Realizing you spent too many hours working and not enough time with your children or friends.
The memory of yelling at a toddler or a loved one in a moment of stress. The Things I Regret
Regret:. “To feel sad, repentant, or… | by Chrissy Shaw | Medium Realizing you spent too many hours working and
Not spending that final hour with a beloved pet or being there for a loved one's last moments. “To feel sad, repentant, or… | by Chrissy
We often mourn the lives we didn’t live. This includes the boldness regrets —the "if only I’d taken the chance" moments. Maybe it was the career path we abandoned for safety, the travel opportunities we declined, or the passion project we never started because we were too worried about what others would think.
Not all regrets are life-altering. Sometimes, they are smaller, more specific moments that stay with us for years: