I have an event in my mind that I consider to be the Best Mistake I have ever made. Not as in, the least detrimental mistake... but as in, a really big mistake that I would never change given the opportunity. I don't regret it; I would do it again in a heartbeat.

The dichotomy of the situation seems funny to me. I know it was a mistake and yet I would never take it back for the world.

Have you had something similar and how to you reason yourself through it?


T

Well... if something like that happens, I go to sleep, and wake up the next day.

..., a really big mistake that I would never change given the opportunity. I don't regret it; I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I don't see how you can call it a "mistake" if, in hindsighy, it wasn't a mistake. And if it really was a "mistake", then how can you not regret it or wish to change it? You're just playing with the word "mistake".

All you're doing is viewing past decisions or acts ...IN HINDSIGHT. Armchair quarterbacks never make the "mistakes" that always cost the team. See? That's all you're doing ...playing armchair quarterback with things that happened in your life.

And worse, you're projecting an imagined future as if you know what would have happened IF you had NOT made the mistake. I.e., IF I'd done 'y', then I'd be a millionaire ....which you can't possibly know!

Baron Max

"Never regret, It adds a second act of stupidity to the first"

-you know who.

There are some things I would rather be proved wrong, rather than assume differently. But a mistake is a mistake only if it IS a mistake. Saying anything else is only relativistic.

I have done some things that were very stupid and resulted poorly.
I have done some things that have caused me to suffer and feel pain.
I have done some things that have cause others suffering (sometimes great suffering).

I do not, however, regret an instant of my life or any decision I have made, regardless of the outcome.

Have you had something similar and how to you reason yourself through it?

You are asking people to share their "best mistakes" but you aren't going to share yours?