Well, that's certainly my hope, but it also depends on exactly how we return. If we go back to exactly the point we came from without any of our memories from this world, then it's unlikely that anything will change at all.

[ But he... doesn't want to keep these new memories, honestly. If he could choose two or three to send himself back with as guideposts for changing his path, that would be one thing, but if it were a matter of merging this consciousness with his younger self's, or worse, replacing it, he thinks he might prefer to just erase his current self entirely. ]

No? Nearly everyone already has someone they like better, either in this world or theirs. But like I said, I'm not interested in starting over in some new place either.