As someone who experience a lot what is your biggest regret in general?
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Not taking better care of my body and mind. Life is cumulative, shit catches up with you
Not going to therapy earlier, thinking that with time my emotional issues will resolve by themselves.
Not figuring out what I wanted to do until I was close to 40
Not taking care of my body and not investing enough when I was young.
I had the *opportunity* to move abroad and work a crappy job for a few years. I wish I was able to to that with my wife for a while. But we had a kid a few years before we planned to. Hoping to do a year or two abroad when the kids are in college.
I don’t like to think about regrets, unless there’s something I can change to make a positive impact in the future.
Not making the most of opportunities I had when I was younger. Opportunities to travel in particular
Not realising that actually I did have a bit of an alcohol problem, leaving sorting it out until a lot later.
Not taking action sooner.
Change is compounding – but you need to start to reap the benefits
Wasting my 20’s in every aspect. In a lot of ways, I feel my adult life truly started at 30
Not questioning my behaviors/attitudes/thoughts sooner when I had convinced myself that everyone else’s were the same.
They weren’t. I had/have ADHD.
Probably getting married to someone I had no business being with. Oh well, at least it was a learning experience. Life goes on
Not buy bitcoin at $40 because I felt like I was going to get scammed or was committing some sort of crime. I was 95% of the way there
A mate bought bitcoin at $15 his first buy, he’s now worth multi 8 figures
Making a Reddit account
No ragrets
Staying in relationships that I know will not work out long term instead of walking away sooner.
When I was like 26 I did a 10 week challenge. It was kickboxing and resistance band training. I followed the diet 24×7. Didn’t miss 1 session. Lost about 50 pounds and was feeling great. I was looking great. But fuck I couldn’t keep the diet up. And the classes became boring. I figured I could do shit on my own. Yah I gained all that weight back plus a bunch more. Now I’m 37 and everything hurts.
Not buying bitcoin at 36$
Being too cautious with my financial decisions. I turned down some really good opportunities because of what it’s.
Staying in a bad marriage that drained me emotionally, physically, and financially.
Not stacking my 401k and drawing from it. DEPOSIT. NEVER. TOUCH. IT. ….😏
Not getting away from certain people as soon as I should have. Shouldn’t have waited til the siblings and parents all blew up on each other to decide this isn’t what I want my wife, daughter, and I to be around.
Getting married at age 24. If I could do it over again, I wouldn’t have gotten married until at least 30 and wouldn’t have married the woman I was with for 16 years.
Now I’m 43 and divorced, but I don’t have kids and I’m in the best shape of my life. Things could be worse.
Not taking care of my diet and physical fitness during the years I was encountering women my age almost every day
Threw away hockey career to drink and do drugs. Young brain couldn’t see the value in putting in the hard work to make use of a very rare god given talent.
Eventually figured it out at 27 but the ship had long since sailed.
Too much time on social media. Not traveling overseas before kids. Never trying to live in a city like NYC. All VERY first world problems.
Not getting my mind and body into a ‘for ME’ mentality earlier. It’s always been ‘for someone else’. I’m finally doing it all for ME, and if someone notices good on them – but it’s not for them. Reading, lifting and all around enjoying (like watching a movie at a theater by myself). ITS A NEW SEASON OF ME.
Being timid around women when I was younger. Thinking so low of myself that I refused to believe women would actually find me attractive and ignoring the clear signs that some of them were definitely into me and wanted me to make a move.
Also, not saving more for retirement.
Letting a girl stop me from moving to NYC to chase a dream.
Giving up my perfectly good life for alcohol. I’m trying to build my life back again.
Raising my voice to my children’s mother
not having a kid earlier in life
Not paying attention to my gut on certain big decisions.
Yes, I learned lessons, and yes, they were definitely valuable, but the price that was paid for those lessons feels steep at this point.
32 comments
Not taking better care of my body and mind. Life is cumulative, shit catches up with you
Not going to therapy earlier, thinking that with time my emotional issues will resolve by themselves.
Not figuring out what I wanted to do until I was close to 40
Not taking care of my body and not investing enough when I was young.
I had the *opportunity* to move abroad and work a crappy job for a few years. I wish I was able to to that with my wife for a while. But we had a kid a few years before we planned to. Hoping to do a year or two abroad when the kids are in college.
I don’t like to think about regrets, unless there’s something I can change to make a positive impact in the future.
Not making the most of opportunities I had when I was younger. Opportunities to travel in particular
Not realising that actually I did have a bit of an alcohol problem, leaving sorting it out until a lot later.
Not taking action sooner.
Change is compounding – but you need to start to reap the benefits
Wasting my 20’s in every aspect. In a lot of ways, I feel my adult life truly started at 30
Not questioning my behaviors/attitudes/thoughts sooner when I had convinced myself that everyone else’s were the same.
They weren’t. I had/have ADHD.
Probably getting married to someone I had no business being with. Oh well, at least it was a learning experience. Life goes on
Not buy bitcoin at $40 because I felt like I was going to get scammed or was committing some sort of crime. I was 95% of the way there
A mate bought bitcoin at $15 his first buy, he’s now worth multi 8 figures
Making a Reddit account
No ragrets
Staying in relationships that I know will not work out long term instead of walking away sooner.
When I was like 26 I did a 10 week challenge. It was kickboxing and resistance band training. I followed the diet 24×7. Didn’t miss 1 session. Lost about 50 pounds and was feeling great. I was looking great. But fuck I couldn’t keep the diet up. And the classes became boring. I figured I could do shit on my own. Yah I gained all that weight back plus a bunch more. Now I’m 37 and everything hurts.
Not buying bitcoin at 36$
Being too cautious with my financial decisions. I turned down some really good opportunities because of what it’s.
Staying in a bad marriage that drained me emotionally, physically, and financially.
Not stacking my 401k and drawing from it. DEPOSIT. NEVER. TOUCH. IT. ….😏
Not getting away from certain people as soon as I should have. Shouldn’t have waited til the siblings and parents all blew up on each other to decide this isn’t what I want my wife, daughter, and I to be around.
Getting married at age 24. If I could do it over again, I wouldn’t have gotten married until at least 30 and wouldn’t have married the woman I was with for 16 years.
Now I’m 43 and divorced, but I don’t have kids and I’m in the best shape of my life. Things could be worse.
Not taking care of my diet and physical fitness during the years I was encountering women my age almost every day
Threw away hockey career to drink and do drugs. Young brain couldn’t see the value in putting in the hard work to make use of a very rare god given talent.
Eventually figured it out at 27 but the ship had long since sailed.
Too much time on social media. Not traveling overseas before kids. Never trying to live in a city like NYC. All VERY first world problems.
Not getting my mind and body into a ‘for ME’ mentality earlier. It’s always been ‘for someone else’. I’m finally doing it all for ME, and if someone notices good on them – but it’s not for them. Reading, lifting and all around enjoying (like watching a movie at a theater by myself). ITS A NEW SEASON OF ME.
Being timid around women when I was younger. Thinking so low of myself that I refused to believe women would actually find me attractive and ignoring the clear signs that some of them were definitely into me and wanted me to make a move.
Also, not saving more for retirement.
Letting a girl stop me from moving to NYC to chase a dream.
Giving up my perfectly good life for alcohol. I’m trying to build my life back again.
Raising my voice to my children’s mother
not having a kid earlier in life
Not paying attention to my gut on certain big decisions.
Yes, I learned lessons, and yes, they were definitely valuable, but the price that was paid for those lessons feels steep at this point.