[sxg]

Lots of comments here disagreeing with the article and missing the point...sure, the seven-year rule can be taken to a ridiculous extreme, but I think many people suffer from dwelling too much on past mistakes and overcorrecting them. Seven years seems like a roughly reasonable period of time to learn from a serious mistake and then move on with life as an improved person.

The spirit of the article is saying that you should ultimately forgive yourself for making a mistake after a period of time (not always literally seven years).

[ludicrousdispla]

>> Lots of comments here disagreeing with the article

That might be true in twenty-four hours, but only three comments were posted on this thread before yours.

[aspenmayer]

Thanks for saying something. I’ve noticed other folks on other threads making similar comments to argue against opposition that doesn’t even exist apropos of nothing and it feels like a self-fulfilling straw man building prophecy that they’re willing into existence.

[frozencooler]

Perhaps it be better to consider 3.5 years as a half-life instead.

Every 42 months, half your life has or could be upturned.

That’s how long it takes to find yourself in new job, or for a new child to become a fully talking toddler with a personality, or a long-term relationship to solidify, or a national government to turn over, or a pandemic to initialize and then resolve. That all tracks.