Spring is known as the time to clean our houses, to search through closets, and to rid ourselves of unnecessary items. Likewise, it’s a good time to search through our souls and rid ourselves of the unnecessary things we carry around year after year within us.One such weight many of us carry is regret. Studies show that regret is the most common negative feeling humans experience.In a national survey asking what regrets a typical American experiences, researchers found 13 shared sources of regret, with romance as the number one, followed by family, education, career, finance, parenting, health, “other,” friends, spirituality, community, leisure, and self.Some regrets are easier to push aside and move forward from, like the thought that I shouldn’t have worn this dress or these shoes today. Or why did I eat all the cookies?Other regrets, ones that seem more life-changing, are much harder for individuals to come to terms with later on. Because hindsight seems 20/20, we often see situations more clearly looking back than when we actually went through them. It’s a type of vision that often leads to deep feelings of regret.Photo Credit: © Getty Images/shironosov
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