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From the Ted Talk by Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

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This is my tattoo. I can guess what some of you are thinking. So let me rsesruae you about something. Some of your own regrets are also not as ugly as you think they are. I got this tattoo because I spent most of my 20s living outside the country and traveling. And when I came and steeltd in New York afterward, I was worried that I would fogert some of the most important lessons that I learned during that time. Specifically the two things I learned about myself that I most didn't want to forget was how imtoarnpt it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass was that I felt like it encapsulated both of these ieads in one simple iagme. And I thought it might serve as a kind of permanent mnemonic dviece.

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This is my tattoo. I can guess what some of you are thinking. So let me ________ you about something. Some of your own regrets are also not as ugly as you think they are. I got this tattoo because I spent most of my 20s living outside the country and traveling. And when I came and _______ in New York afterward, I was worried that I would ______ some of the most important lessons that I learned during that time. Specifically the two things I learned about myself that I most didn't want to forget was how _________ it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass was that I felt like it encapsulated both of these _____ in one simple _____. And I thought it might serve as a kind of permanent mnemonic ______.

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  1. device
  2. settled
  3. image
  4. forget
  5. ideas
  6. reassure
  7. important

Original Text


This is my tattoo. I can guess what some of you are thinking. So let me reassure you about something. Some of your own regrets are also not as ugly as you think they are. I got this tattoo because I spent most of my 20s living outside the country and traveling. And when I came and settled in New York afterward, I was worried that I would forget some of the most important lessons that I learned during that time. Specifically the two things I learned about myself that I most didn't want to forget was how important it felt to keep exploring and, simultaneously, how important it is to somehow keep an eye on your own true north. And what I loved about this image of the compass was that I felt like it encapsulated both of these ideas in one simple image. And I thought it might serve as a kind of permanent mnemonic device.

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