Regrets

Everyone has a regret in their lives. I have one thing that I regret deeply that happened not too long ago. My regret does follow in the "not pattern." As much as I like it here, and getting great help and developing great college skills from the ASD program, I wish I could start hanging out with people outside the program earlier in this year. I am making new friends here at college, but I wanted to hang out with them to do fun things. I always felt isolated when I would see a group of people walk back to the dorms, and I would have to walk back to the pods all by myself, and lonely. I even considered visiting my old high school friends at their colleges because I was so hurt not living in the dorms like everybody else. I regret it because I did not want to feel like a tag-along, or bother other people. I did turn my regret around once I came back from Christmas break. I thought to myself "I will not be isolated anymore." I made it a goal, and talked to my mentors, and other people including my family on how I felt isolated in the pods. I started to ask people I knew from my classes if I could hang out with them, and all have told me "yes." I also had to get their numbers too so they can let me know if they are doing something fun. I will continue to fight off the isolation I felt this year. Regrets relate to our theme of community by a group of people helping out someone or even others make a better choice in the future. They can also help someone understand what they did wrong so that same action cannot be done again like before. People can work together to understand one's regrets so the community can be a much better place in the world.