>>903240Part of being a man is standing by your past choices, even if they were wrong. Regret won't help anyone.
If you base your frame of thinking on 'oh what might have been', you will be an unhappy person.
Not to say that thinking on what might be in the future is bad.
Lastly, it's safe to assume vast majority of people are on here by choice. Whether or not it's a good choice, well, that's up in the air.
Many still learned a lot. Useful or otherwise. You'd be surprised how many books are written by these same, jobless hacks with no credentials.