Are you affected by regret?

Are you affected by regret?

  • 1. You have been meaning to meet up with your old school friends for ages but have never got round to it. You think:



  • 2. You have lost an important document:



  • 3. Your last relationship came to an end because:



  • 4. You have just had a difficult job interview:



  • 5. You have always dreamed of being able to paint. A friend offers to teach you:



  • 6. Which of these quotes do you most relate to?



  • 7. You have already frittered away your salary and it’s still only the beginning of the month. You:



  • 8. A friend is going to live abroad. Months later you regret:



  • 9. Your fairy godmother offers you the chance to change certain events in your past:



  • 10. When you have a difficult decision to make in life, you call on:



Comments

  • Catherine   (May 12, 2011 at 4:23 pm) Reply  |  spam

    It’s kind of right in that I brood over regrets, but it’s not just that I’m angry at everyone/thing else, I’m angriest at myself for failing, because it ultimately is *my fault* that I made it fail – external factors contribute, but it’s my responsibility, and I can’t get over that.

  • Rebecca   (May 10, 2011 at 7:25 pm) Reply  |  spam

    This is spot on. Explains it very well.

  • Diana   (February 24, 2011 at 11:30 am) Reply  |  spam

    Hmm… this isn’t as accurate. I do regret, but then I let it pass, what is done is done. And I don’t have an ounce of pessimism in me!

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