What do you regret doing or not doing?

I regret not going into a field that I was actually passionate about. My work does not really excite me anymore, and I've only been doing it for about 4 years... :sad3:

However, when I picked my major, I wasn't passionate about anything...
 
I regret screwing around after a break up with my girlfriend a few years back. I had about the average persons life time number of sexual partners in about one month; not very healthy for body or mind

I was also taking massive amounts of drink and drugs too which further complicated things

I did end up with some very funny stories though :D
 
Typhon said:
I regret screwing around after a break up with my girlfriend a few years back. I had about the average persons life time number of sexual partners in about one month; not very healthy for body or mind

I was also taking massive amounts of drink and drugs too which further complicated things

I did end up with some very funny stories though :D
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I dont know why you regret that at all. As you said you have some funny stories and memories.
 
Typhon said:
I regret screwing around after a break up with my girlfriend a few years back. I had about the average persons life time number of sexual partners in about one month; not very healthy for body or mind

I was also taking massive amounts of drink and drugs too which further complicated things

I did end up with some very funny stories though :D
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I hear ya on that one! I added 3 more notches to my belt in the month after I broke up with my last long term gf. I also drank wayyy more than I should have. That's a blurry month but was the most fun i had had in a long while.
 
Typhon said:
I regret screwing around after a break up with my girlfriend a few years back. I had about the average persons life time number of sexual partners in about one month; not very healthy for body or mind

I was also taking massive amounts of drink and drugs too which further complicated things

I did end up with some very funny stories though :D
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Sh1t happens, Typhon. But at least you have some funny stories to tell :)

firefreak said:
I hear ya on that one! I added 3 more notches to my belt in the month after I broke up with my last long term gf. I also drank wayyy more than I should have. That's a blurry month but was the most fun i had had in a long while.
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And just how long is that belt, firefreak :D


I actually think that's quite normal behaviour -- not so much going out and getting laid, but after you break up, the last thing you want to do is sit at home. You want to go out and have fun again (because chances are you weren't having that much fun in the relationship), so you let go and give 'er with your friends. You get your mojo back, too ;)
 
If I regret one thing...I would say maybe I should have done beter in high school. I did A's and B's and slipped up once or twice on a C, but I wish I would have shot for all A's. I feel like I could have done something political because I feel like I would have been a politician who would actually benefit somone haha. But then again, I just turned 18 so i've got time to beter myself academically. I can't wait for college.
 
Oh man... This list of regrets is long but from my past actions, I am who I am now. I am comfortable with who I am and accept me for me finally but along the way, I'd have some mistep. But from those misteps, I've become a more compassionate person.

First regret is holding onto a doomed love relationship. Most of us must have done this before where we tried extra hard to make something work when it just does not.

Second regret, maybe giving up on a doom relationship too early and maybe things might have worked out... Haha.. damn if you do and damn if you don't.

Third, the crazy times after a post-serious relationship. I don't know about some of you guys but I re-invent myself to society's standards of what is cool and hurt a few (okay a lot of people along the way). Broke a few hearts, drank wayyy too much, did some other stuff that cannot be posted. Morales and values where tested and some where succumbed, which is now buried in my closest with the rest of my other skeletons. Which brings me to the next question, lie or tell the truth about our pass to people we might as we become closer than friends???

But in the end, I have transformed myself into who I am now. But who am I? Someone who tries to live an ideal life, try to be beacon for others to imiate; but here is the catch, I try not to force ideas onto others. Lead by example, sort of speak. Because of all my skeletons, I have a lot of experiences that I can relate to and help others out with. Additionally, I know try to accept people for who they are more and be patience with people and hope they will change instead of being frustrated and yelling at them. From my regrets, I have been able to harnash it into something positive.

From this post, I want to say that for those who are no longer with us today, you are always in our heart and through our experiences, you have helped transformed me.

In conclusions, I dont' think I have real regrets anymore but I am darn sure to avoid putting myself in those situtation again. If I was place in those situtation, I would react differently and probably react differently. The past shape us into who we are now, but don't dwell on it. Like an old cliche,

"The past is history, the future is a mystery, the present is a gift. That is why it is called the PRESENT." Live in the moment.
 
i_love_muscle said:
What is something you've done that you regret doing or not doing?

I regret not finishing med school. Worst decision I ever made, although it was partially made for me. Women were not allowed in sports medicine or orthopedic surgery at the time I was in med school.

Unfortunately, attitudes haven't changed that much since I graduated and it is still very difficult for women to pursue those two disciplines.
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It must be different in Canada. In my athletic injury prevention and care class it was at least half female. When I look at who is listed as sports medicine physician specialists, there are far more women than men...specially those that are board certified orthopaedic surgeons.
 
Sometimes I regret-

Not persuing my MS in marine biology after my divorce
Not lifting earlier in my life
Not having more poetry published
Not finishing the novel I started
And not flying to Canada to sleep with ILM
 
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It's Calgary known for legal red light district with hotties.... or was it another Canadian City like Vancover....

Oh another regret,
not practicing Yoga at a younger age
not eating proper diet before
 
tic said:
It's Calgary known for legal red light district with hotties.... or was it another Canadian City like Vancover....

Oh another regret,
not practicing Yoga at a younger age
not eating proper diet before
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Not in Calgary. I wish we had red light districts in Canada, but there are none. Prostitution is not legal here. And most hos here are butt ugly.

It's the escort services where you get the hotties. And you pay extra for everything. Some girls put out, some don't.
 
Wow.. quite the expert... I know who to called if I am ever in Calargy.... GO ILM...

From where I stand, ILM, you appear to be knowledgeable about many topics. Where do you get all this info? internet off course, but what magazines do you read, etc...
 
tic said:
Wow.. quite the expert... I know who to called if I am ever in Calargy.... GO ILM...

From where I stand, ILM, you appear to be knowledgeable about many topics. Where do you get all this info? internet off course, but what magazines do you read, etc...
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I don't read most magazines. I don't read any health/fitness magazines at all. Most of the information in those magazines can be extremely misleading.

I read text books and non-fiction for the most part.

I'm an information hound, so I'm pretty good at doing research and sifting the wheat from the chaff. If I want to know something, I can find out pretty quickly because I know where to go and who to call ;)

And I'm old :D I've accumulated a lot of knowledge in my years ;)
 
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