7 Things You’ll Regret Doing Today 10 Years From Now
You’re overvaluing certainty and undervaluing experimentation
Regret is a strange thing.
Most self-help lists talk about the usual suspects: Not spending time with loved ones, Not taking care of your health, Not chasing your dreams. All valid, but there’s more—subtler things, the little actions and choices we make daily, almost without noticing, that snowball into regret years later.
Let’s talk about those:
Treating Boredom as an Enemy Instead of a Signal
In today’s overstimulated world, people see boredom as something to be avoided at all costs, something that signals a failure to engage, or a sign of laziness.
The moment it creeps in, they grab their phones, open Netflix, scroll until their thumb go numb. They’re willing to do anything to escape the uncomfortable feeling of being bored.
Yet, boredom isn’t the enemy. In reality, it’s a signal. It’s how mind your wakes you up to where you need to be.
When you feel bored, it’s because something in your life isn’t clicking. It’s a way your body tells you there’s gap between where you are and where you want to be.