[tomelgin]

Agreed. Note the source -- folks who had gone home to die and spoke with a palliative care nurse, Bronnie Ware. There are many people who die without access to in-home hospice care.* Overall they tend to be poorer and I would bet they have some other regrets not mentioned here (and I'd be interested to read up on them).

Still, it's hard to argue with this advice...

* I believe Medicare (covers most Americans over 65) provides some in-home hospice benefit, so I'm not saying this is limited to the extremely rich, but it is limited to those with a home and the wherewithal to seek hospice care.

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[zackzackzack]

I guess that is what gets me with advice. Often times it sounds just "Take only the good parts of this idea and apply it to your life!"

If you define something to be only the positive effects of something else, then by definition you cannot have any negative effects of the first something. "Live a happy life!" is that sort of statement. "Make friends!" is another.