Starting Over · 3 min

After a Decision You Regret

Regret keeps asking you to return to a moment you cannot change. Use what the decision taught you, repair what you can, and make the next choice with better information.

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A path turning away from a closed road toward open light, representing recovery after a regretted decision

Regret can make one decision feel larger than the rest of your life. Your mind returns to the moment and rewrites it with information you only have now. That can create the illusion that you should have known everything then.

You cannot make the old decision again. You can decide what the experience will change about the way you move from here.

Separate responsibility from punishment

Use what the decision taught you, repair what you can, and make the next choice with better information.

Regret keeps asking you to return to a moment you cannot change.

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