on regret | ben wang

thoughts on regret and how to beat it

"The day you die is the day you meet the person you could've been". I fear no emotion more than regret. What makes regret so chilling is the understanding that our life could've been better based on decisions that we had control over . Decisions that we had the power to make. Whether choosing between options or choosing between doing and not doing, I think the pain of regret will always be greater than the pain of trying. Minimizing Regret I'm trying to live in a way that will minimize regret for my future self. At 18, I don't regret much and I want to keep it that way. Here's some ideas that

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