@daniel_h_pink: Regret isn't the problem. Avoiding it is. When you face it with some self-compassion instead of contempt, it stops being dead weight and starts being useful. Deeper relationships, clearer direction, less time spent on things that don't matter.

Yapper :

I believe it all comes down to our deep ignorance of thinking we can control everything in our life. We can’t. Life is inherently chaotic. Doing something that we regret and feeling that regret and making decision from that feeling knowing deeply this decision might be regretted later. All of this is part of the chaos of life. Embrace it. Dont waste time and energy fighting it.