Mine is dropping out of college to go travelling in a bus. It was the most fun but ultimately its left me in a series of dead end jobs and a meager salary wondering where I will be in a few years time.
2006-10-03 23:51:29 · 37 answers · asked by a random night 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Wasting several years involved in religion is my greatest regret.
Although there are some positive aspects of a brush with religion, I think it is the cause of much life wasted. It was like living without a brain for several years.
2006-10-04 00:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have done many stupid things, many things I look back at with horror and shock, long periods of my life (adding up to years) completely wasted, days spent drunk on benches that I could have spent having fun, jobs and promotions I have turned down, money I have squandered... I don't regret any of these things.
I only have two regrets in life:
- that I didn't start travelling and going abroad sooner
and my biggest regret:
- 7 years ago someone was really kind to me and obviously (in retrospect) genuinely was attracted to me and wanted to become good friends, I was always drunk at that point in my life and had very low self-esteem and as such thought she must have been playing a cruel joke on me. I wasn't offensive to her but I did firmly push her away and since then nodody has ever expressed any interest in having a relationship with me in that way. Over time I turned more heavily to drink until I became married to the bottle so to speak and after giving up drinking over a year ago I have lost all interest in sex and relationships. I sometimes wonder if she could have saved me from myself if I had let her... she is my biggest regret.
2006-10-04 00:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had the chance to fulfill my boyhood dream and become a professional footballer. Whilst on trial I was given an ultimatum by my boss at work. I either worked for him or went to training. He said he would not allow me the time off. I was in a steady relationship with a baby daughter. My partner said I should follow my dream, but I was brought up by my grandmother and have strong family values so I chose to stay in regular employment because we needed the money. The regular job was certain, and my future as a pro footballer wasn't. Who knows, I may not have been good enough, but I wasn't ready to risk my family's future - finding out. I've spent the rest of my life wondering what if ?
2006-10-05 12:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by monkyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any regrets because at my age of 21 I have implemented almost total recapitulation of my past life (thoroughly examined) far from my family, relatives and friends. After that I have totally reorganised my life's style.
Anything I do I give the best of myself in deeds, thought and feelings.So I have nothing to regret anymore whether I win or lose. I do my best.The rest is you can call fate, wish of Heavens or anything else.Sometimes helps me sometimes is against me but it is out of a realm of my influence.So remains nothing to regret.
You can try this (rest if you are tired, be lazy for a change, but never give up):
A Manual for Living (A Little Book of Wisdom) by Epictetus (Sharon Lebell) suggesting; How do I live a happy,fulfilling life? How can I be a good person?
If you feel it is not for you, stay far from this, don't do that.
2006-10-04 01:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by oceangleam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey hun dnt regret anything you do everything for a reason you made that choice at the time. if you want to go to college do nigt school now then you haven't done anything wrong dnt live with regrets sort them out regrets only drag you down remeber what is done is done now start thinking how you better yourself. i never went to college I did hairdressing i hated it and ended up only being able to get a job in a greasey cafe part time. i decided i couldnt waste my life and am currently doing an NVQ in admin while working in a mortgage brokers. find what you want to do and go for it and reebr all the good times you had on that bus
2006-10-03 23:56:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Regrets are a waste of time and energy.
Everyone has things they would like to change but every cloud has a silver lining. If I did have a regret it would be sleeping with a certain guy, coz the situation with him turned ugly, but on the plus side it gave me the courage and confidence to break up with the boyfriend I had that treated me like crap (not a cheater btw, but it was a complicated situation!!!)
If you regret something badly then you should try and do something to change it, like if you were to go back to college.
Don't regret things, count them as a mistake and learn from them.
2006-10-04 01:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by Tamarinda Alexia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giving up on my family.
I've never known my dad, or anybody on his side of my family. When I was younger I used to imagine my dad, and that I had an older brother (I've always wanted one). I couldn't wait till I was 18 so I could legally look for them.
recently however (I am now 16), I thought it over more carefully, and decided that it wouldn't do any of us any good if I did find them, so I decided that I would forget them and get on with my life.
With this decision came a period of mourning, once that was over, I instantly regreted my decision. I could change my mind, and still look for them, but I know that I was right to forget, even though I will regret it for the rest of my life.
2006-10-04 02:36:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not taking something practical in college. I enjoyed my liberal arts degree, but I have been messing about for most of the last 35 years. I wish I had become an engineer as I considered back then. I might have made something other than birdcage liners.
2006-10-03 23:54:52 · answer #8 · answered by Grendle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have lots of really big regrets. Waiting until my health was so bad before asking for help with my marriage. Going further sexually than I intended before marriage. Living in fear most of my life because I was too afraid, ashamed, and embarrassed to ask questions. Not spending more time with my Grandma before she died. Being in such a big hurry to get out of college and get a job and enjoy what I thought was real life. Waiting until my son was 3 1/2 before admitting that he had a problem that I could not handle on my own. Having children when my marriage was such a mess thinking it would make me happy in my marriage. Hating my mother-in-law and carrying my anger at her around with me everywhere and letting that anger completely control my life. Trying so hard to make my dad like me and not realizing that he loved me anyway. Not spending more time with God, reading His word, praying, and developing a closer relationship with Him. Feeling pressured and deciding to get married before I was ready.
2006-10-04 00:21:49 · answer #9 · answered by Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting married after only knowing my then husband for 11 months, getting divorced then having to raise two children on my own. Having said all that, I do not regret having my children so I guess every cloud really does have a silver lining......
2006-10-05 04:05:59 · answer #10 · answered by Sue S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋