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What Do You Regret Not Doing When You Were Younger?
I used to think that living with regrets was a terrible thing.
Just thinking of the word âregretâ used to make me cringe. In my mind, it was definitely a negative word. Clinging to old memories wasnât something that I wanted to be dwelling on.
So Iâve replaced the word âregretâ with âremedyâ in my life. Itâs much easier to swallow.
Regret doesnât have to be negative.
What if I used regret to understand and learn more about my past, in order to live a better life today?
What if being clear about the things we regret not doing could help us get a clearer picture of our own paths to happiness and success?
Now I embrace regret. I see things that I regret not doing as âlessonsâ, things that I need to âremedyâ so that I donât continue to regret not doing them, or to think that I simply should have done those things differently.
A lot has happened in the last few years; Kids moved out. New career. Changing cities. New home. New interests. New friends. My daily routine is completely unrecognizable to how I lived even five years ago.
Now as I look back, I realize that I do have a few regrets, or things that I need to remedy, particularly some things that I didnât do enough of in my twenties.