What is one of your life regrets?

Question

i know there are many young people here (i'm 21), and we still have lots of time to do what we want to do, but as of right now, what is one of your life regrets? is there anything in life that you wish you did, but didn't? learn a skill? ask out a crush? travel someplace? anything?

and please, don't say something lame like "i regret reading this question"

mine is not continuing to learn how to play the piano. i can' help but notice some of these successful musicians and i always think that i could be like that. maybe not famous like them, i think i can be successful or good enough to impress people. maybe i should try to take it up again. but as of right now, this is my one regret in life

Answer 1

It's funny, but when I was a bit younger, the older I got the more regrets I had. Now that some time has past, I don't regret some of those things I used to. There are, however, some things that I probably won't stop regretting, but even those are only half regrets.

I think my biggest regret was getting mixed up in drugs. Looking back on the choices I made, I'm not sure if things could have turned out differently. I had a pretty bad home, no friends, some other problems with no way to really deal with them. Drugs offered me a way to escape. It was a rough road before I finally decided to clean up. It was just as rough dealing with the emotion and mental turmoil that comes with recovery from addiction. However, without walking that path I would not be the person I am today. I would not have discovered who I am the same way, I would not have appreciated my education the way I do now, and I would not be able to help others deal with their drug problems like I do now. So, as painful as some of my experiences have been, I value immensely what I have learned and who I have become as a result. I guess you could say that I regret that it took that kind of refinement to learn the things I did.

Answer 2

My regret would be not taking enough risks...

You can just really miss out big time on the best things in life if youre afraid to try new things.

You know what they say... you need to gamble big to WIN BIG.

=)

Answer 3

This is definitely an interesting question. Often people say they have no regrets, but I believe that is a lie. How can you have no regrets? I mean, if you had a second chance there's SOMETHING you would change. But it is important not to dwell on the regrets, for whatever happened happened. They happen for a reason, to LEARN from them and your mistakes so that the next journey in your life should be a positive one.

I regret all the time I wasted in my life. When I could have been doing homework, studying, doing something productive that would benefit me now in college, I just didn't. I spent it dwelling on stupid boys and crushes that never came true anyway.

I regret that I didn't concentrate on school as much as I should have. Now it is kicking my butt. My goals are pharmacy school, and I'm still holding on to that dream even though my freshman and sophmore years of college sucked grade wise. I'm starting new and fresh.

I regret that I don't tell my loved ones how much I love them, and I regret how much I take for granted.

I regret wasting my time with people. I used to be the type that would talk to EVERYONE..just out of pure interest. I learned the hard way that you just cannot be friends with everybody.

I regret going as far as I did with random guys when I am drunk. I still am a virgin and all, but I came pretty d**n close to losing it to some random fool just for living in the moment.

I regret binge drinking as much as I did last year, and sleeping bad because it totally ruined my health, even if I was having fun in the moment.

I regret not taking charge of my life sooner...and now everything is going to change...! I started to change this summer...all the regrets that I have had, all the mistakes I have made are REAL. And I am the first to admit to my mistakes. However, gradually, one step at a time I am going to correct every single mistake I made for a better me. That's why I changed my name (not literally) to Reinvention. It's the process of reinventing my whole life (mentally, emotionally, physically, verbally, spiritually)...and changing the aspects that I don't like.

If you have regrets, try not to base your whole life on them. You make mistakes. Just don't repeat those mistakes and always be aware of self improvement, even if it is something small!

Answer 4

i wish i hadnt been such a homebody and didnt talk to alot ofppl in hs. (i graduated in 01) my bff graduated with me but wedidnt start to really talk and hang out until 2 years ago. now i go to college and i talk to alot of ppl, i guess this is away to change this, but most of the kids there are that - kids that just graduated.

Answer 5

   Your health...take better care of yourself, when you get old, it's to late.

Answer 6

I have regrets over things I had no power over, like people who have died.

Answer 7

my regret would be trying to change myself to BE someone else.. well I am just a normal teenage in hight school.. so sure there will be lots of things coming around e.g. popularity, attitude. So at that time I was trying VERY hard to be popular and impress everyone, acting like this girl that everyone like and now I DO NOT know who I am and thats hurt and I feel ashamed of myself. But righ tnow im trying to change that... from now im going to be myself and NOT that girl that everyone like.

Answer 8

yeah, you are right about the young people part, i am 13, and i dont have much of a life regret as of yet, but i have regrets, just like everyone else. no, i dont smoke, dip, or anything like that. i dont see why most people would, and i know there are a lot of people who are stupid, and, i dont count myself among those numbers of either one of them. as of now in my life, the biggest regret is not saying more of what i think. i know, that is not a big one, not one to go gossip about, there is nothing major, but i probably should say more when i think something... i think really out of the box on a lot of things... that is why i answer questions in philosophy and paranormal things more than anything. i dont really know why i think the way i do, but i am just really open minded... maybe it is because when i was little, i got tired of people treating me by my age, rather than treating me by how i acted... they still do, but only the people who dont know me... i probably should say more about what i think- i get tired of people acting like i am 4, and saying i dont understand something, or that i dont know something. normally, if i dont KNOW, absolutely know, then i dont say anything (well, i do on things where there is no right or wrong answer). maybe if i said more about what i think, and why i think that way, i would not be down-graded to the age i really am... i know there are some kids who have to be treated like they are 5 because they act that way, but why is it so hard for people to grasp the fact that some are not. the only difference between myself and a 45 year old person is the experience and the actual age (or any other age for that matter). my mother has always found hard to believe that i can think the way i do, and know all the stuff that i do. she has always attempted to treat me the way she would treat a 13 year old. honestly, if you or anybody else talked to me, without knowing my age, it would be hard to distinguish myself between any other adult. this is not bragging, it is just a compairison between myself, who is not on drugs or smoking, and an average adult who cannot tie his/her shoelaces because they are as high as a kite. now, in today's world, very few adults are drug free, and can think logically, so no offense to those who are good, working, clean adults, and i congradulate those of you who are. i just dont see the point in poisoning your body intentionally. so, i think my biggest fault in life so far is just not saying what i think. most of the time, i am content to let what is in my head stay in my head, but i hate it when people underestimate me, simply by my age, so, maybe by saying more of what i think, they will stop treating me like i am 13, and start treating me by how i act, and how i am capable of thinking above the age that i am.

i am sorry for making my speil such a long one, but i felt it necissary to answer the question as fully as possible. it was a good question.

have a wonderful day!!!!!

-Angel

Answer 9

...not loaning the $10,000 initial buy in to his new company...