Five regrets of the dying, from someone who works in palliative care

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard (almost exclusively from male patients)

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

More here. To what extent is the “minimize future regret” heuristic a good one for making decisions? That heuristic’s the driver behind my “always say yes” rule.

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