What do people regret the most before they die?
Bronnie Ware, who has written a book by the same title, worked in palliative care for many years, tending
to people during the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. A handful of
themes cropped up in the things they regretted during their final days:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not
the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
To them, these were regrets. For us, maybe the above can be a
checklist of what not to do.
