Abstract
We all regret doing things in both our professional and personal lives. I certainly do. But, apparently, we needn’t waste our time regretting the things we’ve done. Over the last 6 months I’ve asked countless older patients a big question — ‘Is there anything you regret doing in your life?’ And guess what? Astoundingly, they all reply with ‘No’. None of them regret doing anything! They do, however, regret not doing things. So there appears to be a difference: although younger people (who hopefully have many years left to live) regret the things they’ve done, older people (who are approaching the end of their lives) regret the things they haven’t done. As a 29-year-old, there are many things that I regret doing …
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