People Reveal Their Biggest Secret Regrets

What would you say is your biggest regret?

It’s a tough thing to think about. And the longer you live, the longer the list of candidates for that dubious spot becomes.

Of course, it’s important that we learn to forgive ourselves and to move forward, but at least acknowledging our regrets can help us learn what mistakes we want to avoid in the future, and maybe grow a little as people.

Here are some things these particular folks who submitted anonymously wish they could take back.

10. Too late to run

It’s actually not. Don’t let the sunk cost fallacy waste more of your life than it already has.

9. What’s your name?

And he’ll never know either.

8. Apply yourself

If it makes you feel any better, your grades in school aren’t a perfect indicator of how well you’re gonna do in life. Some people just get lucky.

7. He wasn’t ready

That’s gotta be one of the hardest decisions to make.

6. The good girl

It turns out there was never anything all that special about reigning yourself in.

5. Do anything

You can’t put these things on yourself.

4. The pain on me, the pain on you

It takes a toll on everyone.

3. Money problems

Where did it all go, and how was none of it in the right place?

2. Hit the gym

This feels like a call out to me specifically but ok.

1. Don’t touch drugs

Because they’re gonna touch you.

We all have regrets. The question is how you decide to deal with them.

What do you wish you could undo?

Tell us in the comments.