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I've longed to kill myself for as far back as I can remember and I regret not having done so already. If I could change anything in history, I would chose to have never been born at all.
I followed your profile and believe I found your github. You have hundreds of repos and hundreds of stars? You're a rockstar and humanity would be at a loss to lose you.
Focused too much on making a living in my teens and 20s instead of college and social life. Never pursued artistic interests seriously because I was just too tired from working and stressing out about bills. Now I’m in my 30s with next to no social life and the realization that I’ve wasted away my time and whatever little talent I have. There’s a “regret” folder sitting in my Google Drive with two half-finished books…
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6495956-for-what-it-s-worth...
I don't really "believe" in regret. At each and every point in my life, I was working with the information I had at my disposal, each information having its own "weight" in my mind. Every mistake I've made has brought some information in my mind that wouldn't have been brought otherwise. Fantasies of "changing the past" are seductive, but ultimately pointless. The only way I could justify having regrets, is reminding…
What's going on in your brain is a lot more complicated than this, but I think it's still a meaningful concept?
Focused too much on making a living in my teens and 20s instead of college and social life. Never pursued artistic interests seriously because I was just too tired from working and stressing out about bills. Now I’m in my 30s with next to no social life and the realization that I’ve wasted away my time and whatever little talent I have. There’s a “regret” folder sitting in my Google Drive with two half-finished books…
In their 30s, most average people are busy with kids and work and have little time to socialize.
But eventually they will reunite with their lifelong friends and make videos like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g3OT7w1u5s (I have no affiliation with those people)
I've longed to kill myself for as far back as I can remember and I regret not having done so already. If I could change anything in history, I would chose to have never been born at all.
I don't really "believe" in regret. At each and every point in my life, I was working with the information I had at my disposal, each information having its own "weight" in my mind. Every mistake I've made has brought some information in my mind that wouldn't have been brought otherwise. Fantasies of "changing the past" are seductive, but ultimately pointless. The only way I could justify having regrets, is reminding…
In the end, we must imagine Sisyphus—the final mirror—happy.