See, I find that when I start thinking about "how we only have one life" is when my regrets kick in. So many things you will never ever have the chance to redo.
Depressing really.
What is stopping yah? Also, are you sure it is not a grass is greener thing?
I regret not being adamant about wearing a helmet while learning to inline skate with my girlfriend and because of that decision there is only one of us left today.
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There are many parts of my youth that I'm not proud of. There were loose threads, untidy parts that I would like to remove. But when I pulled on one of those threads, it unraveled the tapestry of my life.
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I regret not learning to stand up for myself much earlier in life. Because of that, I regret not being able to remove my brothers from a bad situation.
I regret not insisting they transfer my daughter to Children's after her accident, especially once I saw the nature of the injury, when my gut told me otherwise. Maybe if I had, maybe if she'd gotten more specialized, proper care from the get go, maybe things wouldn't be where they are today.
I regret that I've never had a chance to say a few things to a few arsebites in years gone by. I might be making up for that one though. *paranoid*
The one big regret is that I wish I would have gone to Art School/Graphic Design school out of High School rather than going to University... That being said, I wouldn't have met my wife through University, I wouldn't have had the experience I had to get the confidence to into my current career. So while I'm curious, it's a bit of a trade off.
What is stopping yah? Also, are you sure it is not a grass is greener thing?
No. It's things that are unfeasable or actually impossible to go back and change. Some big ones:
- Not saving any money and racking up debt while in college despite having a free ride.
- Getting braces in highschool. Teeth weren't even bad but braces totally destroyed any confidence I had with girls. Ruined highschool to be honest. Well that and a couple month long demerol addiction after I messed up my collarbone.
- Not fixing my car after my accident. It has slowly degraded into a POS and has now sort of handcuffed me financially (this just happened today actually). I used to absolutely love that thing.
- Not trying harder in school/paying attention in Math. Everything else was upgradable but I slacked off so badly in Math through my whole grade school career that I could barely pass applied 30 and had to upgrade. I don't hate the degree that my grades made me take and I don't think that I'm "stuck" but I would definitely like to have done other things.
- Taking the job I'm at now. Not a big deal, going to start hunting tonight but kind of a waste of time and I could have had a better footing at another company by now.
- Quitting Tae Kwon Do. Olympics were an honest possibility. Might not have made it but definitely had a shot.
Just a short list without anything too overly personal.
