[columbo]

> Is it so bad to live and die with some regrets?

It's a good question. Too much paper has been spent on rehearsing the same story of "Do things now because when you are old you'll be old and it wont be as fun and you'll regret it because you'll be old". That is, in some parts, absolutely true but I feel it would be better distilled down to the basic motto of 'Do more'.

Even with that you'll still have regrets. My mom had a serious stroke early into retirement and all of her cross-country planning went away with it. Even though she's done this type of trip before she still regrets not being able to do it again. Regret is part of life, we will always feel like there was one last thing to do, we don't die with all of our dishes washed.