When you're 60, what will you regret?

MikeyC

MikeyC

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I have envisioned old age and I seriously can't imagine myself living to 60. The way I drive (not recklessly, but sometimes fast) will probably kill me before then. If not, my liver or heart is going to give way. If I make it to 40, I'll have achieved a "long" life.

If I happen to make it to 60, I might have some regrets about not taking opportunities when they arose, but it's hard to say. With technology advancing so fast, I might be a cyborg.
 
OceanMist

OceanMist

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I'll probably be thinking more about the current time, and the future. The past sucks to think about, especially for losers like me. I'd prefer not to think about failures, and instead focus how I can enjoy my life now and later.
 
EscapeArtist

EscapeArtist

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This question really angers me. I fear that it's assuming that people are going to have regrets at 60.

Obviously if it angers me then I'm mad at the voice in my head that's asking the same thing, so nothing personal.
 
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Agent_Violet

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worrywort said:
EDIT: I didn't mean this to be a negative thread, btw! I was hoping it would be motivational. I find that imagining myself at the end of my life, looking back, and thinking of the kind of life I'd have liked to have lived, and the kind of regrets I hope not to have, I find this usually motivates me to make the changes today that will prevent the regrets I fear later.

p.s. I also didn't mean to suggest that when we're 60 we'll all be on our death beds! It was just a symbolic age, when the prime of our lives, [for most of us!], will be behind us.

[.....I should really double check the wording in my posts more often!!! ;)]
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I think that's why the edit was made...sometimes it's really hard to say what we mean and have others understand us. I know i have my share of problems with that.
 
Moa

Moa

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I get what the OP is saying. Ask any elderly person what they regret, and most of them will NOT tell you about stuff they did. They'll tell you about stuff they wish they had done, but didn't.
 
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Agent_Violet

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i'll end up being that short little wrinkled lady with bright white hair,a cane to beat children with, and a snippy little ankle biting dog. my support hose will always be slouchy,and i'll wear diabetic shoes with my pink housecoat...

i'll peek through my window daily to make sure no children are running on my lawn or driveway.

it's going to be glorious.
 
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RedMonkey

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Agent_Violet said:
i'll end up being that short little wrinkled lady with bright white hair,a cane to beat children with, and a snippy little ankle biting dog. my support hose will always be slouchy,and i'll wear diabetic shoes with my pink housecoat...

i'll peek through my window daily to make sure no children are running on my lawn or driveway.

it's going to be glorious.
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doesn't sound like regret. more like expecting it. bad old agent violet. haha
 
Dead_on_Arrival

Dead_on_Arrival

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Agent_Violet said:
i'll end up being that short little wrinkled lady with bright white hair,a cane to beat children with, and a snippy little ankle biting dog. my support hose will always be slouchy,and i'll wear diabetic shoes with my pink housecoat...

i'll peek through my window daily to make sure no children are running on my lawn or driveway.

it's going to be glorious.
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da_illest101

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I'm not even 60 and I'm already starting to regret that I never took a chance on approaching girls that I'm interested in. There is this girl that I have a crush on for like a year and a half, I talked to her a bit but nothing major ::(:
 
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Rembrandt Broam

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Moa said:
I get what the OP is saying. Ask any elderly person what they regret, and most of them will NOT tell you about stuff they did. They'll tell you about stuff they wish they had done, but didn't.
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Exactly. You never regret the things you did, as much as the things you didn't do.
 
JonSP

JonSP

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God willing I make it to 60, I will definitely regret the period of my life I'm currently in. I'm soon to be 22 and feel as though my life hasn't changed a single bit in the last 6 years whilst everyone I know has grown and become a bigger and better individual.

Great thread by the way!
 
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