How do you deal with regret over paths not taken?

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I made a career choice 10 years ago that I sometimes deeply regret. I wonder constantly about the parallel life I could have had. The what-ifs consume me sometimes. How do you make peace with the roads you did not take?

nathan_scott · Accepted Answer

The alternative life exists only in your imagination and you are only imagining its best version. The path not taken had its own difficulties, disappointments, and trade-offs you are conveniently not imagining. The grass is always greener in the road not taken.

aria_young · Answer

Regret often points at something you still want. Use the information in the regret to make different choices going forward rather than mourning the past. The question is not what you should have done then but what you can do now.

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