I think of myself as a very introspective person. Because of this, I sometimes feel extreme regret, thinking about what could have happened, etc. While some might think this unhealthy, I fully believe that this allows me to be more thoughtful about the correct actions.
This also leads me to some startlingly philosophical conclusions that are perhaps not the best use of time while writing, reading, or doing something productive. Here is an example of what I sometimes think about:
▎What is happening within reality? What is the purpose of all actions I actively take and
▎will take in the future?
This might seem like a pessimistic worldview. It is, in a way. It is also accompanied by a sense of reality dysphoria, a hard concept to explain. In these moments, I instinctively question essentially the events of the past month. I discuss this because, though not everyone may experience this, I’m 100% sure that everyone understands that they could have done something differently in the past.
This type of thinking has some upsides, though as above stated it can be sad. It makes me think about what I could have done. Yet, oddly, it also makes me more confident in what I have done. I cannot pretend to understand why, but that dysphoric feeling makes me understand that reality’s trajectory is locked, and that even if I made a suboptimal choice, it isn’t necessarily bad.
OK, time to stop being philosophical. That’s all well and good for me, but what about for literally everyone else? Here’s the TLDR: No matter what you do it’s done and can’t be undone, and as long as it wasn’t overwhelmingly bad you probably made it with your best intentions in mind.