Did you ever feel you could done more with your life

I know I could have done more with my life. I had the opportunity to go to medical school or law school. But there was something else calling to me. The child that I had not gotten expectant with. I met the man that was to be her father but I never married him. It was my choice to be an unwed mother and that was early sixties in a real small Kansas town. I never lied about it even though I could have left town for a few yaers and came back a widow or divorcee. The person that I had to be truthful first and foremost was myself. I would have known the truth. My family all stuck by me and supported my choice. A lot of long hours in cafes (sometime 16 hours a day) and here I am the luckiest mother, grandmother and great-grandmother in the world. The thing I regret most is spending so much time making a living and missing out on so much of my daughter's growing. But I do not regret having her. So I am grateful for what I have and am not really going to dwell (too much, that is) what I do not have. Just count your blessings, Fergus. You might be surprised that you have so many. And have less disappointments.

Dear friend, I do hope that people learn lot from mistakes and time is one thing that we are unable to take back. May be when things not able to at right time in right way could make me feel as if I would have done it bettr if that had come now. May be the consequeces after that will be known later. May be mistake once done is done and this mistake teaches something. But mistake cannot be taken back this makes feel that I could done better without any mistakes. But still mistakes goes on.

You sound like you have it made! I would like to trade with you. Anyway it is only human to want more in life. We all regret things we have done in the past, or things we have not done. Me, I have always done what others expected of me. There are a lot of things I regret. I should have done things my own way. I would have been a lot happier. Things would have been a lot easier. But okay. Hope you are feeling better soon. Just look at the people that are having a bad time. Those people that used to be rich and have good jobs. They are know living in tents. Be happy, live one day at a time! Take care have a nice evening.

I do feel like this alot, but I don't have a house or any money saved so you have me there. I always see my friends or family members around my age or alittle better have the things I wish I had, jobs, family, good home, etc. and makes me feel really down and wish I had done things differently. I get this way all the time. I went back to school and hope that one day I get somewhere like they are or even farther. I just look that others are in the same position as me or worse than me. I seem to get this way especially when the weather is blah, rainy or cold. In this economy I would be happy to have money saved and a job. One day at a day time is all we can do anymore. Good luck to you and hope you get feeling better.

I think at some time we all wish we could do better and achieve more through life. For me I know I can it's just a matter of doing it. I lost my job due to a lay of back in 2007. I have beenstruggling to find a job since so I have been pickin up what ever I ca find. I am however in the process of starting a new home based business. It's starting to pick up little by litte. I wish I had a better house and was in better shape etc the list never ends. But today I did start a 20 Yoga dvd that I bought, funny thing is I thought it would be easy. I mean it's yoga, low impact slow steady movement....but omg I was breaking a sweat half way through thinking "please God don't let me die" lol No my arms are so so sore and my tummy is to. When I was finished I went to get my coffee oh and another thing I was uo at 5AM. Yet another feat for myself. I just try to focus on what I have accomplished. Like when I was about to give up on this DVD, but after wards I was like wow I have actually worked out to day how great is that. So think about what you have and just set goals to better them in the future there is nothing wrong with that.

Dear sir I totally know how you feeling,Because i always lot this way,it a little kinds of difficutly to description.I know maybe i have a good life now ,but people always can not satisfied.and complain her/his did not gone well.Sometime i donot what should i do,how should i do,Did me make effort is worth or not? i have a hard time too,but on the contrary we must be find we are the lucky guy,we have a comfortable job,comfortable ,and we have a lot of time do somethins we like.some people even did not have food,they live in the war and anyment they maybe lost his/her lifes SO,let us value our life,it comes hard earned Ruby

Many times in my life I feel Powerless and feel like I should have done more with my Life. I should have gone to school and gotten a better job, so then I would not have the one I have. I should have a Drivers license so I can do more with myself. I wish my Health was better, etc. I think these are quite natural feelings we all have to deal with from time to time. The main issue is what you decide to do with them once you have them, and how you let it empower you as well. You definately need to not Focus on them, and let God guide you in your life as well. It may not always be easy, but in time looking back one day you can always say it was worth it all as well.

I also sometimes wish that I go to my past and change the mistakes that I have made in my life, but I know I cannot change it. I think we all cannot change our past and the only think we can do is live in the present. Most times we don't know what will happen in the future so we should also forget about the future and live happily in the present.

My suggestion to you is that you probably aren't fufilled in your work. What is it that you do, and is it something that you pictured yourself doing as a child? I'm not suggesting that you quit your job, but if you are having these feelings, or you are very depressed when you go to work, it could be the workplace, or even the position that is depressing you. In high school, I took an afterschool job as a waitress. What I didn't count on is not really liking the position. It was boring and repetitive, and I was miserable everytime I had to go to work. It got so bad that when they would call and let me know I didn't need to come in, I was estatic. I ended up quitting after exactly two months. Also, if it isn't your job that is the problem, it may be that you are feeling unfufilled. Do you like helping people? Have you been doing so lately? Doing things to help others may help you to feel better about yourself. Don't feel bad about wanting more. It is human nature to want to grow in all aspects. The trick to not letting it depress you is to do something about it, instead of trying to squash the feeling.

It seems like you are not quite satisfied with your life and you yearn for more. There's nothing wrong with wanting to improve your lifestyle, financial status or what you can achieve for yourself and I hope you will work at it to fulfill those dreams of yours one day. As for myself, I am happy with what I have achieved in life and whatever material possessions that I can enjoy. I am happily married, had a good job with a very respectable salary, an apartment, a car and most things an above average family get to enjoy. What's more important is that I have wonderful family support and relationships, and great friends and colleagues. I really can't ask for more even though I am not among the very wealthy and influential people within the community. I am always thankful to God for all the blessings, big and small, that have been given to me all these years.

I think that we all want to have more and be in a better position than we are in. I have a great husband, beautiful, healthy, intelligent kids, my husband works, I am self-employed, our bills are payed. Yes, my life is pretty nice, but, we are always striving to move forward. I often sit back and think to myself that I am doing things now that I shoudl have done several years ago. The bottom line is, I didn't do those things then because the time wasn't right. I am doing them now though and I think that I am doing very well. I feel that those feelings of wanting to be and do more are what really motivate us to doing and being more...if we let them. If we dwell on them though, they can hold us back. My advoce to you is to make yourseslf a goal list and start working to reach those goals. Step by step, you will be where you want to be.

Hi fergus, at some stage or the other one always feels that way. I personally have felt that way more than once. I have always felt that i could have done much more than i have done so far, and that i could have led a more fulfilling life etc; etc; but why dint we do it? It is only in retrospect that we are able to think that we could have done better whereas it also could have been far worse..But frankly i do feel that way..

I do, sometimes, not all the time because you're gonna tire yourself out if you're just gonna put yourself down every single day for not having tried to be a better person in terms or having a really really good job, a gorgeous house and all..But yea, i guess it's natural to want more, and if you already want it why not try to achieve it. It's already considered as having the will and so there should be a way. If you want more, go get it..=]

no no. one cannot be satisfied in life. its human nature

It's a normal feeling fergus and probably you're in the age of "reviewing" some of the decisions you have made in your life that involves those areas you've mentioned. Man is naturally has a "flame of dissatisfaction" in his blood once he has on that certain heights and downs. I too have some similar thoughts like you do. It's just a matter of getting back at the right track (treat obstacles as challenges that we can learn from) and whatever the results may be; one should be able to say "at least, I made that choice and I acted upon that choice than doing nothing at all". Have a great time man.

I really have the same feeling with you, I think I can do more with my life, I'm 23 this year, still young, but I don't have a house myself, so I want to earn a house by myself, and earn lot of money, and travel around the world, though this is a dream, but I can do better in my life, and work for this dream.

I think we all have days where we feel we could do more with our lives, or we could have done more when we were younger and we wouldn't have to do more now. It's just something we deal with. We all want more in our lives, want a better house, a better car, more money, more friends, more time, and the list can go on, but we all have to be happy with what we have done to make our life feel fullfilled. I have days like that, I think man... we wouldn't be feeling the stress of less money some months if I wouldn't have given up my teaching career to stay home with the our kids... but then again, I wouldn't have been able to see my childrens first's, if I'd went back to work after they were born. The benefits out weight the money issues, for me. We have to weigh out the pros and con's of what is more to us. Sometimes, wanting more can hurt us in the long run and the grass isn't always greener on the other side. You have alot more than some people have these days, be thankful for that.

I think everyone has these feeling and I think it is normal. I wish I had started college sooner. Other than that I am happy. Sometimes I wish I had been smarter with my money. But that is it for me.

These days I feel all down but I don't know why. Is it because my expection for going home recently or mainly because of my work? I don't konw what to do, and I cannot concentrate myself when I'm at work. I just wish I can do it better with my life but not more. I am not able to do things better and I'm wondering am I stupid or what. Now sometimes I feel totally lost and have no goals for. why...Feel so bad...Is there my day?

for me, as long as there's life there's hope, and if there's hope you can still do so many beautiful things under the heat of the sun. In my situation, i stop working to devote my time and love to my two (2)special children (my eldest is a late blommer while my youngest is a downsyndrome with conginital heart desease). Now im 43 yrs. old, i know i could have done more with my life by pesonally taking care of my children . Having special children is not an easy task given by almighty father,you have to have a lots of patient and understanding in dealing with them, being their mother is great things that i could say i could have done more in my life.