Do you feel ashamed of your lack of achievements? What do you regret in life?

[shifty_uk]

There's plenty of ways to be a hardcore mother****er, definitely worth pursuing something like that if you've had that as an aspiration in the past. Are you definitely too old to reserves?

Dlockers makes a good point with his colleague, if I got in and passed out, I wouldve been shipped to Afghanistan, pros and cons….

I did enquire about the RM reserves but I’m 34 and although it doesn't hinder my fitness and training, I developed asthma in 2021 out of nowhere I was also looking at RAF reserve roles but even they wont touch asthma. Either way, I don’t think it would’ve worked career wise, I was a senior manager until recently and have clients I need to service.

I cant put my finger on why but its just always appealed.. not the same but I loved my few years in the Army cadets when I was younger.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Go the whole way and try special forces reserve. Think the age limit is more than RM.

 

[neocon]

Well, do you believe in free will?

 

[Efour]

If you're life's looking naff have a kid or 2 then you'll hopefully spend all your time and money raising it to be an ungrateful pos

Dont do it alone. Find another human to share the pain.

 

[Jono8]

Well, do you believe in free will?

Honestly, I am not sure.

I fear much of our thought patterns and behaviours are genetically predisposed so we don't really have true "free will" as such.

 

[Orangeade]

Regrets are pointless imo. We've all done things we perhaps wish we hadn't but its far better to learn from those and be a better person for the experience rather than think about it as a regret.

It's a bit chicken and egg no? You need the regret (negative reinforcement) to learn from to do differently (if not better).

 

[Chabsy]

should have taken school more seriously. I still enjoy learning at my ripe old age. I was just to immature and daft in my teens.
That said I'm mortgage free and been married for 28 years and can do what I want to within reason.

 

[Hagar]

should have taken school more seriously. I still enjoy learning at my ripe old age. I was just to immature and daft in my teens.
That said I'm mortgage free and been married for 28 years and can do what I want to within reason.

That is a success in itself.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

I have many regrets, I don't dwell on them but I have loads.

 

[DJMK4]

Not buying a bigger house on the first time buy back in 2018

As now I have sell and buy anxiety