If you could choose to have been born in a different time, would you, and if so, when and why?

[Shadow1980]

Maybe just a few years earlier. I was born in 1980, so like 1975 instead, maybe a couple of years earlier (like when my parents first met, as opposed to six years into their marriage). That way I would have been old enough to have a job a good bit earlier (like 1993 at the latest) to get some of the cool things I wanted as a kid in reality but never got. Plus I'd have been an adult earlier and could have gone to more concerts in the 90s. Like, I totally would have gone to Woodstock '94 (but not the dumpster fire that was Woodstock '99). Basically, I'd have liked to experienced more of the 90s as a young adult than I actually did, and had more concrete memories of the entirety of the 80s. Would have had my first job for a good number of years during the better economic times of the 90s as well.

Other than that, I'm actually kinda fine having been born when I was. Still got to witness most of the 80s & 90s and the peak of Western pop culture. Got to grow up before the Internet was really a thing. Still got my first job when the economy was booming and it was easier to get a job (I miss simple paper applications).

If anything, instead of being born in a different time, I'd like to simply be able to mentally time travel back to when I was a kid, like back to 1984, retaining all my memories. Basically just a do-over. I wouldn't do much different (butterfly effect, and all) other than pressure my mother to take better care of herself (she died prematurely in 2014) and use my knowledge of the future to do things to ensure I had a better financial future so I wouldn't be struggling and could retire early instead, esp. considering I have myotonic muscular dystrophy, which makes doing any kind of physical work difficult.