Regrets

"I coulda been a contender!"
We can all look at where we are in life and think "if only I had done such and such" or "if I hadn't done that I'd be in a better position now". We all have regrets. I use the term loosely because for some they are no more than "coulda been" and for others they are true stabbing through the heart wishes that things weren't as they are.
However, no matter which group you fit into, you can still do something about it. It all comes down to choices. You can choose to sit around and waste more time thinking about what could have been or you can focus your energy into something constructive. Maybe you traded a possible life as a sports-star for an education (or even the opposite). Well, you could sit around moping about making the wrong choice or accept responsibility for you choices. You made the choice, life is what it is, but what comes next is up to you. Time to choose.
Will you sit around for another couple of years and achieve nothing and regret more, or can you accept the responsibility now and make a new choice?
Even if your current regretted situation is no fault of your own (inherited disease, victim of circumstances) you are still in a position to choose how you will respond to your situation. How will you go forward?
Life is too short. When you blink, you find yourself ten years down the track. You will never again be as young as you are now. Time is wasting. So, enjoy where you are, but don't accept any limits that are imposed upon you. Limits should be there because you want them there, because you chose them.
To be free of regrets you need to look at your decisions, look at your actions, and decide whether they are what you truly want. If they aren't, the solution is easy: choose again and do what you have to!