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Any regrets in your life? (Especially for the older people here).

I am 76 years old now. I have started having massive regrets about my major decisions and paths taken in my life. I now believe I would make entirely different decisions in my life if I were to do it all over again. I had some very difficult challenges in my life and I tried to do what would help me overcome problems as best I could. Now, with a lot more knowledge about my situation, I can see I needed a much more sophisticated and complex plan for overcoming the problems I was having. (For the grim and bizarre details, you can read my Featured story here). I know I did the best I could and by popular standards I didn't do that badly (I'm a retired teacher who mostly taught kids, then later adults, in locked facilities). I have few friends but they are long term good friends. Things could certainly be worse. However, I know now I would have built an entirely different life if I had it to do over again.
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No regrets.
Hindsight is 20/20. If we knew then what we know now... all that good stuff.
I look at what all would change if I rewrote my life and I see that a lot of good and wonderful people and things are in my life...I have tons of blessings and wouldn't trade them for anything.
Life isn't perfect no matter how much you try to make it so.