Regret is oftentimes a choice when I think about it. A lot of times, I find myself regretting something not because of the repercussions.
It's normally a choice I regret because of how it made or makes me feel.
And feelings shouldn't hold us hostage.
Have you ever remembered an embarrassing moment and gone, 'Damn, I hate myself.'
It's more of disappointment in misrepresentation than it is regret. Sure I wish I hadn't done it but I'm bound to do something embarrassing one way or another.
I'm learning to accept I'll embarrass myself eventually.
It doesn't mean I can't expect more from myself.
Regret is proof I can do better.
And for the really important decisions in life, I think taking time to ponder helps. We wonder if it'll be enough but if a decision has to be made and you take your time to make it, that's the best you can do.
In hindsight, it always seems like you could do better.
I will write something and I think it's amazing in the moment.
But after a while I go, if I had just added this word, or changed this part.. It could've been so much better.
But that's the best I could do at the time.
So to do better, I just have to raise my level. Raise it enough so in hindsight, there's not much to nitpick.
