Are you waiting for a tragedy?

29 Oct, 2025

Are you accustomed to making changes in your life only when big external events happened that are out of your control?

Do you use those big events as an excuse to do things you've always wanted to do?

Don't wait for a tragedy to:

• Make that decision
• Quit your depressing job
• Take that roadtrip
• Go abroad
• Get fit
• Eat healthier
• Spend more time with your loved ones
• Go on that trip
• Have that conversation
• Start that business
• Go to the doctors

Don't wait for a tragedy to live your life¹.

Because guess what?

Here are peoples' regrets at funerals:

• I should've reached out more
• I should've came over for dinner more
• I should've hung out more
• I should've talked to them more
• We should've went on that trip

And here are people's actions after a funeral and acute grief:

• They take that trip
• They spend more time with their loved ones (then it fizzles out)
• They do the things they've been wanting to do because they were reminded that life is short and fragile

The regrets aren't always big, expensive things. They're usually small, achievable things.

And you know what?

It all comes down to spending more time with loved ones, having fun, taking risks, and deep conversations.

Don't wait for a tragedy to live life in a way that makes you and your loved ones happy. Because when that tragedy hits, you'll find yourself having those regrets.

#life