What's your biggest regret?

Nick

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    And pleeeeeeeaseeeeeeeee none of the political correct "I don't regret anything!" "Every decision I made shaped me!" "I wouldn't change a thing" answers that these threads tend to accumulate. Even if that's how you really feel about things you've done in your life that you think you could have done differently, at least say something you think you could have done differently that's impacted your life dramatically (like regrets tend to).
     
    I regret not taking a year off of school before jumping straight into college. It's probably not my biggest regret, but considering I never liked school in the first place, a year off probably would have done me a lot of good. Maybe then I would care more.
     
    I regret going to college without a plan. If I had listened to my parents and looked for scholarships, I may have been the first and only kid out of the 5 of us to get a college education. I had a great GPA in high school, I could've gotten enough to float me with help from loans. Instead, I didn't look for assistance, didn't get enough in loans from the school, and I dropped out. Don't know if I will ever get back to school.

    Either that, or I could've gone with my original plan and done community college where I lived until I moved back to the States. That way, I would've been forced to find a job, get money to pay for it myself, and get basic credits out of the way to transfer to a state school. But I was too shy to tell my councilor this and he essentially forced me to apply somewhere because I was too smart to not go to college. -_-;

    I also regret not having any long term goals for myself. Just go day by day. My life is boring and it's all my fault for being unmotivated. I'm stuck in a career path that will never make me any money, and I'm somehow okay with it, because I have no idea what else I could do. :/

    Basically, my whole life since I graduated high school is a regret... sorry for the tl;dr.
     
    None of my grandparents spoke/speak English. Growing up I wish I'd have made more of an effort to learn how to communicate with them, or just spent more time around them. Sadly time has run out for me to be able to accomplish this for all of them, but I will, in the present/future, try to make up for that by making the most of my time with the rest of the family.

    Also (less sad and more pathetic really, but I thought I'd mention it) there was this girl I liked for pretty much all of high school. We talked a couple times, we hung out through mutual friends, etc. Wish I would've asked her out or even just tried to talk to her more as friends before we went off to college, never to see each other again.
     
    Slayr231 said:
    I regret not taking a year off of school before jumping straight into college. It's probably not my biggest regret, but considering I never liked school in the first place, a year off probably would have done me a lot of good. Maybe then I would care more.
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    Totally agree with this. Spending that extra year in high school probably would have made a difference because I spent 2.5 years in a university program that I ended up dropping out of \: Was severely depressed with a sense of hopelessness because of it. As far as other regrets go, I'm tempted to say that I regret not telling people I've had crushes on about my feelings, but now that I think back, I really don't mind or care that much about them as my current one.
     
    What was my biggest regret is no longer so. While not so much a regret, I wish I had kept my passion for music. The day I first picked up my clarinet, I wanted to become a music major at my now current university. But when I moved schools, my passion went away and I didn't even know what I wanted to do then. While music is still important in my life and I did ultimately go to my college for music (just marching band though), I wish I could have somehow kept the passion and drive for music I had. I think I would feel much more fulfilled if I was a music major, or even music education major right now instead of elementary/special education. Don't get me wrong, I love my current major, but I still feel like I was destined for music, and it got drowned out with a bad music program when I transferred high schools. I regret not at least doing something to keep it alive.
     
    Part of me regrets selling my horse and giving up that part of my life for a while, even though I know it's something I can go back to and the reasons behind it are good ones. If I had to decide all over again, I'd make the same choice but it wasn't an easy one.

    There's still that little bit of my soul that feels like something's missing in my life. I miss being around horses on a weekly basis and I'm looking forward to the day where I can have that chance again.
     
    Not learning my family's language: Lebanese. It sucks not being able to speak to some of my friends in Arabic.
    I wish I did more recreational activity when I was younger/wasn't so busy.
    I also wish I had stopped saying no to opportunities just because they put me out of my comfort zone, sooner.
     
    sammi-san said:
    I regret going to college without a plan. If I had listened to my parents and looked for scholarships, I may have been the first and only kid out of the 5 of us to get a college education. I had a great GPA in high school, I could've gotten enough to float me with help from loans. Instead, I didn't look for assistance, didn't get enough in loans from the school, and I dropped out. Don't know if I will ever get back to school.

    Either that, or I could've gone with my original plan and done community college where I lived until I moved back to the States. That way, I would've been forced to find a job, get money to pay for it myself, and get basic credits out of the way to transfer to a state school. But I was too shy to tell my councilor this and he essentially forced me to apply somewhere because I was too smart to not go to college. -_-;
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    I know that feeling, although I've never officially dropped out, I've gone as much as two years without taking classes. I'm a persistent bugger though, and I'll get this degree if it takes me twenty years. XD

    Like Sammi, my biggest regret was not being prepared for college. It's made my life a hell of a lot harder than it has to be. XD
     
    curiousnathan said:
    Not learning my family's language: Lebanese. It sucks not being able to speak to some of my friends in Arabic.
    I wish I did more recreational activity when I was younger/wasn't so busy.
    I also wish I had stopped saying no to opportunities just because they put me out of my comfort zone, sooner.
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    Are we like the same person or what? ;;

    I definitely agree with all of them. I never learnt how to speak Chinese fluently and that's really put me at a disadvantage in some situations. Some things I wish I had tried rather than reject- going bushwalking, doing a whole high ropes course, etc. I could of gained so much out of it.

    And lastly, I really wish I had taken my studies more seriously. I would of have gotten better results and better opportunities. Oh well, at least it isnt too bad. :p
     
    My biggest regret is shutting myself in and thusly becoming depressed when I was like 13 for what seems like no reason instead of going out and experiencing life. I only really recovered from that when I was 16 (first festival :P worked wonders) and I started going out more often.

    ...okay, maybe there was more of a reason for it, because it got pretty severe, but everything was going fine in school so I have no idea why...
     
    My biggest regret is... I don't know actually. I have a lot of things I regret that all add up. I don't completely understand myself sometimes.
     
    I regret going to college. Here I am learning about things that I'll never be interested in. I so wish I had a plan for my future. I don't know want I want or who I want to be. I just have Neverland syndrome I guess.
     
    It's been 9 years since my father passed away.
    As a consequence of his death, I regret not being able to spend enough time with him.
    I regret not showing him enough affection, and not hug him enough times to show how much I loved him.
    I regret the way I behaved during the last years of his life.
     
    Zach said:
    Hmm, let's see... I regret procrastinating all of those years on assignments when I was in high school. If I had not procrastinated, I could have graduated in my class's honors court with a higher GPA and very well had a scholarship into college.
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    And no student loans to boot am I write? But I know what you mean; as a kid/high schooler you don't exactly think of these kind of things until it's already too late. It's unfortunate really.
     
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