what's important to you?
what would you miss if it weren't there tomorrow?
what would you wish you'd done with the time you have if you suddenly didn't have it anymore?

i endeavour to live my life with "reverse regret":

Step 1:
look at this moment and anticipate what regret you might derive from it in the future.

Step 2:
realise you've just, in a sense, traveled back in time and currently have the opportunity to reverse that as-of-yet unformed regret.

Step 3:
make sure you don't cause that regret.

Step 4:
proceed in freedom...

i don't always succeed in doing this. sometimes, i create real, irreversible regret. but i'm going to try to make it work more often. because right now i'm living in 2011 with regrets from 2010. i can travel back to jan 2nd, 2010 and fix them.

i will really try to get the year right 'this time'...