Mistakes

I recently heard this quote on a television show and it got me thinking:

"There are certain things in life where you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake because the only way to know that it really is a mistake is to make that mistake and go, "Yup, that was a mistake". So really, the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake because then you'll go about your whole life not knowing whether it was a mistake or not."

I really hate when lines from a tv show strike home. However, this quote sums up many aspects of my life. A few of the more trivial events in my life that I knew might be potential mistakes (and the ones I'm willing to divulge):

• Was it a mistake last week to have 2 cookies for breakfast, a cupcake for lunch and Jeni's ice cream for a mid-afternoon snack? Absolutely. But now I know my sugar tolerance in a 6 hour span.
• Was it a mistake to go Europe twice in one summer even if it meant not divulging the trip to my coworkers and calling in sick from Dublin (great story)? Heck no, although it remains one of my proudest yet shameful moments.
• Is it a mistake to plan another international trip when I just paid off the previous trip to Spain and the student loan bills just started coming? I hope not.
• Is it a mistake to stay up past 10:30 the nights before I go to work? Yes, and yet I continue to make this mistake.

Do I learn from these mistakes? Yes, for the most part. Do I regret some of these mistakes? Of course. But I think I'd rather regret the mistake than regret not even making a potential mistake.