What Would You Regret Not Doing?
I don’t have too many major regrets in life; at least not yet. 
In the past, I believe that I did what I knew best at the time. Not that I wouldn’t go back and do some things differently. But, since I didn’t know then what I do know now, I feel I wouldn’t have known to make other choices to get other outcomes at that time…if that makes sense?
At some motivational-type of events, activities like fire-eating or fire-walking are life changing experiences for some people. Those experiences are actually designed to be just that. To paraphrase: “By completing that activity and overcoming that fear, how many other things can you do that you didn’t think you could?” These can be very empowering experiences if conducted and experienced in that way.
I understand and appreciate fire-walking and fire-eating. I have done the former but not the latter. Yet still, I am not a fan of either. That being the case, I don’t expect to have any regrets about never going on to pursue the latter.
We don’t all regret the same things. When I’m on my deathbed, I don’t expect that I will have any regrets over: never having gotten a tattoo; never travelling to Egypt or Pakistan, and a number of other countries; or never eating fire or going skydiving; etc.
Not that I couldn’t or wouldn’t enjoy experiencing those things, but since they don’t hold a lot of interest (or beckoning) for me at the moment, I don’t expect to regret not pursuing them.
This makes me realize that maybe the key isn’t to know what you would not regret (doing or not doing), but instead becoming aware and focusing on pursuing what you know you would regret not doing.
Once you know you will regret not pursuing something, then that is what should be embraced and not rationalized away.
I have one such yearning at the moment. One that I won’t give detail on today. (Maybe by the end of the week I’ll have more to reveal, but not just yet.)
But I’m curious, do you have anything in particular that you expect you’d regret not doing? In the past? Now? In the future? Do tell below. Thanks for visiting!
