Great or small? For me, I regret not enjoying, appreciating, and showing off my body more when I was younger. I don’t mean for that to sound juvenile or trite.
I just wish I hadn’t been so hard on myself, and I wish I hadn’t been so covered up! I didn’t realize how actually perfect I was at the time. I swore up and down I was huge, when really I was fine. Things were easier to maintain, and my body was healthy and strong.
Now in my early 30s, and after injuries and surgery, I see how hard I have to work for the body shape I want. I have aches and pains to manage, and quality sleep is a necessity, otherwise I will literally fall apart. I vow to appreciate my body now. Grateful for how far it’s taken me, and how far I’ve come. And I’m still healthy and capable. As healthy and capable as I’ll ever be.
Do you have any regrets like mine? Things you’d go back and tell your younger self if you could?
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Why you trying to make me feel bad at 3AM?
Yes, several:
not having put more emphasis on physical health / exercise
not having gone vegan way earlier to stop supporting animal cruelty. If I had only watched Dominion or other footage earlier to understand…
having moved back in my childhood home to support my elderly father, just to find out the house is more than anybody can handle due to 40 years of neglect
One of my friends was in a local band that got decent airplay on Aussie radio stations popular at the time with young people and the indie scene. He asked our friend group to be in the music video for their latest song but I couldn’t make it because I had plane tickets booked to visit another friend overseas. That song ended up being a huge hit locally in Australia and made their band even more popular.
I don’t regret it because of the song doing well, I regret it because I fell out of touch with that whole friend group over time and unfortunately one of the people in the group has now passed away. I wish I had that memory of making the music video with them. I wish I’d known back then what a rare opportunity that was. I don’t think anyone could have convinced me at that age to forfeit the cost of those plane tickets for anything but I still regret it.