There are lots of things I regret not doing, besides staying in the Military, maybe studying a lot harder in school so that I would have had cooler career options.
Not carrying through in fighting in a tough man competition in Texas.
Not having the guts to carry through on a wedding proposal to the girl I dated in college.
Not writing a book while drinking multiple bottles of Jack Daniels ala Steve Martin
Climbing a actual mountain with cliffs and stuff.
You can still do pretty much all of those things, although the outcomes may be a little different than they would have been.
I've got amblyopia which I've been told really screws with your hand eye co-ordination. Mine isn't terrible regardles but I wonder how I'd do in sports if it was better?
Thats the only thing "normal" that I can think of... Guess I'm lucky.
Edit: Oh and I also can't do the 3D pictures that used to come on the back of cereal boxes. You have no idea how much time I wasted trying to get them to work as a kid. I even bought a book that was full of them and I spent hours trying to get them to work. Futile. I can still do 3D movies though although I always find them uncomfortable.
@Pylon - Anytime i do a color vision test and someone fails it is important that i mention to their parents immediately what fields are likely off limit. Helps lessen the blow when you have time to find other interests.
Yeah, that is kinda what happened to me. I think my folks thought those were just stupid childhood dreams that would change one day, but I was dead set on any one of those 4 things when I hit my teens. It sucked having the school resource officer break the news to me when I was asking him about all the stuff I had to do to get prepared for applying one day.
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Geez, you gotta stay more upbeat abiut things pylon, you're talking about buying a plane. Stay positive.
I am not as miserable as I seem sometimes...lol. I am happy with what I am doing, and do well at it, it just was never my first choice.
My wrists hardly move when playing the piano, and they mostly stay parallel to the piano. I don't know why you would need more than 45° as a casual player. Have you ever tried?
Yes I have, It's not so much the range of motion with that but rather the lack of overall dexterity. I could likely learn slower songs but that doesn't help much. I was reaching for something that I wish I could do that I can't. It's definitely not something that I lament frequently.
Following one's bliss, as Campbell saw it, isn't merely a matter of doing whatever you like, and certainly not doing simply as you are told. It is a matter of identifying that pursuit which you are truly passionate about and attempting to give yourself absolutely to it. In so doing, you will find your fullest potential and serve your community to the greatest possible extent.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
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Man, not to get all Tony Robbins up in here, but I think that a lot of you guys can do the things "you'll never get to do". Physical defects are one thing, but anything that requires money (quitting your job and following a passion) or time (learning to draw) or both (getting a degree in your late 30's) are totally possible if you're committed.
edit: that came across as presumptuous, but I'm just trying to say don't sell yourself short.
Man, not to get all Tony Robbins up in here, but I think that a lot of you guys can do the things "you'll never get to do". Physical defects are one thing, but anything that requires money (quitting your job and following a passion) or time (learning to draw) or both (getting a degree in your late 30's) are totally possible if you're committed.
edit: that came across as presumptuous, but I'm just trying to say don't sell yourself short.
Except for the gimps and artistically ######ed...you guys are screwed.
I take satisfaction in the things I have and can do. I have a great life, a strong relationship, excellent health, great children and awesome friends. I'm fortunate.
On topic, I will never get to rock in front of 18,000 adoring fans. More than being a professional athlete, I would have liked to have been a rock-and-roll star.
I'm guessing that the underlined, along with an astronaut, were probably the most dreamed about professions for those younguns in your age group. The trouble is they are probably the least likely professions in which one could ever hope to achieve success.
I think,for the great majority of people, skills like music, art, book writing, etc. are great to have for leisure time, except perhaps for the extremely gifted few who may be able to make a living at it.
Most of these seem like regrets. Sad. Sad. Regrets.
I'm bummed that I'll never set foot on another planet or even the Moon. I'll make it to space in my lifetime (prices have to go down in 30-40 years) but I doubt they'll be landing 'civilians' anywhere in my lifetime.
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- Go to an Anne Murray concert
- Vote for a party that will win a Canadian federal election (in good conscience)
- Watch the Devils or Flames in this year's playoffs.
Scuba diving -- already mentioned by someone else. Not due to tubes in the ears, just due to having damaged my eardrum twice while trying to get certified. It's too fragile now to try again. That's about the only thing I won't be able to do because of some stupid physiological / medical issue. That, and squirting out a baby...but who would EVER want to do that???
I'm bummed that I'm ineligible to be President of the USA. That's a pretty cool plane he gets to ride around in, and it's obvious that the qualifications for the job are pretty low.
Everything else that I'll never do falls into the "regrets" category, meaning it's because of my or someone else's decisions. Although, I'll never know how good a hockey player, soccer player, curler, etc., I could have been because I never really tried! It's likely that I don't have the genes to be "elite," but who knows?
- Go to an Anne Murray concert
- Vote for a party that will win a Canadian federal election (in good conscience)
- Watch the Devils or Flames in this year's playoffs.
