Any regrets on how you spent your earlier years working???

I really not trying to post depressing stuff but life is too short and we are all gonna die one day do any of you regret anything in particular that you would have done differently? Like may e enjoying life and working less ?

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as a banker who works 100 hours a week, yea. i regret going to a target, i regret only doing things that would line me up to get into banking, i regret going into banking, i regret what i decided to eat for breakfast this morning, i regret signing up for wso, i regret replying to this post, i regret EVERYTHING, there hasn't even been one minute that i didnt regret, every.single.second i regret all i do is regret and you know what? im getting tuckered out, this marathon of regret has gone on for too long now im getting all sweaty. i regret nothing this post is a joke im not a banker and i go to a nontarget, if you're still reading your *ay

 

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