rajagainstthemachine wrote:I was sitting in the bus pondering over this situation, very often in our lifetime we encounter certain crossroads and we choose one over the other and sometimes it leads to life altering situations, if you had a chance to go back and change some decisions, would you ?
In my case at the age of eighteen I had to choose between being an engineer or a doctor, I chose the former although I was really good in life sciences,
In hindsight I actually regret making that decision and if i had a second chance I would change my original decision.
I have had other situations as well, like choosing company A over company B , Partner A over Partner B , House A vs House B, country A vs Country B etc etc etc.
decisions decisions decisions! why is this always so hard?
Nice comment! and I fully subscribe to your theory!Sporkin wrote:Its always hindsight 20/20. Now that you have lived through the decisions you've made, you could always think about what alternatives you should have chosen.
But sometimes i can't help but think you can't run away from who you are. Given the same choices and the same circumstances at that point in time, it is very likely you will make the same choice.
Extrapolating this, if you believe in a truly deterministic universe, there may not be a place for free will at all. Its all an illusion.
rajagainstthemachine wrote:I was sitting in the bus pondering over this situation, very often in our lifetime we encounter certain crossroads and we choose one over the other and sometimes it leads to life altering situations, if you had a chance to go back and change some decisions, would you ?
In my case at the age of eighteen I had to choose between being an engineer or a doctor, I chose the former although I was really good in life sciences,
In hindsight I actually regret making that decision and if i had a second chance I would change my original decision.
I have had other situations as well, like choosing company A over company B , Partner A over Partner B , House A vs House B, country A vs Country B etc etc etc.
decisions decisions decisions! why is this always so hard?
I'm always amazed as are my classmates from high school when we had our 45th reunion 4 years ago, at the chain of events that led me to where I am today, half way around the world for the past 30 years. And it's all from a series of seemingly unrelated events/situations without which, today, in all probability, wouldn't exist as it currently does.x9200 wrote:I am more fascinated in how people end up in a specific situation (important one) by a chain of seemingly unimportant events. A flagship example is analyzing the chain of events leading to ones marriage.
Or, how many times one survived (in a literal sense) choosing to watch tv for 5 min longer - you would leave 5 min earlier and a car killed you on the street. This kind of situation (various severity) must happen at least a few times in the life time.
I had the same story such as you. Either an engineer or a doctor. And just like you, I had chosen the former.rajagainstthemachine wrote:if you had a chance to go back and change some decisions, would you ?
me three..... engineer vs doctor, chose engineer. Mainly at the time due to a fear about handling blood and other gory bits, which seems not such a great rationale looking back on it to make such an important career choice !Akimbo wrote:I had the same story such as you. Either an engineer or a doctor. And just like you, I had chosen the former.rajagainstthemachine wrote:if you had a chance to go back and change some decisions, would you ?
My reasoning at that point was because I was too afraid to handle someone's life. Afraid of that my mind would destroy myself (We are our own worst critic)
But not too long after my 3rd year in uni, and House had gone to its 5th season, while Scrubs had just ended, I realized that in the end it was worth the fear. And not too long after I started my job here in Singapore in production, did I realize that I should've gone to the medical industry instead.
Well, that's my road that wasn't taken anyway.
Nevertheless I have taken this current road, and I'm happy with where I am now. Who knows? Maybe I will crossover to that other destination someday...
QRM wrote:Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. (Cherokee Indian Proverb)
Wd40 wrote:Nice comment! and I fully subscribe to your theory!Sporkin wrote:Its always hindsight 20/20. Now that you have lived through the decisions you've made, you could always think about what alternatives you should have chosen.
But sometimes i can't help but think you can't run away from who you are. Given the same choices and the same circumstances at that point in time, it is very likely you will make the same choice.
Extrapolating this, if you believe in a truly deterministic universe, there may not be a place for free will at all. Its all an illusion.
rajagainstthemachine wrote:I was sitting in the bus pondering over this situation, very often in our lifetime we encounter certain crossroads and we choose one over the other and sometimes it leads to life altering situations, if you had a chance to go back and change some decisions, would you ?
In my case at the age of eighteen I had to choose between being an engineer or a doctor, I chose the former although I was really good in life sciences,
In hindsight I actually regret making that decision and if i had a second chance I would change my original decision.
I have had other situations as well, like choosing company A over company B , Partner A over Partner B , House A vs House B, country A vs Country B etc etc etc.
decisions decisions decisions! why is this always so hard?
In my case I don't have any regrets being an engineer but at some points in my engineering career it came to dealing with fixing people and their problems rather than fixing systems with problems.x9200 wrote:Four. I didn't say this but I am an engineer too. Am I the only one who does't regret?
I guess you don't fix the people with a scalpel and a psychologist is a bit different then a doctor, or you actually meant the first one?rajagainstthemachine wrote:In my case I don't have any regrets being an engineer but at some points in my engineering career it came to dealing with fixing people and their problems rather than fixing systems with problems.x9200 wrote:Four. I didn't say this but I am an engineer too. Am I the only one who does't regret?
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