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People Reveal The Worst Mistakes They've Ever Made

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A Redditor asked: 'What is the worst mistake of your life?'

We've all made mistakes.

Most of the time, these mistakes don't have major consequences in our lives, such as putting salt in our coffee instead of sugar, or taking a wrong turn and adding a bit more time to our journey.

There are some mistakes we've made in our lives, however, which we spend nearly every night regretting and giving anything to go back in time to change.

Perhaps the most unnerving thing about these mistakes though, is that we didn't even begin to think we were making a mistake at the time.


Redditor was curious to hear the one decision people made they would give anything to go back in time to change, leading them to ask:
"What is the worst mistake of your life?"

A Penny Saved...

"Not putting money away for savings early enough."

"Start early!"

"Make it automatic!!"- NecroJoe

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Education Should Be Practical, Not A Bragging Right...

"Working my a** off getting 3 useless degrees."

"I fell into the trap of believing that high grades and multiple degrees = good, stable, high paying jobs."

"Lmao."

"Looking back I can’t believe I was so naive."- Kla1996

"Choosing the wrong major in university and now I'm stuck in my career."- AmbitiousPanda9806

"Going to college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. Went because it was 'what we were supposed to do'."

"I went to a magnet high school, so we were never educated about professional certificates or given the tools to start our own business."

"We were just shuffled into college, because we were a 'gifted' school. I even distinctly remember one of our teachers pointing to some of the construction workers out the window and telling us 'that's what happens when you don't go to college'."

"Now I have my degree, way to much f*cking debt and im not even working in the field I got my degree in."

"Thanks brainwashing!"- Quave11

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There's A Great Big World Out There...

"I have many, but the worst could be isolating myself from the real world to the point I started to experience symptoms of psychosis."- negocpu4·

Not Everyone Is A Team Player

"Trusting a supervisor and believing that people at my job will 'do the right thing'.'- Properclearance

A Decision Never To Be Taken Lightly

"Getting married."

"Or 'marrying the wrong person' would be more accurate, I guess."

"We got married in 2001 and just divorced in April, but I left her (for the last time) in 2015 after getting solid proof that she had been cheating."

"She now has 4 kids by 4 different guys."

"Three of them born while we were together and just 1 is mine."

"Tip of this depressing iceberg, unfortunately."- Parabola1979

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It's Never Too Early...

"Not buying a house when I was 8."

"I’ll never recover from this."- DiscombobulatedPay51

You Never Know Who You Can Trust

"Letting my mother have complete control of my finances when I got my first job."

"She stole everything from me."- XxieatoutnunsxX

Ulterior Motives Are Sadly Real...

"Trying to help people that didn’t deserve it."- baldeagle1337

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Some Bad Habits Are Hard To Break...

"Smoking my first cigarette."

"No doubt."- sicilian504

When You Know You're in a Bad Situation, GET OUT!

"I thought if I was positive and receptive I would be able to climb and earn like my boss did."

"Wasted 7 years making 8 bucks an hour under a boss who made 108/hr (one hundred eight, no typo) at a grocery store. plus Sunday pay."

"He and I found out together that the union let corporate pull the ladder up behind them a decade before."- VAShumpmaker

Never Take A Good Situation For Granted

"Being mean to my wife and son when I was younger."

"We got married at 18 and I was just immature and was always taking my job home and just getting upset over really nothing."

"We’re still married after 32 years and over past several years I have come to realize how lucky I have them in my life and will do anything for them."- VerticalMARS-72

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Seeking Help Is Not A Sign Of Weakness

"Years of untreated mental illness."- goodgirlgonebad75

Always Practicality First

"Not paying off my mortgage 17 years ago when I had the money."

"Instead I used it to renovate my house to add two bedrooms and a den."

"At the time I thought it was more important for each of my four kids to have their own room (they were sharing two each before then) and a bigger family room."

"I’m kicking myself because had I used the money to pay off the mortgage instead, I’d have had an extra $3000 a month in my pocket."

"I could have saved up that money and extended my house a few years later."- Keithninety

Sometimes we don't realize we made the wrong decision till it's far too late.

But looking back can't change what can't be undone.

All we can do is look forward, and move on.

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