Is there anything that you regret doing/not doing in life?

Question

Pretty self-explanatory. Thank you for input in advance!

DJB72 · Accepted Answer

It's true that when you're dying you only really regret things you didn't do.

A couple of years ago I almost died. As I was slipping away I found I regret:

Not kissing Heather when I had the chance
Not telling Adele how I felt sooner
Not punching Chris a year earlier
Punching Tony - even though we became good friends afterwards
Hurting Joanna by focusing on the wrong thing
Not applying for a pilot's license while I had both legs
Trusting the NHS to fix my foot

There's other stuff. In 50 years you collect them.

The biggest is I didn't tell the people I care about how much they mean to me. In some cases the friendship was lost as a result, and that really sucks. In every case it was because I was too embarrassed to be vulnerable to them even when I wanted to be.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Accepted Answer

I never gave my mental health medications a chance to work, so now I do I look back to things that I wish I did that I shouldn't have, it was due because I refused to take my medications now in the past months I do feel much better.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

I made wrong choices in my teens but I fixed them in my 30s. One error I made is I did not study hard enough to become a psychologist in my first few years of university, but now that I am doing data and semantic algorithms, I no longer care that I failed to become a doctor, I think what I'm doing is equally important and lucrative if not better than what I failed to do.

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

Moving too many times throughout my life. Mostly because a lot of employee's were laid off, including myself and I'd have to keep relocating somewhere for employment.
I was just scared each time and move to different states because someone I knew invited me to stay with them.

Bitter_Sweet94 · Answer

I have a few, but not in a dramatic way.

Just moments where I wish I’d spoken up earlier, walked away sooner, or believed in myself a little more.

But I don’t live in regret.

Everything I didn’t do taught me something, and everything I did do shaped who I became.

I try to take the lesson, not the punishment.

BLP11520 · Answer

Sure, when are young you think there’s plenty of time. When you marry you lose a lot of freedom to travel and try things not speaking about sex. Hobbies, things that you want to learn, music a language a skill. Responsibilities in a serious relationship means giving up things. I regret not traveling more and dating more often.

ChiTown33 · Answer

Not really no. Because everything I've or not done has made me the man I am and I'm quite happy with who I am.

I guess if I could make one small change it would be that I started contributing to my retirement at 21 rather than 25. But it's only 4 years. of compounding I lost there. And I was going to college at the time for half of it. So I wasn't making much at that age anyways.

AviatorTom · Answer

I have no regrets, but there is one disappointment. I wish I had taken lessons to become a pilot when I was younger. Now I'm too old for that.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Not having kids. Having a shitty life, in general.

OfMiceandMen · Answer

I should have taken more SCUBA diving courses so I could retire on some little island with a dive shop in some warm place.

LaFemmeFatale_1 · Answer

I regret some things I didn’t do, rather than the ones I did.

AmeerX · Answer

It's not regret just I hate my luck. I tell something and I am told I am wrong and someone else does same and is revered as a hero. This sucks

Pink2000 · Answer

I regret not doing an internship in Washington D. C.

Grond21 · Answer

Working out earlier. Being more dedicated when I was younger

petera1987 · Answer

There is, but I don't want to talk about it.

ManOnFire · Answer

Yes, things I won't say out loud.

Lovesoad1 · Answer

Yea I waisted my time on the wrong thing. I also had sex with a couple of wrong people.

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

There's a lot from both sides lol

Darkest-Knight · Answer

I regret not learning how to socialize when I was younger. Maybe I wouldn't be so damn lonely today.

Arik_jade · Answer

Yes... There are things that I regret doing 😂😂

Awantika03 · Answer

None till date

eagle1951 · Answer

a few things both ways

Slim57 · Answer

I don't feel like I did much with my 20s

UnknownGagsUser · Answer

To be born and useless 💀

Anonymous · Answer

I don't have any regrets...

Dargil · Answer

The list is long.

In_Trance · Answer

not so far

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