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Recounting your life
Posted on 10/14/14 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 10/14/14 at 4:52 pm
If it were possible to reenact your life (knowing the bad choices you have made and the people you have negatively affected) would you? Rationally, if you have 'sobered' up to the reality that we will all die one day, have you changed your lifestyle choices and how you treat family, friends, neighbors, relatives, or enemies?
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 4:55 pm to Asaul
I try not to think about what might have been, because that was then, and I've taken a different road.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 4:56 pm to Asaul
I know I've learned from my mistakes, but I guess making some mistakes to learn from is inevitable.
I hope I would do better, but doubt I would be perfect.
I hope I would do better, but doubt I would be perfect.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:03 pm to Asaul
Looking back I wish I had kept up with some of my old friends more, and there may be a couple of bad decisions that I wish I wouldn't have made. As a whole though, I don't regret much, but have tried to learn from mistakes.
I've never been one to treat others badly, and I don't think I have any enemies, but I also wish I had spent more time with extended family growing up. That was out of my control though.
I've never been one to treat others badly, and I don't think I have any enemies, but I also wish I had spent more time with extended family growing up. That was out of my control though.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:24 pm to Asaul
I would only change one major decision in my life If I had the chance. And I have been through more than most here due to age.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:31 pm to Asaul
Why are there so many deep, depressing threads here and on the OG OT?
Seems a couple times.a week there are threads about greatest disappointments, failure to reach one's full potential, etc etc. Do y'all really sit around reflecting on your own lives all the time?
Seems a couple times.a week there are threads about greatest disappointments, failure to reach one's full potential, etc etc. Do y'all really sit around reflecting on your own lives all the time?
Posted on 10/14/14 at 6:06 pm to Asaul
The past and future don't really exist, only the here and now, at least as far as consciousness is concerned. The rest is just useless mind noise that isn't beneficial 99.9% of the time.
But I'll play regardless. Yes, I have to events in my life I regret, and if given the opportunity, would change.
But I'll play regardless. Yes, I have to events in my life I regret, and if given the opportunity, would change.
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 10/14/14 at 6:13 pm to Asaul
I could have fricked so many more bitches. Especially in High School when I didn't know what I was doing with girls, I could have been taking all kinds of virginites, left and right.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 6:50 pm to Asaul
I would have taken myself more seriously in certain areas and let loose a little more in others. I was too introverted for a while there.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:01 pm to Asaul
I regret 3 or 4 decisions.
One of them was not taking the scholarship to A&M. I don't know if any of the other decisions would have come into play as a result of that single one.
And they weren't bad decisions, they just turned out poorly.
One of them was not taking the scholarship to A&M. I don't know if any of the other decisions would have come into play as a result of that single one.
And they weren't bad decisions, they just turned out poorly.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 9:47 pm to Asaul
I have recently begun to come to terms with how essentially meaningless life is outside of a few important items. Its a cliche, but having health, family, and friends really is all that matters.
The older you get, the more you realize that silly stuff like money, social status, material possessions really are hollow. I mean, more of a burden than anything.
So I would change a few things about the path of my life, such as focusing on relationships more than achievements.
The older you get, the more you realize that silly stuff like money, social status, material possessions really are hollow. I mean, more of a burden than anything.
So I would change a few things about the path of my life, such as focusing on relationships more than achievements.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 10:22 pm to Asaul
I've made a lot of mistakes that I would change. Some, like smoking pot daily for a couple of decades, weren't harmful to anyone but myself. Others, like losing friends over stupid immature differences, we harmful to other people as well.
Overall, I've got a great life and if it would change where I am today I wouldn't go back and do it again. If I could be guaranteed that things would be the same today, minus the pain I've caused others then I would do it in a heartbeat.
Overall, I've got a great life and if it would change where I am today I wouldn't go back and do it again. If I could be guaranteed that things would be the same today, minus the pain I've caused others then I would do it in a heartbeat.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 11:20 pm to Asaul
I have no regrets... Seriously... None... Zero.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:37 am to Asaul
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if you have 'sobered' up to the reality that we will all die one day, have you changed your lifestyle choices and how you treat family, friends, neighbors, relatives, or enemies?
Definitely
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:44 am to Asaul
When I start thinking about stuff I would have/probably should have done differently, it almost inevitably leads me down a road that renders many things that I'm proud of/happy about moot because there's no way they would have happened in an alternate scenario.
I'm young (26) still, and will inevitably make many more mistakes, but I feel that the best way for me to live is to keep looking forward and bring as much love, respect, and warmth into the lives of the people with whom I interact, starting with family and friends.
So much easier said than done to live without regrets, but I do try.
I'm young (26) still, and will inevitably make many more mistakes, but I feel that the best way for me to live is to keep looking forward and bring as much love, respect, and warmth into the lives of the people with whom I interact, starting with family and friends.
So much easier said than done to live without regrets, but I do try.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:11 am to Asaul
Life is one big learning process. Every day, every moment. I like to believe it is preparing us for something, maybe if even just for later in life. Realizing your mistakes and trying to improve on them shows character and wisdom.
Sure, we would all like to have done things differently sometimes, but do we when given the next opportunity? Whether the results are good or bad, the only constant in it is me. I'm there and realizing it, and if it's more bad than good, I'm doing it wrong and need to change something.
Sure, we would all like to have done things differently sometimes, but do we when given the next opportunity? Whether the results are good or bad, the only constant in it is me. I'm there and realizing it, and if it's more bad than good, I'm doing it wrong and need to change something.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:29 am to Asaul
Nah, I'm pretty content with where I am now and the decisions I've made, both good and bad, got me here.
If I could go back in time and give myself any advice it would be to take high school more seriously, and get your arse home from the beach and to your friend's funeral.
If I could go back in time and give myself any advice it would be to take high school more seriously, and get your arse home from the beach and to your friend's funeral.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:48 am to Asaul
I know a couple of people I would have murdered now if I had the chance. And some decisions I would change, but not a lot different.
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