Totally agree with all the premises here: more time with loved ones, be happy, etc. But to nitpick... I've always wonder if this is _valid_. I think it's fairl

Totally agree with all the premises here: more time with loved ones, be happy, etc. But to nitpick... I've always wonder if this is _valid_. I think it's fairly established that people who are dying have these feelings, but is that to be the guiding principal for our lives? If I feel something else is more important for 30 years of my lifetime, am I wrong because in the last 10 years I regret it? I'm not sure if the objective function of my life is to minimize regret, it seems much more complicated than that. Furthermore, I'm not convinced that incremental time spent with loved ones will do much to assuage the pain of not having felt like it was "enough".