Why Living Without Regret is a Bad Idea

为什么没有遗憾的生活是一个坏主意

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2022-10-03

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Regret sucks. Thinking back on things we should have done, or should never have done, can make us feel bad. But #noregrets isn't a philosophy for a happy and healthy life.    Regrets can be a great guide and can help us live a life that's true to our authentic selves. Illustrator Liz Fosslien learned to listen to her regrets after letting down her mom during a family crisis. While writer Daniel Pink compiled a global database of regrets to help unpick what common regrets tell us about our real values.  For Further Reading: Daniel Pink - The Power of Regret. How Looking Back Moves Us Forward  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Pushkin.

  • I'm going through a breakup right now and so that's there's regret in choosing to be together and there's regret and also choosing to be apart.

  • We all replayed dumb things we did in the past.

  • I think a lot of my regret stems from like school work.

  • Every school year comes around and I'm like this year I'm gonna do better and then like I don't.

  • or fret about the things we didn't do.

  • I was afraid to come out for a long time to my parents.

  • It was that fear of rejection, regardless of whether they would have really rejected me.

  • I was, like, hiding myself for two other people, and that is something that I regret a lot.

  • From time to time, regret sets up shop in all our heads,

  • and makes us wonder about what we coulda, shoulda, or woulda done differently.

  • I'd done a lot of mistakes.

  • Like, I spent a lot of money.

  • I paid for a lot of people.

  • I got used by a lot of people.

  • and I did not know my worth.

  • Our feelings of regret mostly kind of suck.

  • We can experience it as a mild pain, a sort of throbbing emotional toothache,

  • but sometimes the anguish of regret reduces us to tears,

  • or saddles us with grief that lasts a lifetime.