I can think of a few, but the biggest one is that I probably would have been a lawyer and in politics had it not been for watchtower.
Opportunities you had to give up as Jw?
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Even though I learned ttatt at 40ish I don’t believe the previous years were totally wasted. I will admit I was duped but waking up older I missed out on a lot of negative youthful pursuits. One of my jw friends left in his 20s. He was young, got into drugs, got a girl preggo then she left him and he is paying child support and alimony for at least 20 years.
I think our experiences in life are negative or positive depending on how we frame them in our minds. I can’t change the family and religion I was born into nor the fact that it took half my life for circumstances to allow for my mental freedom. I can change my attitude though. I learned an honest work ethic from growing up in “the truth”. I also learned how to give a decent presentation at a business meeting from the ministry and the TMS. It’s all crap, just a different pile.