I don't know, I started to kind of embrace regret. It is about opportunities not taken, and your consciousness tells you about this. You shouldn't beat yourself up endlessly, and that's how I read your article, but I am also not for trying to make the regret go away, because this is not how "we" are, where the "we" is well-educated city-dwelling atheists, i.e. liberals (in the American sense), if I may say so. I wholeheartedly agree with Mow Money below: "for me, remembering the past accurately is sometimes difficult but critical to going forward and making better choices in the future".
Thanks for sharing Zach! It’s definitely a good reminder when regret creeps up to remember there are a lot of details I don’t know, and that I am assuming.
Also, here’s a substack I wrote when last thinking on regret.
Thanks! I try to connect the games I’m playing with biblical truth. 🙂 the game choices can be pretty random and obscure as my gaming pattern can be pretty diverse 😅😂
I totally agree…..for me, remembering the past accurately is sometimes difficult but critical to going forward and making better choices in the future …..thank you for this topic and it’s perfectly timed for the New Year !
I'm new to Substack, and accidentally set up two "accounts" or "publications". Both are entitled, My Zen, Your Zen. I posted Eliminate Regret at one of those sites. Please try both, and let me know if you still can't find it. Maybe I posted it incorrectly. Thanks!
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I don't know, I started to kind of embrace regret. It is about opportunities not taken, and your consciousness tells you about this. You shouldn't beat yourself up endlessly, and that's how I read your article, but I am also not for trying to make the regret go away, because this is not how "we" are, where the "we" is well-educated city-dwelling atheists, i.e. liberals (in the American sense), if I may say so. I wholeheartedly agree with Mow Money below: "for me, remembering the past accurately is sometimes difficult but critical to going forward and making better choices in the future".
Thanks for sharing Zach! It’s definitely a good reminder when regret creeps up to remember there are a lot of details I don’t know, and that I am assuming.
Also, here’s a substack I wrote when last thinking on regret.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jamjarjar/p/to-the-moon-and-beyond?r=z5p5e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Oh cool! I really like how you used an obscure game as the lens
Thanks! I try to connect the games I’m playing with biblical truth. 🙂 the game choices can be pretty random and obscure as my gaming pattern can be pretty diverse 😅😂
Good point! There is a meme that says, "Do not kill within you what is cringe, kill what is in you that cringes." I like that one.
ooooh i like that.
I totally agree…..for me, remembering the past accurately is sometimes difficult but critical to going forward and making better choices in the future …..thank you for this topic and it’s perfectly timed for the New Year !
I love this Zac! So very true. I have had similar recollection & seemingly regrets as I age.
Something to think about for sure.
You may also like my post today, Eliminate Regret. At My Zen, Your Zen.
hey! i went to read it but didn't see it!
I'm new to Substack, and accidentally set up two "accounts" or "publications". Both are entitled, My Zen, Your Zen. I posted Eliminate Regret at one of those sites. Please try both, and let me know if you still can't find it. Maybe I posted it incorrectly. Thanks!
Gotcha! so i searched the name and found it! its on the opposite account of the one you left this comment with lol... really enjoyed it! and i totally understand getting mixed up with the website.... i left a comment on your piece and substack will send you an email that someone commented... whatever email address that notification comes to is the correct one! once that is sorted you can come back and delete this account! hope this helps!