why does nobody talk about regret
Slightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: why does nobody talk about regret. Ignored something for four days that I should have asked about on day one. That is the only genuine regret in my whole run. On being wrong in public, which is the best thing that happens here. Several of the most valuable posts on this…
Most of what gets posted here is procedural rather than dramatic: a step skipped, a document not requested, a temperature not considered, a pace chosen out of impatience.
Did you write anything down at the time?
writing it down is the useful part, not the outcome
this board exists so the failures are on the record too
the fridge failure story happens every summer
Careful with naming anybody. The board rule holds even here, and especially here.
nobody gets judged here, that is the entire premise
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Agreed — somebody is at exactly the point you were at, reading this, and it will land differently for them than any success story.
That was a hold rather than a loss, and it resolved. Updating rather than deleting.
Stopped for financial reasons and regained most of it. Not a moral story, just a budget and a documented outcome.