What mistakes have you made that you beat yourself up over at the time, and how do you feel about it now?

Asked by JLeslie (65420

) May 5th, 2019 from iPhone

Everyone makes mistakes. I’m not so much thinking about mistakes that hurt others, although if that is a story you want to share that’s fine. I’m thinking more about mistakes or decisions where you yourself got harmed in some way. I don’t mean physically harmed, but more along the lines of financial, career, friendships, relationships, and other things that felt like your life was changed significantly.

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Failing out of university. I’m coping most of the time with it. I’ve sunk 20,000 years into changing my fate, with little gain.

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Sometimes I think I should have chosen a different career path. I thought about other careers, and wasn’t interested for a variety of reasons. However, when I think of those careers now, I could have been retired already (careers with a 20 year retirement).

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When I was 8 I turned down a chance to start training at a locally elite gymnastics club.
I totally look back now and see why I did that. My home life was quite abusive in lots of ways, although my mom always tried to shelter me from it. I was afraid to leave her.

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