And the biggest regret people had? Worrying about things that never happened: “Worrying wastes your life,” What seemed like the most important thing in the world at the time—the very thing that consumed you—seems silly now in hindsight. > "I worry about so many things going wrong, but in the end the things that turned out wrong are not the ones I worries about". -- *The Worst Person in the World (2021)* “When you are distressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing itself that troubles you, but only your judgment of it. And you can wipe this out at a moment’s notice.” -- [[Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside of you as a result]] “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” > Wisdom is turning your future hindsight into your current foresight. What seems to matter in the moment rarely matters in life, yet what matters in life always matters in the moment.