Whats your biggest Regret?

qwytre

Whats your biggest Regret?

Is there something that you would go back and change if you had the chance?

Is there one thing you think could have had a huge change on your life had you chosen something else?

Rb

Not really, the consequences have made me who I am today.

However, I think I should have just completed college in one phase and then gone travelling rather than taking a break mid-degree.

connundrum

I landed a pile of money about 6 years ago, and instead of buying a house or something smart like that (which would have clearly made me millions by now), I pissed it up against a wall.

That said, I was 18, and I know very few smart 18 year olds, so I don't beat myself up about it too much.

However, things could have been soo different... not that I'm unhappy with my current situation. Obviously.

Faith

I wouldn't have had those two jagerbombs a few weeks ago.

I dunno, not sure there's any big thing I'd change.

Rb

Oh, biggest regret lately:

Acknowleding the existence of complete idiots in The Thunderdome.

Cool_CM

Smoking and becoming generally unfit, also in retrospect that Kebab I had the other night was a very bad call.

Sherifu

Reading this thread.

MooseJam

not ditching the gun

connundrum

rb_ie wrote: »

Oh, biggest regret lately:

Acknowleding the existence of complete idiots in The Thunderdome.

Further acknowledgement feeds the flames

Another regret would be a recurring one, and it'd be completely of my own doing. I always putthings off, and the things that I always put off always come back to bite me in the ass

connundrum

connundrum wrote: »

I landed a pile of money about 6 years ago, and instead of buying a house or something smart like that (which would have clearly made me millions by now), I pissed it up against a wall.

That said, I was 18, and I know very few smart 18 year olds, so I don't beat myself up about it too much.

However, things could have been soo different... not that I'm unhappy with my current situation. Obviously.

I was really bright when I was 18 compared to how I am now.


I think everyone has a set of lessons to learn in life and I've just been steaming ahead with mine, eventually the rest of you will get yours.:D

RobertFoster

Erasmus.

Rb

connundrum wrote: »

Further acknowledgement feeds the flames

Another regret would be a recurring one, and it'd be completely of my own doing. I always putthings off, and the things that I always put off always come back to bite me in the ass

Ah, procrastination, one of my worst enemies. I try to fight it, yet it seems to win quite a bit

Sleepy

Far too many for a man of only 27:

• Letting myself get into debt whilst in college
• Never learning to live within my means
• Allowing some stupid things to become habits
• Not travelling (mainly as a result of the first two)
• Not standing up for myself at times I really should have done
• Losing some people from my life by taking too long to realise the answer wasn't at the bottom of the bottle
• Asking myself "What's the worst that can happen?" and not answering it.
• Investing too much time in too many people who weren't worth it

The biggest regret? That the list above is so long.

kowloon

The last 15 years or so

Tricity Bendix

Not taking the red pill.

beautiation

Getting into the habit of sleeping 14 hour nights during my gap year.

Pepe LeFrits

Biggest regret? That I keep building up new ones.

Less than I used to, though. That's progress!

Reesy

Biggest regret: putting effort into trying to fit in for too long rather than facing myself and learning to love myself.

I'd have got to something like my current happy state a lot earlier.

Then again, who knows where alternative actions might have taken me?

Oh, and there are small regrets from long ago about girls who I hadn't the courage to go after.

useful_contacts

well its not my biggest but its up there

Not going to see joe dolans last performance in my town , id tickets to go see him but i was going to Oakwood the next day and didnt want to go with a hangover(was goin with my sisters so itd be a big piss up) so i didnt go and he died that december:(

Pj!

Surprised to be the first to say my biggest regret involved a relationship and me fukcing it up.
A minute to see, an day to like, a week to love, a lifetime to forget. Or however it goes. Ah no, im over that now, took a while though!

Ive learned since then,









hookers are sooo much easier.

AckwelFoley

i have no regrets.

I cant afford to dwell on the past.

Overheal

I guess you could say my smallest regret is I don't have a black man's cock

Royale with Cheese

Putting Arts on my CAO + being convinced that there'd be no jobs in IT by the time I graduated. Arseholes, back to college I go to do IT.

Davidius

Hey wait a second, she was coming on to me!

Shít, I missed a chance at getting laid. At least I like to think so D=

In all seriousness no regrets. If I hadn't made the decisions I've made then I could've been sucked into the trap of teenage boozing like all the other jerks..

Instead I got to be great and sit back and judge them as beneath me. :pac:

Seriously, I'm perfect. Why am I the only one to acknowledge that!?

Rb

Overheal wrote: »

I guess you could say my smallest regret is I don't have a black man's cock

Tisk tisk, that's racist stereotyping you know.

Steve

becoming a boards addict



gimmie my life back :mad::mad::mad:

Gummy Panda

connundrum wrote: »

I landed a pile of money about 6 years ago, and instead of buying a house or something smart like that (which would have clearly made me millions by now), I pissed it up against a wall.

That said, I was 18, and I know very few smart 18 year olds, so I don't beat myself up about it too much.

The same for me. I foolish spent the money on crap. I try to put a positive spin on it now as it has made me more aware and smarter with my money now.

Riddle101

I made some really bad decisons in my life that i really regret and wish i could go back and change them

buckfast4me

I am surprised a lot more people aren't saying smoking. I am not one myself but any smoker I talk to (like parents, older relatives, even some friends) say it was the biggest regret of their life. That is understandable considering money, health effects, lifestyle effects, etc.

buckfast4me

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Putting Arts on my CAO + being convinced that there'd be no jobs in IT by the time I graduated. Arseholes, back to college I go to do IT.

There's not that many tbh. Unless you believe the government. HAH

Edit: Can someone show me examples of all these magical IT jobs that are apparently available. I am getting my degree in about 6 weeks.

Run_to_da_hills

Buying an Apple Computer.

buckfast4me

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Buying an Apple Computer.

Ah ya poor unfortunate soul. Let me sit you down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea ,

challengemaster

"I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
--Ingrid Bergman

"Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul"
--Armand Hammer

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets"
--Henry A. Kissinger

"The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity"
--Helen Rowland

"Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs"
--Charles Dickens

"I don't really believe in regrets"
--Wayne Newton

"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."
--Ralph W. Sockman

"I have no regrets, real regrets about any darn thing... I think second-guessing one's self and your life is the most futile thing in the world"
--James Whitmore

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
~Victoria Holt

I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do.
~Midori Ito

“The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn't take”

Ruu_Old

stevec wrote: »

becoming a boards addict



gimmie my life back :mad::mad::mad:

You are Boards now, that'll teach you to read the disclaimer before registering.
Regrets, well I put $1,000 in a savings account that I would really love to spend right now but it can't be moved.

silvine

The many days I've lost roaming from forum to forum on the internet..

Nevyn

Not taking the brown acid cos at least then I would have an excuse.

L1011

Major ones:
Letting a relationship fall apart due to not putting enough effort in to it (was reciprocal lack of effort but hey, I still didn't do enough).

Screwing up the possibility of working in the music industry due to apathy and taking the wrong decision.

Minor ones:
Not taking a day off work to see New Order in Birmingham (last chance I had to get to a concert - they broke up shortly after)

Very minor ones:
Dropping my 12" of CJ Agnelli - Lush Gold.

Sure I could think of a few more, mind.

Muggy Dev

...used to have a life full of 'em but no more.On a good path now.

Maybe regret is something only experienced if you're on the wrong path.

sam34

got into an ill-advised relationship, with someone who turned out to be a psychopath, messed me up a lot at the time.
student debt.
gaining weight!

Either not doing as well as I could have in the leaving, did good but I was expecting higher or when I drunkingly cheated on my x girlfriend.

Sleepy

challengemaster wrote: »

"I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
--Ingrid Bergman

"Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul"
--Armand Hammer

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets"
--Henry A. Kissinger

"The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity"
--Helen Rowland

"Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs"
--Charles Dickens

"I don't really believe in regrets"
--Wayne Newton

"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."
--Ralph W. Sockman

"I have no regrets, real regrets about any darn thing... I think second-guessing one's self and your life is the most futile thing in the world"
--James Whitmore

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
~Victoria Holt

I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do.
~Midori Ito

“The only thing you live to regret are the risks you didn't take”

Just because a famous person said it doesn't make it wise.

Our actions of the past effect our present and our future. To not feel regret about actions in your past which have adversely effected your present or have limited your options for the future is illogical. Dwelling on them makes no sense but to say you'd make the same mistakes over again makes one a fool.

Ross_Mahon

-Not paying attention in school
-Not socialising enough in school
-Wasting time
-Getting an xbox 360
-Not sticking to a sport

But i am mending these mistakes...:)

Pherekydes

Margaret Nason

Jigsaw

F**king up my career due to booze and then turning to booze to erase from my mind the fact that I have been entirely the author of my own misfortune.

Rob_l

"regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention"

This thread has this line and the rest of the song in my head I may listen to sid vicious version to fix that.


But yeah loads of minor regrets but nothing I'd change I wouldn't be here today if wasn't for them

mental07

RobertFoster wrote: »

Erasmus.

Really? Where did you go?

chopperbyrne

Being too nervous to do anything when a girl I liked handcuffed me and brought me up to her room at her 18th party

challengemaster

Sleepy wrote: »

Just because a famous person said it doesn't make it wise.

Our actions of the past effect our present and our future. To not feel regret about actions in your past which have adversely effected your present or have limited your options for the future is illogical. Dwelling on them makes no sense but to say you'd make the same mistakes over again makes one a fool.

I didn't quote them because famous people said them, Honestly I didn't care if some un-named child in the arse crack of nowhere made them up. I honestly think they're wise.

Illogical? Sure, maybe - because it's human nature to question. But I can say I'd never change anything I've done. Changing things, would mean that I wouldn't be me anymore - We're the sum of our experiences. Change them, and we change ourselfs. Also where's the fun if you can decide EXACTLY what route your life takes and what mistakes you can change?

challengemaster

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Being too nervous to do anything when a girl I liked handcuffed me and brought me up to her room at her 18th party

Oh dear..

Steve

Rob_l wrote: »

"regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention"

This thread has this line and the rest of the song in my head I may listen to sid vicious version to fix that.


But yeah loads of minor regrets but nothing I'd change I wouldn't be here today if wasn't for them

That's been playing in my head since you posted that thanks......

classic song though.

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, Ill say it clear,
Ill state my case, of which Im certain.
Ive lived a life thats full.
Ive traveled each and evry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

:D:D:D:D:D


sorry

JavaBear

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

-Not paying attention in school
-Not socialising enough in school
-Wasting time
-Getting an xbox 360
-Not sticking to a sport

But i am mending these mistakes...:)

I'll take the 360!