I’m regretting procrastinating on investing, health, and family connection in my 20’s. It’s feeling really painful because looking at the people that are gone and the amount of money I could have now if I didn’t just let my savings sit is just hard to accept.

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  2. By doing shit lol

    It’s better to live a life of failure than living a life never starting anything.

    You’re not going to go back in time and get that time back, do you want to feel the same way but worse in 5 years?

  3. By realising that it couldn’t have happened any other way.

    The only reason you’re regretting and reconsidering it now is because you made those mistakes earlier. It was impossible to realise all these stuff earlier.

  4. What good is money on the other side of the dirt? Enjoy what you’ve got going for you and embrace the positivity of living, even if retirement would be less bourgeois than possible

  5. Twice a year have an angst ridden breakdown, realize there is nothing you can do to change the past, then move forward…

  7. If you look at things you could have done and compare that to the things that people have done you’re always going to have done less. You realize you want things to be different so start making that effort to be where you want to be. It’s not going to be better today or tomorrow, but with consistent effort you’ll be further along than if you would’ve realized this a few months later from now.

  10. You look back on things and reflect. Then you think about “what things can I still do/change, etc. and develop plan(s). Then start doing.

  11. Past is what we can’t change. I think every human beings regret of their past what they have chosen. But if we are agonising over it , it will just harm your mental health and well-being without achieving anything. It’s better to just reflect from past, and don’t make same mistakes in the future.
    Somtimes it’s still hard for me too but I am keep trying .

  12. It’s not that I don’t believe in the concept of free will exactly, but I feel like the kind of person you are + external influences = the actions you take, with maybe the exception of a few margin calls. You procrastinated because you were a procrastinator, and nothing caused you to change.

    We all regret things, but realising your actions were essentially a result of your character means there was no other way it was going to go.

    But now, you’re no longer a procrastinator (I hope), and you’re using these feelings of regret to motivate you to sort things out now. So hey! Don’t worry about the past. It wasn’t going to be any different. Your future can be, though, if you harness your growth.

  13. Remember the past is the past and that you have your future ahead of you to change what you regret.

  14. I make a deal with them. They leave me alone during the day and in exchange they can wake me up at night and make me anxious about the stupidest things

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