What is a regret? What makes you regret something?

Is it worse to have not done something? Or is it worse to have done something?

Quite often, we go through our lives making decisions on what feels right at the moment. We say certain things because it sounds like the right thing to say. We take paths–usually the well-traveled ones–because it has worked in the past.

But when is it right to do something against our current judgment?

We always will make the effort to do things we enjoy. Yet when is it the time to stop doing it, because it will hurt us so much later? The idea of carpe diem is not to think about the consequences. Don\’t let our thoughts of the past and the future influence what we do at the moment. Just do what seems right. But when should we stop?