Limitations.

Regrets come from limitations.

You have the illuminating capability to reflect on your past self. Unfortunately, you do not have the same advantage for your future self.

Sure, you can speculate. You can look at patterns and trends, but there will always be unaccounted for variables in how current decisions will affect the future.

Processing regret is about having empathy for the vantage point of the past self.

Journal Prompt: I need to have more empathy for…

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