No Regrets!!!

In my dramatic structure class we've been discussing Uncle Vanya.  It's a play that was written in the 1800's by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Uncle Vanya is about a group of people who's life's regrets, missed opportunities and unrequited love's deeply depress them well into their old age.  For majority of the play the characters sit around and talk about how dreadful their lives are but yet they do nothing about it.  At the end of the play the characters have made no progress and will probably continue to complain about their lives.


This play is very hard to read since is was written in the 1800's but if you can find an adaptation about it, it could be quite funny. 


I just wanted to mention this play in my blog because I know it's a horrible feeling to live your life with regrets.  I could say that I regret not going to grad school immediately after graduating from undergrad.  But, that decision was in the past and there was nothing I could do about it but go to grad school.  It might have been a little later but  I was unhappy with where my life was going and I couldn't see it go down that path any longer so I went to grad school.  


People can continuously say they are tired of being in debt, but if all you do is spend and don't save or pay your debts, you will always be in the same situation.  You can continue to say that you hate your job but your not looking for a new one so what's the point in complaining.  You can say that you are tired of being single but if you don't get out there an take chances, you may never find love.   


Go back to school, start your own business, look for a new (rewarding) job, make new friends, ask "that guy" or "that girl" out, work out, eat better, have a drink, go to a party, give to charity, move to a different city, join an organization..... whatever it is that you don't like about your life, change it for the better.  


Get off you ass, stop complaining about your miserable life, and do something about it.  We all deserve to be happy.  And happiness is doing things that you love to do. Live your life with no regrets so on your death bed you can honestly say that you lived your life to the fullest.


What's the difference between a caterpillar and a butterfly? 


The butterfly got tired of complaining about crawling and wanted to fly.


Do you want to fly? .