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> Why can't a college graduate be happy with his accomplishments and regret not starting a successful business during those years? If you regret a choice, it m
by wfunction 14y ago
> Why can't a college graduate be happy with his accomplishments and regret not starting a successful business during those years?
If you regret a choice, it means you wish you had made some other choice.
It doesn't make any sense to regret not making a business when you're happy with your current accomplishments... unless you're asking why someone couldn't have done both simultaneously, in which case the answer is: most people can't run a successful business and a successful college career simultaneously. One is already hard enough.
- randomdata 14y ago> It doesn't make any sense to regret not making a business when you're happy with your current accomplishments... So, you are saying someone who has a successful business and regrets not finishing college must regret starting said business? I don't think it works like that. It is quite possible to be happy with your business and wish you could have done other things at the same time. Likewise, I expect many graduates do wish they could have done more during that time of their life (just look at how many lament that they didn't get to party because they were studying all the time), but that doesn't mean they need to regret the accomplishment full stop.
- wfunction 14y agoI just looked up "regret" and it says: "to feel sorry and sad about something previously done or said that now appears wrong, mistaken, or hurtful to others" So, yes, if you regret something then, by definition, that means you wish you hadn't done it. That's what calling an action "wrong" or "a mistake" /means/.
- randomdata 14y agoI'm glad you were able to clear up any misconceptions you had. Hopefully this has made what I was telling you more clear.