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The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying #shorts

2023-02-16 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Goals, purpose and life design · mode: Personal story · tags: Lesson from a book

Ali retells the top five regrets of the dying that palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware gathered from her patients, says he keeps them as a daily reminder at the top of his to-do list, and says he has since changed his life to avoid them, working less hard and staying more in touch with friends.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The top five regrets of the dying and how Ali acts on them

  • ★★ By 2009, Ali says, palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware had looked after dying patients in a care home for eight years; she asked them about their regrets and summarised the most common in a blog post, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ Bronnie Ware (quoted): Bronnie Ware's five regrets of the dying, as Ali gives them: wishing they had lived a life true to themselves, not worked so hard, expressed their feelings, stayed in touch with friends, and let themselves be happier. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ After reading about the five regrets a few years ago, Ali put a reminder of them at the top of his to-do list every day, because he did not want to reach the end of his life thinking any of them. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Since reading the five regrets of the dying, Ali has actively changed his life to try to avoid them, in particular by trying not to work so hard and staying more in touch with friends. — 00:00:29

In the description and comments

  • ★ Ali Abdaal (channel): In a comment under the Short, the channel says it was inspired by Bronnie Ware's blog. — creator comment

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you avoid regrets in life? — Since reading the five regrets of the dying, Ali has actively changed his life to try to avoid them, in particular by trying not to work so hard and staying more in touch with friends. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Central: Bronnie Ware · The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Also: Palliative care

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