Regret feels like a negative emotion, but in this episode, recorded in person in Walla Walla, Janine and Shannon discuss how considering regret can be a helpful barometer when making a decision. And they use a recent real-life set of decisions that brought them unexpectedly face to face to illustrate!
Discussion topics include:
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Janine’s decision to make an emergency trip to Walla Walla when her brother became ill
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How Shannon’s offer to drive her from Portland to Walla Walla made the decision (and the whole experience) much easier
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Using the absence of regret to help make decisions
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How both Shannon and Janine regularly use regret as a decision-making barometer
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How thinking about regret can help you think through things
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Looking out for your future self
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Being in touch with what’s important to you to help you know what you might regret
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Shannon’s biggest regret: Not taking travel opportunities
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Balancing caring for others with caring for yourself
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How considering regret can help you live in a more positive way
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Avoiding regret in the future
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Cutting yourself slack when you feel regret: You were doubtless making the best decision you could make at the time.
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Shannon’s assessment of Walla Walla’s famous (on this podcast) potstickers
Comment from Janine: After 22 days in the hospital with severe pneumonia, my brother, Scott, was released to a nursing home in Walla Walla where he’s rehabbing before going back to his home.
I am so glad your brother is better, Janine!