I'm not one to look back and regret.
But if I could go back and chang things I guess I'd change a 20 yr addiction. I'd hug my best buddy a little longer than I did the last time I saw him. He left me and wrecked his motorcycle. We were 22 yrs old.
I sit and listen to my Granny talk and pay attention.
I'd spend less time working to buy more shit and live a simpler life earlier.
But all and all I don't have a pity party about the crap I messed up or went wrong. I push on and live in the small Joy's of a simple everyday.

No difference. If you’ve been living a lie to yourself you are still around and can change it now. I’ve you need an hourglass mentality then construct one and give yourself 18 months to live. That should sort your disconnect out.

Sure you can look back and say you would have done it differently, but would we? Are we not products of our environment? I don't know if I would. I can only be me. I make choices based on experience and desires. Some of them are good, some aren't, and some where a hell of a good time! I've faced death more than my fair share. What I have learned from it is to not be so hard on myself, appreciate life, have fun, and enjoy the people in your life. I can't physically do the things I did before, but at least I did do a few things that were fun. Now I look for new opportunities and experiences to share with my loved ones. Isn't that really all you can ask out of life?

Because of religious reasons, I stayed in marriage for 11 years. Wife was addict and everyone was like gods will to stay with her. At 46, I had quadruple bypass from all the stress she caused me. I re-evaluated my whole life and concluded I was believing a bunch of shit. I divorced her and decided to try out other things beside church and am happy now.

My first thought was - maybe I can figure out how to flip it.

No , i was highly motivated earlier in life.
I still am ,yet the priorities are different.
Mistakes early in life ,seem in hindsight,to be
part of learning and easier to correct.-making
major life changes comes with more consider
-ation. Spontiniety would also suffer i would think. Alot of people i know claim one regret
is they haven't PAID ATTENTION to the little voice( intuition) and followed thier instincts.
That lesson i somehow picked up on
early and kept alive-it serves me well today.
thanks

I think I will not change bad experiences from my past life because these life experiences made me strong and be awake about my expectations of how I want to live my mature life.

That's a good question. If most people were as careful with their time as they are with their money, their lives would probably be a lot more fulfilling, with much less wasted time. I wouldn't have stayed in my marriage for 26 years, but at the time, I dudn't notice the years slipping by.

This is a scary thought imho

My brother was given less than 6 months to live, when his brain tumor was diagnosed. Except for his treatments, he didn’t change much about how he lived, he just kept going. He lived three years.

You just never know. I don’t think I’d change anything if I could; what I’ve experienced and survived have made me who I am. I just do the best I can every day. That might sound trite, but hindsight really is 20/20.

We all know we have only a certain amount of time...even those who know a more exact time do not change what they normally do...we have all heard the platitudes...I would have quit my job, left my bad marriage, traveled more, blah blah blah...probably not...either because you couldn't for a number of reasons: money, time, emotions, etc. or you didn't for a number of reasons: money, time, emotions, etc. It is all the same...couldn't or didn't...all in the past.

Knowing what you know now, are you going to change things and not repeat them? Are you going to start fresh and start living on borrowed time? Easier said than done, but go for it...