Regret

Regret is not a place I visit very often, but every once in awhile I find myself teetering on the edge of regret. I had a couple of days this past week where I really struggled with regret. I had to remind myself that the decisions I've made over the past year have been made consciously. I consciously chose to scale back on activities that cause extra anxiety in order to protect my mental health. My goal had been to maintain a healthy balance of working outside my comfort zone and also recognizing when to scale back.

My regret comes from all I have missed this past year and where I could be right now if I hadn't allowed anxiety and fear to take over. It can be very easy to get caught up in the what ifs, forgetting to appreciate all that has been accomplished. We don't have any control over the past and regret only slows us down, keeping us from moving forward. Recognizing where the regret is coming from and how we can learn from the experience is a step in the right direction. And sometimes we just have to be ok with the choices we have made because they were right for us at the time.

What if, where you are at is exactly where you should be even if it doesn't look the way you thought it would?



Namaste, Michele Ward