Day 21. your biggest regret

Feb 06, 2012 23:44

I was not sure how to approach this. Often I wonder how my life would have gone if I'd made certain decisions differently. A list of parallel universes created include those in which:
  • I did not go to bleepingprogram1, or bleepingprogram2, or both. 
  • I became a math student.
  • I did not arrive late to a certain tourney because of the snowstorm that blocked tracks between Kennedy and Warden station.
  • I did not accidentally said "no" to Hu when she asked me to join her expedition group.
  • I fell a smidge harder on my head as a child. 
  • I did not skip junior kindergarten.
But, eh, I don't really regret all of those.

Everything I really do regret can be lumped under "procrastination". Procrastination is a word I learned in fifth grade, in the phrase "Procrastinating Politicians", which was a group name. I regret procrastinating. Not just WRT schoolwork and stuff, but procrastinating out of fear, until there was only one, non-optimal outcome available to me.

I regret waiting so often. I would have missed fewer buses and social deadlines.

Runner up: I also regret saying "no" as often as I did. Passed up a lot of free food that way.

!meme, parallel universe, 25 day meme, navelgazing

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