My Greatest RegretsWhen I was still quite young, I was offered the chance to spend several weeks in the South of France. My Uncle was going to drive me down in his vintage MG sports car. There would be sun, sand and, crucially, French girls.
I was too scared of the French girls to go.
What do you regret not doing?
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chthonic, Thu 5 Oct 2006, 13:25)
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not many regrets in my lifea combination of low expectations and the fact that I usually get what I want, but there is one really big regret that I know I'll never put right.
All through my childhood and youth I wanted to be a Volcanologist. I was obsessed with it. Travelled to Iceland to see real volcanoes, read everything there was to read, including things I didn't understand. Unfortunately, I just wasn't good enough at science. My talents are elsewhere, and I just couldn't get the sorts of grades you need at A-level to study volcanology. So there I was, unable to do what I always wanted to do, and without a backup plan. Went to university out of a general feeling that I really ought to, studied politics, got a decent degree, but still don't have the faintest idea what I want to be in life. I'm currently a musician, a job I fell into after my degree because the gigs were there. I love the job, but it's not really a career in the long term. I've felt totally directionless since I realised I couldn't be what I wanted to be.
So there you are. Not in any way funny, but something I felt I should say.
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Milkman Dan, Tue 10 Oct 2006, 16:13,
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