Interesting podcast. I screwed up in many ways, for many reasons. As a result, I've been poor all my life, and my daughter is fed up with me. I've had bad relationships, sacrificing and contributing much and always walking away with nothing.
As I look back, I see that I didn't really stand a chance. I had an unhappy childhood and lived on my own from age 16. As a young adult, I think I had a form of ADHD, which of course didn't "exist" in those days. I was raised with a certain expectation of marriage, that was out of date by the time I was 20.
The podcast kept coming back to "living in the present," and I think that's so true.
Even now I'm faced with decisions that I could regret later, if I let myself. For example, I think a neighbor could use my help. But maybe the "help" I could offer would cause problems, for them or for me. So I'll just make a decision, and not regret it either way. If I make the wrong decision, oh well. I did the best I could.
In my life I've taken the stance that "the past is best forgotten." But it's not always easy, is it?
