Avoid lifelong regrets by moving towards your ideal career - Hallie Crawford

Avoid lifelong regrets by moving towards your ideal career One of the best ways to clarify what you want most from your career, your  education, and your life is to ask yourself, “If I were at the end of my life  looking back on it, what regrets would I have?” Teens and young people  have difficulty answering this question because, for the most part, they are still in  the phase of life where they see themselves as immortal. By your twenties and  thirties or later, however, if you find yourself answering that you would regret not  pursuing a specific career or a specific education, you can ignore your answer, but  your desire for it will not end. Your desire will haunt you like a ghost in your heart until you do pursue it. Some studies about regrets show that having a fender bender or spilling your  beverage are not the kind of regrets that bother people long-term. The regrets that bother people the most are the ones that are irreversible like not spending more  time with your children who are now grown, not spending more time with your  parents who are now dead, and not pursuing a love interest that is no longer  available. Not pursuing a career or education are among the lifelong regrets that  bother people as well. The advantage of knowing about this study is that you can make decisions now to  avoid regrets later. If you already know what you would regret, pursue your dreams  if for no other reason, so you can die happy without major regrets! If you need any incentive to overcome obstacles to your dreams, here are  some words of  inspiration: Until one is committed there is hesitancy, a chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness…. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that never otherwise would have occurred. W. H. Murray,  The Scottish Himalayan Expedition P.S.  Are you in the ideal career for you?  Find out with our  Ideal Career Quiz.