Past Regrets and Future Goals

Childhood

100

You regret never learning to play an instrument

I wish I had learned how to play an instrument

200

You were a fat child

I should have exercised more when I was younger.

300

You had no friends as a child

I ought to have tried harder to make friends when I was a child.

400

Your dog ran away

I wish I had taken better care of my dog

500

I want to adopt a child in a few years.

In a few years I will have adopted a child of my own.

Education

100

You never were very good at math

I ought to have studied harder

200

You didn't study a language at school.

I wish I had studied a foreign language at school.

300

I hope to get into university next year

By next year, I hope to have gotten into university

400

My college was too expensive

I ought to have gone somewhere less expensive

500

I have so many student loans to pay off in a few years.

After a few years I will have paid off my student loans.

Relationships

100

My first boyfriend cheated and then broke up with me.

I wish I had broken up with him instead.

200

It's been three years since my last relationship and I'm still single.

I ought to have found a boyfriend by now.

300

In the next five years I really need to settle down and get married.

Five years from now, I will have gotten married to a wonderfully rich man.

400

My friends are all getting married this year.

By next year, all of my single friends will have gotten married.

500

I missed my own wedding because I overslept!

I wish I had double-checked my alarm clock!

Health and Fitness

100

I ate McDonald's after the gym

I ought to have eaten something healthier

200

I didn't go to the gym this weekend.

I wish I had gone to the gym this weekend.

300

I'm working really hard on getting my "summer body," and I'll be ready by July I hope

By July, I will have gotten back my "summer body."

400

I plan on running at least one marathon this year

By the end of the year, I will have ran at least one marathon

500

I think I hurt myself at the gym yesterday, I exercised too hard!

I shouldn't have exercised that hard.

Success

100

I really think that I can get a good job in the next five years.

In five years, I will have gotten a good job.

200

I don't have any money in my bank account - I did too much shopping!

I shouldn't have done so much shopping.

300

I don't have a car but I am going to buy one this year

By the end of the year I will have bought a car.

400

The car I bought was too expensive and now I'm broke!

I wish I had bought a less expensive car.

500

____  ______ I hadn't spent all of my money on new clothes I wouldn't be so broke.

If only I hadn't spent all of my money on new clothes I wouldn't be so broke.