At the end of the year it is time for many to reflect and look back on the past year and decide for next year what to do differently. Loosing weight, quit smoking or doing more exercises are high on the lists, and easily forgotten once the new year has started.
But what if you would let your new year’s resolutions be inspired by those who’s time has come, those who can’t change anymore what they are doing with their lives? What were their regrets, and how can you use their regrets so you won’t have the same when your life ends.
Bronnie Ware, author of the book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying has worked for years in palliative care recorded the following regrets many people have at the end of their lives:
- I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
- I wish I didn’t work so hard.
- I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
- I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
- I wish that I had let myself be happier.
My personal resolution is to work on several on this list, even though I know they sound easy but many are hard to do in practice.
