Top 5 regrets people have on their deathbeds: What they can teach us about living healthy, fulfilled lives, from an internal medicine doctor

Top 5 regrets people have on their deathbeds: What they can teach us about living healthy, fulfilled lives, from an internal medicine doctor 
NBC-6 South Florida; by Alex Koller, CNBC; 9/23/24 
To live a meaningful, fulfilling life, you have to accept that it'll eventually come to an end, says Shoshana Ungerleider. Over the years of caring for ill hospital patients, Ungerleider — a doctor who specializes in internal medicine — has observed regrets among people near the end of their lives, she tells CNBC Make It. Here are five regrets she says people often express:

• I didn't spend enough time with the people I love.
• I worked too much and missed out on life.
• I let fear control my decisions and didn't take risks.
• I wish I'd been braver in the face of uncertainty or opportunity.
• I focused too much on the future and lost touch with the present.

Ungerleider's advice for getting ahead of those regrets is simple: Remind yourself that your time is limited and unpredictable, and regularly ask yourself some big, important questions. How do I want to spend my time? What matters most to me in my life?