Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse working in palliative care, recorded people’s regrets as they were dying and has shared the top five.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

Well. That shakes me up. How about you?