an editor's pen

I was talking to a friend last night, a guy friend, about a lot of things and right before deciding it was time for bed [ah, this was an IM, not face-to-face], I made the comment that "Sometimes I'd like to be able to edit my life the way I do papers." Being the guy he is, he wanted to know what I'd change and why ... I told him that was for another time as I was falling asleep sitting up and it would take a bit of explaining. The comment was made after checking my email and finally finding replies to email/s sent 2 weeks ago - email that needed immediate answering for outside reasons.
I went to sleep thinking about what I would 'edit' in my life if I could ... while at first I thought I'd change a lot, I realized that if I get serious, and envision myself holding that pink pen ready to mark through and draw arrows and etc, I dont really want to. Sure, I'd make some minor adjustments, who wouldnt?, but I'm not sure I'd do all I originally thought ... prolly bring some things to the light earlier than they did in real-life, but not write anyone out of my life ... stuff like that.
Anyway ... Just some random things floating through my mind ... :-)