30 Regretful Decisions Shared By The Bored Panda Community

Procrastinating. I wanna stop, but maybe later?

Staying at a job too long where I was unappreciated and paid crap wages, for no good reason other than it was familiar and the prospect of leaving it was scary.

Not visiting my relatives when I was a teenager because I wanted to look "cold and distant". Now many of my amazing and loving aunts, uncles and grandparents are dead, and I would give up anything to go back in time and hug them.

Not being able to say "no" when I should.

Not focusing too much on school when I should have

Stress eating, “eating my feelings”. Wish I could address my stress and anxiety better, and stop normalizing food as stress reduction.

overeating

Letting myself get used time and time again.

marrying the wrong person

Trusting a fart after eating Mexican food.

Going to a huge 4-year uni instead of a CC. Costs were nuts and the teaching was impersonal

Not speaking my real feeling because it can sound harsh. It always ended up with me being hurt cause I’m too sensitive.

Boy, how great my life would be if I can speak it up.

When I bought my home, I put my husband on the deed even though the mortgage was in my name and my parents had given me the downpayment. He tried to get half when we divorced, but I reminded him that I paid off his student loans with my inheritance and he shut right up. I miss that house.

a messy room

binge watching shows, and them missing them once i watched all the episodes later

Not caring about high school, I had no GPA in 11th grade. Still doing well in life but if I would have applied even anything back then who knows.

engaged in an online discussion

Started "dating" too soon. It set the unstable pace for the rest of my emotional life. And led to worse decisions.

Looked for happiness and left a high paying job to do things I wanted to do like travel, write and what not.

Now I am in a role that is not just annoyingly demanding but comparatively low paying.

Nearly committing suicide