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Comment author: therufs 16 September 2013 02:43:34PM 1 point [-]

I wouldn't say any of these have been terminal, but I might reconsider some of the following things I did, if given the option:

  • Chose a major based on what I felt like spending four (...okay, five) years doing, rather than on what I thought I might enjoy spending any significant portion of my working life doing. In fairness to my past self, I don't think I had enough information when I was 18 to have made anything like an accurate guess, but maybe it was also a mistake to fail to attempt a solution to that preliminary problem.

  • Moved in with a significant other even though I didn't want to. (For the record, it turned out great! But there were some hair-raising moments for a while.)

  • Stayed in a job that sucked and didn't have any obvious prospects for improvement. Didn't try very hard to find a new job while I was there.

The overarching theme here: not knowing, not trying to figure out, not asking for, and not making/executing plans to achieve what I really wanted.