5 of My Biggest Regrets
“When you KNOW better, you DO better.” — Maya Angelou
Some people say they have no regrets. I do. To clarify, I don’t blame myself for some of the things I wish I had done differently in the past. After all, learning is part of living and so is forgiving ourselves. We’re human — we make mistakes, we fall, we learn, and we grow.
I’ll be turning 30 at the end of March and somehow, I feel like I can’t stop reflecting. Every other day, I pause and ask myself some really tough questions: What am I really proud of? What is the biggest lesson I’ve learnt so far? Am I a good person — kind, loving, supportive? Am I doing the best with the life I’ve been given? Am I truly, deeply happy?
I won’t be answering any of those questions in this article, but it is those type of questions that have forced me to take stock of where I am today and how some of my past decisions and behaviours have led me here.
If you’re on a healing and growth journey like I am, I’d like to invite you to read the next paragraphs with two perspectives. First, there’s the perspective of regret — the part of me that wishes I had done things differently. Second, there’s the growth perspective because let’s face it, every mistake has a hidden lesson that we can take with us and use to improve our lives.
