Time To Get Real

Regrets?

I'm at a certain age (ten year class reunion time!) when some people start listing their regrets. I wish I would have done this, I wish I would have done that, blah blah blah ad naseum.

Quite honestly, I don't have any regrets. I've made mistakes, sure; stepped on the toes of my nearest and dearest, and everyone else.

But I have the proper perspective that comes with taking the unique path that I've chosen for my life. I haven't wasted a lot of time with unnecessary people, because I've recognized the freedom in letting go. I haven't been fired from any job I've ever had because I've had an incredible work ethic. And I have always been grateful for the life lessons that people teach me, albeit unconsciously, on a daily basis. Most of all, I don't regret one page of the 1500+ pages I've written over the years, regardless of the quality of the work.

Am I completely happy where I am right now? No. I'm not writing professionally, I'm still a few years away from owning my home, and I'm currently single. But these are things that will change with time. Not because I wish for these things to happen, but because everything I work hard for, I eventually get.