Well, tomorrow is my birthday, 79th. I always get really really down when my birthday rolls around (way too often!), and I end up poring through all the years of my now longer life. And I do realize that each day is another day gone, but birthdays are a milestone (yearstone) when we take stock of what we've done, what we've not done, what we wish we had or hadn't done, etc. I'm in that mode now.
I've taken paths that, looking back, I shouldn't have -- or should have seen them through, even though extenuating circumstances sometimes made me end some paths. I've not taken paths that I looked at and chose not to follow. What might I have seen/done down those paths.
One path that I took I've often had a lot of regrets about. First, let me say that I've had many "lives" in my life. I was not the person who knew early on what I wanted to do and followed that path, straight and narrow, up to either today or retirement. I was never cut out for that sort of life, even if it would have most likely given me a lot of satisfaction and a lot more financial security than I have today. That path that I have regrets about (I never could follow a thought very well) is when in my late 30's I decided to go back to university and get a doctorate in neuroscience, which was still in its infancy but had already caught my eye. I already had a BA in English literature, but that was of no use to me with this new path, so I went back to school and got a BS in psychology, with a focus on experimental psychology. With that degree under my belt, I went to graduate school for a doctorate in neuroscience.
I think this is getting too long now. I'll continue it tomorrow.
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