How many mistakes have you made that stick with you?

I have a couple of biggies.

I’d say I have a couple of not so big ones.

I have 2 very big mistakes. They’re the kind that altered my life irrevocably.

too many.
and the really big ones have ways of returning like ghosts of christmas past to gum up the present.

A couple. But I don;t fret about either of them. Things worked out okay in the end.

2

I’d say near enough everything I’ve succeeded at so far arose from making mistakes beforehand.. ESPECIALLY in work & sport… Conclusively: a shit load of mistakes.

More than I’d like there to be.

The liking the taste of booze one!!

I have said things that I would do just about anything to erase….

I don’t know if they are mistakes per se. Bad timing, in the wrong place at the wrong time etc.

I have some faults and tendencies that I would much like to overcome. And I made some parenting errors that I would undo in a heartbeat if I could.

One of my favorite AA speakers says there are no mistakes, only lessons. Using that way of thinking, I have had some hellishly painful lessons in my life. And thankfully I learned them well enough that they were worth the pain and the positive outcomes that resulted. I wouldn’t want to go through them again though, that is for sure!!!

That is why I do the one day at a time routine. Not to be confused with @Wundayatta, I have never done him!

A lot, I try to keep them all close, or at least I try to, as a preventative measure so I don’t make them.

About a half dozen. The odd thing is, they’re all fairly insignificant. I doubt anyone else would even remember they occurred if I brought them up. Yet every once in a while, one will hit me and I’ll have to shake my head to clear it.