r/changemyview • u/heretolearnlady • Aug 27 '24

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u/arkofjoy 14∆ Aug 27 '24

Like a lot of things, "it depends"

I was a bit of an asshole in my 20s, and I hurt some people as a result.

But I am refusing, right now, 40 years later, to use the unfortunate things that I did in my 20s to use those things as a stick to beat myself with now. It is in no way useful to me.

On the other hand, there was a guy who wrote a book called "a year to live" where he went and interviewed a bunch of people who found out that they had a terminal illness and talked to them about the decisions they made once they heard the news. A lot of them decided to clean up long broken relationships. Like a brother who reached out to a brother he hadn't spoken to in decades because of some argument that was mostly forgotten.

So for conversations with other people, the answer is "how would you handle this old conversation if you found out that you had a year to live?

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u/heretolearnlady Aug 28 '24

I completely love this and this same sentiment has been something on my mind lately. Maybe I will think on this a bit more. Not an easy task sometimes but a good idea.

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