Lots of people say, "If only I knew then what I know now!" in reference to some mistake or mistakes they made in their lives years ago. A career choice, a decision to drop out of school, the picking up of a bad habit or the like. I have a different suggestion along the same vein.
Go back in time 6 months and ask yourself what you wish you had done differently. Chances are that external circumstances will not have changed dramatically, but you should be able to plot out the way things would have gone with different choices. I would bet that it gives you actionable analysis that decade-old regrets do not.
It's silly, but... I'd have started drinking whiskey and coke rather than rum and coke.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, I have nothing to change-- getting engaged will do that to you. ;^)
Bah, I meant to say "gettin engaged to the most wonderful, understanding, giving man on all of the earth". There, I've got two things.
ReplyDeleteFoxfier, you always make me smile.
ReplyDelete*bows* Always a pleasure. ;^)
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea. In the past six months I have moved and made some other big decisions.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
That's very true. I often find it's tempting to regret decisions we make, but when they're made using our best knowledge at the time, and when thinking such a decision is actually the best thing for us at that moment, there's nothing that one could realistically have otherwise done. So there's no point regretting!
ReplyDeleteWe live and learn - the beauty of life.