrets. In our attempt to live out our dreams and fulfill our fantasies, something gets sacrificed or dismissed. There are some things that are done and I cannot change, but it would have been nice to be able to relive a few moments of life to right a wrong or experience a high to avoid a low.

So I'll start with the past and work my way up to the present. Chalk it up to trying to dream more than I worry. If I believe in you then I better believe in me too. nahmean.

I would have told my grandmoms I stole & crashed her car
I would have told my moms I lost that scholarship
I would have stayed a Chemical Engineer in 1999
I would have studied abroad in 2000-2001
I would have learned to program software
I would have gone straight for the PhD in 2002
I would have taken that cross-country road trip in 2002
I would have ran for NSBE National Chairperson in 2003
I would have done more to be self-employed and self-sufficient upon graduating
I would have left the last job much earlier than I did
I would have explained my ambivalence to my father
I would have invested much earlier
I would have copped a crib much earlier
I would have asked for help and advice
I would have gone to sleep earlier and woke up earlier

So what would you do?