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.