Posted 18 July 2007 - 12:01 AM
I'm not anywhere near death either, though I sure was a couple months ago. I'm still trying to sort out exactly how that experience altered my psychology; at this point I can say something's different, that's for sure. And mostly for the better. Anyway, on the topic of regrets, the first thing that crosses my mind is that I wish I had taken better care of myself when I was younger. In my defense, aside from the fact that I was young, there are a lot of things we understand now that we just didn't know then, or more accurately I didn't know then. A fully realized SENS technology might fix this regret, but I have a feeling it's pretty far in the future. No amount of technology can fix the regret of missed opportunities: I'm tempted to say that I regret having been shy and insecure when I was younger, on the other hand, that was the psychology and programming I was dealt, so It's not like I had full control over the situation. In that regard, I'm not really sure it counts as a "regret", since I don't see myself as having been fully free to change it at the time. With every new high on the Dow, I regret having listened to the bearish voices in my head (and on the net) that told me to sell stocks at the lows of last summer..(yowch!) But mostly I'm trying to not generate a lot of new regrets. At least I get to spend a lot of time with my kids due to opting out of the hard-core corporate world. I think in the future I'll look back on that happily, and not care that it meant I drove a junky car.