BETTER BE ALONE THAN IN BAD CIRCLES-THINKING OLD PERSONS

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Kishor Kumar Seth

11th April 2022

What are the Biggest Regrets of Old People?

6 Things That Can Destroy Your Life -False Ego

Positive and good habits help you to groom your personality and make you a gentleman. Just like these, some negative and bad addictions also exist that if added to your life, destroy your life completely. More than half of the elderly population will spend at least some time living alone. This can be especially difficult for older people who have spent their whole lives with other people, and have friends and family members they care about. As older people spend more time on their own, they have more opportunities to think about their lives and their regrets.

Even if you’ve spent most of your life with the people you care about, there are bound to be times when you wish you’d made different choices. Old people are more likely to have time to think about their lives and their regrets. This is because old people are more likely to have regrets about their past.

Once we get to a certain age, many people begin to look back and ask What if? We’ll explore the top regrets of old people and what you can learn from them.

What are the biggest regrets of old people?

The danger is that these habits enter your life silently without letting you know and you come to know when they had damaged you completely. Following are–

1– Bad Circle– A bad circle is a very dangerous thing also that destroys your personal and social life totally. The circle of negative people is called a bad circle. These negative people have a problem that they have no aim in life and live an aimless and useless life. Their habit is to criticize people and find negative points in people. Negative people force you to waste time. Over time, you also start thinking like them and start wasting your time. You start thinking like a loser.

2-Your False Ego- Ego is a positive thing that is an essential part of your personality until it is limited. To the extent of self-respect, ego is very good and compulsory in fact. Ego is good if motivates you to say “No” and helps you to avoid negative people. If someone hurts your self-respect and disrespects you, you have to remove that person from your life.

3-Negativity—Negativity and overthinking are two diseases that can destroy your life in no time. When you take negative compliments seriously, this affects your mental health very badly.

4-Always Listening to others—Listening to everyone is just like a termite that eats you inside. Listening to nobody and listening to everybody, in both situations are dangerous to life. Because a person who doesn’t listen to anyone is just like a fool. Similarly, a person who listens to everyone and tries to act upon everyone’s suggestion is also a fool.

5-Being materialistic—Materialism is one of the highly spreading shortcomings. With the advancement of technology, people are becoming more materialistic. People give priority to things and luxuries over their relations and social life

6-Bad Addictions—Habits and addiction are very close to each other because there is a very small and blurry boundary line between them. Both cause your brain to release dopamine and make you happy. Habit is a routine that you do in your free time and feel happy in doing that.

BIGGEST REGRETS OF OLD PEOPLE

SOME MOST COMMON MORE REGRETS-OLD PEOPLE

1– First on the list: Letting your family down

2– Not appreciate your time

3– Not learning new things

4- Not finding love sooner

People often wonder what life is like for the elderly. Unfortunately, it can also be a time of regret for many older people.

More than half of the elderly population will spend at least some time living alone. This can be especially difficult for older people who have spent their whole lives with other people, and have friends and family members they care about. As older people spend more time on their own, they have more opportunities to think about their lives and their regrets.

Final Words: Living in the Present– Many old people have come to understand the importance of living in the present. They can’t change the past, but they can choose to focus on the things they have now.

How to Avoid Regrets when Caregiving

If you’re caring for an elderly family member, you’re likely going to have many opportunities to think about your life and your regrets. To avoid having these regrets, be sure to keep the following in mind:–

– Make sure you take time for yourself – Don’t forget to give yourself some space. If your family member is in the hospital, make sure to come by and visit them whenever you have the chance. This doesn’t just give you something to do, it also allows you to spend time with your loved one.
– Ask for help when you need it – Many people are reluctant to ask for help because they think they’re supposed to be able to do everything perfectly. But, as we all know, humans aren’t perfect. And even the most capable people will sometimes need help doing things.

BETTER BE ALONE

Conclusion

Regrets are a normal part of growing older, and if you’re an old person, you may have even more opportunities to regret your past choices. Thankfully, if you’re an old person, you also have fewer opportunities to regret the choices you’ve made so far.

Instead, you have the chance to focus on the things you have now. These include the time you have left with your family and your friends and the things you can do to make the time you have left as good as possible.

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