Do you regret doing/ not doing some things in the past?

I live with regrets which believe me, is no smooth life! I have done things which I should not have and not done things which I should have. What’s done is done but getting over it is another story!

I have regretted doing something more than the other way around. It doesn’t stop me from trying more though. I’m a risk taker and I have the urge to try. I know I will regret more if I don’t do something. At least when you try you know what to avoid and what to jump in.

The list is long, but there is the happy fact that they don’t crowd my head. They are wispy sorts of things that slide individually into my thoughts at quiet times. There are those who claim you shouldn’t dwell on the past or the mistakes made during it, but that can’t be right. Reflection must be useful. If not, I’m in trouble, because as the years mount up, I find myself doing a lot more of it.

I regret not buying that winning lottery ticket 4 years ago….so STUPID of me.

I try not to dwell on regrets, because I can’t change the past. I can only learn from my mistakes.

Oh, God. Things I can’t even think about. Not a lot, but, maybe 2 things. I can’t think about it. It’s done.

My only regret is that the economy wiped me out and I will not be enjoying any happy golden years, full of exotic travel and a comfortable retirement. Otherwise no, what point is there to regret, I’m a future oriented type and let go of the past pretty easily. I have also never willfully harmed anyone, lied to anyone or otherwise compromised my integrity, which, is pretty much all we take with us anyway. Right?

So I won’t be going on any cruises and living poor in my old age, but, I have enjoyed a lot of experiences and unique things in my life to date and one must keep making lemonade out of lemons. I have recently landed in a nice new place and am enjoying my peace and serenity. That’s about all there is, really.

I don’t regret anything I have done. My only regrets are missing opportunities. But I don’t regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

Most of my regrets are realizations well after the fact that I could have had a lot more sex with a lot more women, but was too inwardly focused to recognize it.

Of course I have regrets! I’m human, after all. I wish I had taken private swimming lessons from childhood and stayed with it until I was a confident swimmer. I wish I had lied on my resume for an airline stewardess job and put down “jobs” I never had and hopefully I would have been hired. In those days, appearance alone gave you a foot in the door. You had to be pretty, slender and charming. OK: maybe I wasn’t that charming. lol But my mother took me for the interview and in no way would she have lied. Finally, I wish I had not dated idiots in college. Time better spent studying . Finally? Not enough time to put everything into words.

Not a single gawd damn ting, regret is for the weak minded

^^^^ Or for those who care about others. The things I sincerely regret aren’t the things that I allowed to happen to me. I can just shake my head and go on, and vow not to do that again.
But when you make a mistake that involves someone you love, especially if it involves a child, even if it was accidental, it’s vastly different.

I’m really sorry for the people who were hurt by me in the past. Even if I still believe they deserve it, I shouldn’t have been so cruel to them. Everyone makes mistakes, so do I. I want to be forgiven for all bad actions I’ve done. For this reason, I do a lot of things to improve myself but it cannot change much for those who remember me as a bad person. I know I have no right for asking such people to be nice to me but I’ll be very glad to let go of the burden that makes my existence harder. I feel remorse, and it poisons me.