Ways to Avoid Future Regrets

  Life comes with decisions and decisions often come with regrets. Life of course doesn’t come with user manual, hence we end up making some incorrect and inappropriate choices in our life, which later makes us regret over few things. Well, taking wrong decision is not bad, really, but it makes us feel bad because of our and other’s expectations from us. “I wish I would have done that instead of this…”, “I wish I would have opted for this over that…”, “I wish I hadn’t been there..” and many more similar regretting and repenting lines often come to our minds, when we believe that what we did could have been a little bit more better. Now, we can’t avoid mistakes and erroneous decisions because that’s totally natural. The only thing that can be done is improving our thoughts, actions and perceptions towards things in life to avoid future regrets. Ok, let’s see what we can do…

Do believe yourself

The first and foremost thing is never stop believing yourself. This makes you confident about your decisions and actions you take. Accept that you are wiser today than you previously were. This makes you prepare for both scenarios, at the time of taking any decision, and if something wrong happens then you will fix it anyway as you are wiser.

Don’t over expect

Expectations hurt! If you expect something from someone and the outcome doesn’t cater your expectations, then remorse and repentance is totally inevitable.  For example, you took a decision that giving some extra time to help your kid for studying maths may improve his maths result, but still your kid gets failed in maths. And you are hurt, thinking that you should have given more attention or should have taken some extra effective efforts. But, the thing is you had expected a good and remarkable result as you had given your precious time.

Do it, if you really want it

Some people kill their desires as they think that those desires and wishes are just temporary effect of emotions. Many of us at least once in a life time would definitely have thought that, “Ahh, I wish I would have proposed her/him once…let her/him know what I felt for her/him”. This ‘I wish’ comes when we badly want to do something but due to lack of courage and trust in ourselves we step back. None of us knows the future it’s only the present what can make you happy and content. If we do it, at least there will be no place for any kind of regret.

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Think twice before you decide

Ask yourself, what are the worst scenarios and best scenarios that could happen?, if you decide for something. Don’t only focus on negative views, focus on both good and bad. It will make your decision and outcomes flexible, so that if any of the perception becomes true, you don’t have to regret, as you know it from the very beginning when you decided for.

Be fearless

Life isn’t easy. You have to make some tough choices and decisions, even if you hate it or dislike or don’t want it. Don’t get settled by your fate, you have to take control. Push yourself, grit your teeth, put your foot down and draw the line of your life. It’s you only, who has the right to make any choice, even if that hurts later, you don’t have to repent over it.

Control your temper

Try not to lose your temper. Getting angry and aggressive often leads us taking erroneous and hasty decisions or choices. Anger don’t let our brain to work properly, hence there are more chances of getting wrong and regretting for it later. If you lose temper, then better avoid any discussions and avert taking decisions. Be calm, get your prudence back and go for making any kind of choices.

If you want to stop regretting, then you need to improve and enhance yourself. Always believe, tomorrow will be a better day. Live today, forget about your yesterday. The only thing that matters is what you will do and you need to do, as it doesn’t matters what you did. Stay calm and happy and free from regretful life.