Regrets: 60 Reasons to Treat Them as Lessons, Not Failures

My biggest regret involves driving too fast in my car. I went off the road and hit a tree and could have easily died. Instead, I lived, and have had a headache almost every day for the last 18 years, which prevents me from having a real job, or participating in many normal things I would like to do.

At any moment something could happen to you that could end your life or change it forever. People need to realize all the blessings they have and often take for granted. People need to appreciate the opportunities that come their way, and make the most of life before it is gone.

This article and responses are RichardStep visitor submissions and are about as raw and down-to-Earth as we can get, folks. Keep this in mind as there are varying opinions, ages, and stations in life represented. In the end, there are always some good hints, tips, and advice nuggets to grab from it all.

Regrets As Lessons

1. Do things because you won’t regret the things you’ve DONE. You’ll regret the things you didn’t do.
2. Always live your live to the fullest. Never have any regrets.
3. I would ask them what regrets they would have, if they were in my place right now.
4. To do everything in the life to the fullest so that there won’t be any regrets.
5. It’s better to regret the things you have done than regret not having done them at all.
6. Be true to yourself, treat others how you would like to be treated. Live your life to the full and have no regrets.
7. To not let anybody punk them and to never back down from something that they would regret from not doing.
8. Don’t hesitate about things that you may feel nervous about – just go for them and if not you may regret it.
9. Life is too short to think about consequences, just start and take action. You will rather regret the things you haven’t done instead of the things you did which didn’t work out.
10. Do what you need to do early don’t wait until it’s too late and you have regrets.
11. Live life like there is no tomorrow and have no regrets. Love everything you do and give it 110%
12. Regret the things you do, not the things you don’t.
13. Don’t regret the things in life cause they have made you who you are today I guess
14. Life is too short to have regrets. Whatever you do, be the best you can be at it.
15. I would tell them to say yes as often as possible, because you don’t regret the things you’ve done, you regret the things you haven’t done.
16. Think before you act. Decisions you make will affect your life and you can never go back. Regretting them is useless.
17. I would tell them to live everyday like it’s their last. Not to regret anything they do in life because it all happens for a reason. Everything you choose to do today, will help you get to the place you’re supposed to be in the end. No matter what happens. And go after whatever it is you want. If you want it bad enough, you can have it. Don’t give up on anything you love or want. Also, always remember that people change, so forgive and forget.
18. Take chances & don’t let the small things worry you. Live life to the fullest, no regrets
19. To not fear anything. Fear holds you back from what you most want to achieve. Do for yourself cause no one else will. Live with no regrets
20. Don’t wait for something to happen for you. You will regret everything you never did.
21. Don’t pass up the opportunities, the ones you pass up are the ones you will regret.
22. Do not regret choices. if you don’t like what you do then you should do something else.
23. Live everyday as if you were to die tomorrow. have no regrets
24. Always push yourself to do your best and never have any regrets.
25. Do nothing that you will regret, and regret nothing that you do.
26. Be brave and don’t dwell in regrets for too long.
27. Don’t be afraid to try things. You may regret that something didn’t work, but you’ll never regret trying. You WILL regret not trying.
28. Better to regret the things you do, rather than those you didn’t do.
29. I would say to him/her not to be afraid to try, life it is too short to look back and regret things you could have done.
30. I would Say To Not Do anything he/she is going to regret and make the best of their lives and no to take their life for granted.
31. Live with no regrets. because i wasted this much of my life regretting everything
32. Never be afraid to try. I would say that because at 20yrs old that is my biggest regret a fear trying
33. Help people and help yourself, try everything once and live life to the fullest, do what you think is best for you and don’t look back with regrets.
34. Never be afraid to do things because of what others say or think of you. Do what you want for you not depending on what anyone else wants for you. It’s your life so make the choices you want and have no regrets
35. I would tell them to make the right decisions and live your life to the fullest. Do things that you wouldn’t really think about doing. Don’t have any regrets.
36. Don’t be unsure about anything about yourself. Just do it. Be fearless. Live and be yourself with no doubts and regrets.
37. Do it or don’t do it. You’ll regret it either way. No matter what, you’ll always wonder about the ifs. So realize that no matter what happens, the ifs will be there, but that shouldn’t hold us back from continuing living our lives.
38. Be prepared for opportunities that may come your way. We all have opportunities that come along in life, but if you’re not prepared, you may miss a life changing opportunity, and then have to live with regret instead of being able to seize the opportunity in front of you.
39. Live life to its fullness not to have regrets at the end
40. Live life to the fullest and live a life on no regrets.
41. Live life with no regrets. Look as everything as a lesson and grow from it. You can do anything you set your mind to. Mind over matter.
42. Have no regrets, because at one point you wanted to do it.
43. To just be themselves and to have no regrets. because we are all going to die anyways so you might as well live your life to fullest.
44. Live for the day, for you never know when it will come to end. When you live your life to the fullest every day, you are less likely to at the end of your life to feel regret. That you never accomplished anything in your life.
45. Live life that you have something to look back to and try to do things that you don’t regret doing.
46. Think of the consequences of your actions and how they impact on other people’s lives. The reason I would give this advice is because this will help people think of the bigger picture and have less regrets.
47. Live life to the fullest live life with no regrets because in the end who’s there you!
48. Suffer from the pain of discipline or suffer from the pain of regret
49. I would tell them that they should live their life with no regrets. And not to give up, life is what you make it. and strive to be your best and do your best in all you do.
50. To make the most of life don’t live with regret
51. If you continue to live your life as you do now until you are in exactly the same position as I am now, what would you regret?
52. Do all of the things you would regret not doing while you still have the chance. Don’t allow fear, doubt, insecurity, or pride get in the way.
53. Respect is achieve and not from demanding . act wisely and think before do anything so that no regret on the other days.
54. Try not to have any regrets. If you start something finish it. Try to do more than the other person did. Make a good name for yourself.
55. If you want to do something in life that you feel very strongly about, then you should just go out and do it, because if you don’t then you’ll regret it. You feel me? No one can stop you but yourself.
56. Never regret in whatever you decide a path or situation. We have to accept the reality and stay positive in whatever you do.
57. Find out what you want and pursue it. The first part is actually harder than the second, but both of them are important if you want to live a life with as few regrets as possible.
58. You will regret more the things you haven’t done than the things you did. Live life fully, tries new things. Get the most out of life by having experiences.
59. Live every day so that you can look back and have no regrets.
60. I would tell them to live there life the way they would want it to be. don’t let people around you tell you what you should do or should not because that’s the way they would do it. and to live with no regrets.

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