{"id":304610,"date":"2021-02-28T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=304610"},"modified":"2021-02-28T12:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T17:33:49","slug":"the-philosophy-of-regret-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-philosophy-of-regret-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of Regret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Certainly nobody makes it through life without experiencing or feeling regret. But what is regret? How can we positively channel it? What wisdom is there in regrets, and do we desire a life in which we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have regret?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lessons-learned\">Lessons learned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"304572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/1017d9a8-d535-48af-8db9-36a15dd76071\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1017D9A8-D535-48AF-8DB9-36A15DD76071.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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*prevent* yourself from making future foolish decisions. But to simply ruminate on the past and self flagellate yourself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d this is indecent towards yourself.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certainly nobody makes it through life without experiencing or feeling regret. But what is regret? How can we positively channel it? 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