emerald_star733
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that i spent too much time with my head in the past or future instead of being in the present moment...
When you're 60, what will you regret?
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emerald_star733
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i wrote my response to this thread before reading yours... so true and a great reminder.... thank you for your post
talisman
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Well I'm nowhere near 60 so there's plenty of new regrets still to come I'm sure, but I reckon I'll always regret wasting my 20s. Inp articular having no friends or social life during this time, not making the most of the social life at university and still being a virgin into mu late 20s. Just so many missed experiences.
Sinar_Matahari
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I hope I won't be on my deathbed at 60! I'll still be looking good...with all the cosmetic procedures I will have undergone to make me look twenty years younger.
How am I supposed to know what I'll regret thirty some years from now? Perhaps I won't regert a thing. In any case, I'll let you know when I turn sixty.
How am I supposed to know what I'll regret thirty some years from now? Perhaps I won't regert a thing. In any case, I'll let you know when I turn sixty.
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userremoved
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I would regret not seeing more of the world. I want to see it all. I would regret not seeing a total solar eclipse too (if I miss the one in 2017). I would regret not going to the San Diego Comic Con and never getting the chance to kiss Kristen Kreuk. I would also regret dying alone if I'm still alone by 60. But I'm pretty sure I'll have done at least some of these things by then.
ugly_duckling
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Most likely I will look back at myself and realise I was a pretty normal person who was capable of anything, but just let this fear take over me.
I hope I find the courage to eventually do the things I want without caring about others opinions.
I hope I find the courage to eventually do the things I want without caring about others opinions.
My prayer to the Gods/God/Aliens/Computer simulation program writers or who ever created all of us, is to grant me a peaceful life and sudden/painless death with all my faculties unimpeded. I do not want to be a burden on any one.
But life will not be as we pray it to be, hence i foresee, the following for me (if i make it to 60):-
I will be alone. The people who love me, my parents/grand parents will have all passed away. The people who fed/clothed/carried me/held my hands when i was young will no longer be there, the people whose names i called out for help when i was feeling sick/dizzy will no longer be there, I am writing this with an extremely heavy heart and sad/wet eyes, but it is the truth and i will have to confront it. I will certainly regret being alone, but there is nothing i can do to change it.
I am/will certainly regret the fact that i was born. The state of "not being" is much better that in a state of "being" with pains and suffering only.
I will regret that fact that i have/had no social skills what so ever. I will regret that i was the hot topic/punching bag of all those well to do/confident/able kids at school/college.
I will regret that fact that i am thin/pale/underweight.
Much as i would like to deny it, i will certainly regret that i have never ever even spoken to a girl let alone touch one. I will also regret that no girl has ever looked in my way (can't blame girls for it though).
So, i will be on my death bed alone with nothing but loneliness/sorrow/fear wishing for death to come in a peaceful/painless manner.
But life will not be as we pray it to be, hence i foresee, the following for me (if i make it to 60):-
I will be alone. The people who love me, my parents/grand parents will have all passed away. The people who fed/clothed/carried me/held my hands when i was young will no longer be there, the people whose names i called out for help when i was feeling sick/dizzy will no longer be there, I am writing this with an extremely heavy heart and sad/wet eyes, but it is the truth and i will have to confront it. I will certainly regret being alone, but there is nothing i can do to change it.
I am/will certainly regret the fact that i was born. The state of "not being" is much better that in a state of "being" with pains and suffering only.
I will regret that fact that i have/had no social skills what so ever. I will regret that i was the hot topic/punching bag of all those well to do/confident/able kids at school/college.
I will regret that fact that i am thin/pale/underweight.
Much as i would like to deny it, i will certainly regret that i have never ever even spoken to a girl let alone touch one. I will also regret that no girl has ever looked in my way (can't blame girls for it though).
So, i will be on my death bed alone with nothing but loneliness/sorrow/fear wishing for death to come in a peaceful/painless manner.
uncle
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I already regret the time and money I wasted doing drugs. I regret turning a friend of mine onto drugs on to see him die because of it a few years later. I regret trying to be people pleaser and have everyone like me.
I regret being a show off at times. I regret no saying NO as often as I should have.
I regret my career choice or lack of choices due to not applying myself. I now work in a very dangerous construction job in which I almost died by falling 50 feet on Tuesday.
I regret that mullet I had in the 80's and the white hi top sneakers and members only jacket. For the Love of God why didn't some stop me!!....::
I regret being a show off at times. I regret no saying NO as often as I should have.
I regret my career choice or lack of choices due to not applying myself. I now work in a very dangerous construction job in which I almost died by falling 50 feet on Tuesday.
I regret that mullet I had in the 80's and the white hi top sneakers and members only jacket. For the Love of God why didn't some stop me!!....:
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worrywort
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But there's still time to change that. The future has not been written yet. It's up to you! You never know what the wind might blow your way.
coyote
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dude, you've got another 30 years to change all this, so that you WON'T have those regrets
let the past be the past
start living now
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userremoved
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This is too depressing to answer.
EscapeArtist
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Well first of all I don't plan to die at 60 My mom's side of the family usually lives to their upper 90s, and that's with an unhealthy lifestyle.
But when my body tells me that it's time, I hope to understand that regrets don't have to exist
My mom's side of the family usually lives to their upper 90s, and that's with an unhealthy lifestyle. But when my body tells me that it's time, I hope to understand that regrets don't have to exist
EscapeArtist
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:Perhaps a much needed wakeup call? You can turn that around and use it as fuel to drive you
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userremoved
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Perhaps a much needed wakeup call? You can turn that around and use it as fuel to drive you
I'm trying, but the more I do the more hopeless I feel about myself.
SweetCupcake
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I do not wish to see the age of 30, let alone 60.
