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We’re constantly bombarded by messages that we should seize the day, live life to the fullest, and that we can do and be absolutely anything that we want. It’s either empowering or emotionally exhausting depending on your point of view. One of the problems that lie at the core of this ‘go-gettism’ philosophy is that there often isn’t much guidance behind the energetic urging to not waste a single moment more and embrace an adrenaline-filled, happy-go-lucky lifestyle.

That means that it’s up to every single person to try and figure out what they really want to do, whether it’s professionally or during their spare time. And that can lead to some very naive mistakes. Maybe you realized that bungee jumping really isn’t for you. Perhaps you learned the hard way that camping isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be if you don’t have a tiny Aragorn living inside your heart. Or maybe you got burned after trusting your colleagues too much.

Reddit users opened up about their worst experiences and mistakes in a brutally honest thread full of worldly wisdom. Scroll down for the anti-bucket list of things that people will never ever do again.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Work in a covid unit. It was worth it in the beginning when I felt like I was trying to rescue victims of an unknown enemy while risking my life to buy precious time for a game-changing miracle. However, parts of me have died over the last two years. The patients that come into my ER now days have turned up their noses at a vaccine that many have died in my presence waiting for. The ones dying of covid are shouting at me, hitting me, threatening me, and trying to pull the PPE off of my face because they don't think that covid is real. I've had to drive past protesters on my way home from a shift where I had to take an eight year old off of life support because her unvaccinated parents gave the virus to her. I don't even feel sad anymore when a patient passes because now I have a ventilator open for at least one of the next three patients circling the drain.

I'm tired of getting yelled at by antivaxers and their families. I'm tired of risking my life for people who won't do the bare minimum, like taking a jab, to live.

I've spent my life trying to help people, but no one is worth it anymore. You win. I'm done. I regret it all. Everything I ever stood for is dead. The only thing that matters to me is my dog. She will never understand why I never came home, but she has widespread cancer, so that won't be long either.

BatEvening9898 , Jonathan Borba Report

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Facebook. Deleted the account, never going back. I don’t miss it at all.

UsingACarrotAsAStick , Solen Feyissa Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FB was okay during the first few years... but lately it is a toxic cesspool.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Vote Republican. I was a lifelong R until they picked Trump. My eyes were opened to what they were and I'll never donate another cent or vote R for any position ever again. I love when I get the calls from them, begging for money. I get to explain why the money they used to get is now going to their opponents.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've decided as long as there are starving children and pets in this world, no political party is getting a cent of my money.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I understand the sentiment. With that said, a politician who is doing the right thing is potentially in a position to help starving children + pets to a tremendous degree. While it's hard to know the effectiveness of any donation, I think at the very least, a can can be made that if a donation helps put a good person in a position to help, a political donation can be very effective.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. As a moderate, I didn't leave the Republican party, it left me when it lurched far to the right.

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Sapna Sarfare
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, good for you. It takes guts to open your eyes and go against what you believed in earlier... not many can do this

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Patti Vance
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my dad and i are very close...except politically. when trump was elected we agreed that if we discussed politics we would be respectful as well as dropping a conversation if either of us got too hot because family was worth more than a political figure. it has been hard to see how he has lost respect for his party because of their actions/trump. he is still a registered R but has told me that he will now vote for whomever is the better candidate and no longer a straight ticket. honestly, it was shocking to discover that prior to this he has always voted a straight ticket.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awakened!! I Celebrate! I recently told someone who is from Russia you should not be ashamed of being Russian because you are Not putin (whom I only referred to as "p word") as I should not be ashamed of being an American because of the "t word"

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did the Kremlin smell like eggs? Because the president was Putin.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was registered as (I) since I can register to vote. I have voted for (D) and (R) alike based on issues but when they picked tDump I had to register as (D). I swore I will never ever in my life vote for an (R), no matter what happens.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a question here: Do americans HAVE to register to a certain party/as independent? Or why do so many/(all?) do it?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If Dum Dum Bush didn't open your eyes, I'm surprised the cheeto did, but glad you finally came out of the fog.

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Yeah, because the s**t show we’re experiencing since Biden has been “President” is so great. Geez.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am disappointed with Republican and democratic. They both have changed drastically and have constantly had bad candidates. I vote now closer to what I believe , even though it is less likely they will win because they are not associated with a particular large party.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. In 2020, my parents said it's best to vote "blue no matter who". My in-laws voted red because they still thought Trump was awesome. I absolutely didn't want my vote going to Trump, but I don't like Biden much either. They're both creepy old men and I'm angry that I've never seen a good person in office. So I voted for Hawkins. My partner, who hated Biden from the start and lost faith in the Republicans, voted for Jorgensen. It feels good to follow one's own beliefs.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you! I get soo frustrated trying to get my pub friends to see the light, but geeeez??? They ALL insist on heeding their all knowing, all TRUTHFUL jehova---TUCKER f*****g carlson😝👿😱 Who, of course-- leads back to the ever lying, cheating, thieving despicable excuse for a human-- donald drumpf😄

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2016 was the first time I voted a straight Democratic ticket - purely in protest of Trump. I've continued to do so - not only because of Trump, but also because of his acolytes. I was raised as a red Republican and am horrified by the descent of the GOP into the abyss.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I voted for neither parties. Both groups are full of old men long past their expiration date.

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Steve Fischer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Use your money to feed starving families. Corporations and billionaires have already paid for the politicians

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Nick Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, lemme tell you, the BIG 2 parties have more than they know what to do with already. The amount of money spent on campaigning makes me sick

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do all of these rich politicians need our money? Finance your own careers like the rest of us in the real world have to!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America is literally the laughing stock of politics. The punchline to everything political affair. This country is a joke. When someone refers to this country it's not the American dream they referance (not that there ever was, surprise!!!!). Or the land of opportunity (for the rich and white only). Or the land of free and the home of the brave (cowards destroyed Afghanistan and left weapons obtained by the Taliban, without executing the agenda, what agenda? Exactly), amber waves of grain (everything is imported). No they refer to America as the country who voted an orange cheeto into office wearing the defective blonde toupe. This follows with a knee slapping belly aching laugh. That's what America is known as. We will never live down this stupidity. Ever.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t understand why anyone gives money to politicians. They already have enough money

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never understood this either. But the candidates probably know their losers and rather not spend their money. Whether left or right whoever is dumb enough to fund a politicians campaign must like throwing money away. Since when have you seen that money put in good causes?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Split ticket voter here. I've been boycotting the R entirely since Trump, too. Lately the Republican Party has been doing its absolute best to make my life hell, so thanks for backing their opponents and not just throwing your hands in the air. Really. Thanks.

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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bc it’s definitely the Republicans causing the high inflation rates, getting the US involved in wars, causing people to lose jobs by having a minimum wage above their skill level..:

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same for me but it was Bush that drove me from the party. I had never paid much attention before that but some of the things they dis made me do an in depth dive into how the Republican party was run and how they (the politicians voted) they say one thing when in front of a camera but vote differently. In recent times they have become much more blatant about it. Up until Regan they were a decent party but after that they slowly became replaced by corporate shills. I would like to see a new republican party that honestly cared about people and the value they used to represent.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, I was independent but the lobotomization of the Right by tRump (and others over decade or two) made me a staunch Dem

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can u think democrats have helped anybody. Notice how dem run cities are the poorest in the nation, highest crimes and murders too. At least under trump we had higher wages and 50 year lows in unemployment rates for minorities and women

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think they pick up him, more likely he picked up them to use as a ladder. Remember, he was running in Democratic primary elections before switching parties.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Believe it or not, he's ahead in a recent poll for '24. There are members of my family who have already moved on from the US.

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Emily
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi, me too! I’m so jaded. The whole thing is corrupt.

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Heather Atwood
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not just one party or another-most politicians are corrupt despite their affiliations.

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Amy Fisher
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only once in my life did I knowingly vote for a Republican, and that was because his Democratic opponent died suddenly a week and a half before Election Day, and I didn’t want to vote for a dead guy. Of course I regret it now. The Republican is now serving time in prison for corruption. Never again.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife was raised conservative (as was I, alas), and used to be a "lifetime member" of the NRA. As soon as they went off the rails, she told the NRA she wanted to cancel her "lifetime membership." They deliberately made it difficult for her, clearly hoping she'd just give up and stop bothering them. No such luck. She persisted, and finally got them to rescind her membership. We don't vote Republican anymore, either--nobody in their right mind should, these days.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The American Republican party used to have some class. They weren't ever really for "the people" but at least they could pretend better. The modern party is a bunch of hate-filled, bigoted, autocratic freaks who see everyone except the top 1% as resources to be used, abused, then discarded (that's one of the reasons they're against women having control of their own uterus - low-wage trash to exploit has to come from somewhere...).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im with Amanda Black. I personally think both sides R and D are equally lame. So pick your poison.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hillary's Benghazi travesty is why I voted R for the first time in 40 years (I was 58 at the time). I didn't even like Trump but I hated Hillary. I've since come to love Trump!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

XD Politics. One problem is that the people who would actually make the best presidents will never run. Another problem is that the political parties are too huge to manage, and other parties have a zero chance to win. I could go on and on

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is just ignorant. There are bad politicians on both sides of the aisle and both sides beg for money. Vote for the candidate you think will do the best job not for the one with the proper initial after their name.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why I'm an Independent. Screw Republicans. Screw Democrats. Screw them all. George Washington said that political parties weren't a good idea and it would divide us, and centuries later - millennia - he was right.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never voted R ever, except when a Lyndon Laroche candidate won the local Democratic primary. (Laroche was a fringe cult like candidate whose followers probably found a home on QAnon). Not saying the Dems have such a stellar history, but even the crooks seemed to care about people more than most modern Republicans, imo.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Invest in a solution, not a politician. Both sides are corrupt but look at the current 'leadership' and adjust your expectations for a better solution in the next election.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They r all crooks. Every policitican, to varying degrees, and every party. Even if u have a good candidate, they will never b able to please everyone, which is what they all try and do

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for saying this. Makes you lose hope in humanity, but it's true. If people don't know this now they're in denial. Head uo their as* Funny how 3 governmental branches control a country that makes up of more people than all government officials combined that are in charge of those branches. And we are just letting it happen. It's understood every country is like this with their own issues.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sp you finally realized that being told you can only vote A or B is wrong? Nope. You decided to flip the script and go for the party who purposely keeps minorities down so they can use them as quick, cheap votes.

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Vote Democrat. They're just as bad if not worse.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I voted for Ralph Nader 3 times. Unfortunately, he didn’t win. And no other party will ever win because people are too stupid and think there are only 2 candidates.

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I became a Libertarian after the Republican party jumped the shark and chose Trump.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most "libertarians" aren't much better. That's why I stay Independent. There's not a single party platform that adheres to all of my values.

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I am sure you and the country are much better off after last 3 years..said no one ever

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That's funny bc i voted mostly democratic til Trump 🤣 was exited for a non politician, not for him by personality

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ah yes it's a great idea to have someone with no political experience fill a VERY political position. one of the best

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Trump fought the government, created jobs, and fought for freedom... best president in recent years.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh Stephen, I am trying hard to not laugh at your sheer ignorance. So you're telling us that you support anti-science rhetoric, nationalism, homophobia, misogyny, hatred against immigrants and anyone different from you? Trump stood for hate. He led an insurrection against our nation's capital. He could give a s**t about freedom and creating jobs. PS- Jake from State Farm, go inject some bleach into your veins and tell me how that went.

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The anti-bucket list is the complete opposite of the bucket list, a list of all the things that a person hopes to do in life.

They say that the best teacher is cold, hard experience. And there’s no denying that trying out a whole bunch of different activities can quickly help you filter out what you actually enjoy doing and what sounds great on paper but is horrible in real life.

However, things aren’t so easy when you deal with underlying assumptions like trusting everyone, not just leisure activities. If the fundamental ideas that make up your life get shaken, you can be in for a rude awakening. And with a lot to think about while you’re sitting there, angry, ashamed, embarrassed.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Buy clothes that don’t fit well in hopes that “someday” I’ll lose weight and be comfortable in them. Just size up, damn it, and be comfortable now!

cheytown88 , Julio Lopez Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a stack of clothes that I'd bought too small, but by the time I finally lost the weight, they were completely out of style xD

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Settling for a relationship knowing you are not really happy.
Never. Again.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"good enough" is not good enough when it comes to relationships. It's much better being single than slowly growing to resent each other.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Attempt [to end my life].
After maybe three of four days after the attempt I experienced what I think is called epiphany. Started everything all over. Loved myself, finished therapy etc. No matter what bulls**t life throws at me I will never do it again.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am still waiting for an epiphany. I am fed up of my mind, and I do not know how to change it for the better.

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Something that we all have to remind ourselves of from time to time is that it’s all right to make mistakes. Nobody’s perfect. And, heck, you could argue that perfection is overrated. What really matters is learning to embrace the mistakes that we make and learning the lessons that are there to be learned, without regret.

Vanessa Bohns, an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University, explained to us earlier about embracing mistakes, dealing with our embarrassment, and why hiding our mistakes isn’t healthy for us.

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"We spend a lot of time and effort presenting an ideal version of ourselves to other people. When something happens that contrasts with the image we’ve been projecting—when we say or do something that shows we actually aren’t as graceful or as smart as we’d like people to believe—we feel embarrassed," Vanessa told Bored Panda during an earlier interview that many of us want to seem perfect.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Now I always pee before cutting jalapeno peppers. The other way around, never again.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Assume that every co worker is a friend.
I truly believed most of my colleagues were friends in a place I used too work, to the point I’d go above and beyond to help them. Even if it was rarely if ever reciprocated. Yet whenever I needed help they were nowhere to be found or were ‘busy’. If I got in trouble they were quick to throw me under the bus without hesitation and would lie to my face about doing so.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought some of my co workers were friends and even invited them to my engagement party. They did RSVP yet none of them showed up.

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"Discovering you were wrong about something most everyone else around you has long known to be true is one of those moments. In that moment we learn, 'Wait a minute, maybe I haven’t been presenting the image of being smart or worldly that I thought I was presenting all this time,' which is embarrassing,” she explained how embarrassment works.

“One thing that’s interesting about embarrassment is that, for as much as we might experience it as painful in the moment, it’s actually very socially adaptive. Being embarrassed signals to other people that you care about what they think. And that actually draws people in to you,” the expert pointed out that when we admit to our mistakes openly, we become better liked.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again I refuse to ever do retail again, people are literally such a**holes and don’t realize your trying to help them and still get their job done.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But…. Everyone should work in retail or food services for a while. To appreciate the crap work and how vital it is. And to appreciate where you’ve been and where you’re going.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Smoke. Did it for 14 years. I feel so much better having quit. Been about 10 years since and the amount of money saved and the smell and the cough.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to smoke. Not chain smoke but smoke I did. I quit many years ago and will NEVER be a smoker again. The lungs are better, smell, taste and health. Jeeees, there is not a single positive thing to say about smoking.

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Having sex without wanting to. I was in a relationship with someone who'd frequently pressure me into having sex, and I'm definitely never ever doing that again.

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“So blushing, burying your head in your hands, laughing, acknowledging how embarrassing something was, are all totally healthy ways to react.”

On the flip side, when we try to hide our mistakes and embarrassment, we’re shooting ourselves in the foot, socially speaking. In other words, it’s not only cathartic, it’s also socially useful for us to admit to the times we utterly embarrassed ourselves or messed up beyond all belief.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Work as a bartender.

I know, I know, the money is good. But getting home at 4am or later, the booze and drug scene, surviving on Red Bull and pedialyte, and getting grabassed by strangers while trying to pay my bills is not the life for me.

787 days sober and I’ll never look back. Got my degree and working as a design specialist/content developer for a museum now and I LOVE MY JOB. Also started my own small business and it’s going really well so far. I have an art show coming up soon and I’m really excited for it.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Stay at a job I’m unhappy at.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been gruelling at a job that hasn't fit my values and personality for a decade. I have an interview at a place I've always wanted to work at this week. Hope I get it.

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Trying to be liked by everybody by always being nice and never saying no. Never again.

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“The unhealthy way to react is to pretend you’re not embarrassed, that you didn’t make a mistake, or to get angry. Those things undo the positive effect of embarrassment typically has on other people by conveying insincerity and pushing people away rather than drawing them in,” Vanessa said.

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Sharing too much.

I used to tell people my life goals and plans, and upload everything on social media as well: what I was doing, who I was dating or in a relationship with, where I was... all that.

Now I realise there is so much more peace and happiness in living a low-key life. I high-key enjoy that s**t.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Grunt. I lost a job because I had too much stuff on social media. During covid, somebody with nothing better to do traced me back to the company and complained about it.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Camping. Never again will I leave my perfectly comfortable house for a weekend to sleep on the ground and share a disgusting bathroom with 150 strangers.

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#18

Loan a friend money with the expectation of getting it back. Haven’t loaned money since and if I ever do, it’s a gift.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m aware that this might come across as slightly arsey, but I’ve stopped loaning anything at all. (Ie not money, but books, CDs, clothes, household items, etc.) I’ve grown tired of being the one who keeps pushing to get my stuff back, and then, when I do finally get it back, it’s usually in a pretty bad condition.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Being obese.

I didn’t realize how much it negatively affected everything in my life until I lost 80 pounds. Then I was like “oh THIS is how I’m supposed to feel.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've lost 30kg, but honestly I don't feel any different. Everyone keeps telling me I must feel so much better, but I don't - I feel exactly the same. Except a bit cheated - where is all this energy I was promised?

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#20

Go to Disneyland or Disney World.
Paid waaaaay too much money to stand in waaaay too many lines, fighting crowds of waaaay too many people.
Disney parks are not a fun way to spend a day.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i went to hershey park a few years ago with my family. i havent been to disneyland/world, but they have a lot of the same things, less long lines, and CHOCOLATE

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#21

30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Keep putting everyone else’s needs over my own.

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#22

Forgive a cheater.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it happened once, it can happen again. Also, it happened for a reason, maybe they wouldn't admit it or you wouldn't believe it but something was the precursor.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Bungee jump.. as soon as my feet left the edge all I could think was "well that was stupid"...

It was exciting and probably safe enough.. but it was enough for me to know I will never willingly do that again.

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#24

30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Childbirth and the postpartum period. Love my daughter to death. One and done.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. I had my daughter and went through so much anxiety and was told it wasn't real that I did not have another child even though I wanted one. I just couldn't imagine going through that again. Now people talk about it more so I would be able to get help but 19 yrs ago doctors got frustrated if you complained about anything to do w mental health after pregnancy. Plus I was afraid they'd take her from me if they knew how axioms I was. To the point I held her for a year straight. I couldn't put her down I was so scared. I would sleep for a few hours a night as long as my husband held her while I slept.

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#25

Allow my mood to get tethered to someone else's.

With my ex, I was only ever happy when she was happy and if she woke up in a bad mood, my day was ruined. I need to live my own life without clinging onto someone else's.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, emotional vampires. My mom is like this. I'm not allowed my own feelings. Every emotion she dictates. Now I don't know if I'm a strong empath or just can't deflect others emotions.

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Working in academia - left two years ago and never looking back. F**k that noise.
Soon as the business folk became in charge of the institution instead of the professors, it was all over. Changing the model from " how can we best teach and research knowledge" to "how can we make more money to expand" destroyed the core philosophy.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is already coming back to bite us in the collective behind. Never before have I encountered so many bachelor degrees with high hopes, high work ethos and just very little knowledge of anything other than their very insular topics.

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#27

Have a relationship with someone with children, thus finding myself in the stepfamily situation with never fully feeling accepted, the ex being omnipresent, and always being the one to adjust because… those poor children. And it’s true: they cannot help their situation. But I aint doing it ever again.

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#28

Pulling an all nighter. Age is catching up on me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Attempted to pull a late night this weekend for the sake of having a social life and ended up going home early the next day to take a nap. I think I'm officially old now.

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30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Birthing without an epidural. I had laughing gas instead. Made me high as a kite. I screamed in pain while I was dissociating into space.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pregnant woman in the Netherlands here. There is now ay in hell I wouldn't want to choose giving birth without the epidural... Why to choose suffering? Hell nah, if I can, I will chose the less painful option to havea beautiful birth experience, hell with "it not natural" who cares? Also wearing shoes is not natural 😂 but hey... My respects to all women who choose to feel what our ancestors did before we had a painless option... Not for me!

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#30

30 People Share Their "Anti-Bucket" List Of Things They Would Never Do Again Go to a strip club. I've never felt so awkward in my entire life.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went once in my early 20s. Got a lap dance. Felt like a third wheel the whole time, like she was TRYING to give my wallet a lapdance and I was in the way.

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