Daily Prompt: Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
What’s your biggest regret? How would your life have been different if you’d made another decision?
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I have worked hard over the years learning that regretting is a waste of energy – once the time has passed, the opportunity has gone. If you chose to walk away not towards, then live with that decision in freedom.
This means that I have only vague shadowy regrets buried somewhere deep inside.
I think the one that I regret the most is not travelling. When I graduated university, I had a partner and chose to live with him and get a job to pay the rent instead of using the money I had to buy a round the world ticket.
I knew if I went it would change me, and him and our relationship and at 21, I thought I was too young to cope with this cause and effect.
I managed a compromise – a short trip around Europe and have since managed to travel to many other places on my wish list. Of course I have known many people who bought their tickets and changed their lives and none of them regret their decision to travel.
Ironically the relationship only lasted a few years after graduation but it was my first long term (7 years) relationship, and I don’t regret that any more than the decision not to travel.
A regret is a waste of a decision. There are always reasons and lessons to learn whichever path you choose.
I am certainly VERY HAPPY with my life now – and maybe this is not the life I would lead if I had made the decision to buy my round the world ticket.
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Well done on tackling this one. This challenge is throwing up some deep stuff isn’t it. I like the way you have handled today’s probings and the conclusion you have come to. I’m not sure I’ll take up the challenge here. Like you say – life is more about moving on from regrets than sitting around counting them and reliving lost chances.
Thanks Suzanne, yes as you realised this is my daily post entry which can also throw things up from time to time. As far as blogtember we have a break over the weekend. I would like you up to Friday’s blogtember but am accessing on phone and can’t use that function. It was a good one though.
Life is about accepting experiences and learning from them if they didn’t quite feel right.
Sorry I just realised this wasn’t a response to the Blogtember prompts. Hope my comment still makes sense.
Of course it does, glad you enjoyed the read.
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