There are two types of regrets: The regrets we have after doing something and those that come from not doing something. Although regrets for our actions are often psychologically agonizing at first, their pain tends to diminish over time as we begin to either justify how they happened or find meaning in why they happened. Inaction, on the other hand, is something we hold on to, wishing we could turn back the clock and do things differently. Research shows that far more people regret actions that they didn’t take than the ones they did, even if they later come to see a certain past act as a
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