I was asked the other day by a friend whether i regretted a few of the major decisions that I've made in life..
That got me wondering what kind of regrets people in a similar situation to me have.
So what are your regrets?
Ask HN: What are your regrets?
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#2No regrets, really. Just thankfulness for the times I lucked out.
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#3Not learning self-discipline when I was young.
Not learning musical fundamentals when I was young.
To a lesser extent, pursuing a whack university degree :)
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#4I used to regret a lot of things, now I don't. You learn from every mistake you make. (As I like to say in my own geeky way "Every failure == +1XP")
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#5Nothing major. But currently I am seriously regretting my decision to buy an iPhone instead of android.
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#6I regret focusing on getting good grades in school instead of building strong connections with people.
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#7I should have put a lot more thought into who I wanted to be and how I wanted to get there when I was in highschool. I'm fairly satisfied with who I am but some more forethought would have helped quite a bit.
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#8It's a difficult one because our decisions & mistakes made earlier in our lives are what make us who we are today.
It's a cliché, but mistakes are an opportunity to learn, that means I've had a hell of a lot of learning experiences!
If anything, the only things worth regretting are mistakes that you've repeated - because they could be avoidable?
I dropped out of dental school in order to pursue a computer-science degree instead. Everyone around me told me I should have done the comp-sci degree in the first place, with hind-sight that's obvious and technically I 'lost' a year. But that one year of studying for dentistry and having to make the major decision to drop-out was fantastic experience.
Re: Ask HN: What are your regrets?
#9I regret focusing on getting good grades in school instead of building strong connections with people.
In the same vein, dealing with women. Sex is human being's strongest motivator, choose to ignore it at your own peril.
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