How to talk about regrets Rehrets is a bad and disappointing feeling and ask yourself why I did that !!! For example : I wish I hadn't spent so much money this month . If you search 5 most common regerts of people before dying : " I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." "I wish I hadn't worked so hard." "I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings." "I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends." "I wish that I had let myself be happier."