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I want to live a life with no regrets. Everything I do, I want to learn and grow from it such that I will not think back on the event and say, "I wish I did such and such differently." I think I have adopted this mentality to some degree seeing as I do not have many of these kind of moments when I look back at my life.
There are several events that do stick out in my mind though as being events which I consider regretful. Many of them are personal which I am not really comfortable talking about, but one of them is not so uncommon and I think at least some of you will be able to relate to it.
I regret getting involved with starcraft. I was once addicted to this game for about one and a half years. In that time, I did not perform as well in school as I could have had I not been so involved in playing this wretched game. Luckily though it was starcraft and not some other mindless game like an mmorpg or something. In starcraft you have to at least think and use your mind to come up with strategies to win and such. So I do not regret playing too strongly, but if I had the chance to go back and change this part of my life, I would choose not to have gotten so involved with starcraft. I would have instead focussed on school more and excelling in that.
Sometimes I feel like starcraft sucked away part of my soul. Now, I am trying to recover it back slowly.
Anyone ever feel this about their lives? Do you regret getting addicted to SC, or have any other regrets in your life? I think the best way to deal with regrets is to analyze them, learn from them, and move on so that we do not make the same mistakes again. Regrets should not be buried within us, held high above us to invoke sorrow or fear; they should be used as lessons, lessons to be learned from to make us better people.
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United States24750 Posts
I think you should plan for a small amount of regret, rather than fear it. We all need the attitude that we aren't going to do things perfectly, but we strive to get closer towards that goal. All it takes is a positive and reflective attitude.
As for the specific problem you noted, yeah, it's very common. The trick is to let starcraft be a tool to support your academic/work endeavors while at the same time enjoying it and getting a lot out of it... but that's very difficult to pull off. It takes self control, planning, and above all else the right attitude.
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Dota is just slowly taking my soul away. . .
I know I'll regret it. .
But owning a cw or ih with potm is just plain addicting.
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i only regret im not someone else.
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Germany1303 Posts
a life without regret is something for protagonist of books and movies, but nothing a human can truely achieve (maybe the dalai lama). You will always regret, knowing that you should not and that all the bad things have something good in them will simply help .. but never make the regret disappear.
wow, qw:tf, sc and dota sucked a part of my life away, but i was not unhappy while they did. Not sure if anything else I could have done in that time could have made me more happy. Maybe it could have earned me more money or brought me ahead in my life .. but if I die tomorrow, it would have been the best thing I could have done, enjoying the moment.
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i don't regret finding sc at all
without sc i would never have found this site
i'd probably be some arrogant ahole
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