Question

Would you rather die in 20 years with no regrets or live to 100 with a lot of regrets?

Answer 1

Definitely 20 because it’s less

Answer 2

Regrets-we all have them. As long as we had more than option available to us at one point in time, we are bound to regret some of our choices. But obviously, there are regrets and there are REGRETS. There are those everyday little regrets like poor wardrobe choice due to misjudgment of the weather, procrastination to buy something pretty only to find it acquired by someone a few minutes later, choosing one meal instead of the other and finding out it was a total waste of money…I’m sure you get the picture. We may find these regrets upsetting in the moment but they fade almost instantly or days later. We just attribute them to ‘one of those days.’
There are also those big life-changing, unforgettable regrets which haunt us whenever we close our eyes to dream or open our eyes to reflect. These are missed opportunities and irreversible choices which have altered our lives in shocking and/or embarrassing ways. Wrong choice of life partner definitely falls in this category.
To say to die with no regrets would mean no ‘huge’ regrets and though a shorter lifetime doesn’t necessarily imply smaller regret count, I get the question. Does it mean the longer we live, the more likely we are to have regrets? I beg to differ. Most people commit their worst mistakes in their youth days due to immaturity, peer pressure, ignorance and rebellion and live the rest of their lives trying to make up for them.
Life is short no matter how long you live as a century-long of lifetime still fades in the light of immortality. Regrets sap us of the feeling of worth and fulfilment and if you live long enough to grow grey hair but have more regrets than happy memories, then it’s sad to say you wasted your time living.
Regrets are basically lessons learned in the harshest way possible and the earlier we are able to get over the shock of it and get back on track, the better for us in changing our life’s narrative. The essence of one’s life shouldn’t be all about how many years he lived but what he did and how he is going to be remembered.
Living for twenty years with no regrets sounds cool does that mean I lived enough to learn all the lessons I needed to learn to make something better of my life? Regrets can be channeled into life lessons for future ventures and not themes for pity parties. If at fifty years, all you can recount are regrets, then it’s not worth it. Because usually, as you grow, you get wiser and thus cut down on regrettable actions but life is unpredictable, isn’t it?
I would rather live 100 years but wouldn’t want to say I had many regrets but rather lessons to learn.