NT Top 5 Regrets In Life

[kcjenkins]

http://addicted2success.com/success-advice/the-top-5-regrets-in-life-by-those-about-to-die/

[rfassett]

Thanks for sharing. I often counsel folks to live their lives in a manner of no regets but now realize how shallow are those words. Your reference really puts substance to their words. Thanks KC!!!

[mcb39]

Very well put and very true. I am more content now than I have ever been in my life because I am living some of those regrets. Thanks for sharing. However, one must remember not to get selfish and ignore the needs of those around us.

[jainen]

>>I am living some of those regrets<<

Me too, but I'm conflicted. Of course I wish I'd been closer to my kids, but I also wish I'd had more ambition and energy to work even harder for their opportunities. I wish I'd followed through on my dreams, but I also wish I'd been lots more sensitive to the needs of those around me. I regret that I suppressed my feelings at times to keep the peace, but I very much regret those times when I busted up the peace by letting it all hang out.

Oh well, right now I'm starting to regret that I just didn't retire last April.

[mcb39]

We can't all live them all, but I learned at the side of dying loved ones; which are really important and which really don't matter all that much. I found that those that held it all in and never took the initiative had the hardest time passing on. I, who was an introvert all my life, am now moving forward and going after some of the things that I want and feel that I have earned. However, as I said, we have to recognize that fine line between being selfish and being generous and/or kind.

Jainen, you cannot retire. What would we do without you? I have heard that lament over and over in the last year from clients. So, I did what I wanted to do for many years. I spent some money on me and put a beautiful addition on my home office and bought some new equipment to top it off. I took the test and complied with the requirements of the IRS even though I didn't agree that they were necessary. For however many days or years that I have left, I will never regret that I did it.

[kcjenkins]

Good for you, Marilyn. It's funny how we work so hard, under intense time pressure during the 'season', yet hesitate to spend a little on tools that, while not 'essential' will make our job easier. Why we think that is selfish is probably the hardest question to answer.

[mcb39]

Yes, isn't that crazy; especially when we earned the money? Many of us work very hard and many of us work alone with only the help of this board and our research materials. Yes, crazy! First I took care of my kids and Grandkids........then I went all the way.....for ME. I am still moving in and cannot imagine where I had all that stuff in one small room. Of course, you couldn't see the floor and I always had bruises on my legs when I had to go to the copy machine. I am being very fussy about what gets put on my new floor. I expect many of my clients to be really shocked. Thank you for your kind words.

[joanmcq]

These are the kind of lessons I've learned from going to Burning Man. What is really important in life-our families, our friends, our happiness, none of which is necessarily brought about by an excess of 'stuff''. And being true to ME- something I used to think I had to squash in order to fit into the world and make a living. I'm the happiest I've ever been, even taking into account my depression due to the gloom & utter dampness of winter.