- Tags:: #📚Books , [[happiness|Happiness]] - Author:: [[bronnie-ware|Bronnie Ware]] - Liked:: 4 - Link:: [Regrets of the Dying – Bronnie Ware](https://bronnieware.com/regrets-of-the-dying/) - Source date:: [[2012-03-20]] - Finished date:: [[2024-09-01]] - ISBN:: 978-1401940652 - Cover:: ![[Pasted image 20240909113946.png|100]] ## Why did I want to read it? After my mom passed away, and even though it sound a cliché, I was confronted with the finitude of life in a very clear way, and so... [[am-i-ok-with-my-current-view-of-what-is-a-life-well-lived|Am I Ok With My Current View Of What Is A Life Well Lived]] ## What did I get out of it? ### tl;dr The book really is an expansion of an original article by the same author, a paliative care nurse: [Regrets of the Dying – Bronnie Ware](https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/). The regrets are: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. (In reality, this one is about spending too much time at work, not related to the intensity). 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. ### Highlights The premise was super interesting, but in some parts the author reads kind of like [[the-secret|The Secret]], too many wishful thinking for my taste. It's not her fault, but there are also not big revelations: most of the regrets are what you could imagine. Although, as always... ![[How to read self help#^1c6dcd]] Una reflexión sobre cómo el propósito de vivir es pasar por instantes efímeros de belleza (que me conecta con lo que hablamos en la graduación de [[instituto-tramontana|Instituto Tramontana]] sobre elevarse y con entender que lo efímero es precisamente lo que da valor ahí de [[Meditations for mortals|Meditations For Mortals]]).