"Her patients’ number one regret **was wishing they’d had the courage to live a life true to themselves—as opposed to the life that others expected of them**. It’s a regret about not pursuing your dreams, and therefore having those dreams go unfulfilled. If you ignore what you truly value in life and instead pursue a path that the rest of your surrounding everyday culture foists upon you, you risk having real regret at the end of your days." ([Location 1748](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07T5LSF1J&location=1748)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[regret]], [[momento-mori]] , [[essentialism]] , [[personal-values]] , [[mindfulness]] **Source** -- [[202408061202 - B - Die With Zero]]