Regret is the price of playing it safe. Personal perspective: We wait too long to live with purpose.

Regret is the price of playing it safe. Personal perspective: We wait too long to live with purpose.
Psychology Today; by Jordan Grumet; 6/26/25
Key points:

• Many regret not doing what lit them up when they had the chance.
• Money helps, but purpose needs creativity more than cash.
• Lack of time is often a perception, not a fact.
• Purposeful living takes more courage than time, money, or energy.

As a hospice doctor, I often have the privilege of being at the bedside of dying patients. Over the years, I’ve had countless conversations about lives well lived, and more often, about regrets. Many of my patients express a strikingly similar sentiment: I really regret that I never had the energy, money, or time to...
Books by Jordan Grumet, MD, include Taking Stock: A hospice doctor's advice on financial independence, building wealth, and living a regret-free life and The Purpose Code: How to unlock meaning, maximize happiness, and leave a lasting legacy.