Regrets, I've Had a Few

What is your biggest regret about? A study by Kellogg professor of marketing Neal Roese plotted the results from a telephone survey of 370 American adults and graphed them for our edification. The link has further information on the study besides what's in this graph. Link -via The Daily What

Yet, to be realistic, the results should be exactly reversed. The most regretable thing is our self, it's the sole reason we live in regret. But, externalization - a defense-strategy symptomatic of mental illness - in modernity, is the most common form of dealing with life's problems. It's not me, it's you. "I just can't find the right one." "The circumstances never permit..." etc..

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So many questions....
Mainly, too much or not enough?
examples -
Do you wish that you spent more time in school or do you think you wasted the prime of your youth in a classroom?
Did you start a family too soon or is it too big/too small?

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I regret not caring about other peoples regret.

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@vonskippy: Then why read? And why post?

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