Six Things You Wish You’d Never Done

On to the next installment of this blogging exercise…

This one is hard. Generally, I try not to live with any regrets. But let’s see what I can pull together.

Blog Activity, Day Five
Six Things You Wish You’d Never Done

I wish I would have never:

1. Quit playing an instrument. I played the piano when I was in elementary school, but it was forced on me by my mom (it’s OK, Mom!) so it was “uncool” and I begged her to let me quit after a couple years of lessons. Instead, I picked up the flute in school and played in band until I was a sophomore in high school, at which point that became tremendously uncool and I quit that, too. I need to dig my flute out and see if I can even still play it… it’s been so long. Even if I can play, though, I’m sure it’s not well. So now, I regret that I can’t play anything. I should’ve stuck with something!

2. Declined to study abroad in college. I didn’t want to “miss out” on a semester at school, or an opportunity to work and earn money during summer vacation. Seriously, what an idiot. I so should’ve taken the opportunity to travel somewhere for a couple of months.

3. Gained weight between 8th and 11th grades. I felt so unattractive, and carrying around 30 lbs. of extra weight made an already difficult time of life even more challenging. My high school experience wasn’t horrible by any means, but I think it would’ve been so much better if I felt better about myself. But who knows… the weight gain was the result of emotional over-eating and carelessness, so it’s hard to say what came first–the chicken or the egg!

4. Lost touch with some friends over the years. I look back on my life and there are friends that I wish I was still friends with. So many great memories and it’s sad that we aren’t still “partners in crime,” creating even more.

5. Been in such a hurry to finish college. I definitely ate up every moment of my college experience, but still, I was in a hurry to finish. I graduated in exactly four years, and I started my first job just a month after commencement. Given the current state of the economy and how much trouble college graduates are having, I feel lucky, but at the same time, I wish I could’ve relaxed and “lived” a little more.

6. Given up on my pregnancy journal. I’m so glad I kept up with the weekly blog posts once I started them, but I’m sad that I didn’t keep up with the traditional, handwritten journal I started at the beginning of my pregnancy. I really want to be able to give Nora something some day, a journal that she can read and keep, and I’m upset that I don’t have all of those entries in there as a start. Pregnant mommy FAIL.