"I think it's only fair that you also have to share your regrets," he says. "The anticipated regret of it has actually changed my life in a way that I think is good" He shares the cautionary tale about reading a short story by Raymond Carver, who died at age 50. 'You didn't either do anything or not do anything,' his advice: You placed yourself in total abdication of responsibility.
Is it worse to regret something you’ve done, or something you haven’t done? What’s the upside of rejection? And which great American short-story writer convinced Angela to quit driving?