What is your biggest regret in life?
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Picking the wrong career path.
I went down a road that turns out isnt gonna net me much money, at least not for a while.
I am now currently actively practicing a job that is down another career route, one where everyone makes 100k a year, except because i didnt get a fucking education for that career i get paid half what they do. Makes no fucking sense but i really hate the fact i work with higher paid people all day and am stuck behind simply because of technicalities. I clearly have the aptitude to make it in the other career, i just dont have the time or money right now to go headfirst down that road.
Sucks.
I went down a road that turns out isnt gonna net me much money, at least not for a while.
I am now currently actively practicing a job that is down another career route, one where everyone makes 100k a year, except because i didnt get a fucking education for that career i get paid half what they do. Makes no fucking sense but i really hate the fact i work with higher paid people all day and am stuck behind simply because of technicalities. I clearly have the aptitude to make it in the other career, i just dont have the time or money right now to go headfirst down that road.
Sucks.
Not taking advantage of the numerous social opportunities I was given during my brief stint at college. I had several great chances but blew every one of them off because I was such a stuck-up bastard who just wanted to stew in his room rather than interact with people.
That and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
That and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
Napoleonthechimp
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Not socialising when I was younger and not standing up to the people that told me I was useless and pathetic.
345triangle
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Xater said:
taking a japanese unit in my first year of university and then dropping it at the end after crashing and burning
those extra 3 years of study under my belt could've been useful now :/ i had no idea i'd ever live in or even be particularly interested in japan, i just thought the language sounded cool when uma thurman spoke it in kill bill
Atramental
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Red Blaster
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Not going abroad while an ungrad has always been a huge regret for me.
PumpkinPie
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That I didn't continue my education further and pissed away my money for the past 8 years, I could've went to uni if I'd wanted but I was tired of sitting at desks being talked at so I decided to get a job instead. I still went to college and gained some engineering and fabrication qualifications but they mean nothing in the real world.
Like the hat?
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not finishing high school. not that I had much choice.
-Not asking her to marry me, she's long gone now and i have been chasing Amy ever since.
I miss her every single day even though she's probably long married, but i guess i will never find out.
-Also not getting my Bachelor's degree sooner, now i work full time and study part time and its killing me, but i have to see through it, 2 more years to go.
I miss her every single day even though she's probably long married, but i guess i will never find out.
-Also not getting my Bachelor's degree sooner, now i work full time and study part time and its killing me, but i have to see through it, 2 more years to go.
Tornado Condor
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OuchAtramental said:
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
That I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
PandaPandaPanda
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i'm torn between two
not to say I haven't made more mistakes in my life but these are the only two I really haven't gotten over
1) not playing a sport in elementary/middle/high school
while I didn't want to be a professional athlete or anything, I missed out on some good times that were to be had by playing a sport. Sure they have adult amateaur leagues and stuff but it's not the same thing.
2) wasting years of my life playing an mmorpg
pretty much self explanatory, i've learned my lesson but it makes me really sad that I sat in front of a computer from dawn to night almost daily for years.
not to say I haven't made more mistakes in my life but these are the only two I really haven't gotten over
1) not playing a sport in elementary/middle/high school
while I didn't want to be a professional athlete or anything, I missed out on some good times that were to be had by playing a sport. Sure they have adult amateaur leagues and stuff but it's not the same thing.
2) wasting years of my life playing an mmorpg
pretty much self explanatory, i've learned my lesson but it makes me really sad that I sat in front of a computer from dawn to night almost daily for years.
KamenSenshi
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If I Had a regret it would be the not traveling thing. Ill never go to Japan or New Zealand even though I would love to.
ThLunarian
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Not being able to make payments toward my grandparents, who loaned me 12,000 dollars a few years ago. I just recently started paying them back, but I wish I'd been able to do it sooner.
Always-honest
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I smoked for too long.Thank god i quit long time ago
And there was 1 relationship that could have been two years shorter (it was 4 years).
And there was 1 relationship that could have been two years shorter (it was 4 years).
I wanted to join the military straight out of high school. I'd wanted to go in since I was a kid, and despite how well I was doing (and how crazy the world was getting) I still wanted to serve.Jzero15 said:
I let my family, friends, and some shitty athletics department talk me in to going to college. I never really liked the sports crowd, I never really fit in outside of game or practice, but I figured I could tough it out.
In the end I messed up my knee, got shafted by student loans (my grandparents never told me that my scholarship wasn't full until my 2nd year and my coaches/advisers never thought to bring it up), and I lost out on a really good woman.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Being too afraid to be myself as a teen. I was a shy kid, honourable to a fault, didn't know how to deal with douchbags and probably would've made a few girl-age threads if I'd known about GAF. If I could do it all again, I would not be nearly as uptight, stand up for myself more and be a lot more selfish.
One or two utter f#ck-ups at work that could've been avoided
Losing touch with my high school friends
Not traveling more
One or two utter f#ck-ups at work that could've been avoided
Losing touch with my high school friends
Not traveling more
B1gg_Randall
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Not finishing High School..Im a dumb ass now im stuck in Charleston,SC
revolverjgw
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Going to university at 18 with no idea of what I wanted to do. Fucked it up badly. Now I know exactly what I should have done.
Slacking off all throughout Highschool and most of college. I feel like I squandered what little intelligence I do have. I also regret some of the choices I've made in regards to the shit that I put into my body. Too much junk food and alcohol. Thankfully, I'm attempting to remedy that one right now.
Solideliquid
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Letting my BMI go north of 30.
Trent Strong
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Never learning any social skills.
The Take Out Bandit
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I don't have any regrets! </Miss Phillipines>
Not being a better student in HS to get scholarships.
Not going to college.
Not saving more of my money when I lived at home.
Not meeting ladies when I was younger, this would have made my childhood ambition of becoming a great grandfather possible.
Not having a real direction in life and sort of stumbling onto my career path.
Not accomplishing anything with my ability to make marks on paper that resemble things.
Not believing in myself.
I could go on, and on. . . =_=;
Not being a better student in HS to get scholarships.
Not going to college.
Not saving more of my money when I lived at home.
Not meeting ladies when I was younger, this would have made my childhood ambition of becoming a great grandfather possible.
Not having a real direction in life and sort of stumbling onto my career path.
Not accomplishing anything with my ability to make marks on paper that resemble things.
Not believing in myself.
I could go on, and on. . . =_=;
I regret that I always wanted to be the "perfect" son for my parents, so sometimes I did stuff just to make them happy, for example-
Playing football as a semi-professional instead of just having it as a hobby, thus missing out on many things - got the talent, but never had (after it becoming more serious at around age 15) the motivation so I made the worst decision- to continue half-assed
Not instantly moving out when going to university and also doing way too little interesting things before studying (most of my friends traveled around the world or spent a year working far away from home )
So when I quit football and moved out my parents where really disappointed (especially my father) which just doesn't make sense to me- of course you can see the people I used to play with smiling out of the TV but not choosing this path doesn't make me a terrible son, seeing how I never made them problems all my life...
Well, I'm over it now, but it's sad how giving up my football career made me end up as what seems to be the "least favourite" son
Playing football as a semi-professional instead of just having it as a hobby, thus missing out on many things - got the talent, but never had (after it becoming more serious at around age 15) the motivation so I made the worst decision- to continue half-assed
Not instantly moving out when going to university and also doing way too little interesting things before studying (most of my friends traveled around the world or spent a year working far away from home )
So when I quit football and moved out my parents where really disappointed (especially my father) which just doesn't make sense to me- of course you can see the people I used to play with smiling out of the TV but not choosing this path doesn't make me a terrible son, seeing how I never made them problems all my life...
Well, I'm over it now, but it's sad how giving up my football career made me end up as what seems to be the "least favourite" son
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