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library(rcompanion)
library(readxl)
library(compute.es)
library(DescTools)
library(corpora)
library(pander)
library(exact2x2)
library(haven)
library(tidyverse)
library(ggplot2)
library(patchwork)
library(ggtext)
#Read the full datafile
full_data <- read_sav("Gilovich+and+Medvec+(1994)+replication+and+extension+V3-G_May+4,+2021_10.10.sav")
#Exclusion
#First exclude participants low in seriousness (under 4), English understanding (under 5), and participants who had seen the survey(s)
excl_se_eng_seen <- full_data %>%
filter(serious >= 4 & engunder >= 5 & seen == 2)
nrow(excl_se_eng_seen)
## [1] 998
#Then we exclude participants not original from US
unique(excl_se_eng_seen$origcount)
## [1] "United States"
## [2] "Nigeria"
## [3] "usa"
## [4] "USA"
## [5] "United states"
## [6] "United States of America"
## [7] "US"
## [8] "Usa"
## [9] "united states"
## [10] "America"
## [11] "us"
## [12] "U.S."
## [13] "U.S"
## [14] "The united states"
## [15] "North America"
## [16] "united States"
## [17] "U.S.A."
## [18] "Us"
## [19] " United States"
## [20] "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
## [21] "United states of America"
## [22] "Bahamas"
## [23] "U.S. Army Base Japan and lived in USA since 6 weeks old"
## [24] "UNITED STATES"
## [25] "Texas"
## [26] "United States of Anerica"
## [27] "United Sates of America"
## [28] "the United States of America"
## [29] "america"
## [30] "United States Of America"
## [31] "CA"
## [32] "united states of america"
none_us <- c("Nigeria", "Bahamas")
excl_none_us <- excl_se_eng_seen %>% filter(!(origcount %in% none_us))
nrow(excl_none_us)
## [1] 996
#Then we exclude participants who guessed the purposes of the studies correctly
unique(excl_none_us$funnel_purpose)
## [1] "How I feel from choices I have made."
## [2] "perceptions of regret from inaction vs action."
## [3] "to see how people view regrets in their life"
## [4] "I think this study was about how people look at regret in their lives."
## [5] "To look into perspectives of regret?"
## [6] "I really don't know. Obviously something to do with whether we feel action or inaction are more responsible for our feelings in life."
## [7] "The purpose of the study was about regret and responsibility."
## [8] "I think it was to see how we feel about action and inaction."
## [9] "perceptions of regret"
## [10] "Evaluating past mistakes"
## [11] "I have no idea."
## [12] "The purpose was to understand a subject's decision making and subsequent regret."
## [13] "I don't know; I'm just here to answer your questions, not analyze them."
## [14] "To see if I regret actions or inactions more."
## [15] "To determine how people evaluate regrets."
## [16] "This study wanted to see if action or inaction hurts more in the long run, and if the person feels more regret for one or the other."
## [17] "Perhaps to see whether doing something vs. not doing something engenders greater feelings of regret?"
## [18] "Perceptions of others."
## [19] "I'm not sure."
## [20] "Whether people regret more inaction or action choices"
## [21] "Determining the long-term affect of action vs. inaction choices"
## [22] "Evaluating types of regret and if inaction or action is considered more \"seriously\"?"
## [23] "To evaluate how people perceive regrets in life."
## [24] "To determine our perceptions on decisions."
## [25] "To gauge how people view regret."
## [26] "On how you view regrets"
## [27] "To see how much people regret past actions and inactions."
## [28] "To figure out if people regret action or inaction more"
## [29] "To determine whether people regret action or inaction more."
## [30] "To find out if we would regret action or inaction more"
## [31] "Regrets of action versus inaction"
## [32] "To see how regret affects people"
## [33] "How people make decisions that they wish they hadn't."
## [34] "This study compared action vs inaction with feelings of responsibility."
## [35] "to see how people view regret."
## [36] "I have no idea what the purpose of this study was."
## [37] "I think the purpose was to see the types of things that people regret that they are responsible for."
## [38] "To see which results in lifelong regret- action or inaction."
## [39] "Views on whether people regret actions they took or actions they didn't"
## [40] "how people regret things they did or did not do in liffe."
## [41] "Choices?"
## [42] "How we interpret actions and consequences"
## [43] "To see how I would decide about different choices."
## [44] "which type of regret is strongest"
## [45] "Regrets in life?"
## [46] "To see if we regret doing something or not doing something more."
## [47] "regrets"
## [48] "Life choices and how it affects us."
## [49] "Whether people regret things they did v things they didn't do"
## [50] "The purpose was to see how people internalize failures and regrets."
## [51] "The purpose was to commit to what was most important in one's life."
## [52] "decision"
## [53] "I really have no idea."
## [54] "to evaluate the responsibility others take for regretful actions or inactions"
## [55] "To see whether people have more regrets about things they did not do vs. things they did."
## [56] "to see what kind of regret people regret more"
## [57] "To see which people feel more responsible for, action or lack of action"
## [58] "Determining if people regret action or inaction more"
## [59] "How people handle their regrets in life"
## [60] "Evaluating action vs inaction."
## [61] "To see if taking action or not taking action leads to more regret."
## [62] "To see how honest people are."
## [63] "To see if people feel more responsible for the actions they have taken or for not acting at all."
## [64] "To learn what effects people more...doing something or NOT doing something."
## [65] "To study the decision making process from the perspective of action or inaction"
## [66] "I am not sure."
## [67] "I am not quite sure"
## [68] "assessing how people process regret"
## [69] "If we feel more responsible for actions or inactions"
## [70] "Evaluating active and inactive decision making, and regret."
## [71] "do we feel more control over not taking action or taking action"
## [72] "Ideas about personal regret in life.\n"
## [73] "probably to see what people's regrets are"
## [74] "To see if people regretted actions or inactions more."
## [75] "comprehending the differences between the two words inaction and action"
## [76] "To see what people regret in their life."
## [77] "I don't know."
## [78] "Perceived responsibility for personal action (or lack of action) in regards to negative life outcomes."
## [79] "I think it was to see whether we regret action or inaction more."
## [80] "Judging someone elses take on responsibility compared to our own."
## [81] "How one sees differently, regret of action or inaction."
## [82] "To see what peoples biggest regret is."
## [83] "Find out how much we think action or inaction results in regret"
## [84] "inability of action"
## [85] "To see how we determine our life decisions on the basis of action or inaction."
## [86] "To learn if people regret actions or inactions more."
## [87] "Something about regrets, and actions versus inactions."
## [88] "Regrets in action and non-action."
## [89] "To gauge how people feel about their past decisions and regrets."
## [90] "Regrets of action vs inaction"
## [91] "Regrets in life"
## [92] "To evaluate how people feel about different forms of regret."
## [93] "I think this study was about regrets"
## [94] "I think it was to see if people feel worse about inaction than action"
## [95] "I am not sure, but I would think it is about accountability."
## [96] "I believe it's about regrets in life and how they came about."
## [97] "no idea"
## [98] "I have no idea"
## [99] "What people regret more, something they did, or something they didn't do."
## [100] "To see if inaction or action is more regrettable."
## [101] "IF we felt worse by doing something or not doing something"
## [102] "if i could do things over"
## [103] "Reflecting on responsibility for outcomes"
## [104] "To determine which type of regret is more prevalent and more, well, regrettable."
## [105] "Comparing different types of regret and responsibility"
## [106] "learning about regrets people have"
## [107] "I think the survey was trying to see how different types of people think about the decisions they have made in life...good or bad."
## [108] "I think it was to ask what our regrets in life are, and how we place blame."
## [109] "To be honest I am unsure really."
## [110] "How people determine regret and responsibility."
## [111] "I guess it's about how we feel about regrets in life and comparing ones based on inaction or action."
## [112] "How we perceive different regrets in our lives (action/inaction)."
## [113] "To see how humans perceive action versus inaction."
## [114] "Our regrets over actions and inactions."
## [115] "Not sure"
## [116] "To see what my regrets in life are."
## [117] "Scientific research to help improve advertising."
## [118] "It was to evaluate how different people respond to the questions."
## [119] "The study attempted to connect the passage of time with feelings of personal guilt."
## [120] "To find out if people regret more the things they did or the things they did not do."
## [121] "To determine the individual's sense of guilt allocation."
## [122] "Regret on things you do or do not do."
## [123] "The purpose of this study is to differentiate between passive and active regret"
## [124] "To see if people tend to regret things they did do or did not do more"
## [125] "If we feel acting or not acting makes us feel regretful."
## [126] "To understand how people think, feel, make decisions, and act in various types of situations."
## [127] "Does action or inaction carry more significant feelings of responsibility."
## [128] "The purpose of the study is regrets and responsibility."
## [129] "evaluating regrets"
## [130] "To produce a study that appears in popsci article encouraging the reader to follow their dreams, thus securing funding for future research."
## [131] "To study whether people regret the things they do or things that they should have done."
## [132] "To analyze decision-making, sense of responsibility, and regret."
## [133] "Beliefs about regret and reactions to scenarios"
## [134] "Social research."
## [135] "To determine the effect that causes and effects have on certain life decisions."
## [136] "What feelings we get in life."
## [137] "im not sure"
## [138] "Study is trying to understand the types of decisions people regret the most."
## [139] "who knows"
## [140] "Finding about your regrets"
## [141] "how we deal with mistakes and how we explain theem."
## [142] "To judge how people evaluate regrets."
## [143] "To gauge perceptions of guilt and regret."
## [144] "Perceptions of self via actions taken/not taken"
## [145] "To determine how I feel over regrets."
## [146] "regrets in life."
## [147] "To see if remembering one's own regrets affects how one views regret of two other people if the choice they made didn't ultimately work out."
## [148] "I don't like to hypothesize on what researchers are looking for in their studies"
## [149] "I have no idea at all."
## [150] "To determine how people perceive regrets"
## [151] "Evaluate regrets people have had in their lives."
## [152] "To see what people regret in life."
## [153] "i think its about how we ted to regret our actions after making decision"
## [154] "A study on regrets?"
## [155] "To evaluate how we judge the regret scenario after confronting our own?"
## [156] "How do people evaluate regretful actions vs. regretful inaction?"
## [157] "no idea, still thinking about my regret now"
## [158] "The purpose was to study whether our actions or inactions leave more of an impression on us."
## [159] "See thoughts about regret of inaction and regret of action"
## [160] "To decide if regrets lies stronger with actions that are taken vs. actions that were never followed through on."
## [161] "evaluating feelings over long term decisions"
## [162] "Differentiating between different types of regrets."
## [163] "To test to see if people generally regret their actions or their inactions."
## [164] "I'm not really sure."
## [165] "Wanting to know about regrets in life"
## [166] "Sense of responsibility upon action vs. inaction."
## [167] "How people view making a decision versus not making a decision, if both end up causing a negative outcome."
## [168] "About regrets people have"
## [169] "I don't know unless it was assessing regrets."
## [170] "am not sure"
## [171] "To determine how regrets make us feel and what paths we take because of them."
## [172] "regret feelings based on action or inaction"
## [173] "I think the purpose of the study was to learn more about actions and inactions."
## [174] "Bring up bad memories, make people feel bad. Compare notes with other researchers, brag about who got the most for the least cash."
## [175] "To understand better how regret works."
## [176] "How our regrets impact our lives?"
## [177] "The purpose of the study could be to evaluate remorse and responsibility based on actions or a lack of."
## [178] "To measure people's regret in different ways."
## [179] "To understand ourselves feeling and thoughts"
## [180] "lfie choices and regrets"
## [181] "To see my views on regrets."
## [182] "Assessing personal responsibility?"
## [183] "I DON'T KNOW"
## [184] "It was about which regrets haunt us more, inaction or action-based ones."
## [185] "determine how regrets affect life?"
## [186] "I think the study wanted to know why people regret events in their life."
## [187] "Do people feel more responsible for things they did or didn't do."
## [188] "Analysing regret and what kind of decisions make us feel it more strongly."
## [189] "examine regret and responsibility of choice"
## [190] "To get user's perspective on regrets base on actions and inactions."
## [191] "I think this study is trying to tell whether people regret actions or inactions more"
## [192] "I think that it was about whether inaction is just as bad as inaction."
## [193] "To determine if making a decision taking an action is better or worst than not doing anything,"
## [194] "Assessing decisions and regrets in life."
## [195] "I honestly don't know."
## [196] "evaluating personal responsibility over decisions"
## [197] "To evaluate whether people feel more responsible for actions or inactions."
## [198] "to see how people feel about personal action and inaction choices they make"
## [199] "having regrets and remorse about doing something or NOT doing something."
## [200] "How people think about regrets."
## [201] "To determine how decisions are made."
## [202] "Whether I regret action or inaction more"
## [203] "Whether regrets of action or inaction are viewed as worse."
## [204] "how I feel about decisions made or not made in my life"
## [205] "to see if people regret doing things or not doing things more"
## [206] "I think the purpose was to see if people have more regrets over actions that turned out unfavorably or actions they had never taken."
## [207] "To see if a person is even aware of the mistakes they have made and their feeling about it."
## [208] "to see how we feel about action versus inaction"
## [209] "I have no clue what the purpose was of this study."
## [210] "Studying how much regret one feels for action vs inaction"
## [211] "examining regret?"
## [212] "I think that this study was evaluating which kind of mistakes people regret more, namely ones that sprung from an action they took versus an inaction."
## [213] "I guess to see if people feel more self-blame for things they actively did or things they passively (did not) do."
## [214] "Understanding how people view their actions"
## [215] "I believe to see how we feel about different active and inactive regrets."
## [216] "To decide if someone regrets action more or less than inaction."
## [217] "To see how people evaluate regret and whether action/inaction regret is more poignant."
## [218] "I do not know."
## [219] "I am not sure what this study was about"
## [220] "How to analyze and weigh decisions."
## [221] "Regret over inaction, versus action."
## [222] "I think you want to see whether my self assessments are in line with my assessments of others."
## [223] "I suppose to see how people feel about regret"
## [224] "I really don't know, but it sure made me feel sad and guilty."
## [225] "To see how people feel about regret"
## [226] "Evaluationg regret and guilt"
## [227] "Testing if people feel more responsibility tied to action or inaction."
## [228] "I think the study was about whether regrets or inaction or of action create a greater feeling of loss and responsibility."
## [229] "I'm not really sure, maybe how we analyze events."
## [230] "responsibility of actions vs. inactions."
## [231] "To determine how we view action versus passivity."
## [232] "if people regret action or inaction more"
## [233] "To determine whether action or inaction causes the most regret."
## [234] "People regrets and responsibilities."
## [235] "To see what types of regrets we dislike more of."
## [236] "Making life decisions"
## [237] "To understand which we regret most between activity or passivity."
## [238] "To understand regrets in life"
## [239] "Looking back on choices I made."
## [240] "It was to understand feelings of action versus inaction."
## [241] "To understand people’s regrets"
## [242] "to see if thinking about our choices and regrets impact our thoughts about Dave and Jim's decisions."
## [243] "thinking about regret"
## [244] "to find out what types of decisions we regret more - actions taken or inactions"
## [245] "I think the purpose was a study to determine ethics in our country today and morality."
## [246] "which makes us feel worse, an action or an inaction?"
## [247] "Which type of regret is worse"
## [248] "dc"
## [249] "The perceptions of regret"
## [250] "To determine if long-term or short-term decisions effect regrets."
## [251] "Do we regret more what we did or didn't do"
## [252] "making decisions."
## [253] "To determine if you regret active or passive decisions more"
## [254] "I think the study was to try and understand regret."
## [255] "I don't know"
## [256] "how I feel about past actions and inactions"
## [257] "To gauge how guilt is felt based on action or inaction."
## [258] "Not sure maybe decisions and regrets"
## [259] "Individuals level of regret and if regret of action is more than regret of inaction."
## [260] "I actually do not know what you are looking for."
## [261] "How I feel about choices that I make and if I have any regrets"
## [262] "How regrets affect us."
## [263] "Judge feelings of guilt?"
## [264] "idk"
## [265] "Difference between active and inactive regret."
## [266] "Perception of choices we make."
## [267] "Judging action or inaction in the negative and how it affects long term thoughts and reflections"
## [268] "reactions to decisions"
## [269] "Evaluate our regrets both earlier in life and currently."
## [270] "I think that the purpose of the study was to determine people's perceptions on their mistakes."
## [271] "How we feel about regrets of inaction vs. action, making decisions that lead to them."
## [272] "I think the survey was evaluating the differences in overall regrets vs spontaneous regrets."
## [273] "To determine what type of decisions people regret more, the ones involving action or the ones involving inaction."
## [274] "To understand how people perceive guilt"
## [275] "I'm not sure..."
## [276] "Not sure other than trying to measure regret from action/inaction."
## [277] "Whether people think action or inaction regrets are worse."
## [278] "To see whether people live with regret and how they view regret by their choice of whether someone else would feel about their action or inaction."
## [279] "To see if people regret inaction or action more, when the outcomes are negative."
## [280] "To see my views on regret."
## [281] "to understand peoples regrets"
## [282] "to see what our regrets are"
## [283] "how we judge our regrets and whether we are more concerned with what we didn't do as opposed to what we did do."
## [284] "I think it was to determine if people regret not doing something more than doing something."
## [285] "I guess it was about regret."
## [286] "I don't know, but way to drop some heavy thinking on me midafternoon."
## [287] "To see how we felt about bad actions we made in life."
## [288] "I am not sure"
## [289] "How people experience types of regret"
## [290] "Different feelings of action compared to inaction"
## [291] "To see what people regret in life"
## [292] "To gauge responsibility of decisions."
## [293] "people's regrets and attitudes about life."
## [294] "I honestly do not know."
## [295] "How we perceive the decisions we make."
## [296] "The study is about shedding light on how action and inaction affects people when there are negative outcomes."
## [297] "gauging whether action or inaction causes more guilt"
## [298] "If we regret what we did/didn't do more than the other"
## [299] "How decisions affect regret."
## [300] "evaluating the perception of regret based on action or inaction"
## [301] "How regret effects a person"
## [302] "Whether I do dumb things or let things happen to me"
## [303] "I took it literally."
## [304] "to predict quality of life success"
## [305] "To determine if people regret things they did over the things they didn't do."
## [306] "Consequences of our past actions"
## [307] "probably something more than the effects of choosing to act vs. choosing not to act"
## [308] "You know, II really have no idea at all."
## [309] "evaluation of life decisions"
## [310] "how people look at life."
## [311] "decision making"
## [312] "Your feelings about the regrets in your life"
## [313] "To analyze regretful behaviors."
## [314] "Regret?"
## [315] "to see whether action or inaction causes someone more regret."
## [316] "viewpoint"
## [317] "See how participants feel about their regrets."
## [318] "Am not sure."
## [319] "Learning about how personal choices or lack thereof affect regret and responsibility in people."
## [320] "The way people feel the most guilt."
## [321] "i have no idea"
## [322] "How people feel about their decisions."
## [323] "To figure out if we regret actions or inactions more"
## [324] "I think this study evaluates how people view their own past decisions including action or lack of action."
## [325] "The thought processes in which we think."
## [326] "People perceptions on mistakes that they have made in thier lives ."
## [327] "Regrets, and who's had a few."
## [328] "The purpose may have been to evaluate the severity and repercussions of action and inaction."
## [329] "writing about what we regretted in our lives."
## [330] "Do you feel more responsible for your actions or inactions."
## [331] "To understand others regrets in life."
## [332] "To see how people regret life choices?"
## [333] "to see how difficult is to decide between something you wish you did and something you wish you didn't."
## [334] "To identify if we regret things more that we did or did not do."
## [335] "To gauge how regrets are felt and perceived."
## [336] "I believe this study was examining regrets people have about decisions they make and how actions differ from inactions in severity."
## [337] "To see how people feel about action vs inaction, of course."
## [338] "To see if action or inaction causes more regret"
## [339] "Reviewing our regrets on actions and inactions and reflection on such"
## [340] "Perceptions on regrets"
## [341] "To determine if action regrets or inaction regrets effect people more"
## [342] "To gauge how different decisions end up impacting your life."
## [343] "I believe it was looking back at regrets and determining if it was an action or inaction that caused these regrets."
## [344] "i honestly have no clue"
## [345] "To see if we blame ourselves for inaction."
## [346] "To find out how life situations affect us."
## [347] "I am really not sure, but maybe to see what kinds of people (age, gender, etc.) find each type of regret more significant."
## [348] "What our morals are"
## [349] "How regret affects a person's view on life."
## [350] "To judge how people view their life decisions."
## [351] "Feelings on regret"
## [352] "To see regret in regards to action or inaction"
## [353] "Regrets and responsibility"
## [354] "Having participants evaluate what they regret more their past actions or non actions."
## [355] "Regret! Is it worth it to take risks?"
## [356] "Perceptions of regret"
## [357] "Whether we regret action or inaction more."
## [358] "The purpose of this study is to understand how people think and feel and make decisions in different situations."
## [359] "To understand what people regret and feel more responsible more: actions or inactions."
## [360] "see our perception on life"
## [361] "Determine whether or not people believe that taking the wrong action is worse than not acting at all in making mistakes."
## [362] "To get my opinion on past actions."
## [363] "I don't know the purpose of this study."
## [364] "How people reflect on past decisions."
## [365] "To see if people worry more about themselves or others."
## [366] "The grass is not greener on the other side."
## [367] "The purpose was comparing inaction and action involving regrets."
## [368] "Regret and the part it plays in our memories"
## [369] "Do we have bigger regrets about inaction or action?"
## [370] "To understand how peoples regrets affect how they did or did not do something."
## [371] "I believe the purpose is to see how people feel about regrets in their life."
## [372] "Relative perceptions of seriousness of actions vs. inactions?"
## [373] "I think the purpose of this study was to determine whether people regret action or inaction more."
## [374] "To see whether more people feel more responsible for inaction or bad action."
## [375] "To see which kind of regret bothers you more."
## [376] "right or wrong"
## [377] "To see whether people usually regret their inactions or actions the most."
## [378] "How people feel about decisions they make in life"
## [379] "Following instructions"
## [380] "Overall feelings about action or inaction."
## [381] "If guessing is an option, then I would have to say owning up to my responsibilities."
## [382] "Regretting"
## [383] "HOW I JUDGE WHICH REGRETS ARE MORE IMPORTANT."
## [384] "not sure"
## [385] "To see if people feel more responsible for things they did do, versus things they didn't do, even if both result in the same negative outcomes or similar ones."
## [386] "I'm not sure what the purpose was."
## [387] "regrets in my life"
## [388] "Thoughts on regrets and responsibility"
## [389] "I'm guessing it's just about how people view regrets."
## [390] "I think you are studying why people feel regret or remorse over decisions."
## [391] "To see if people regret actions or inaction more"
## [392] "I think the purpose of the study was to see how we view our decisions and how they impact how we view ourselves."
## [393] "To understand how people think about regret."
## [394] "The purpose of the study is to see how people evaluate regret."
## [395] "I think the purpose of this study was to see whether action or inaction makes someone feel more guilty."
## [396] "Mental framing of responsibility and affective outcomes"
## [397] "It is all about regrets"
## [398] "To see thoughts on regrets."
## [399] "perception"
## [400] "How do I review regrets in decisions."
## [401] "Whether people regret things they did or did not do more."
## [402] "I'm not sure what the study was about."
## [403] "Finding out how much people regret in life."
## [404] "How action and inaction determine peoples responsibility vs. regret."
## [405] "Gauging how we feel about past regrets"
## [406] "How we see our past and present."
## [407] "Determining if action or inaction is worse."
## [408] "The purpose of this study probably was to see whether people felt more regret and responsibility from an action or an inaction."
## [409] "observing actions and inactions"
## [410] "perceptions of actions and inactions"
## [411] "The study measured regrets in action and inaction."
## [412] "Assessing personal responsibility and being held accountable for behavior?"
## [413] "good study"
## [414] "To measure how people view their past regrets"
## [415] "To see if we regret the choices we make more than the ones we never tried."
## [416] "regret and inaction vs action"
## [417] "Decision making"
## [418] "To see how people think about their regrets"
## [419] "comparing feelings about things we do versus things we don't do."
## [420] "To determine opinions on regrets."
## [421] "dichotomy of regret"
## [422] "I think the purpose of this study was to gauge people's feelings regarding regret and action/inaction."
## [423] "Evaluating how people think of regret"
## [424] "To see peoples views on which type of regret is more profound to them."
## [425] "To see which kind of regret matters most to a person"
## [426] "Understand the importance of regretting action"
## [427] "Determining whether lost opportunities are worse than bad decisions."
## [428] "how people see regrets over their lives"
## [429] "Don’t know"
## [430] "To see if people have more regret of inaction vs action events"
## [431] "To determine regrets"
## [432] "Testing how \"deeply\" people feel responsible."
## [433] "I am not sure but I think it has to do with the final questions about Jim and Dave and the nature of their regrets."
## [434] "Regret in decision-making"
## [435] "To see what we most regret."
## [436] "Whether action or inaction causes the most regret."
## [437] "The purpose of this study was unknown"
## [438] "Is it about choices and regrets ?"
## [439] "I think the purpose was to understand how you feel about things you did wrong and regret doing"
## [440] "How do you handle different situations."
## [441] "REGRETS"
## [442] "To understand people's ideas on their regrets in life and how it affected them."
## [443] "our decisions based on if we regret them now or later"
## [444] "how we make decsions"
## [445] "To see which type of regret people feel strongest about."
## [446] "I'm not too sure"
## [447] "How people feel about regrets in their life."
## [448] "beliefs on not taking actions in life"
## [449] "A persons feelings regarding their actions."
## [450] "To see how regret affects my mindset."
## [451] "what choices make people feel the most regret."
## [452] "I think the surveys purpose was to judge my idea and realness of my own regrets of action and inaction."
## [453] "I'm not sure"
## [454] "To research whether we feel regret more for the things we have done or the things we have not done."
## [455] "To see if people could recall bad decisions and the impact of those decisions."
## [456] "Determining regrets in life and their affect."
## [457] "How people feel about their regrets."
## [458] "Something to do with moods affecting action."
## [459] "I have read articles about the elderly and what they say when they are older, their regrets. This made me think of those articles."
## [460] "I think the purpose of this study was to see my regrets and how I feel about them."
## [461] "Measuring whether people regret actions or inactions more."
## [462] "learning the actions and inaction we have taken and thus regret"
## [463] "To see if action or non-action has regret wise."
## [464] "How one reviews different types of regret."
## [465] "TO REFLECT OVER MY REGRETS AND RESPONSIBILITY."
## [466] "Looking at regrets."
## [467] "recall regrets"
## [468] "To see if our personal thoughts about action and inaction carried over into the scenario with Dave and Jim."
## [469] "Do we regret action or inaction more?"
## [470] "responsibility you feel on actions or inactions"
## [471] "The study the effects on decision-making"
## [472] "Unknown."
## [473] "To determine if action or inaction is more regrettable"
## [474] "I believe the purpose of this study was to observe whether or not participants regret action or inaction more."
## [475] "How different people process regret."
## [476] "Whether you regret doing something/taking action, versus doing nothing/not taking action."
## [477] "Responsibility"
## [478] "Action vs inaction and regrets."
## [479] "How we perceive actions and inaction and results or lack of ."
## [480] "Measure feelings of regret at different time scales"
## [481] "To see how people few action regrets compared to inaction."
## [482] "To see whether people regret actions or inactions more."
## [483] "Results of our action or inactions."
## [484] "I think it was about how action versus inaction affects our longterm feelings."
## [485] "It's about the difference between regretting because people act or people didn't act."
## [486] "unsure"
## [487] "do not know"
## [488] "If regret can be a causation in decision making."
## [489] "Evaluating feelings of regret in life"
## [490] "Regrets and which do people regret more, inactions or actions"
## [491] "To see how your own sense of responsibility matches up with your judgment on an outside scenario."
## [492] "To measure whether people regret more actions or inactions for themselves."
## [493] "Not sure really"
## [494] "It was to study peoples' thoughts."
## [495] "Our general ideas and feelings on regret."
## [496] "I don't know, something about regret."
## [497] "To write out my personal experiences."
## [498] "action vs inaction when taking decisions"
## [499] "To determine if action or inaction leads to more regret."
## [500] "How we make decisions that may or may not had a major impact on our lives"
## [501] "To determine if people in general regret inaction or actions the most."
## [502] "I am assuming this survey is about which type of regrets get the most attention"
## [503] "Action versus inaction and which choice leads to more regret."
## [504] "See if we regret action or inaction."
## [505] "How we feel about bad decisions we make in life"
## [506] "To understand the psychology of people's life choices and their consequences."
## [507] "i dunno."
## [508] "If i regret not doing stuff more than I regret doing stuff that's lame."
## [509] "To understand if making a decision or not (exerting some control over the situation) makes you regret it more?"
## [510] "How we perceive our actions or inactions to affect us"
## [511] "It was about regret and whether it was more painful for taking an action or due to inaction."
## [512] "To see whether people regret more the things they have done or haven't done."
## [513] "To open up old wounds that we are trying to bury."
## [514] "To see what people feel more responsible for."
## [515] "IF we would carry inaction/action basis for regrets into how we judged others."
## [516] "Comparing how people responsible think they are for regrets in their life"
## [517] "evaluating feelings of personal responsibility"
## [518] "The study explored personal feelings of regret and responsibility as related to actions or failure to act."
## [519] "To see how much regret people feel."
## [520] "Judging whether inaction or inaction leads to more regret."
## [521] "evaluating past actions or inactions"
## [522] "responsibilities"
## [523] "To learn if people regret the decisions they made in their life."
## [524] "Feeling of regret v responsibility with inaction v action"
## [525] "To see how people felt about regret"
## [526] "To see what kind of regret is worse"
## [527] "To measure how people view their own personal responsibilities."
## [528] "I feel that the purpose of this study was to learn more about situations that people regret."
## [529] "I bet it was looking at how people perceive regrets differently in their life."
## [530] "Something about how we feel about personal responsibility and decision making"
## [531] "How one assesses the past."
## [532] "To see how people feel about their decisions."
## [533] "To bring out our regrets"
## [534] "To get participants in a regretful state so they could sympathize with either Dave or Jim"
## [535] "Do we have more remorse for what we did wrong or for what we should have done right?"
## [536] "to see how attitudes and decisions affect decisions"
## [537] "To see how we view action vs inaction regrets differently depending on who we are."
## [538] "To determine which kind of regret people think is more agonizing."
## [539] "An analysis of a random group of Mturkers' opinions on whether or not regrets of action or regrets of inaction are more psychologically painful."
## [540] "To see if people regretted not venturing out into the unknown more than specific actions they have taken that they regret."
## [541] "Determine how people view regret based on inaction versus action"
## [542] "Evaluating regret"
## [543] "I think it was about whether action or inaction leads to more regret."
## [544] "decisions and regrets"
## [545] "To get an idea about action and inaction regrets in life."
## [546] "To see if people feel more responsible for their actions or inactions."
## [547] "To understand regrets I suppose."
## [548] "To see how people feel about different types of regrets over time."
## [549] "I don’t know. How we perceive our mistakes."
## [550] "I think it was to determine what people regret the most in life."
## [551] "Something to do with how people process their regrets, I would assume."
## [552] "To see how we claimed responsibility for our actions."
## [553] "Gauging regret in peoples lives? Really I have no idea."
## [554] "UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT REGRETS AND DECISIONS THEY HAVE MADE."
## [555] "To gage a person's feelings of regret for inaction or for action."
## [556] "How I view myself in relation to my actions."
## [557] "to see if action or inaction caused more negative feelings in people"
## [558] "Maybe how people perceive regret."
## [559] "determine whether people feel more responsibility with action or inaction."
## [560] "Understand peoples perception of different regrets."
## [561] "I think it was about how we feel about outcomes from decisions."
## [562] "To see which we regretted the most: action or inaction."
## [563] "To see how much people regret things they did or didn't do."
## [564] "determining which is worse, a bad decision or a lack of a decision."
## [565] "To see if people regret things they have done more or things they haven't done."
## [566] "To learn about what people consider their mistakes to be"
## [567] "Seeing what troubles most people more, things they did or things they didn't do?"
## [568] "I never seem to know."
## [569] "I think it was about regrets over choices you make over time."
## [570] "To see whether you think inaction or action regrets are worse, and then reframing it into an example and seeing if your views stay the same."
## [571] "To see if the survey taker is paying attention, very closely."
## [572] "Regrets from inaction"
## [573] "not entirely sure..."
## [574] "personal values and decisions"
## [575] "Uncertain what the purpose of this study was."
## [576] "I think that the purpose of the study is to assess whether people feel more responsible for action or inaction in terms of past regrets in life."
## [577] "Regret related to action and inaction and how people perceive it"
## [578] "Not sure."
## [579] "Whether people take responsibility for outcomes or whether they believe their environment determines their fate."
## [580] "Thinking about choices in life."
## [581] "How responsible you feel about your decisions"
## [582] "To see what people regret more."
## [583] "whether people regret the action they took or the inaction."
## [584] "To see how people view regret."
## [585] "See if action or inaction holds more responsibility for you."
## [586] "About the amount of regrets based on how much you feel responsible to the deicision."
## [587] "What leaves a person with more life time regrets?"
## [588] "I think you were trying to measure people regrets on inaction and the not knowing of dreams/things not experienced."
## [589] "to determine how others decide on which choices are morei mportant."
## [590] "to determine which people regret more--things they did or things they didn't do"
## [591] "vignettes of regret"
## [592] "no idea I could not identify the focus of your questions"
## [593] "To evaluate people's views on responsibility."
## [594] "To see if people view regrets differently and in context, will they regret things they did not do or things they did do. Then you asked about long term regrets versus short term."
## [595] "To determine whether regret is most tied to action or inaction."
## [596] "to know how individuals react to active and inactive decisions"
## [597] "determine if we regret our actions or our failure to act"
## [598] "The purpose was to see if people regret taking action or not taking action more."
## [599] "to test some sort of hypothesis"
## [600] "I think it was about action or inaction."
## [601] "Inaction or action, which did more to one’s psyche."
## [602] "regrets of action and inaction"
## [603] "To determine if here are more regrets from action versus inaction in past deeds."
## [604] "I really don't know what the purpose of this study was."
## [605] "To figure out the kind of actions people tend to regret."
## [606] "Interpreting decisions based on action and inaction."
## [607] "To see how people think"
## [608] "To learn about how we perceive regrets."
## [609] "Responsibility of actions vs inaction and guilt and remorse"
## [610] "To learn which regrets affect us most"
## [611] "Outlook on regrets"
## [612] "to figure out how we think about regret and what not."
## [613] "I think it was to determine what type of regret impacts people the most."
## [614] "To find out how I feel about regret when it comes to making a decision or not making a decision."
## [615] "Individual regrets of actions or inactions."
## [616] "Perhaps to evaluate if participants regret more those decisions made as a result of their actions taken over those made by inactions (???)"
## [617] "How people feel about their life regrets."
## [618] "To think about regrets you have for decisions you made or didn't make"
## [619] "Do we regret things we do more than things we want to do but don't."
## [620] "How we feel about our decisions/regrets?"
## [621] "how i judge my actions"
## [622] "To see how I would evaluate someone's decisions based on my own history with regrets."
## [623] "Determining if actions or inactions were worse"
## [624] "Whether people related more to inaction or action for regret."
## [625] "To determine how people feel about their personal regrets"
## [626] "Reflection of regrets and which type is the biggest"
## [627] "To see how many people live with big regrets."
## [628] "Determine if a person's regret type (action or inaction) correlate with how they perceive another person's regret."
## [629] "See how people feel regarding making decisions or lack of making decisions."
## [630] "Possibly determining if inactions or actions are more likely to be perceived as regretful."
## [631] "What do we regret more -- things we do or things we left undone?"
## [632] "I think the purpose of the study was to evaluate how regrets affect us."
## [633] "Views on decisions."
## [634] "How individuals view mistakes and/or hindsight."
## [635] "Whether people regret more the things they did in life, or the things they did Not do."
## [636] "I’m not sure, to evaluate feelings on regrets?"
## [637] "Testing regret"
## [638] "To see how much people regret their decisions."
## [639] "Feelings about regrets"
## [640] "Monitoring ones behavior"
## [641] "To see if inaction or action causes people more regret."
## [642] "To find out how regrets affect our future lives."
## [643] "To see what actions or inactions people see as important"
## [644] "What causes greater regret, action or inaction."
## [645] "Examine the influence of action versus inaction on feelings of regret and responsibility."
## [646] "To see how people view decisions"
## [647] "nothing"
## [648] "I think it was to determine if people regret more what they have done or missed opportunities."
## [649] "I think the purpose of the study was regrets and responsibility."
## [650] "If people generally regret inaction versus action."
## [651] "How people feel about life events."
## [652] "Perceptions of regret..."
## [653] "Regrets--what type of regrets people have the most."
## [654] "To realize that action and nonaction both have consequesces."
## [655] "the purpose of the study is to know people's greatest regrets"
## [656] "Examining how people feel about their regrets."
## [657] "life decisions and regrets"
## [658] "Determining if people regret actions they committed or inactions they didn't do more."
## [659] "How people regret action and inaction, and which they regret more."
## [660] "How regret effects a person."
## [661] "To assess perceptions of taking action versus no action as related to responsibility and regret"
## [662] "I guess to see which regret I felt was my biggest regret."
## [663] "i never guess correctly but i'd say it's maybe getting us to evaluate various regrets."
## [664] "Regrets/action"
## [665] "How we think about regrets?"
## [666] "To understand people's objectives"
## [667] "To assess how people evaluate inaction vs. action."
## [668] "To see if I had any regrets maybe?"
## [669] "To understand how people are affected by different types of regrets."
## [670] "To decide how much I would regret vs inaction and action."
## [671] "To see peoples views on missed actions or active choices"
## [672] "I think it was to see how we feel about regret."
## [673] "To judge how action and inaction are looked at differently over time"
## [674] "taking responsibility for one's decisions"
## [675] "Something to do with how we perceive our choices?"
## [676] "Comparing regrets of what has been done and what has not been done."
## [677] "To see if people regret actions or inaction more."
## [678] "How we determine a greater impact of action vs. inaction"
## [679] "perception of choices"
## [680] "making decisions"
## [681] "To determine where people feel the most regret."
## [682] "Personal regrets, etc."
## [683] "I'm really not sure"
## [684] "I think the purpose of this study is the see what people view as the biggest regrets. Things they've done that they wish they could do, or things they didn't do."
## [685] "To see whether people regret action or inaction more."
## [686] "To study how people perceive their own regrets in life based on action and inaction on their part."
## [687] "how people view life regarding action versus inaction, related to responsibility and regrets"
## [688] "Regrets based on inaction versus action."
## [689] "To see how we interpret regret"
## [690] "To decide which influences life more. Inaction or action."
## [691] "to determine how people view regrets that they have in their life"
## [692] "To see if its action or inaction that causes more regret"
## [693] "To see how we handle taking personal responsibilities on ourselves."
## [694] "I think it was to see if I regret things I did or didn't do more."
## [695] "Regrets over actions or inactions in life."
## [696] "whether detrimental inaction or action caused more regret"
## [697] "to see if people feel more guilty about a negative outcome that was a result of inactivity or a conscious decison"
## [698] "to understand whether people regret more the things they did or the things they didn't"
## [699] "Regrets"
## [700] "I suppose it's about regret for the path not chosen versus owning of one's own bad decisions."
## [701] "Why we have regrets?"
## [702] "what we learn fro social norms"
## [703] "To gage one's responsibilities and priorities"
## [704] "To determine if people regret action or inaction more."
## [705] "Perception of choosing?"
## [706] "I think it was trying to discover opinions on regret, whether people regret their actions more than their inactions or vice versa."
## [707] "Regrets and decisions made by an individual"
## [708] "investigating regrets"
## [709] "Was to determine people’s experiences and life choices"
## [710] "I AM NOT SURE."
## [711] "To determine if we regret things more that we did, or that resulted from our inaction."
## [712] "What regrets people think are greater, going for something and regretting or not taking the action in the first place."
## [713] "An academic survey."
## [714] "Not sure exactly"
## [715] "To see weather action or inaction makes a bigger impact."
## [716] "regret"
## [717] "how people deal with regret? maybe?"
## [718] "I do not have a guess."
## [719] "To see the percentage of how people feel about the actions they have made compared to actions they did not make that resulting in a negative affect."
## [720] "To look at our regrets."
## [721] "How we view regret in our lives"
## [722] "To get different opinions concerning regrets."
## [723] "How people feel about actions and inactions that they have made and not made"
## [724] "Judging the actions of others."
## [725] "Active vs. passive responsibility"
## [726] "to discover people's perceptions of regret and choices"
## [727] "determining if people regret actions or inactions more"
## [728] "I think it was trying to see if people feel worse about taking an action or inaction."
## [729] "Exploring views on regrets in life."
## [730] "my thoughts on past decisions"
## [731] "If you regret more what you do or what you don't do."
## [732] "Perceptions of risk and loss"
## [733] "Looking back over my life, I have made many mistakes and wish I could reverse them."
## [734] "Determine if action or inaction causes regret"
## [735] "The difference between acting and not acting regrets"
## [736] "To see if we regret our actions more or our inactions"
## [737] "Things which we were responsible for inaction and action."
## [738] "Understanding feelings of remorse versus responsibility for things you have done, or did not do."
## [739] "Thoughts on regrets and choices."
## [740] "Understanding people's thoughts about their regrets."
## [741] "to see if action or inaction results in more regret"
## [742] "to see if people regret things they have done or regret not doing things they wanted to do"
## [743] "Trying to determining whether action or inaction has a stronger impact on one's long-term feelings?"
## [744] "i do not know"
## [745] "Assess respondents' attitudes about responsibility and causal acceptance."
## [746] "Understand how people feel about the chances that they may have missed and how that effects their decisions."
## [747] "To see how we think about our actions"
## [748] "To see if people feel worse over actions or inactions in their life"
## [749] "Not sure to be honest."
## [750] "See if inaction or action regrets are taken more"
## [751] "To give my thoughts on feelings of responsibility over action or inaction."
## [752] "opinions"
## [753] "To get an idea of our stories of regret, to see if we were more let down by inaction or action regrets, and to get a feel for how we see responsibility and regret in other scenarios."
## [754] "How people place blame on themselves and view negatives outcomes when they make decisions"
## [755] "To see if people regret action or inaction more."
## [756] "To understand how people make decision's in various situations"
## [757] "I think it had to do with how I perceive different actions and levels of regret."
## [758] "To understand how people perceive regrets and responsibilities based on action and inaction"
## [759] "It was to study people's regrets."
## [760] "It was about which type of life regrets we feel worse about."
## [761] "i believe you were testing cognitive ability"
## [762] "I think the purpose was to test people's personalities and see about their regrets."
## [763] "Probably to see how people feel about things they've done, or not done, and how affected they are by it."
## [764] "Unsure - measuring the visceral effects of a poor decision?"
## [765] "I think it was to see how we perceive our regrets."
## [766] "to see if people have regrets doing things."
## [767] "To learn about people's regrets"
## [768] "My feelings and opinion on life regrets and responsibilty."
## [769] "thinking about what you did wrong and didnt do wrong"
## [770] "To see how people view regret in regards to whether it was from an action they took or inaction."
## [771] "i'm not sure."
## [772] "To consider relationship between action and regret."
## [773] "to see if action or inaction leads to greater regrets"
## [774] "To determine regrets and how they affect/resonate with individuals based on type."
## [775] "Our views on how we feel about our regrets in life."
## [776] "To see if people regret things they did do or didn't do more."
## [777] "How we look at our life decisions as we age."
## [778] "To evaluate whether people feel more responsible for things they did do or things they didn't do."
## [779] "To see if in general you regret actions or inactions in your life."
## [780] "The purpose of the study was to see if people felt more remorseful about action or inaction."
## [781] "To see what someone's regrets are and how that shapes their views somehow."
## [782] "Judging regrets"
## [783] "To see whether we regret things more based on if we chose to take action or didn't choose to take action"
## [784] "Finding out opinions"
## [785] "regret of action vs inaction"
## [786] "Looking at where we feel more responsible for action or inaction"
## [787] "To analyze feelings of regret. I was not thinking in terms of college experience."
## [788] "To see peoples views"
## [789] "see if people regret actions or inactions more"
## [790] "My thoughts on the subject matter."
## [791] "The purpose was to study how people perceive regret based on demographic information."
## [792] "how people feel about regret"
## [793] "To find out what we thought about our regrets/"
## [794] "It was about my regrets and inaction."
## [795] "To determine if people taking action causes less regret."
## [796] "Which is worse - regrets about actions, or inactions?"
## [797] "To understand people's sense of regret"
## [798] "I think the purpose was to study how people think about regrets."
## [799] "understand which regret was more important."
## [800] "learning about regrets"
## [801] "To understand the bias we have in evaluating our failures of commission versus omission"
## [802] "How people feel about regrets in their lives."
## [803] "Whether we regret more trying and failing or not trying and failing."
## [804] "Figuring out people's perceptions about regrets."
## [805] "How we evaluate inaction versus action in the mistakes we commit in life"
## [806] "to see how i feel about the things i do and don't do."
## [807] "I have no idea at this point"
## [808] "Evaluate regrets of actions vs. inaction"
## [809] "comparing beliefs about action and inaction"
## [810] "the purpose was to find out how people view their choices"
## [811] "I think the purpose was to see what different persons think about regrets of action and inaction."
## [812] "your responsibility of actions and inactions"
## [813] "How a person handles regret."
## [814] "It was a survey to see how people looked a regret, in action verses action."
## [815] "measuring how people allocate regrets - toward action or inaction"
## [816] "to see what peoples bigger regrets are?"
## [817] "I think it was comparing regret and responsibility."
## [818] "Perception of active regret"
## [819] "To see how people feel about the different forms of regret."
## [820] "Evaluating how people deal with regretful events in their lives."
## [821] "To see what kind of regrets affect us the most."
## [822] "To better understand the types of regrets that stay with a person longer."
## [823] "I think the purpose of the study was to see which kind of consequences (from action or inaction) is worse."
## [824] "If I'm willing to disclose something personal"
## [825] "seeing if doing something or not doing something caused a person more regret."
## [826] "evaluate how people see their regrets"
## [827] "this survey was to see how much people engage in self-blaming behavior."
## [828] "The study was about decisions and regrets."
## [829] "To see how people manage regret and choices."
## [830] "If we look back too much"
## [831] "I'm not sure specifically, other than to study how we feel about regrets, and if inaction or action regrets are more significant to us."
## [832] "Examining the difference in how people handle regrets about their actions or inaction"
## [833] "Which regrets do we carry with us further into life, action or inaction based regrets?"
## [834] "how you make choices"
## [835] "To determine whether action or inaction matters more to participants."
## [836] "To gain some insight on whether people feel more regret for things they have done, or things they haven't done."
## [837] "judging regret in action vs inaction"
## [838] "I think the purpose of the study was to assess how we view consequences of action and inaction."
## [839] "To evaluate perceived consequences and their effects based on one's action or inaction"
## [840] "To determine which is more powerful in decision making: action or regret of inaction."
## [841] "To study what type of regret people regret more?"
## [842] "evaluating our life"
## [843] "inaction vs action"
## [844] "to study how people look at regrets and what is worse - what they do vs what they don't do"
## [845] "Responsibility for behavior"
## [846] "This was to see if people feel more or less guilty for the things they did or didn't do."
## [847] "associative thinking"
## [848] "To see which of our regrets we regret the most."
## [849] "To find out peoples thought processes when it comes to negative behavior they bring upon themselves and their thoughts on their role of responsibility when it comes to the negative actions."
## [850] "To measure self worth based on things we regret"
## [851] "Understanding self reflection based on acts versus absenteeism"
## [852] "I have no idea what the purpose of this study was"
## [853] "What things people regret most in life, or that are still on their mind."
## [854] "to see if more people regret inaction or action"
## [855] "Deciding if people regret taking action or not taking action more."
## [856] "Possibly to determine if there was any correlation being what people wished they hadn't done and what they wished they would have done."
## [857] "To measure the difference in perspectives on regrets of omission or comission?"
## [858] "Something subtle, not at all sure what."
## [859] "I think this study was gauging how the regret of action vs. inaction over the short-term vs. long-term horizons may differ."
## [860] "Regrets in long run vs. short term"
## [861] "To gather data about peoples regrets"
## [862] "The purpose was designed to test the perception of people's ideas of regret and responsibilities and their connection."
## [863] "Views on making decisions and regrets"
## [864] "See if people regret action or inaction more"
## [865] "Our mistakes verses someone else's"
## [866] "To see how people feel about regrets."
## [867] "see how people determine responsibility, for action or inaction"
## [868] "Determine if inaction is more regrettable than taking actions."
## [869] "to see what people regret most in life"
## [870] "choice made and the regret of not making the right one"
## [871] "To see what people feel more personally responsible for"
## [872] "regrets and control in outcomes"
## [873] "Perceptions of action versus inaction and which is more significant"
## [874] "To know how you feel about your choices and possibly change them if you can."
## [875] "To determine if people feel more guilty over past actions or inaction."
## [876] "which is more impactful on life regrets for not doing or regrets for doing something"
## [877] "different perspectives on short term or long term regrets"
## [878] "Learning about what types of actions or inactions people most regret"
## [879] "The role of various regrets in life."
## [880] "studying decision making"
## [881] "I do not try to first or second guess the purpose of any survey I do on mTurk."
## [882] "If we place more emphasis on action or inaction when it leads to bad outcomes."
## [883] "To see if people regret actions or inactions more"
## [884] "whether a person feels more responsible for action, or inaction"
## [885] "To help me evaluate which has a great impact on our lives, action or inaction."
## [886] "I think you were trying to evaluate how regret can shape a life."
## [887] "Evaluating the level of regret/remorse relative to one actually taking action vs. not doing so."
## [888] "I think it was to compare weight of regrets between action and inaction types."
## [889] "I think it was a study on regrets and demographics."
## [890] "determine people's perceptions of different types of regrets"
## [891] "I don't really know."
## [892] "To determine if people have more regret over the actions they take or the ones they don't?"
## [893] "How people thoughts and feelings of regret are."
## [894] "Seeing whether actions or inactions are more significant."
## [895] "I think it was about regrets."
## [896] "To study whether regret is stronger due to action or inaction."
## [897] "Determing how we felt about regrets in our life"
## [898] "Action vs. inaction - which makes you feel more guilty?"
## [899] "I feel that the purpose of this study was to evaluate depression, suicide and other ungodly thoughts."
## [900] "I am not really sure"
## [901] "evaluations of life decisions ?"
## [902] "To reflect on the impact of whether people choose to face a problem and accept responsibility if they are aware."
## [903] "how we view our choices and regret"
## [904] "perceptions on regrets"
## [905] "If we regret our actions or inactions more."
## [906] "To see if regrets outweigh inaction in life decisions"
## [907] "Studying whether people feel more regret doing actions they've done, or actions they now wish they should've done"
## [908] "If there is more regret in inaction or in action where a negative outcome was realized."
## [909] "To see what aspect we would regret the most, and see if we apply that to other people as well."
## [910] "How one judges the importance of poor action versus inaction."
## [911] "to learn what people regretted more on their decision-making"
## [912] "Evaluate what is important in a person's lifie."
## [913] "To study whether people regret actions or inactions more."
## [914] "Gauging peoples regrets in different scenarios."
## [915] "seeing if action or inaction has more personal regret"
## [916] "Seeing how well one can evaluate regrets"
## [917] "It appears the study was about evaluating regrets on action versus inaction."
## [918] "To judge how we regret things"
## [919] "Whether people regret making decisions to act or not to act more and in what context."
## [920] "To evaluate how people view responsibility of negative results due to action compared to inaction."
## [921] "nice"
## [922] "To determine how people feel responsible for negative outcomes."
## [923] "Opinions on regrets and responsibilities."
## [924] "To determine how people assess their own regret based on inaction or action."
## [925] "To figure out what decisions people regret the most."
## [926] "To study regret over past experiences."
## [927] "I believe it was a survey of personal choice evaluation."
## [928] "To gather feedback on scenarios"
## [929] "Opinions on regrets"
## [930] "To see whether people view action or inaction as more harmful overall."
## [931] "I am unsure."
## [932] "Whether inaction or action makes us feel more guilty and responsible."
## [933] "I have no clue."
## [934] "to determine if people have more regrets due to an action or an inaction?"
## [935] "To infer whether people regret doing things or not doing things more."
## [936] "i dont know"
correct_guesses <- c("To see if people view regrets differently and in context, will they regret things they did not do or things they did do. Then you asked about long term regrets versus short term.", "I think this study was gauging how the regret of action vs. inaction over the short-term vs. long-term horizons may differ.", "I think it was about how action versus inaction affects our longterm feelings.", "This study wanted to see if action or inaction hurts more in the long run, and if the person feels more regret for one or the other.", "Determining the long-term affect of action vs. inaction choices", "To see which results in lifelong regret- action or inaction.","Judging action or inaction in the negative and how it affects long term thoughts and reflections", "Trying to determining whether action or inaction has a stronger impact on one's long-term feelings?")
datagmr <- excl_none_us %>% filter(!(funnel_purpose %in% correct_guesses))
nrow(datagmr)
## [1] 988
##Study 1A General Action and Inaction Regret
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants. There are two columns for the same question with different orders
inaction1a_a <- sum((datagmr$actinactregret_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_a)])==1)
action1a_a <- sum((datagmr$actinactregret_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_a)])==2)
n1_a <- length(datagmr$actinactregret_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_a)])
inaction1a_b <- sum((datagmr$actinactregret_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_b)])==1)
action1a_b <- sum((datagmr$actinactregret_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_b)])==2)
n1_b <- length(datagmr$actinactregret_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactregret_b)])
inaction1a <- inaction1a_a + inaction1a_b
inaction1a
## [1] 335
action1a <- action1a_a + action1a_b
action1a
## [1] 200
n1 <- n1_a+n1_b
n1
## [1] 535
#Create a vector with action and inaction
observed1areg = c( action1a, inaction1a)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy1a <- chisq.test(observed1areg, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy1a
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed1areg
## X-squared = 34.065, df = 1, p-value = 5.329e-09
#Calculate z score
z.score(action1a, n1, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] -5.793325
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction1a <- prop.test(x = action1a, n = n1, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction1a
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action1a out of n1, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.065, df = 1, p-value = 5.329e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3338705 0.4155920
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.3738318
propinaction1a <- prop.test(x = inaction1a, n = n1, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction1a
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction1a out of n1, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.065, df = 1, p-value = 5.329e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5844080 0.6661295
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.6261682
#Calculate cramer V
expected1areg = c( 1/2, 1/2)
oneacramerreg <- cramerVFit(x = observed1areg, p = expected1areg, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
oneacramerreg
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.2523 0.1627 0.3307
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction1a_perc <- inaction1a/n1 * 100
action1a_perc <- action1a/n1 * 100
observed1areg_per <- c(action1a_perc, inaction1a_perc)
## Study 1A General Action and Inaction Responsibility
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants. There are two columns for the same question with different orders
inaction1aresp_a <- sum((datagmr$actinactres_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_a)])==1)
action1aresp_a <- sum((datagmr$actinactres_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_a)])==2)
n1res_a <- length(datagmr$actinactres_a[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_a)])
inaction1aresp_b <- sum((datagmr$actinactres_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_b)])==1)
action1aresp_b <- sum((datagmr$actinactres_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_b)])==2)
n1res_b <- length(datagmr$actinactres_b[!is.na(datagmr$actinactres_b)])
inaction1aresp <- inaction1aresp_a + inaction1aresp_b
inaction1aresp
## [1] 174
action1aresp <- action1aresp_a + action1aresp_b
action1aresp
## [1] 279
n1resp <- n1res_a+n1res_b
n1resp
## [1] 453
#Create a vector with action and inaction
observed1aresp = c( action1aresp, inaction1aresp)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy1a_resp <- chisq.test(observed1aresp, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy1a_resp
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed1aresp
## X-squared = 24.338, df = 1, p-value = 8.084e-07
#Calculate z score
z.score(action1aresp, n1resp, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 4.886346
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction1aresp <- prop.test(x = action1aresp, n = n1resp, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction1aresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action1aresp out of n1resp, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 24.338, df = 1, p-value = 8.084e-07
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5703079 0.6595311
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.615894
propinaction1aresp <- prop.test(x = inaction1aresp, n = n1resp, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction1aresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction1aresp out of n1resp, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 24.338, df = 1, p-value = 8.084e-07
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3404689 0.4296921
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.384106
#Calculate cramer V
expected1aresp = c( 1/2, 1/2)
oneacramerresp <- cramerVFit(x = observed1aresp, p = expected1aresp, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
oneacramerresp
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.2318 0.1479 0.3201
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction1a_resp_perc <- inaction1aresp/n1resp * 100
action1a_resp_perc <- action1aresp/n1resp * 100
observed1aresp_per <- c(action1a_resp_perc, inaction1a_resp_perc)
propaction1a$conf.int
## [1] 0.3338705 0.4155920
## attr(,"conf.level")
## [1] 0.95
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Regret data for plotting
DF1Regret <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegret = c(rep("Action", action1a), rep("Inaction", inaction1a)))
DF1Regreterror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegret = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(33.38705, 58.44080),
Upper = c(41.55920, 66.61295))
DF1Regreterror
## ActionInactionRegret Lower Upper
## 1 Action 33.38705 41.55920
## 2 Inaction 58.44080 66.61295
#Regret plot
Study1_Regret_Plot <- ggplot(DF1Regret, aes(x = ActionInactionRegret, fill = ActionInactionRegret)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF1Regreterror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 1A: Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.25, 95% CI [0.17, 0.34]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.8, y = 5, label = "37.38%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.8, y = 5, label = "62.62%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Responsibility data for plotting
DF1Responsibility <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibility = c(rep("Action", action1aresp), rep("Inaction",inaction1aresp)))
DF1Responsibilityerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibility = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(57.03079, 34.04689),
Upper = c(65.95311, 42.96921))
DF1Responsibilityerror
## ActionInactionResponsibility Lower Upper
## 1 Action 57.03079 65.95311
## 2 Inaction 34.04689 42.96921
#Responsibility plot
Study1_Responsibility_Plot <- ggplot(DF1Responsibility, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibility, fill = ActionInactionResponsibility)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF1Responsibilityerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 1A: Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.23, 95% CI [0.13, 0.32]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.8, y = 5, label = "61.59%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.8, y = 5, label = "38.41%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Combine above plots of Study 1
Study1_Regret_Plot + Study1_Responsibility_Plot
Summary:
We found support for inaction-effect in Study 1 for regret.
We found support for stronger responsibility for action.
## Study 5 Short Term Regret
#Set up the table
tablestudy5regst <- table(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg)
tablestudy5regst
##
## 1 2
## 255 280
#Run the chi-square test
chisqstudy5regst <- chisq.test(tablestudy5regst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5regst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5regst
## X-squared = 1.1682, df = 1, p-value = 0.2798
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5regst <- sum((datagmr$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg)])==1)
action5regst <- sum((datagmr$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg)])==2)
n5regst <- length(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5regst, n5regst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 1.03761
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5regst <- prop.test(x = action5regst, n = n5regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5regst out of n5regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.1682, df = 1, p-value = 0.2798
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4810267 0.5653692
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5233645
propinaction5regst <- prop.test(x = inaction5regst, n = n5regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5regst out of n5regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.1682, df = 1, p-value = 0.2798
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4346308 0.5189733
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4766355
#Calculate cramer V
observed5regst = c( inaction5regst, action5regst)
expected5regst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerregst <- cramerVFit(x = observed5regst, p = expected5regst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerregst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.04673 0.001869 0.1364
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_regst_perc <- inaction5regst/n5regst * 100
action5_regst_perc <- action5regst/n5regst * 100
observed5regst_per <- c(action5_regst_perc, inaction5_regst_perc)
#Study 5 Lifetime Regret
tablestudy5reglt <- table(datagmr$gr8actinactreg)
tablestudy5reglt
##
## 1 2
## 256 279
chisqstudy5reglt <- chisq.test(tablestudy5reglt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5reglt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5reglt
## X-squared = 0.98879, df = 1, p-value = 0.32
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5reglt <- sum((datagmr$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$gr8actinactreg)])==1)
action5reglt <- sum((datagmr$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$gr8actinactreg)])==2)
n5reglt <- length(datagmr$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr$gr8actinactreg)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5reglt, n5reglt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 0.9511429
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5reglt <- prop.test(x = action5reglt, n = n5reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5reglt out of n5reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.98879, df = 1, p-value = 0.32
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4791638 0.5635204
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5214953
propinaction5reglt <- prop.test(x = inaction5reglt, n = n5reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5reglt out of n5reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.98879, df = 1, p-value = 0.32
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4364796 0.5208362
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4785047
#Calculate cramer V
observed5reglt = c( inaction5reglt, action5reglt)
expected5reglt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerreglt <- cramerVFit(x = observed5reglt, p = expected5reglt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerreglt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.04299 0.001869 0.129
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_reglt_perc <- inaction5reglt/n5reglt * 100
action5_reglt_perc <- action5reglt/n5reglt * 100
observed5reglt_per <- c(action5_reglt_perc, inaction5_reglt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Regret short-term plot
DF5RegretST <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST5 = c(rep("Action", action5regst), rep("Inaction", inaction5regst)))
DF5RegretSTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(48.10267, 43.46308),
Upper = c(56.53692, 51.89733))
DF5RegretSTerror
## ActionInactionRegretST5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 48.10267 56.53692
## 2 Inaction 43.46308 51.89733
Study5_RegretST_Plot <- ggplot(DF5RegretST, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretST5, fill = ActionInactionRegretST5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5RegretSTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Short-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.05, 95% CI [0.00, 0.13]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "52.34%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "47.66%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Regret long-term plot
DF5RegretLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT5 = c(rep("Action", action5reglt), rep("Inaction", inaction5reglt)))
DF5RegretLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(47.91638, 43.64796),
Upper = c(56.35204, 52.08362))
DF5RegretLTerror
## ActionInactionRegretLT5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 47.91638 56.35204
## 2 Inaction 43.64796 52.08362
Study5_RegretLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF5RegretLT, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretLT5, fill = ActionInactionRegretLT5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5RegretLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Long-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.04, 95% CI [0.00, 0.13]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "52.15%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "47.85%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Study 5 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Regret
tablereg <- table(datagmr$pastweekactinactreg, datagmr$gr8actinactreg)
tablereg
##
## 1 2
## 1 123 132
## 2 133 147
observed5chan = c(133, 132)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy5regchan <- chisq.test(observed5chan, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5regchan
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed5chan
## X-squared = 0.0037736, df = 1, p-value = 0.951
#Calculate Cramer V
expected5chan = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivechancramer <- cramerVFit(x = observed5chan, p = expected5chan, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivechancramer
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.003774 0.003774 0.1396
#Calculate z score
z.score(133, 265, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 0
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
propacttoinactreg <- prop.test(x = 133, n = 265, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propacttoinactreg
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 133 out of 265, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.0037736, df = 1, p-value = 0.951
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4420921 0.5616276
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5018868
propinacttoactreg <- prop.test(x = 132, n = 265, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinacttoactreg
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 132 out of 265, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.0037736, df = 1, p-value = 0.951
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4383724 0.5579079
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4981132
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactreg_perc <- 133/265 * 100
inacttoactreg_perc <- 132/265 * 100
observed5regchan <- c(acttoinactreg_perc, inacttoactreg_perc)
#Study 5 McNemar tests for Regret
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tablereg,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tablereg
## McNemar's chi-squared = 0, df = 1, p-value = 1
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tablereg, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tablereg
## b = 132, c = 133, p-value = 1
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.7741286 1.2723456
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 0.9924812
#Study 5 Short Term Responsibility
#Set up the table
tablestudy5respst <- table(datagmr$pastweekactinactres)
tablestudy5respst
##
## 1 2
## 198 255
#Run Chi-Square test
chisqstudy5respst <- chisq.test(tablestudy5respst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5respst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5respst
## X-squared = 7.1722, df = 1, p-value = 0.007404
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5respst <- sum((datagmr$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactres)])==1)
action5respst <- sum((datagmr$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactres)])==2)
n5respst <- length(datagmr$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$pastweekactinactres)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5respst, n5respst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 2.63111
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5respst <- prop.test(x = action5respst, n = n5respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5respst out of n5respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 7.1722, df = 1, p-value = 0.007404
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5168966 0.6078731
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5629139
propinaction5respst <- prop.test(x = inaction5respst, n = n5respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5respst out of n5respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 7.1722, df = 1, p-value = 0.007404
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3921269 0.4831034
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4370861
#Calculate Cramer V
observed5respst = c( inaction5respst, action5respst)
expected5respst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerrespst <- cramerVFit(x = observed5respst, p = expected5respst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerrespst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.1258 0.0287 0.2184
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_respst_perc <- inaction5respst/n5respst * 100
action5_respst_perc <- action5respst/n5respst * 100
observed5respst_per <- c(inaction5_respst_perc, action5_respst_perc)
#Study 5 Long Term Responsibility
#Set up the table
tablestudy5resplt <- table(datagmr$lifetimeactinactres)
tablestudy5resplt
##
## 1 2
## 197 256
chisqstudy5resplt <- chisq.test(tablestudy5resplt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5resplt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5resplt
## X-squared = 7.6843, df = 1, p-value = 0.00557
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5resplt <- sum((datagmr$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$lifetimeactinactres)])==1)
action5resplt <- sum((datagmr$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$lifetimeactinactres)])==2)
n5resplt <- length(datagmr$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr$lifetimeactinactres)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5resplt, n5resplt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 2.725078
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5resplt <- prop.test(x = action5resplt, n = n5resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5resplt out of n5resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 7.6843, df = 1, p-value = 0.00557
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5191115 0.6100362
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5651214
propinaction5resplt <- prop.test(x = inaction5resplt, n = n5resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5resplt out of n5resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 7.6843, df = 1, p-value = 0.00557
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3899638 0.4808885
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4348786
#Calculate cramer V
observed5resplt = c( inaction5resplt, action5resplt)
expected5resplt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerresplt <- cramerVFit(x = observed5resplt, p = expected5resplt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerresplt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.1302 0.03311 0.2185
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_resplt_perc <- inaction5resplt/n5resplt * 100
inaction5_resplt_perc
## [1] 43.48786
action5_resplt_perc <- action5resplt/n5resplt * 100
action5_resplt_perc
## [1] 56.51214
observed5resplt_per <- c(inaction5_resplt_perc, action5_resplt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Responsibility short-term plot
DF5ResponsibilityST <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 = c(rep("Action", action5respst), rep("Inaction", inaction5respst)))
DF5ResponsibilitySTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(51.68966, 39.21269),
Upper = c(60.78731, 48.31034))
DF5ResponsibilitySTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 51.68966 60.78731
## 2 Inaction 39.21269 48.31034
Study5_ResponsibilityST_Plot <- ggplot(DF5ResponsibilityST, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityST5, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityST5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5ResponsibilitySTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Short-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.13, 95% CI [0.04, 0.21]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "56.29%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "43.71%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Responsibility long-term plot
DF5ResponsibilityLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 = c(rep("Action", action5resplt), rep("Inaction", inaction5resplt)))
DF5ResponsibilityLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(51.91115, 38.99638),
Upper = c(61.00362, 48.08885))
DF5ResponsibilityLTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 51.91115 61.00362
## 2 Inaction 38.99638 48.08885
Study5_ResponsibilityLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF5ResponsibilityLT, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5ResponsibilityLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Long-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.13, 95% CI [0.03, 0.23]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "56.51%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "43.49%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Combine above plots of Study 5
Study5_RegretST_Plot + Study5_RegretLT_Plot + Study5_ResponsibilityST_Plot + Study5_ResponsibilityLT_Plot
#Study 5 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Responsibility
tableresp <- table(datagmr$pastweekactinactres, datagmr$lifetimeactinactres)
tableresp
##
## 1 2
## 1 97 101
## 2 100 155
observed5chan_resp = c(100, 101)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy5chan_resp <- chisq.test(observed5chan_resp, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5chan_resp
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed5chan_resp
## X-squared = 0.0049751, df = 1, p-value = 0.9438
#Calculate Cramer V
expected5chan_resp = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivechancramer_resp <- cramerVFit(x = observed5chan_resp, p = expected5chan_resp, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivechancramer_resp
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.004975 0.004975 0.1539
#Calculate z score
z.score(100, 201, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 0
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
propacttoinactresp <- prop.test(x = 100, n = 201, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propacttoinactresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 100 out of 201, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.0049751, df = 1, p-value = 0.9438
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4290885 0.5660296
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4975124
propinacttoactresp <- prop.test(x = 101, n = 201, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinacttoactresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 101 out of 201, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.0049751, df = 1, p-value = 0.9438
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4339704 0.5709115
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5024876
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactresp_perc <- 100/201 * 100
inacttoactresp_perc <- 101/201 * 100
observed5respchan <- c(acttoinactresp_perc, inacttoactresp_perc)
#Study 5 McNemar tests for Responsibility
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tableresp,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tableresp
## McNemar's chi-squared = 0, df = 1, p-value = 1
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tableresp, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tableresp
## b = 101, c = 100, p-value = 1
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.7583691 1.3452680
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 1.01
Summary:
We failed to find support for action-effect in the short-run and inaction-effect in the long run for regret.
We found support for stronger responsibility for action in the short-run and in the long-run.
#Study 3 Short Term Regret
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy3regst <- table(datagmr$regretdavejimshort)
tablestudy3regst
##
## 1 2
## 191 302
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy3regst <- chisq.test(tablestudy3regst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3regst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy3regst
## X-squared = 24.992, df = 1, p-value = 5.757e-07
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction3regst <- sum((datagmr$regretdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort)])==1)
action3regst <- sum((datagmr$regretdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort)])==2)
n3regst <- length(datagmr$regretdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action3regst, n3regst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 4.954151
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction3regst <- prop.test(x = action3regst, n = n3regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction3regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action3regst out of n3regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 24.992, df = 1, p-value = 5.757e-07
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5688605 0.6545508
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.6125761
propinaction3regst <- prop.test(x = inaction3regst, n = n3regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction3regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction3regst out of n3regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 24.992, df = 1, p-value = 5.757e-07
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3454492 0.4311395
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.3874239
#Calculate cramer V
observed3regst = c( inaction3regst, action3regst)
expected3regst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threecramerregst <- cramerVFit(x = observed3regst, p = expected3regst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threecramerregst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.2252 0.1319 0.3103
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction3_regst_perc <- inaction3regst/n3regst * 100
action3_regst_perc <- action3regst/n3regst * 100
observed3regst_per <- c(action3_regst_perc, inaction3_regst_perc)
#Study 3 Long Term Regret
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy3reglt <- table(datagmr$regdavejimlong)
tablestudy3reglt
##
## 1 2
## 284 209
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy3reglt <- chisq.test(tablestudy3reglt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3reglt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy3reglt
## X-squared = 11.41, df = 1, p-value = 0.0007306
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction3reglt <- sum((datagmr$regdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong)])==1)
action3reglt <- sum((datagmr$regdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong)])==2)
n3reglt <- length(datagmr$regdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action3reglt, n3reglt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] -3.332792
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction3reglt <- prop.test(x = action3reglt, n = n3reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction3reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action3reglt out of n3reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 11.41, df = 1, p-value = 0.0007306
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3810657 0.4679807
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4239351
propinaction3reglt <- prop.test(x = inaction3reglt, n = n3reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction3reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction3reglt out of n3reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 11.41, df = 1, p-value = 0.0007306
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5320193 0.6189343
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5760649
#Calculate cramer V
observed3reglt = c( inaction3reglt, action3reglt)
expected3reglt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threecramerreglt <- cramerVFit(x = observed3reglt, p = expected3reglt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threecramerreglt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.1521 0.06288 0.2414
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction3_reglt_perc <- inaction3reglt/n3reglt * 100
action3_reglt_perc <- action3reglt/n3reglt * 100
observed3reglt_per <- c(action3_reglt_perc, inaction3_reglt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Regret short-term plot
DF3RegretST <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST3 = c(rep("Action", action3regst), rep("Inaction", inaction3regst)))
DF3RegretSTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST3 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(56.88605, 34.54492),
Upper = c(65.45508, 43.11395))
DF3RegretSTerror
## ActionInactionRegretST3 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 56.88605 65.45508
## 2 Inaction 34.54492 43.11395
Study3_RegretST_Plot <- ggplot(DF3RegretST, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretST3, fill = ActionInactionRegretST3)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF3RegretSTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 3: Short-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.23, 95% CI [0.13, 0.31]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "61.26%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "38.74%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Regret long-term plot
DF3RegretLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT3 = c(rep("Action", action3reglt), rep("Inaction", inaction3reglt)))
DF3RegretLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT3 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(38.10657, 53.20193),
Upper = c(46.79807, 61.89343))
DF3RegretLTerror
## ActionInactionRegretLT3 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 38.10657 46.79807
## 2 Inaction 53.20193 61.89343
Study3_RegretLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF3RegretLT, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretLT3, fill = ActionInactionRegretLT3)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF3RegretLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 3: Long-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.15, 95% CI [0.06, 0.24]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "42.39%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "57.61%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Study 3 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Regret
tablestudy3reg <- table(datagmr$regretdavejimshort, datagmr$regdavejimlong)
tablestudy3reg
##
## 1 2
## 1 171 20
## 2 113 189
observed3chan = c(113, 20)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy3chan <- chisq.test(observed3chan, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3chan
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed3chan
## X-squared = 65.03, df = 1, p-value = 7.376e-16
#Calculate Cramer V
expected3chan = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threechancramer <- cramerVFit(x = observed3chan, p = expected3chan, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threechancramer
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.6992 0.5789 0.8195
#Calculate z score
z.score(113, 133, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 7.977412
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
prop3regacttoinact <- prop.test(x = 113, n = 133, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
prop3regacttoinact
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 113 out of 133, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 65.03, df = 1, p-value = 7.376e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.7791221 0.9004965
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.8496241
prop3reginacttoact <- prop.test(x = 20, n = 133, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
prop3reginacttoact
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 20 out of 133, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 65.03, df = 1, p-value = 7.376e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.09950351 0.22087790
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.1503759
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactreg3_perc <- 113/133 * 100
inacttoactreg3_perc <- 20/133 * 100
observed3regchan <- c(acttoinactreg3_perc, inacttoactreg3_perc)
#Study 3 McNemar tests for Regret
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tablestudy3reg,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tablestudy3reg
## McNemar's chi-squared = 63.639, df = 1, p-value = 1.494e-15
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tablestudy3reg, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tablestudy3reg
## b = 20, c = 113, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.1041660 0.2864162
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 0.1769912
#Study 3 Short Term Responsibility
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy3respst <- table(datagmr$respdavejimshort)
tablestudy3respst
##
## 1 2
## 129 364
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy3respst <- chisq.test(tablestudy3respst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3respst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy3respst
## X-squared = 112.02, df = 1, p-value < 2.2e-16
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction3respst <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort)])==1)
action3respst <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort)])==2)
n3respst <- length(datagmr$respdavejimshort[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action3respst, n3respst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 10.53883
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction3respst <- prop.test(x = action3respst, n = n3respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction3respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action3respst out of n3respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 112.02, df = 1, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.6978011 0.7751868
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.7383367
propinaction3respst <- prop.test(x = inaction3respst, n = n3respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction3respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction3respst out of n3respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 112.02, df = 1, p-value < 2.2e-16
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.2248132 0.3021989
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.2616633
#Calculate cramer V
observed3respst = c( inaction3respst, action3respst)
expected3respst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threecramerrespst <- cramerVFit(x = observed3respst, p = expected3respst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threecramerrespst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.4767 0.3955 0.5537
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction3_respst_perc <- inaction3respst/n3respst * 100
action3_respst_perc <- action3respst/n3respst * 100
observed3respst_per <- c(action3_respst_perc, inaction3_respst_perc)
#Study 3 Long Term Responsibility
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy3resplt <- table(datagmr$respdavejimlong)
tablestudy3resplt
##
## 1 2
## 194 299
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy3resplt <- chisq.test(tablestudy3resplt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3resplt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy3resplt
## X-squared = 22.363, df = 1, p-value = 2.257e-06
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction3resplt <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong)])==1)
action3resplt <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong)])==2)
n3resplt <- length(datagmr$respdavejimlong[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action3resplt, n3resplt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 4.683924
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction3resplt <- prop.test(x = action3resplt, n = n3resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction3resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action3resplt out of n3resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 22.363, df = 1, p-value = 2.257e-06
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5627031 0.6486319
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.6064909
propinaction3resplt <- prop.test(x = inaction3resplt, n = n3resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction3resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction3resplt out of n3resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 22.363, df = 1, p-value = 2.257e-06
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3513681 0.4372969
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.3935091
#Calculate cramer V
observed3resplt = c( inaction3resplt, action3resplt)
expected3resplt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threecramerresplt <- cramerVFit(x = observed3resplt, p = expected3resplt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threecramerresplt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.213 0.1237 0.3022
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction3_resplt_perc <- inaction3resplt/n3resplt * 100
action3_resplt_perc <- action3resplt/n3resplt * 100
observed3resplt_per <- c(action3_resplt_perc, inaction3_resplt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Responsibility short-term plot
DF3ResponsibilityST <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST3 = c(rep("Action", action3respst), rep("Inaction", inaction3respst)))
DF3ResponsibilitySTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST3 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(69.78011, 22.48132),
Upper = c(77.51868, 30.21989))
DF3ResponsibilitySTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityST3 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 69.78011 77.51868
## 2 Inaction 22.48132 30.21989
Study3_ResponsibilityST_Plot <- ggplot(DF3ResponsibilityST, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityST3, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityST3)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF3ResponsibilitySTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 3: Short-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.48, 95% CI [0.40, 0.55]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "73.83%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "26.17%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Responsibility long-term plot
DF3ResponsibilityLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT3 = c(rep("Action", action3resplt), rep("Inaction", inaction3resplt)))
DF3ResponsibilityLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT3 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(56.27031, 35.13681),
Upper = c(64.86319, 43.72969))
DF3ResponsibilityLTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityLT3 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 56.27031 64.86319
## 2 Inaction 35.13681 43.72969
Study3_ResponsibilityLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF3ResponsibilityLT, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT3, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT3)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF3ResponsibilityLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 3: Long-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.21, 95% CI [0.12, 0.30]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "60.65%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "39.35%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Combine Study 3 Plots
Study3_RegretST_Plot + Study3_RegretLT_Plot + Study3_ResponsibilityST_Plot + Study3_ResponsibilityLT_Plot
#Study 3 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Responsibility
tablestudy3resp <- table(datagmr$respdavejimshort, datagmr$respdavejimlong)
tablestudy3resp
##
## 1 2
## 1 100 29
## 2 94 270
observed3chanresp = c(94, 29)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy3chanresp <- chisq.test(observed3chanresp, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy3chanresp
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed3chanresp
## X-squared = 34.35, df = 1, p-value = 4.605e-09
#Calculate Cramer V
expected3chanresp = c( 1/2, 1/2)
threechancramer <- cramerVFit(x = observed3chanresp, p = expected3chanresp, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
threechancramer
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.5285 0.3821 0.6748
#Calculate z score
z.score(94, 123, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 5.770686
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
prop3respacttoinact <- prop.test(x = 94, n = 123, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
prop3respacttoinact
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 94 out of 123, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.35, df = 1, p-value = 4.605e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.6819220 0.8305288
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.7642276
prop3respinacttoact <- prop.test(x = 29, n = 123, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
prop3respinacttoact
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 29 out of 123, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.35, df = 1, p-value = 4.605e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.1694712 0.3180780
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.2357724
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactresp3_perc <- 94/123 * 100
inacttoactresp3_perc <- 29/123 * 100
observed3respchan <- c(acttoinactresp3_perc, inacttoactresp3_perc)
#Study 3 McNemar tests for Responsibility
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tablestudy3resp,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tablestudy3resp
## McNemar's chi-squared = 33.301, df = 1, p-value = 7.895e-09
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tablestudy3resp, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tablestudy3resp
## b = 29, c = 94, p-value = 3.393e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.1960853 0.4722028
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 0.3085106
Summary:
We found support for action-effect in the short-run, and we found support for inaction-effect in the long-run.
We found support for the temporal effect of action-inaction effect.
# Study 4 Short Term Regret
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy4regst <- table(datagmr$regretdavejimshort4)
tablestudy4regst
##
## 1 2
## 94 153
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy4regst <- chisq.test(tablestudy4regst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy4regst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy4regst
## X-squared = 14.093, df = 1, p-value = 0.000174
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction4regst <- sum((datagmr$regretdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort4)])==1)
action4regst <- sum((datagmr$regretdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort4)])==2)
n4regst <- length(datagmr$regretdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$regretdavejimshort4)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action4regst, n4regst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 3.690452
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction4regst <- prop.test(x = action4regst, n = n4regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction4regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action4regst out of n4regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 14.093, df = 1, p-value = 0.000174
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5574920 0.6777163
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.6194332
propinaction4regst <- prop.test(x = inaction4regst, n = n4regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction4regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction4regst out of n4regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 14.093, df = 1, p-value = 0.000174
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3222837 0.4425080
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.3805668
#Calculate cramer V
observed4regst = c( inaction4regst, action4regst)
expected4regst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fourcramerregst <- cramerVFit(x = observed4regst, p = expected4regst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fourcramerregst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.2389 0.1095 0.3601
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction4_regst_perc <- inaction4regst/n4regst * 100
action4_regst_perc <- action4regst/n4regst * 100
observed4regst_per <- c(action4_regst_perc, inaction4_regst_perc)
# Study 4 Long Term Regret
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy4reglt <- table(datagmr$regdavejimlong4)
tablestudy4reglt
##
## 1 2
## 137 111
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy4reglt <- chisq.test(tablestudy4reglt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy4reglt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy4reglt
## X-squared = 2.7258, df = 1, p-value = 0.09874
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction4reglt <- sum((datagmr$regdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong4)])==1)
action4reglt <- sum((datagmr$regdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong4)])==2)
n4reglt <- length(datagmr$regdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$regdavejimlong4)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action4reglt, n4reglt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] -1.587502
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction4reglt <- prop.test(x = action4reglt, n = n4reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction4reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action4reglt out of n4reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 2.7258, df = 1, p-value = 0.09874
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3869628 0.5097976
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4475806
propinaction4reglt <- prop.test(x = inaction4reglt, n = n4reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction4reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction4reglt out of n4reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 2.7258, df = 1, p-value = 0.09874
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4902024 0.6130372
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5524194
#Calculate cramer V
observed4reglt = c( inaction4reglt, action4reglt)
expected4reglt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fourcramerreglt <- cramerVFit(x = observed4reglt, p = expected4reglt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fourcramerreglt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.1048 0.008065 0.2177
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction4_reglt_perc <- inaction4reglt/n4reglt * 100
action4_reglt_perc <- action4reglt/n4reglt * 100
observed4reglt_per <- c(action4_reglt_perc, inaction4_reglt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Regret short-term plot
DF4RegretST <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST4 = c(rep("Action", action4regst), rep("Inaction", inaction4regst)))
DF4RegretSTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST4 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(55.74920, 32.22837),
Upper = c(67.77163, 44.25080))
DF4RegretSTerror
## ActionInactionRegretST4 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 55.74920 67.77163
## 2 Inaction 32.22837 44.25080
Study4_RegretST_Plot <- ggplot(DF4RegretST, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretST4, fill = ActionInactionRegretST4)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF4RegretSTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 4: Short-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.24, 95% CI [0.12, 0.36]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "61.94%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "38.06%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Regret long-term plot
DF4RegretLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT4 = c(rep("Action", action4reglt), rep("Inaction", inaction4reglt)))
DF4RegretLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT4 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(38.69628, 49.02024),
Upper = c(50.97976, 61.30372))
DF4RegretLTerror
## ActionInactionRegretLT4 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 38.69628 50.97976
## 2 Inaction 49.02024 61.30372
Study4_RegretLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF4RegretLT, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretLT4, fill = ActionInactionRegretLT4)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF4RegretLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 4: Long-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.10, 95% CI [0.01, 0.23]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "44.76%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "55.24%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Study 4 Test of Independence Regret
#Combine short-term tables and long-term tables
tab4reg <- as.table(rbind(tablestudy4regst, tablestudy4reglt))
tab4reg
## 1 2
## tablestudy4regst 94 153
## tablestudy4reglt 137 111
#COnduct chi-square test
study4regtestindependence <- chisq.test(tab4reg, correct = FALSE)
study4regtestindependence
##
## Pearson's Chi-squared test
##
## data: tab4reg
## X-squared = 14.684, df = 1, p-value = 0.0001271
#Cramer V
CramerV(tab4reg, conf.level = 0.95)
## Cramer V lwr.ci upr.ci
## 0.17223537 0.08414594 0.26033580
# Study 4 Short Term Responsibility
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy4respst <- table(datagmr$respdavejimshort4)
tablestudy4respst
##
## 1 2
## 62 185
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy4respst <- chisq.test(tablestudy4respst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy4respst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy4respst
## X-squared = 61.251, df = 1, p-value = 5.024e-15
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction4respst <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort4)])==1)
action4respst <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort4)])==2)
n4respst <- length(datagmr$respdavejimshort4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimshort4)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action4respst, n4respst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 7.762674
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction4respst <- prop.test(x = action4respst, n = n4respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction4respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action4respst out of n4respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 61.251, df = 1, p-value = 5.024e-15
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.6913816 0.7989679
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.7489879
propinaction4respst <- prop.test(x = inaction4respst, n = n4respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction4respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction4respst out of n4respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 61.251, df = 1, p-value = 5.024e-15
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.2010321 0.3086184
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.2510121
#Calculate cramer V
observed4respst = c( inaction4respst, action4respst)
expected4respst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fourcramerrespst <- cramerVFit(x = observed4respst, p = expected4respst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fourcramerrespst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.498 0.3927 0.6113
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction4_respst_perc <- inaction4respst/n4respst * 100
action4_respst_perc <- action4respst/n4respst * 100
observed4respst_per <- c(action4_respst_perc, inaction4_respst_perc)
# Study 4 Long Term Responsibility
#Set up the table for frequencies of action Jim and inaction Dave
tablestudy4resplt <- table(datagmr$respdavejimlong4)
tablestudy4resplt
##
## 1 2
## 78 170
#Run chi-square test
chisqstudy4resplt <- chisq.test(tablestudy4resplt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy4resplt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy4resplt
## X-squared = 34.129, df = 1, p-value = 5.158e-09
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction4resplt <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong4)])==1)
action4resplt <- sum((datagmr$respdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong4)])==2)
n4resplt <- length(datagmr$respdavejimlong4[!is.na(datagmr$respdavejimlong4)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action4resplt, n4resplt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 5.778506
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction4resplt <- prop.test(x = action4resplt, n = n4resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction4resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action4resplt out of n4resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.129, df = 1, p-value = 5.158e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.6252387 0.7400705
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.6854839
propinaction4resplt <- prop.test(x = inaction4resplt, n = n4resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction4resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction4resplt out of n4resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 34.129, df = 1, p-value = 5.158e-09
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.2599295 0.3747613
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.3145161
#Calculate cramer V
observed4resplt = c( inaction4resplt, action4resplt)
expected4resplt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fourcramerresplt <- cramerVFit(x = observed4resplt, p = expected4resplt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fourcramerresplt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.371 0.2581 0.4917
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction4_resplt_perc <- inaction4resplt/n4resplt * 100
action4_resplt_perc <- action4resplt/n4resplt * 100
observed4resplt_per <- c(action4_resplt_perc, inaction4_resplt_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Responsibility short-term plot
DF4ResponsibilityST <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST4 = c(rep("Action", action4respst), rep("Inaction", inaction4respst)))
DF4ResponsibilitySTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST4 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(69.13816, 20.10321),
Upper = c(79.89679, 30.86184))
DF4ResponsibilitySTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityST4 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 69.13816 79.89679
## 2 Inaction 20.10321 30.86184
Study4_ResponsibilityST_Plot <- ggplot(DF4ResponsibilityST, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityST4, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityST4)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF4ResponsibilitySTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 4: Short-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.50, 95% CI [0.39, 0.61]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "74.90%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "25.10%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Responsibility long-term plot
DF4ResponsibilityLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT4 = c(rep("Action", action4resplt), rep("Inaction", inaction4resplt)))
DF4ResponsibilityLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT4 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(62.52387, 25.99295),
Upper = c(74.00705, 37.47613))
DF4ResponsibilityLTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityLT4 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 62.52387 74.00705
## 2 Inaction 25.99295 37.47613
Study4_ResponsibilityLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF4ResponsibilityLT, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT4, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT4)) + labs(y = "Percentage Perceiving Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF4ResponsibilityLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 4: Long-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.37, 95% CI [0.25, 0.48]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "68.55%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "31.45%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Combine Study 4 Plots
Study4_RegretST_Plot + Study4_RegretLT_Plot + Study4_ResponsibilityST_Plot + Study4_ResponsibilityLT_Plot
#Study 4 Test of Independence Responsibility
#Combine short-term tables and long-term tables
tab4resp <- as.table(rbind(tablestudy4respst, tablestudy4resplt))
tab4resp
## 1 2
## tablestudy4respst 62 185
## tablestudy4resplt 78 170
#COnduct chi-square test
study4resptestindependence <- chisq.test(tab4resp, correct = FALSE)
study4resptestindependence
##
## Pearson's Chi-squared test
##
## data: tab4resp
## X-squared = 2.4604, df = 1, p-value = 0.1168
#Cramer V
CramerV(tab4resp, conf.level = 0.95)
## Cramer V lwr.ci upr.ci
## 0.07050129 0.00000000 0.15859731
Summary:
We found support for action-effect in the short-run, but the inaction-effect failed to reach significance in the long-run.
We also found support for the temporal effect on action-inaction effect.
# Regret
# Exclusion for Study 5 life greatest action regret
## First exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no regret responses for life greatest action regret
unique(datagmr$lifegr8actregdes)
## [1] ""
## [2] "I wish I had been home that day my dad went off on my very first boyfriend. I knew something was wrong but I went to practice instead and things went downhill from there."
## [3] "One big regret that I did was having children at a very young age. I do not regret my children in any way, but I wish I would have waited longer to have them because it made my life very hard when I was younger."
## [4] "I regret getting married at a very young age."
## [5] "I regret breaking up with my last girlfriend; she legitimately loved me, but I was too paranoid and thought she was just trying to get something from me."
## [6] "I started a habit of smoking and I have not been able to quit. It has been a struggle, I only wish I had not started that behavior"
## [7] "When buying my first new car, I bought the extended warranty without fully understanding how it worked. The salespeople failed to disclose the $100 deductible, which was often more than the fix was even worth."
## [8] "Making fun of my sister for years."
## [9] "Telling a person what I really think of them. They got me mad, and I overreacted."
## [10] "I stayed in a relationship with someone who was taking advantage of me. I forgave the person many, many times and wasted years in an unhappy relationship."
## [11] "I wish I had not cheated on my boyfriend of 7 years."
## [12] "I took a promotion at work which led to me staying at a bad job for longer than I should have."
## [13] "I wish I hadn't gone off to college. It was such a waste of time that lead nowhere, but what else could I have done at that point? I wish I had done something else."
## [14] "I caused a budding romantic relationship to end by being too aggressive with how quickly I wanted the relationship to move."
## [15] "I regret going to Michigan State University. I should have stayed home and gone to Oakland University, by this point in my life I would probably have a college degree already."
## [16] "I slacked off too much in my first two years of college and got a poor GPA."
## [17] "I quit flight school in college to have more free time"
## [18] "Yes. It was when I said something to a friend that I shouldn't have."
## [19] "Getting married to my first husband."
## [20] "Something i once did caused someone at least some psychological harm."
## [21] "Drinking and driving when I was younger. I could've hurt myself or others, and only by luck did I escape things unharmed."
## [22] "I quit a good job to go to another one that I don't like."
## [23] "Gotten married to a man who later did awful things"
## [24] "Transferring colleges three times"
## [25] "I wish I wouldn't have gotten married so young."
## [26] "I regret hurting my husband."
## [27] "My young wife was terminally ill. The illness lasted almost five years. I went from being a husband to being a caregiver. I regret that as the caregiver role increased, the husband part was diminished."
## [28] "When I was in high school, I lied to my parents about spending the night at a hotel with my friends. We got very drunk and pictures were taken. My parents happened upon some of these pictures and found out what I did."
## [29] "Speaking unkindly to my husband."
## [30] "I regret getting on the road drowsy when I was 18. It led to a single car accident that left my car totaled and me traumatized."
## [31] "I was coming out of a grocery parking lot and trying to drive across the street, but there were cars in my way, as they waited for the light to turn green. They moved forward and cleared the area. More cars arrived, and I could not see beyond them. A truck driver who had stopped in front of my driveway gestured for me to drive across the street. I did, and got struck by another car on his other side that had not seen me coming."
## [32] "When I was almost 18 and getting ready to graduate from high school I became pregnant. My father insisted that I get an abortioin and I did. Later in life I was not able to have children."
## [33] "I had sex with a prostitute. This made it so I could not become a police officer due to undetected crimes."
## [34] "I cheated on my first wife, and in a manner that was very scandalous when all came to light."
## [35] "My biggest action regret in life is leaving a job that I loved doing for an uncertain education."
## [36] "I spent time doing behaviors that I regret now, in my early 30s -- just personal behaviors that I feel now didn't add to my social support structure now, and really took away from the things that I could have accomplished."
## [37] "I broke off a relationship with a woman and she took it so badly that I thought she might consider suicide. I lost touch with her so I do not know if she ever recovered fully from the breakup."
## [38] "My biggest regret is choosing the college degree I have."
## [39] "I wish I would have not dated a certain guy in college."
## [40] "Going through the motions in my first year in college."
## [41] "For me it was probably quitting basketball in 10th grade. I wanted to play so bad but I got hurt and the coach didnt believe me so I made a dumb decision to quit.."
## [42] "I regret letting my anger get the best of me and letting people bug me enough that I ended up punching them in the face."
## [43] "When I was in high school, I decided I wanted to pursue a career as a professional musician."
## [44] "I regret dating an abusive sociopath, even after I knew that's who they were."
## [45] "Getting married at 18. I think I should have waited a few years longer before I did but we are still together 27 years later."
## [46] "My biggest regret is that in my lifetime, I have not saved any money for retirement like I probably should have."
## [47] "I regret not staying in the Army Reserves for 20 years, I would have a pension now for the rest of my life."
## [48] "I started smoking cigarettes when I was 14, and I regret this action"
## [49] "I regret leading on one guy, although not necessarily intentionally, I briefly dated in college. He was a nice guy, but not my type. I was sad and lonely, so I took advantage of his availability and his own desire to date someone. I realized my mistake early on, but he really liked me. I tried to make it work, in my head, but I really didn't see it going anywhere so I had to cut it off because it felt unfair to both of us to continue pretending."
## [50] "I regret having an affair on my ex wife many years ago."
## [51] "i should not have left school when i did"
## [52] "I had an opportunity to help a good friend, and I let my selfishness keep me from providing that help. I was young and did not process the repercussions of my actions then, but I still have a great deal of regret that I did not not help."
## [53] "I gave up a job I really liked in order to move and do something else, but I always missed the job."
## [54] "I regret not going to college. It was an option for me, My parents offered to pay...but I chose to get married instead, They couldnt afford both at that time..and I wanted my wedding."
## [55] "When I was a teen I pranked my cousin but what I did snowballed in to something very, very bad that kept us from being friends for years."
## [56] "I made a very large purchase, that I really didnt need."
## [57] "I wish I hadn't lied so much when I was a teenager."
## [58] "I regret getting into drugs, which led to decades of addiction."
## [59] "I regret moving to Canada for five years to be with my ex boyfriend who turned out to be abusive in the end. It was a waste of time."
## [60] "I got really drunk, did some stupid things and fractured several vertebrae."
## [61] "I wrecked my car on the interstate. That was a big let down for me as well."
## [62] "I married young, and it was disastrous. I finally left the abusive relationship, and got a divorce, but I feel that the experience has shadowed my entire life."
## [63] "When i tried to my friend in HS on a wet road and had a bad accident. Totaled my car and damaged my face with lots of scars and stitches."
## [64] "I regret having a relationship with my college crush. He was a bad boyfriend."
## [65] "My biggest regret was trying to do a photoshoot where I lit some angel wings on fire, it ended up spreading and while I was able to get it out it ended up being the most embarrassing thing I've done and could have landed me in jail if things went worse."
## [66] "I regret treating my father with disrespect."
## [67] "I regret the few times that I relocated to apartment homes in areas with high crime. I lost my investments, when I had to quickly move out of those places due to safety concerns. I couldn't get my money back."
## [68] "I wish I hadn't stayed in a long-term relationship for as long as I did."
## [69] "One action I regret was not accepting a job offer with an organization I would have been happiest at"
## [70] "I'm not at liberty to discuss or disclose this information, regrettably."
## [71] "Letting someone take control of my life and gearing me towards dead ends."
## [72] "I deeply regret having a car accident early in my 20's."
## [73] "I wish I never gambled when I was young."
## [74] "Becoming engaged at the age of 18."
## [75] "Dropping out of college was the worst. It is true that there were some horrible, impactful things going on when I did this, but I made no plans to return. I seriously regret not having followed through since I had 2-3 years credit. Yes, going back is possible, but given the time elapsed God only knows what would have to be repeated. Also, there are new serious impediments to completing this. I wish I'd finished in my 20s."
## [76] "My biggest regret is not taking the time before college to figure out what I really wanted to do with my life. In turn, I got a degree in something that has not led me very far."
## [77] "I allowed my adoptive dad to convince to give up my first child for adoption instead fighting and being responsible."
## [78] "About a year ago, my mom and I had a disagreement and we stopped talking for several months. I even blocked her on social media. I regret my actions and the time lost."
## [79] "The biggest action regret in my entire life was to get involved with a past girlfriend. She caused me years of mental harm and I'm still not the same person I was anymore."
## [80] "wish i had given more attention to my career before marriage, i think i married and started having children too early"
## [81] "Several years back I fooled around on my wife. I did this even though I love her. She knows about it and it sent our marriage into complete chaos for a couple years. Anyway, it caused her a tremendous amount of pain and I regret it deeply."
## [82] "I regret playing too many video games as a youth instead of reading books."
## [83] "I dropped out of graduate school. I regret going to the school and I regret dropping out. I am now in a lot of debt because of it and I feel cheated."
## [84] "I was friends with someone with whom I really enjoyed their company. I knew that this person had strong romantic feelings for me, and I did not reciprocate them. However, I still chose to be around this person, and I don't think that was a good idea."
## [85] "I let my brother in law live with us for awhile."
## [86] "I kissed my best friend and that made our friendship more awkward."
## [87] "I got married to someone I shouldn't have."
## [88] "Once I accepted a date with a guy that I was weary of. It was a huge mistake!"
## [89] "I started dating a girl once that I knew was bad news before I got involved with her. I think I thought I could change her or help her be better...but all I did was wreck a few years of my life...and sadly I could have written down what happened at the end at the very beginning. I knew better."
## [90] "I regret getting married at such a young age (23). At the time, I considered myself an old maid. In my mind, I knew I was marrying because this was the only who would marry me."
## [91] "I regret accepting an assignment but not being able to follow through on it and having to abandon it."
## [92] "I bought a car that I hated and someone else talked me into purchasing. It took me three years to get rid of it."
## [93] "A former friend of mine screwed me over when we were teens. I felt betrayed and I lashed out."
## [94] "I made a friend of mine very uncomfortable and violated our friendship and even though she forgave me and continued to be a friend. It was so wrong of me and it's biggest action regret."
## [95] "I wish I had not taken a job in the banking industry but rather pursed a teaching degree instead."
## [96] "I took my ambien too late at night and had to get up extremely early the next morning to go lead worship at church. The ambien was still strongly in my system and I was pulled over for a DUI; I didn't even realize that I was impaired - I don't drink or take drugs so it was shocking."
## [97] "I broke off a friendship of mine for a period of time. I was angry about something that happened between us. While we're friends again now, I still think about that time lost because of hurt feelings over stupid things."
## [98] "I regret buying a house since I never wanted to own one in the first place and now I feel stuck in a house I can't afford because I can't afford needed repairs in order to sell it."
## [99] "I regret dropping out of college when I was 19 because I had poorly treated depression and wasn't managing my mental health well."
## [100] "Stealing money from a person I met one night many years ago."
## [101] "I regret the way I broke up with one of my former flames."
## [102] "Getting married to the man I did ended up being my biggest life long regret because he did not treat me well and did not respect me or act kindly to me in any way."
## [103] "I regret not spending more time with my mother and father while they were still here."
## [104] "Not getting my driver's license when I should have when I was finished with my Traffic classes and I had one more left to do--and I didnt go."
## [105] "I got involved with a man that was bad for me and my life."
## [106] "I regret drinking and driving. I wrecked my car and destroyed my life."
## [107] "I tried to stop a lay up in a basketball game in 1969. My feet got tangled and I screwed up my left knee."
## [108] "I wish I hadn't majored in psychology. I didn't know myself well enough to understand that just because you are very interested in a topic doesn't mean that you want a career in it."
## [109] "I regret losing that very close relationship with my Dad after I got married to my husband whom he didn't approve of."
## [110] "My biggest regret of action was asking my girlfriend to move with me when I had to move for my job."
## [111] "Showing interest with a friend in high school that was unreciprocated."
## [112] "After a breakup, I sent a text that described how and why I felt hurt and it ended up making both of us feel hurt. Every time I think back to it, I wish I hadn't sent the text."
## [113] "Left early last Christmas with mom"
## [114] "I wish I had never got involved with my X-husband. He made my life miserable during the time we were together and I'm still living with the consequences of his actions."
## [115] "When my son was around 2 years old we took an overnight trip For whatever reason when we were sleeping in the hotel he was not going to bed. I'm not sure if he was scared. He couldn't communicate with us what was bothering him. He just kept crying. It was driving my husband and I crazy. It was getting late in the night and we just wanted sleep. We ended up getting upset and ending our trip and took the roadtrip back home. Now that I look back on it, I wish I would have consoled him and tried to calm him down and try to get an answer to what was going on. If he wanted to cuddle and sleep with me, maybe that would have comforted him. I will never know since he was too young to express to us. I always wonder if we could have did more."
## [116] "My biggest regret is that I accidentally started a fire when I was a child. I never forgot it and it wasn't something I could share with anyone."
## [117] "I applied to graduate schools in my senior year of college without considering whether it was actually the right move for me."
## [118] "I with I would have gone away to college instead of staying locally. I think I would have had a better foundation and met more people."
## [119] "I regret that I never got my degree in archaeology. I instead got a degree in historic preservation. While it is also something I am really into, it's not what I really wanted to do."
## [120] "I shouldn't have bothered going to college. It was expensive and I got very little out of it."
## [121] "I wish I had succeded in my first attempt in college. My father, now deceased, spent all of his connections getting me into this school and I failed at achieving al As as he required. Thusly I went to state college."
## [122] "I regret donating my car instead of getting it repaired and continuing to drive it for a few more years."
## [123] "I decided to get married at too young of an age to someone who wasn't serious about it. We ended up getting divorced shortly after."
## [124] "I regret marrying my child's father. I don't regret dating him and having kids with him, but getting out of that marriage was very difficult because he made it that way, I wish I hadn't done it."
## [125] "I made an online purchase that I later regretted."
## [126] "The biggest action regret that I have was avoiding my mother."
## [127] "Agreeing to become an unpaid caregiver to my mother and babysitter to my sister's children."
## [128] "I sold my first car - should have kept it - would be worth a FORTUNE right now."
## [129] "Personally, looking back, I regret becoming divorced from my sons' mother."
## [130] "My biggest regret is getting engaged to an abusive person."
## [131] "I left home when I was a teenager and never completed high school or college, as a result."
## [132] "Telling my brother that I hated him the day that he died"
## [133] "I wish I had not ever asked my first wife on a date. my whole life could have been easier and better."
## [134] "I wish I had never pursued a career in teaching. Once I had gotten a degree and found some teaching jobs, I realized that I really did not enjoy teaching and that this job would be a source of pain for me."
## [135] "I chose to kill my baby."
## [136] "I lost contact with a good friend"
## [137] "I regret buying a new car right out of college."
## [138] "Not thinking of myself is the first regret I have. I have always was raised to think of others first, but now neglect my needs."
## [139] "I got married at 17 and it changed the trajectory of my life for the worse. I wish I didn't do that."
## [140] "I got married. I knew at the time I shouldn't do it. I knew. Everyone knew. But I felt so stuck. I got 2 amazing kids but he destroyed me for years."
## [141] "I went along with a very idiotic idea that a friend of mine had and I paid for it dearly"
## [142] "I chose to end and important relationship."
## [143] "My grandfather was dying of pancreatic cancer and was in a care facility. I came to visit him and immediately upon looking at him, I knew that it would be the last time I would see him alive. Call it a premeditation or intuition, but I knew deep in my soul it was the last time I would see him. I was so overwhelmed with sadness that I only was able to hold myself together and stay with him 10 minutes before I had to leave. As soon as I got to my car, I fully broke down and immediately regretted not staying with him as long as possible. The next day he passed away and, after 13 years, I still have immense guilt overt."
## [144] "I regret leaving my husband without trying one more time to stay together."
## [145] "That would be texting other females with girlfriend catching me"
## [146] "I stayed with a guy who was physically and emotionally abusive because I was too scared to look for anything better for myself."
## [147] "I was 16, an ordinary teenager that thought he had friends. Got invited to a party down the street. Everyone was doing drugs. They got off scott free and at 3:30 in the morning I was dead. Damaged my brain to this day."
## [148] "I took a loved one for granted."
## [149] "Getting married to my first wife, even though I knew we were not aligned spirtiually."
## [150] "I went to college right after high school. I regret that I went through and graduated with a major that I did not really desire. I currently do not have a job using that degree."
## [151] "I wish I wasn't as hard on my kids, especially as they're going through difficult times with the present mass hysteria shutting down schools and freaking out clueless parents of peers. I want them to learn and grow, but I have limited patience and sometimes lose my cool with them."
## [152] "I regret kissing someone other than my spouse while married. I was feeling lonely while my spouse was deployed and made a mistake."
## [153] "Having a major disagreement with my best friend of 20 years, which resulted in us not speaking to each other for over 20 years."
## [154] "I wish I had not moved out of state to go to college."
## [155] "I regret inviting over the guy (who I thought was a friend) that ended up raping me while my children were in the other room playing."
## [156] "My biggest regret action was yelling at my wife. We where arguing and she got me upset and i yelled at she."
## [157] "My biggest action regret ever was getting drunk at my dads house the last time I saw him and my whole family."
## [158] "I deeply regret ever having an intimate relationship when I was younger and not married at the time. I wish I had waited until I was married."
## [159] "I regret going to the school that I ended up at. I wanted to go to another but had concerns about tuition. I should have gone for it."
## [160] "I regret choosing the graduate program I went into. It turned out to be a bad idea."
## [161] "I wish I would not have walked away from the good computer job I had in my late 20's, to move to a different city."
## [162] "My biggest regret in of action in my life is that I started smoking at a young age."
## [163] "Coming to works in New York when I had the opportunity to pursue my career in Switzerland with one of my very close friends."
## [164] "I wish I had not made friends and become close with certain people."
## [165] "I regret letting Jino take advantage of me."
## [166] "I did something that hurt my relationship with my wife. I felt terrible about it. It took several months for her to recover emotionally."
## [167] "I had the opportunity to get out of this life 40 years ago after being nearly dead. I have regretted many, many times that I fought to stay here."
## [168] "I regret the partner I chose in life. I wish I was with someone who treated me better than he does and was not so lazy."
## [169] "Got married at an age I shouldn’t have. Way too young for that step in life"
## [170] "Stopping my education is the action I regret the most."
## [171] "The night before my mother passed away, she was acting very loopy, and I got cross with her. I tried to give her tough love to encourage her to eat and sit up straight and pay attention."
## [172] "That I bought a very old house for my children and I to live in because I wanted to get them out of the city, but the house grew a lot of mold in it and cost me a lot of money and also made my asthma and my daughter's asthma much worse."
## [173] "Getting on drugs years ago"
## [174] "Give my son for up for adoption when i was 18 years old. He is with a good adopted family, but i regret it everyday"
## [175] "I regret that I got a degree that I have not used after graduation."
## [176] "I regret acting in a disloyal way toward my significant other at the time. It was someone who was deeply hurt by my actions and the biggest regret I have in my life."
## [177] "I regret smoking for twenty years and wish I had never touched a cigarette"
## [178] "I sent someone something that was personal and I should not have sent. I feel so stupid and I can't believe I fell for the trick that this person was pulling on me."
## [179] "I should have not made those choices in my younger days."
## [180] "I was 16 and was offered a very promising business position, yet I stayed loyal to the fast food restaurant that I was working at."
## [181] "I would probably say meeting and marrying my ex-wife. I had no self esteem back then and basically married the first woman who showed me attention because I thought I couldn't do any better."
## [182] "Finishing school and not getting a job in the hospital field. I gave up\nto fast."
## [183] "My biggest regret is not finishing college. If I finished college I would have been in better shape financially."
## [184] "I got a computer networking degree at ITT. I owe a lot of student loan with a high interest rate. The school is now defuncted. I feel my degree is worthless."
## [185] "My husband talked me into dropping a dog I had a long time off in a small town. I felt so bad. If I had it to do over I wouldn't have done it."
## [186] "One thing is that I wish I did not move to Pittsburgh for work. I feel like my life would have been totally different and I would have avoided a lot of unhappiness in my younger years."
## [187] "I regret moving out of state after my parents passed away."
## [188] "I accepted a job with a company that I didn't like to be closer to extended family."
## [189] "I sold the one car I truly loved owning, and have never enjoyed owning a car as much every since."
## [190] "I should never have cheated on one of my boyfriends, even though he didn't treat me well. I should have broken up with him and maintained my integrity."
## [191] "The biggest action regret I have is the lifestyle I chose to lead when I was in my early 20's. I drank a lot of alcohol and partied with a lot of people. I wasted money and time that I could have spent enriching my life and others."
## [192] "I regret going through a period of my life where I didn't take care of my health. I overate and got little exercise."
## [193] "i regret not having to turn my back on my family to take care of my motherless child"
## [194] "I betrayed a friend by sharing some personal information she trusted me to keep private with a third person."
## [195] "I regret distancing myself from past friends. It had nothing to do with them, I was just very insecure at the time."
## [196] "I have a regret involving an interaction that occured when I was on vacation a few years ago."
## [197] "I regret putting a large some of money in the hands of professional financial advisors. That money has since grown and to shift it to investments that I want will produce a large tax burden. So now I'm stuck with my money in a high fee account with investments that I don't like"
## [198] "I regret I drank too much most of my adult life."
## [199] "I got married because all of my friends were already married and I was turning thirty. It failed."
## [200] "I regret cheating on my long-time girlfriend with another person."
## [201] "I didn't pursue my career as passionately as I should have. I was just trying to get by each day and not worry about the future."
## [202] "I went to a trip my senior year of HS, and I decided to try weed for the first time. I did it and the next morning I got a call for my dream job interview, but I needed to be drug tested. I had to refuse."
## [203] "I voluntarily accepted furlough from a company I enjoyed working for so that my spouse and I could remain where we are. We stayed here so she could get a large promotion in her organization."
## [204] "I gambled with several risky stocks that made no money and just went bankrupt. If I would have stuck with regular stocks I would have made money."
## [205] "When my parents divorced, I broke off contact with my father for many years, and I regret that."
## [206] "I regret the hurt I caused to my ex-husband. I could have handled my situation a lot better."
## [207] "I wish I would have taken college more seriously, I had the attitude that it was just an extension of high school."
## [208] "I wish I wouldn't have allowed my father to push me out of his life they way he did. I was young and stubborn so I just allowed him to push me away without a fight."
## [209] "I regret moving back to Atlanta after the military. Though I had fun there, I did little to advance my career goals or education."
## [210] "An fender bender I had recently with my car. I wish I had not been in such a rush and had been more careful backing up."
## [211] "After being in the Air Force for ten years I got out. That was the biggest mistake of my life."
## [212] "My biggest regret is leaving my wife . It ruined our family and I’ve never had a proper relationship with my son ."
## [213] "I guess that would be getting into a fight with someone that I was close with for many years. Were never able to repair the friendship."
## [214] "Ugh! I have only one big regret but it was out of my control. My first daughter was born and then less than a year later, me and her father divorced. I had to take on a day and night job to support her and I so I lost so much time with her when she was young. Still upsets me to this day and she is now 25."
## [215] "DOUBTING MY HUSBAND WHICH CAUSED ME TO DRIFT TOWARDS SOMEONE ELSE. I NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH BUT IT STILL UPSET MY HUBBY SO THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST REGRET."
## [216] "I regret investing in a bad company and losing money."
## [217] "The biggest action regret would have to be getting into fights with my brother."
## [218] "I would say by biggest action regret would be dropping out of college."
## [219] "I regret getting into bad relationships because I felt so little of myself."
## [220] "I wish I had thought more carefully about my college major and chose something that would have instead been more likely to result in a job that aligned with my life goals."
## [221] "When I was in the college, I went into a relationship I shouldn't have. The relationship got so toxic I almost gave up my life. I regret meeting the person and I will always do."
## [222] "One of my biggest regrets is how show I would be around guys when I was younger. I was so intimidated by them, but obviously now I realize that was silly."
## [223] "Not being able to work out some relationships with friends and girlfriends. Some of them definitely could have went better, possibly in the future."
## [224] "My biggest regret is choosing to date my ex even though I knew she was severely mentally ill."
## [225] "Every now and again I regret getting a divorce."
## [226] "I wish I had not drank so much alcohol and eaten poorly as a younger adult. These choices have affects on my health and body and I can't take back any damage that has been done."
## [227] "going to a party and to be like other decided to try pot. I thought I was gonna die, I had very slow breathing and couldn't stand up . Never again"
## [228] "insulting my ex boyfriend and letting him walk away like that, if my ego had been a little bit reduced things would have worked out between us, he was a great guy"
## [229] "My major action regret from my life is marrying my first wife."
## [230] "I look back and regret a bad argument I had with a friend and I wish I didn't say the things I said to her."
## [231] "I always need to get the last word in. In a fight with significant other and I said something really mean that ended the relationship."
## [232] "When I was in junior high school, I got into a fight that drew a large crowd after school let out. I regret that I did not walk away, although no one was hurt seriously."
## [233] "When I was a kid, I got angry and hurt my brother."
## [234] "I wish that I had been less abrasive during my first job out of college. Many people thought I worked unnecessarily hard and was hard on them and I could have been more empathetic."
## [235] "I regret that I ever started smoking. Although I quit more than 35 yers ago, it was stupid to start."
## [236] "My biggest regret of action is when I told something important a friend I thought I could trust, and it turned out I really couldn't. It ruined the relationship as well as complicated other aspects of my life."
## [237] "Leaving home when I did to continue college because my mom was gravely ill."
## [238] "I regret dating someone I shouldn't have. I was upset about another relationship and acted in a way that could have hurt people."
## [239] "Breaking up with my ex because it was very violent and not good at all and we both regret it still to this day."
## [240] "I slept with a stranger that i briefly met while I was still in a relationship."
## [241] "I studied abroad in Spain during my junior year of college. I regret coming home early from that experience due to anxiety."
## [242] "I regret making the wrong choice in romantic partner."
## [243] "I am thinking about the time I chose to date a guy when I was a teenager. I should never have gotten with him and I regret it now."
## [244] "I met a man and didn't wait long enough to find out who he really was deep down before I married him."
## [245] "I regret investing in some property in Florida. I followed the suggestions of some people and ending up losing a lot of money (relative to my status). It has affected my retirement."
## [246] "My biggest regret occurred when I was a college student, a little over 20 years ago, and it was the night before Thanksgiving and I made a snap decision to make the drive home late at night instead of having to wake up early. I was exhausted and accidentally fell asleep at the wheel and flipped my car, thus causing a burst fracture of my L1 vertebrae. I needed extensive surgery to remove the fractments near my spine and rebuild my vertebrae and while I was not paralyzed, it has still left me with chronic pain. This snap judgment caused a domino effect of problems in my life, from the person I married who ended up later cheating on me, to not having children (it would have been too painful to carry a fetus), to my career choice."
## [247] "I wish I would have waited to get married and have children."
## [248] "I sold a gold necklace that was my grandmother's for money when I was a teen."
## [249] "My biggest action regret I am thinking of is dating a person for too long, thinking they would be a better person and change."
## [250] "i invested in a stock that tanked"
## [251] "I wish that I graduated from university."
## [252] "I regret doing drugs. I overdosed and missed an opportunity to go to Italy with the art program at school. I regret that a lot."
## [253] "It involves a relationship I was in a while ago. I would have preferred not to get in it in the first place."
## [254] "I married the first person that I dated because I did not think anyone else would want to marry me."
## [255] "I had the biggest job interview of my life and I showed up on the wrong day--actually a day late."
## [256] "I regret starting to smoke."
## [257] "I married the wrong guy. He turned out to be someone he did not present to the public. He destroyed the lives of my children and my life as well. I would give anything if I had never met him."
## [258] "One of the biggest action regret I have is when I told my best friend I hated her. I don't want to get into details but I regret that day."
## [259] "I regret saying some of the things I did when I broke up with a longtime partner."
## [260] "I sold my first house to buy a second house. I wanted to rent out my first house but decided sell to just bank the money. The first house is now almost 4 times the price I paid 16 years ago."
## [261] "I wish I would have not shot a BB gun at a neighbor when I was a kid."
## [262] "I regret being a goofball as a student."
## [263] "I regret comprising myself for others. After being bullied and made to feel inferior by friends and family, I changed my looks, my personality, the music I listened to, etc to fit in."
## [264] "Cheating on my ex with it resulting in an end of our relationship."
## [265] "I wish I had not pursued a career in technology. I am currently a tech coordinator and I hate it. I could not think of a more boring career."
## [266] "I regret marrying Bao. It was a disaster and I and other people suffered greatly."
## [267] "An action I regret from my past includes cheating on my boyfriend. It is an action I can never take back, but will spend the rest of my life making up for."
## [268] "I gave My baby up for adoption."
## [269] "I wish I had not married my first husband."
## [270] "I should not have smoked that blunt at the election night watch party. I got all paranoid and couldn't interact with people normally."
## [271] "The action regret I am thinking of is dropping out of college at 19 to work fast food. I didn't know what I wanted to do yet academically and ended up quitting my job within that year anyway."
## [272] "I regret that I spent too much time pursuing men who were not interested in me."
## [273] "I regretted telling a girl I liked her even if I would not be likely be with her. I wasted time and suffered emotionally because of that decision."
## [274] "I can think of it but would rather not share."
## [275] "Breaking up with a great guy to go with another."
## [276] "I wish I had not yelled at my mom."
## [277] "I regret speeding in the rain on the highway, as it caused me to hydroplane and get in a bad accident with my first car when I was only 18."
## [278] "I called someone a bad name that worked at a grocery store I go to."
## [279] "I dated someone that a friend of mine liked. I knew she liked him, but he liked me and asked me out. So, I went out with him. Because of that, my friend lost trust in me and our friendship."
## [280] "I served a religious mission for a faith I no longer believe in."
## [281] "Selling the bitcoin I bought a decade ago shortly after buying it. If I had kept it, I'd be a millionaire right now."
## [282] "My biggest action regret was marrying a second husband. Was married for 12 years and was very unhappy. If I had a do-over, I would skip that part of my life."
## [283] "The starting halfback of our high school team kicked my car because I would not give him a ride to the game because we had to bring home those that we took and I had 5 girls scheduled to ride home. The next day I retaliated and slugged him. He fell to the floor. He got up and I pummeled him, resulting in 17 stitches on his face. I wish I had not done that."
## [284] "I wished that I would have focused on my academics in school instead of being in a relationship."
## [285] "I wish I didn't say what I said to my ex a month ago."
## [286] "The thing that I've done in my life that I regret having done is investing so much into listening to a so-called guru in the entrepreneur world instead of listening to my gut. I felt like I got lead down a bad path because I had such vague information given to me where I learned way more by myself and my own research than I did from paying this guru thousands of dollars to teach me."
## [287] "The single action that i regret is using drugs. it destroyed my life."
## [288] "I regret skipping class and not studying my first two semesters of college."
## [289] "I agreed to let my daughter go live with her Dad, my ex-husband, when she was 12. It turned out that she totally missed out on having a mother figure when she most needed it and he was really hard for her to live with but she didn't dare to tell me she wanted to come home."
## [290] "I regret getting married."
## [291] "I hurt myself by doing things growing up. I did them because my family treated me poorly."
## [292] "I regret the decision I made in choosing my knee surgeon. He performed aspects of a procedure that were outdated and left me in a worse condition than I was prior to surgery."
## [293] "I think the biggest action regret would be having surgery on my hand many years ago. Since that surgery my hand has never been the same."
## [294] "I dated a guys with a child and eventually moved in with him."
## [295] "I regret getting out so many student loans for school"
## [296] "My action regret is living with a good friend in college because it caused me not to branch out to meet new people and it put strain on our friendship."
## [297] "I went to get my degree to become a Chiropractor even when I knew I had a tremor and likely wouldn't be able to complete the physical portion of my degree requirements."
## [298] "My biggest regret is dropping out of college."
## [299] "I sincerely regret going outside of my marriage."
## [300] "When I lost my job in California in 2018 I should have stayed where I was and not moved to Colorado in 2019."
## [301] "My biggest regret was moving back home to live with my mother because I had no money and couldn't make my relationship work. It was the worst possible time to be with my mentally ill mother because her caretaker (her father) had several strokes and died and it all fell on me. I had a nervous breakdown and have never recovered. This was 22 years ago."
## [302] "I regret going to graduate school. I probably would have prioritized having a more \"well-rounded\" life if I hadn't gone."
## [303] "I wish I had been a better brother toy siblings. We had a complicated upbringing, and I should have been a stronger leader and better role model for them. Things are ok now, but I know I failed them in my younger days."
## [304] "I wish that I hadn't fooled around on my first husband. During our marriage, I discovered that I am gay and had an affair with a woman. That hurt him, and he didn't deserve that kind of a betrayal. I should have made a clean break from him before proceeding with another person."
## [305] "My biggest regret of action was taking on my last job promotion at my old company."
## [306] "The action I most regret is contacting a certain church organization in late August, 1974. If I hadn't done so, my life would've been much different and much better."
## [307] "I regret marrying my first wife and moving away with her from my hometown."
## [308] "In my twenties, I chose to spend a great deal of my money on frivolous things. I wish I had spent my money better."
## [309] "Taking a hotel management job when I was younger."
## [310] "I regret buying my new car. It was more money than I should have spent and I have buyers remorse."
## [311] "I wished I had not moving into an apartment with my boyfriend. I did not love him and should not have agreed to share a place with him."
## [312] "I regret having bulimia and not being able to keep it under control."
## [313] "I regret quitting teaching when I did."
## [314] "My biggest regret of action was to tell my boss how I truly felt and my plans to move on from the organization in 18 months. I was fired within the month."
## [315] "I wish I hadn't started a horse farm, breeding and raising horses and selling the foals and stud services and sometimes breaking horses."
## [316] "I regret that the last words to my brother before he died were \"You're so stupid, I hate you\". He died unexpectedly in an accident the next day and we had been in a huge fight the night before and I never apologized."
## [317] "I was not faithful in one of my relationships. I wish I had never done this."
## [318] "I wish I'd never given my first husband a second look. My life would be entirely different."
## [319] "I got into some legal trouble back in college."
## [320] "I regret getting out of the Navy when I was younger. I did not try hard enough to accomplish my goals."
## [321] "I wish I would have kept in touch with my best friend more and not let the friendship fade to non existent."
## [322] "Last month I got into an argument with an old friend that led me to contact her ex husband. The reconnection back fired on me and made my friend lose trust in me."
## [323] "I reported a sexual assault when I was younger and in school. I wish I had not done it. The toll it took on me was extreme and the charges went nowhere."
## [324] "I regret getting involved with the person I am with now."
## [325] "I dropped out of a phd program and have regrets about it for the past decade."
## [326] "The action regret that I am thinking of is the time when I purposefully glared at this girl who I didn't know, she ended up being really nice."
## [327] "I kept working even though I could have retired earlier. I was consumed with money and work and now feel I could easily have stopped earlier."
## [328] "I regret breaking up with my girlfriend, April. We dated in high school and I broke up with her so I could date other people."
## [329] "When the company hired an outside person and my boss told me that I needed to report to a new boss, I got really upset. Although I remained open to work with the other person, I simply didn't think he value my presence or even felt I am a threat to his position. So after about a year I decided to quit my job which was very well paid and I have been in for 6 years, only to found out the new boss decided to leave after a year in with pandemic."
## [330] "I was mad at my stepdad and mom because I didn't feel emotionally supported. I did not see them for a few years and now my step Dad is dead. I miss the years that I could have had with him."
## [331] "Years ago I saw the love of my life and declared to my friends he was the one. I observed this man for several years. He was a chaser and didn't like being chased. A friend suggested that I call him and invite him out so see if there were really any sparks there. \nI told my friend he's a chaser and that would be most awkward and unwanted. I didn't follow my mind and let my friend convince me to call the man who would be my king. \nThe call went awful. Everything that could go wrong did. He called the police and told them I had been stalking him for years. The police showed up at my house and threatened to arrest me. Our town's newspaper got wind of the 911 call and printed a front page story about the incident. I was and still so ashame. I'm not friends with the friend who suggested that I call and when I run into the man of my dreams he tells anyone in ear shot this story."
## [332] "The action regret that comes to mind is accepting my first job after college. I took the first job I was offered because I was afraid I wouldn't get another offer and had bills to pay, but I got three better offers after I had already started my job."
## [333] "When I was 28 I decided that I wanted to leave NYC and move to San Francisco. I still regret giving up a very good job and moving."
## [334] "Continuing to work as a business office manager at a medical practice with 4 clinics and surgical center after the administrator really did a number on me. Had only 2 days before told him that I would stay in the position after a 90 day trial. He then 2 days later told everyone in the clinic they were building a new surgical center, which all the other managers knew about except me since \"I didn't need to know\". Was so furious I should have quit on the spot, but I didn't. He was a piss poor administrator!"
## [335] "I regret the first time I looked at porn. It has led to a lifetime of addiction and warped perceptions."
## [336] "I regret certain actions I took during my divorce that wounded my children"
## [337] "I had a car one time and I thought it would have been better to just buy a new car instead of fixing what was wrong with it. The person that bought my old car invested 25 dollars in a new part and the car lasted another two owner and ten years. I loved that car and was not as happy with my new one as I was with the old one."
## [338] "I regret a particular relationship that I wish I had the forethought to stay out of. My whole life at that point would have been better."
## [339] "My biggest action regret in my life was leaving california the last time I came back to visit my family. This is because two years later im still stuck here and it killed my career."
## [340] "I regret spending lots of money on a wedding that did not happen."
## [341] "I wish I hadn't majored in geology"
## [342] "My biggest regret in life has to be staying in a toxic relationship when I knew it was hurting my mental health."
## [343] "My biggest action regret in my life was choosing to go to work instead of visiting my sick mother in the hospital. She ended up dying the next morning and I never got to see her one last time."
## [344] "I wish I had pushed myself to get a job in a technology firm or investment firm."
## [345] "My action involves being disloyal to a good friend."
## [346] "I moved away from where my mother lived to a different state. Now that she is gone I regret that I didn't spend more time with her."
## [347] "I shouldn't have got married!"
## [348] "i was mean to my foster sister."
## [349] "Fighting with my younger brother"
## [350] "I regret cheating on my wife. It changed and affected many people in my life."
## [351] "I got married at a very, very young age, just to be defiant. I'm lucky I got a pretty good guy; it's been 37 years, but we had a lot of growing up to do in our early marriage."
## [352] "I walked out on a relationship with the love of my life. It was the biggest regret and 30 years later I am still thinking I should have stayed"
## [353] "I regret moving to Texas, it sounded fun but was a big waste of time. I moved back home to Iowa 9 months later."
## [354] "I got into a relationship with a man I knew was not right for me, going so far as to uproot my life and move in with him. I regret not taking the time to listen to my intuition and get out of the relationship sooner."
## [355] "My biggest regret of action was choosing to attend a college that I could play soccer at and not one I really wanted to attend."
## [356] "I was in love with a girl in graduate school and, although I thought my feelings for her were clear, I found out after the fact that she had no idea. On the contrary, she thought I looked down on her. I wish I had confronted her and made my feelings clear."
## [357] "The action regret I am thinking of is dating a certain person for too long."
## [358] "I regret skipping my early college classes and treating my education as something less than serious."
## [359] "My biggest regret is that I wasn't super pro active with saving money and, if I had been, I would be retired by now."
## [360] "I dated a married woman once. I still feel bad about it."
## [361] "I wish that I would never gotten involved with a woman who already had a child."
## [362] "I regret deciding to get married because I was pregnant. It lead to alot of heartache and abuse for over 20 years. To this day their is no bigger regret that I have than not deciding to just have the baby by myself instead I went with tradition."
## [363] "I wish that I hadn't cheated on my boyfriend."
## [364] "I chose to do something that I can never go back and undo and still feel guilty."
## [365] "I mean I couldn't think of anyone else with lower self esteem. I always took the path where I saw less people. Met less people, talked to lesser."
## [366] "Biggest regret was getting involved with my boyfriend. Although I didn't know him before he is the ex-husband of an acquaintance, has been caught in lies in regards to that, has hurt me and I can't seem to untangle myself from his life."
## [367] "I regret some of the actions I have taken that were callous and insensitive."
## [368] "When my 10 year old son was in hospice, I left him to talk with some other moms and I came back to him very upset that I had left."
## [369] "my biggest action regret when when i bought a stock i should not have bought. I really lost a lot of money that period"
## [370] "I got involved in a physical altercation."
## [371] "I regret getting married the first time."
## [372] "In highschool while playing dodgeball I tripped and collided with a girl also playing. We both fell such that I ended up hurting her head on my fall. I've always felt very bad about that."
## [373] "I failed to see a doctor after the birth of my 3rd baby. I was suffering severe post-partum depression and my refusal to seek help caused my depression to turn in psychosis that caused me to be hospitalized for an extended period of time."
## [374] "Not trusting my instinct at a party when I was 16. Had I listened to my inner voice, I would not have ended up getting raped that night or drugged."
## [375] "I was unkind to my sister when we were children. I teased her and it caused long term emotional pain, even though I did not understand what I was doing at the time."
## [376] "I regret that when I was 20 I got pregnant by someone I thought loved me. He didn't so I went away and decided to give up the baby for adoption. Only a few people know of this, My mom, one of my sisters and my daughter. I will forever know that I didn't get to me this person that I gave up for adoption."
## [377] "When I was younger, I was kind of foolish with my money, especially when it came to girlfriends. I bought one a used car for 1500 dollars, and we ended up breaking up after."
## [378] "When I dated this way older guy who was nothing but trouble. He got us both arrested. I wish Id have listen to family members and stayed away from him."
## [379] "I wish I had not accepted a job in rural Iowa. It was a poor decision that led to several years of unhappiness."
## [380] "Honestly I regret getting married to my \"high school sweetheart\" but because we had a son at a young age I felt it was better be married and was not actually a requirement."
## [381] "I was having trouble with a director at a place where I was working and ended up quitting my job. I wish I had stuck it out and tried to make it work."
## [382] "I regret calling my ex-boyfriend and reconnecting with him. It made him think that there was a chance to reconcile our relationship but I was not interested in that."
## [383] "I regret the field that I studied. It required me to obtain a doctorate to be able to work in the field. As a result, I have a great deal of student loan debt."
## [384] "I wish I wouldn't have been so carefree in my 20s and would have done more with my life regarding a career."
## [385] "My mother-in-law was in the nursing home sick and wouldn't eat. I decided to use tough love and was harsh with her, telling her that she was the cause of her body being sick because she wouldn't try to eat."
## [386] "I regret dropping out of school and not finishing my bachelor's degree many years ago when I first started working on it. I was super poor and needed to work full time so I can understand my reasons for dropping out of school, but now that I am older I wish I had finished schooling sooner."
## [387] "I would say being in a place that got me robbed a knife point a couple of years ago."
## [388] "I went to law school and I wish I had not gone. I wish that because I paid so much money for it and I'm not getting a great return on my investment."
## [389] "The biggest action regret I have in my life is dropping out of law school."
## [390] "I regret letting my younger sister get drunk with me when I was 18 and she was 15. She looked up to me and this was so irresponsible of me and did not send a good message at all."
## [391] "Agreeing to let my evil ex have \"one more chance\" that ended in her almost killing my best friend and trying to kill herself in my apartment."
## [392] "I do have an action regret in mind. It concerns my decision to move to a different city many years ago."
## [393] "The action regret i am thinking of is spending some of my rent money this week instead of saving it for actual rent."
## [394] "My biggest regret is spending 13 years with someone that controlled me angry gave me so much anxiety that I was never happy."
## [395] "I invited my sister on a trip with my friends. She was horrible and made all my friends uncomfortable. Our relationship was never the same."
## [396] "I am thinking of how I broke up with a woman who moved cross country to move in with me. I dunped her 3 weeks later"
## [397] "I yelled and said unreasonable things to my brother when we were having an argument, leading us to become estranged."
## [398] "My biggest regret would be not spending enough time with my dad before he passed away. It's been nearly 7 years since his passing and I miss him as much as I did the day it happened."
## [399] "I wish that I had stayed at the first college I went to instead of chasing a boy home. Because of him I transferred colleges."
## [400] "I INVESTED IN THE START UP BUSINESS OF A GOOD FRIEND. THE BUSINESS FAILED AND NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MY MONEY BUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FRIEND ENDED. I SHOULD NOT MIX BUSINESS AND FRIENDHSIP."
## [401] "Going to a party at a hotel in high school."
## [402] "I regret leaving late for a track meet while in high school and then ending up driving 95 mph to try to get there in time and ending up getting pulled over and not making it to the meet at all."
## [403] "Coaching a High School Soccer team. I was a club coach. High School is way different and not fun."
## [404] "I regret applying for an internship overseas where I had to pay a lot of money that I was all I had as a student."
## [405] "I wish I had never smoked my first cigarette. I wanted to look cool in the 90's so I smoked. I quickly got addicted and have never stopped smoking. It's nasty, expensive, and harmful to my health. I regret ever having picked them up. I would go back and change that if I could."
## [406] "I wish I had not let my children move to their dads after we divorced. We really grew too much apart."
## [407] "I regret cheating on my girlfriend at the time (several years ago); we might have been married by now."
## [408] "My biggest regret of my entire life is not talking to a really good friend of mine for years. He passed away now, and I will never get that chance back. It still hurts me after 26 years that he has been gone."
## [409] "I would not have moved to my current city if I knew that the local political environment was so toxic."
## [410] "I regret answering the phone call from my first ex-husband 20 years after our divorce. I gave that man another 5 years of my life that he didn't deserve. My son (this man was not his dad) and I were emotionally, mentally and verbally abused."
## [411] "When I decided to stay at home for an extended period of time to grieve the death of my grandmother and had to repat a grab"
## [412] "Getting married was the biggest mistake of my life. Things would be so much better if I hadn't gone down this path."
## [413] "I never should have started drinking when I was a teenager."
## [414] "I regret pulling a stunt while still in high school"
## [415] "I wasted a great deal of money buying a property I had to sell at a mild loss."
## [416] "I was mean to my mother in her final days of life. I wish I had been more loving and responsive to her needs."
## [417] "I should have tried harder to raise my son instead of dropping him on his dad's doorstep."
## [418] "When I said something mean to someone older than me just to look cool"
## [419] "Stayed with my husband when I should have left him."
## [420] "I would rather not specify what I did, but I will say that my action effected the lives of others in a significant way that I did not understand until years later."
## [421] " I regret leaving a job because I was upset over how another person was treated. I haven't been able to find another job like that since and the employer was really like family."
## [422] "One action I regret is getting into an altercation with a life long friend over something trivial, we made up but our relationship isn't the same."
## [423] "I wish I had never chosen to go into my major. I ended up never using this degree and ultimately was never interested in it."
## [424] "My biggest action regret is gambling"
## [425] "I went to the wrong college, and now still owe $20000 in student loans. I'm 36."
## [426] "I ran away when I was 16 and lived on the streets until found by the police. I was then placed into a juvenile facility and went before the court system."
## [427] "I regret coming out to california. It didnt change my circumstances and probably made them worse."
## [428] "I wish I had not left college in my early 20s."
## [429] "My biggest action regret: I regret a job that I agreed to work. It was not a good job and I wasted a lot of time there."
## [430] "i regret not exercising more"
## [431] "I had broken up with a girl from college and regretted this. I really wish I had not done it and I regret it."
## [432] "The action regret I have is that I purchased a home that was too big and has stairs. As I get older, the stairs will become a problem and the house is now too big for me."
## [433] "Going to a rave and doing E with my girlfriend. She got hooked on raving and it ruined her life and I lost her to drugs"
## [434] "I took my mom's side in her arguments with my sister. They didn't get along for years."
## [435] "I dropped out of college and went back to my hometown to take care of my mom."
## [436] "I wish I would have never married my husband."
## [437] "Moving in to an apartment I could not afford with my ex girlfriend."
## [438] "My regret of action was related to a person that I dated that was entirely not for me, but I did not see it. Because of this, I made them a priority and in-turn, missed out on several things that would have benefited me to this day."
## [439] "I wish that I did not blow the stop sign that caused me and another car to total our cars."
## [440] "I regret telling someone about a job opening in my old job. The guy was a friend and working together was a nightmare. We are no longer friends."
## [441] "Moving to Baltimore to be with a girlfriend that I wasn't sure I was that into. We broke up soon after, and I hated Baltimore from the moment I arrived there."
## [442] "Telling my older brother that I hate him and then tearing up a drawing he was proud of just out of spite. He died in a drowning accident not too long after and I never got the chance to say sorry. And that I love him."
## [443] "Allowing my ex-husband to be as verbally abusive as he became and not putting a stop to it sooner. In the process, it taught my son it is acceptable to be disrespectful and taught my daughter that it is okay for a man to treat her the way he treated me."
## [444] "I didn't apply to a big university (UCLA) that I wanted to go to"
## [445] "I regret fighting with my friend. I yelled at him one time because I thought he did something."
## [446] "I beat the snot out of my sisters boyfriend when I was much younger for kicking her puppy. I warned him kick that dog one more time and I kick you!"
## [447] "Ending a friendship in school"
## [448] "I regret that after graduation I met a guy and thought I was totally in love with him and I moved 5 states away from home with him. Right after I got pregnant and he felt he did not want me anymore and took me back home and left me and my child."
## [449] "My biggest regret is staying in a job that I hated. I wasted prime years of my life when I could have been pursuing greater things."
## [450] "I regret having retired earlier than I should have. I do not get the full amount of social security that I could have."
## [451] "I took this terrible job in my college years even when the reviews were bad, there was a high turnover rate, and upper management kept leaving too."
## [452] "I was mean to someone and rejected their friendship because they were a little awkward. We're friends now and they are an incredible friend, but I will always feel guilty about rejecting them."
## [453] "I wish I didn't intentionally try to kill insects when I was little. They weren't doing me any harm."
## [454] "Meeting who turned out to be my 2nd wife. She pursued me and it turned out to be the biggest horror of my life."
## [455] "I wish that I hadn't taken that temporary job."
## [456] "I wish I chose not to go to college and instead pursued other options for my life."
## [457] "Not choosing to finish school and get my masters."
## [458] "Deciding to study the major that I ended up studying. I would have preferred to do something outdoors."
## [459] "I regret selling my bitcoin so early."
## [460] "applying to community college"
## [461] "My biggest regret of action of my entire life is closing on my home purchase before the sellers fixed my concerns. The outstanding concerns of a damp basement and poor drainage have continued to cause water and flooding problems."
## [462] "My biggest regret in life is dating Skip years ago. He is an absolute psychopath, who nearly destroyed my life. It took me years just to function in areas in my life."
## [463] "I really regret cheating on my wife one time. I didnt intend for it to happen but it was just one of those moments of weakness"
## [464] "I wish I never joined the military."
## [465] "My biggest action regret is cheating on my romantic partner."
## [466] "I wish I hadnt gone to dental assisting school. I didn't learn much that I didn't already know and it was a total waste of money"
## [467] "I regret letting my temper control a situation with my sister when we were both teenagers. We have put it behind us now, but I sincerely regret the things that I said at that time."
## [468] "I cheated on my husband and it led to divorce 15 years ago."
## [469] "I wish I had not taken the last job that I did. I hated it and it was a step down the ladder for me."
## [470] "I wish I had went to school for a different subject. The subject I chose was not as lucretive financially than I thought it would."
## [471] "I regret getting married again to the person I married."
## [472] "My 2nd marriage. I changed my life and stopped my career for it. Now that I am free from it, I wish I had the 8 or so years back and had continued down my path rather than having to restart it now."
## [473] "going on a trip when I no I should not have went"
## [474] "My biggest regret is an unpopular opinion, but it was going to college. I don't feel it was worth the money, and I feel like the years spent there I could have been spending getting ahead in other ways. I've always been the entrepreneurial type and currently have my own business. I didn't need college to be qualified to work for myself."
## [475] "When I was younger I broke up with someone who treated me really well. I don't really know what I was thinking at the time. I guess I felt that there were some negative things that I found boring and more important than the good treatment. Looking back on it I regret how I handled it and that I hurt someone emotionally that was a nice kind person."
## [476] "I regret leaving college before finishing my degree."
## [477] "I regret that I pursued an education primarily founded on liberal arts rather than an education equally founded on the natural sciences/mathematics and the liberal arts."
## [478] "My biggest regret is selling the bitcoin I bought when it was only $1."
## [479] "I got into a fight with my wife's brother."
## [480] "I wish I had never thrown my elementary school bully down the stairs or stabbed her with pencils. All of those incidents where i had altercations with her caused more bullies to rise up against me and some of my worst and most terrifying moments were actually in elementary school."
## [481] "After college, I had a couple job opportunities. I decided to take an offer with a start-up because I thought they had great potential, and turned down an entry-level position at Microsoft. The company I chose went out of business just a couple years after I joined, and wish I could have changed that decision."
## [482] "I wished I had not gotten married to the person I did marry. We later divorced."
## [483] "I regret not preparing for the best man speech of my best friend. It ended up being a total disaster."
## [484] "My biggest regret I did not go to one of my best friends wedding. She begged me to come and I did not because my husband did not like the idea."
## [485] "I regret some of the decisions I have made in my life as far as friends go. I shouldn't have trusted some friends that I did."
## [486] "My greatest regret was how I treated an ex girlfriend. I left her quickly without much reason and didn’t explain myself well."
## [487] "I wish I applied to a college program that I really liked."
## [488] "I regret listening to a friend and attending the college that I did. I had a full ride scholarship to another college where I truly wish I had gone."
## [489] "The regret is a very deep one, and the action caused lasting harm to several people. It was a life-changing action that was very destructive, and permanent."
## [490] "I wish I never started smoking and drinking at a young age. Although I don't do either now, both have left a toll on my body. I have severe asthma and copd, and high blood pressure from years of smoking and drinking. Plus, both these activity, drinking especially, got me into a lot of trouble and dangerous situations when I younger."
## [491] "Choosing to date my high school girlfriend."
## [492] "Going on a particular trip that ended up being a bad idea. It went badly for me for a lot of reasons and I wish I just hadn't done it."
## [493] "Working to much and not spending more time with my children."
## [494] "One action regret in my life is driving too fast and getting a speeding ticket."
## [495] "I regret that I remarried my 1st husband after being divorced for a few years. I thought he had changed but he had not."
## [496] "I tried to break up with my boyfriend by telling him he was a terrible father and human and I wish he would die."
## [497] "The biggest action I regret is having an abortion when I was eighteen years old. I was scared and was afraid of losing the person I was with since he said he would leave me if I had the baby."
## [498] "One of the biggest regrets that I have was selling off some of my investments before they ended up going big."
## [499] "I took something that didn't belong to me. I inadvertently hurt people and an organization that meant a lot to me. It still bothers me to this day."
## [500] "i had an argument with my now deceased father when i was about to get married. I called him a horrible name that i could not take back once it was said. He was mentally unbalanced and depressed . I had a lot of anger built up from past and i said things i should not have said he died of suicide a month later and i regret saying what i said"
## [501] "I wish I hadn't moved into an apartment with my ex girlfriend (we were together at the time). This led to a cascading effect of turmoil onto my life, escalating after we broke up."
## [502] "I regret that I installed hardwood floors in my house."
## [503] "My biggest action of regret in my life would probably have to be when I crashed my car on the high way because I could have died."
## [504] "I was out of time and had set up a time for a video chat with my partner back home. I went out with some friends where I was and forgot about our video chat time."
## [505] "I quit college after my freshman year. I should NEVER have done that, as it affected my job opportunities over the course of my life. I regret it to this day. Although I've had a successful career, I suppose I should't complain. But, in the business sense, which has always been important to me, I could have been SO much more."
## [506] "I joined the military at 18 instead of figuring out an alternative way to pay for college."
## [507] "As the only surviving victim of a very tragic drunk driving accident that killed two of my friends and landed my ex-boyfriend in prison for 25 years with brain damage, I regret even making the choice to get into the vehicle with an intoxicated driver."
## [508] "I had pushed a great boyfriend away with my constant bickering and awful attitude. I regret doing so now that I am older and wiser."
## [509] "Accepted my ex-husband's help to get out of my mother's house. It led me to making several bad decisions, that have left me struggling to survive, let alone move forward and out of the hole I am in."
## [510] "Leaving home when I was 19. I was not ready to be in the \"real world\" at such a young age."
## [511] "I went on a vacation during the most inopportune time. My grandma passed away during the middle of it and I couldn't get back to attend her funeral in time. There was not much I could do, but had I booked slightly different dates, this would have been different."
## [512] "I wish i hadnt jumped off my roof and ran away ."
## [513] "One of my biggest regrets in life was returning to smoking. I had finally quit for 5 years and because of a high pressured job, I returned to smoking. I regret letting that job control my behavior."
## [514] "I was in a relationship with a person who was \"toxic\" in my life. I should have ended the relationship sooner."
## [515] "I regret not spending more time with my children when they were little. I worked full time."
## [516] "Getting upset with someone while out in public. She was trying to tell me How I should act, and that I should not use a cuss word."
## [517] "I had a very good friend whom I loved. We were very close. She and her boyfriend broke up and she became upset with me because I remained his friend. He was in the process of laying pipes in my yard, I liked him and was grateful for his help. I explained this to her but she had heard we were going to ride horses and felt it was a date. It wasn't a date, he was taking my daughter to teach her and I was just going for the ride. My friend was hurt and it ruined our relationship. I tried talking with her but she didn't believe it was innocent and was mad I stayed his friend. I wished I had ended my friendship with him for loyalty to my girlfriend."
## [518] "I wish I hadn't resigned myself to being a housewife with no career or education."
## [519] "I wish i wouldn't have reacted to people when they didn't deserve a reaction out of me."
## [520] "Allowed some guy to take advantage of me when I was in college."
## [521] "I wish I had not married my second husband and had children with him because he ended up being verbally, psychologically and financially abusive. He hurt and scarred all of us and my action affected my children for life."
## [522] "Spending money frivolously in my you get years.\n"
## [523] "It's the same thing. I regret leaving my husband and spending it with a man who I had to get a restraining order on. The man was honestly crazy!!"
## [524] "I regret choosing to attend Kean University for my BA degree. I ended up not enjoying my education there."
## [525] "Biggest regret was partying too much in college."
## [526] "Accept the reality of the thing you regret. The mistakes are real. ...\nForgive yourself. Show yourself the same kind of mercy you want others to extend when you have wronged them. ...\nMake amends. ...\nForget what is behind you. ...\nDo the opposite of what you regret.\n"
## [527] "I regret losing my virginity to a complete and total stranger when I was 16."
## [528] "I regret my marriage very much. I married someone who did not share my values, although it was not made clear to me for a long time. It has affected every aspect of my life in a negative manner."
## [529] "Dropping out of college. I should have stayed in so I could have a degree in a field that I want to work in and be making better money than I am now. I could have been graduated now with a degree in something that I love instead of working at a job that I dislike."
## [530] "I wish I never got in the car with my friend who was drunk driving. Had I not been severely injured at 17, the trajectory of my life would of been completely different."
## [531] "I quit my job to be a stay at home parent. I wish I would have kept my job part time."
## [532] "I wish my husband and I had not decided to move from Florida to Texas."
## [533] "Driving drunk in my early 20s."
## [534] "I regret selling drugs right after college, it caused a lot of downfalls, and criminal issuesmy"
## [535] "My biggest regret of action was probably saying racist things when I was younger, especially around my friends and family. It was how I was raised but I have come to see how wrong this was."
## [536] "i regret telling someone who i knew was ambitious and jealous about something i had planned on doing. i knew they in turn would join in the activity and be in close proximity of me but i was so happy about the task i didn't think."
excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes <- c("i regret more not investing in bitcoin when it all started or came into play.", "I had an opportunity to help a good friend, and I let my selfishness keep me from providing that help. I was young and did not process the repercussions of my actions then, but I still have a great deal of regret that I did not not help.", "I with I would have gone away to college instead of staying locally. I think I would have had a better foundation and met more people.", "I wish I had pushed myself to get a job in a technology firm or investment firm.", "My biggest regret of my entire life is not talking to a really good friend of mine for years. He passed away now, and I will never get that chance back. It still hurts me after 26 years that he has been gone.", "I didn't apply to a big university (UCLA) that I wanted to go to", "My biggest regret I did not go to one of my best friends wedding. She begged me to come and I did not because my husband did not like the idea.")
datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes <- datagmr %>% filter(!(lifegr8actregdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes))
## Then exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no regret responses for life greatest inaction regret
unique(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes$lifegr8inactregdes)
## [1] ""
## [2] "I wish I would have been more involved when my mother had my father arrested and taken away for rehab. I stood there and did nothing when he needed me."
## [3] "I regret not going to college. I know that is something that I could still do, but I regret waiting so long in my life. Even if I was going to go back to college I feel like I waiting too long to really become something that important."
## [4] "I wish that had taken up English is college instead of Computer Science."
## [5] "I regret not trying to take her back afterward. She left the door open briefly earlier this year, and I didn't take it."
## [6] "I was deciding between which course to study in college. I decided to go with a marketable degree other than something that I like and enjoy."
## [7] "I didn't question my father's transplant team when they kept him in a highly contagious ER for four days after a suspected stroke (it wasn't a stroke; they had him on too much of one of his transplant meds and it fogged him up briefly). He had NO IMMUNE SYSTEM because of his recent transplant, and he was highly susceptible to any sort of infection, but I trusted his doctors to know what was best even though I was questioning the logic of holding him for days in the most contagious part of the hospital. He got an infection that spread to his lungs, and a month later he bled out internally in the ICU."
## [8] "Not visiting my grandpa in the hospital one day."
## [9] "Not taking a better-paying job. I feel like it would have been much better for me right now."
## [10] "I had the opportunity to go on vacations with my family every year. I only took the opportunity couple of times. I now wish I had gone every time."
## [11] "I regret I had not talked much to my parents during graduate school."
## [12] "I decided not to go to college when I should have."
## [13] "I wish I had been able to join more fun groups as a kid. Instead, I kind of stayed at home and did nothing much of value. It might have opened more doors."
## [14] "When I was in college, a girl I was friends with was romantically interested in me and I did not pick up on the signs she was giving me. I missed out on a potential relationship with her."
## [15] "I did not confess my love to John. Maybe if I had, I would be with him right now instead of stuck in a mediocre relationship still thinking about John."
## [16] "I didn't submit an application for a certain law school on time because I was lazy."
## [17] "I did not change my consumption of alcohol habits for many years and wasted a lot of time and money"
## [18] "Yes. It was when I didn't comfort a friend when I should have."
## [19] "I wish I had gone to college and furthered my education."
## [20] "I knew my friend and my significant other were growing feelings for each other and did nothing about it."
## [21] "Not sticking with dance after childhood. I loved it then and I wished I kept it up through my youth."
## [22] "I wish I had finished college so I could have a better job."
## [23] "I wish I had went to graduate school to become a professional"
## [24] "I did not move in with my boyfriend the first time he asked"
## [25] "I really wish I had pursued my dreams of being a tv journalist when I had the opportunity to do so."
## [26] "I regret not finishing college."
## [27] "My wife illness lasted almost five years. At one point I tried to figure out how to humanely put her life to an end. If I had the means I would have done exactly that. It is an inaction I regret for she did suffer."
## [28] "I didn't try harder to have children."
## [29] "Not confronting someone who hurt my daughter."
## [30] "I regret not going after a particular girl when I was 28 that would have led to a wonderful relationship."
## [31] "My mother was walking in a hotel lobby. She's an elderly woman, and she was looking up and did not see the three short stairs and fell down, as she was falling down, she was calling my name out. I was about ten feet away. I was frozen as I watched her fall. I could not move. After she fell, I felt guilty. The bruises were minimal but the guilt was great."
## [32] "I wish I would have never started smoking and that I would have taken better care of my health."
## [33] "Not investing my money from a young age. I should have invested since I was 18 years old."
## [34] "I did not APOLOGIZE to my first wife for my infidelity until last year- 30 years after the fact."
## [35] "My biggest inaction regret I have is not pursuing the individual who I had come to love"
## [36] "I didn't do more to develop my career early on in life, or to network with other people in my industry."
## [37] "I knew about Bitcoin as early as 2011 and I could have bought a lot of it and stored it away. If I had bought only $100 of it at that time, I would be a millionaire today."
## [38] "Not learning about investments such as stocks earlier in my teen years."
## [39] "I wish I would have tried harder to study for my accounting classes in college so that I could have gotten better grades."
## [40] "Not being there for my father when he died."
## [41] "I wish that I wouldve stayed in college. I quit that whenever I was going to have my first son and I should have stuck with it."
## [42] "My biggest inaction regret is not going to college after high school and figuring out a good career path."
## [43] "I did not start going to college right after high school and waited many years."
## [44] "I regret not pressing charges when I got my nose broken."
## [45] "I never went to college. I got married at 18 and didn't finish out my education and I have always regretted that."
## [46] "I regret not taking jobs in my lifetime that were not paying more. I would take temporary jobs paying min wage and that always put me in many lifetime financial struggles."
## [47] "Being more involved in seeing the issues my kids were facing when the were children."
## [48] "I did not go to a PhD program when I had the chance. I went to a different school."
## [49] "The inaction regret I shared previously was my biggest regret. I feel as though I may have been able to build a life with the man mentioned on the previous page, and even though I am happily married now, I think of what could have been and still look at that as a huge loss due to inaction."
## [50] "That I never said any last words to my aunt even though she was dying of cancer."
## [51] "i got married way too young"
## [52] "I didn't travel as much as I could have when I was younger and able to, I wish I could go back and change that to have more experiences to look back on."
## [53] "I wish that I would have invested when I had the chance in my past. I think that I would be in a much wealthier place than I am now, had I done it."
## [54] "I didn't continue on in college after my first year simply because I was too tired after work."
## [55] "I wish I had picked a different major in college"
## [56] "I wish I had appreciated my dad more when he was alive."
## [57] "I regret not taking the big step of recovery sooner than I did."
## [58] "My biggest inaction would have been when I was asked by my school counselor if I was being abused at home and I said no out of fear. I was six years old."
## [59] "I once had an opportunity to have a three-way with the older lesbian couple that lived next door."
## [60] "I did not get the car repaired, rather I just had it towed to the junk yard."
## [61] "I did not finish college. If I had, or if I had gotten some vocational training, I could have made a lot more money in my life than I did, and would be having a more financially comfortable retirement."
## [62] "Stopped running after i finished the 2010 marathon. since then I have gained a lot of weight (that i had lost before the run) and I am in much worse shape."
## [63] "I regret not trying to have children earlier. Then I wouldn’t have had to struggle with infertility."
## [64] "To research and chose an actual major that would help me more in life. To have really researched the majors that I was chosing."
## [65] "I regret not taking over my father's dental practice."
## [66] "I regret not putting more effort into building a career in the field that I went to school for. I should've been more focused on my career early on."
## [67] "I wish I had ended and cut all ties from a relationship that was going nowhere."
## [68] "One thing I regret not doing is taking up a friend to visit his business. I felt like I could have started something with him."
## [69] "There was a time when I didn't finish the action I'd planned to full completion."
## [70] "Not fighting for a friend. I was supposed to jump in and fight but didn't."
## [71] "I deeply regret not interacting and spending more time with my father."
## [72] "I was lazy in college and never finished."
## [73] "Not taking advantage of opportunities for travel and adventures."
## [74] "I regret not coming into the Church sooner. I started to do this in my early-middle 20s and think adapting would've been a lot easier than doing it later as I wound up doing. It is easier to mold your brain and forged new habits when you still have some youth going. It has been a rockier road as I entered the Church with some entrenched thinking which is harder to displace when you are older."
## [75] "I turned down an internship in a big city for a casting company."
## [76] "I regret not taking my music education/piano double major seriously."
## [77] "When I was in high school, I received a scholarship to Alabama A&M University but because of fear of leaving home, I decided not to take advantage of the opportunity."
## [78] "The biggest regret of inaction in my whole life was me not going into college immediately after high school. Although its not too late, I would be a lot further ahead in life if I did."
## [79] "i wish i invested in certain crypto coin earlier before now, would have been rich"
## [80] "There was a time just after I turned 18 where someone asked a favor of me that I knew wasn't legal. I knew it was a bad idea and should have backed out. I didn't and paid the price. It has followed me all my life."
## [81] "I regret not having a better idea of what I wanted in life earlier."
## [82] "I regret not being nicer to my mom and appreciating her while she was alive."
## [83] "I wish that I would have lived in the big city when I was younger. I feel that I missed out on some opportunities to live alone and mature and experience cultural experiences that I didn't necessarily in the suburbs."
## [84] "I did not listen to advice given to me about who I was dating and this led to some serious consequences."
## [85] "i didn't tell my friend how I felt about her. I chickened out and was a coward about it."
## [86] "I didn't go straight from college to getting a job."
## [87] "I wish I had joined the military when I was younger so that I had that experience."
## [88] "I took the easy road in college. I was smart enough to be a doctor or a dentist but I hammered through with a business degree and I have paid for not trying harder at the time."
## [89] "I regret, everyday, that I did not get a Master's degree in something that would enable me to have an actual career. Instead, I fluffed by with a Liberal Arts degree and suffered economically for the rest of my life."
## [90] "I regret not pushing for an assignment at a previous employer harder. I regret that I gave up and quit instead of holding on for longer and trying harder."
## [91] "I wish I had continued on to further my education. Another degree would have increased my salary by quite a lot."
## [92] "I was in love with this girl and I haven't told her how I feel."
## [93] "Not continuing my love of music and other arts and sports that I still enjoy and could be are myself more artistic then cause life and all.\n"
## [94] "I did not travel out of the country to see different cultures and immerse in them."
## [95] "I wish I would have spent more time with my parents while they were still alive. We had a great relationship, but I could have done more."
## [96] "I had the opportunity to get another job, years ago, in the store I worked, in another department. The woman who was the head of that department was hinting that she could use the help repeatedly to me. I did nothing and said nothing."
## [97] "I didn't tell someone I was in love with that I loved him."
## [98] "I regret not going to see my grandmother more frequently before she suddenly passed away."
## [99] "Not kissing my high school crush when she was sending me all kinds of signals to do so."
## [100] "I was laid off from a job in my field of study and had difficulty finding a job in my field in a short period of time. I chose to take a job in another field and did not continue to look for jobs in my field. I regret leaving this area of study."
## [101] "I regret not dating my first love in high school. Years later I got in touch with him and he is now divorced. It turns out he used to be in love with me as well."
## [102] "I regret not moving out of California sooner. I knew it was time to leave five or six years ago."
## [103] "I didnt go out of state for college. I stayed in-state, in Chicago and I should have just went."
## [104] "I didn't save and invest enough money for when I was old."
## [105] "I didn't put enough effort into college, resulting in my failing out. Being from a poor family, I lost my only chance when I lost my scholarships."
## [106] "I wish I had tried harder to get back into track after my mission in 1972."
## [107] "I wish I had cared less about what people thought of me and made more friends in high school and college."
## [108] "I regretted not wearing the proper shoes while I worked of marble and concrete floors while I worked. I have ruined my feet and legs."
## [109] "My biggest regret of inaction was not divorcing my ex wife earlier. I wasted a lot of time being miserable."
## [110] "Not studying more for a math exam that determined the trajectory of my life."
## [111] "I didn't stand up for myself after someone I trusted violated my trust. I figured it wasn't worth it and wanted to move on with my life, but I wish I would have confronted the issue and verbally told them it was wrong to violate my trust how they did."
## [112] "Not get mom to a doctor"
## [113] "I wish I had divorced my X-husband the first time the subject of divorce came up. I waited too long."
## [114] "When my grandma was sick with cancer and on her death bed I was only 14 years old. It was really hard on me to see my grandma in the condition she was at the end of her life and quite frankly it scared me. I was scared to go near her. I basically watched her from a distance wishing I could go talk to her whether she could hear and understand me or not. I regret not being brave enough to walk up to her, hold her hand, and share my final thoughts with her."
## [115] "My biggest inaction was no pursuing a musical career. I was a young prodigy and if I had secured proper management, I might have been the next big star in the industry."
## [116] "I did not attend a Pharmacy program as an undergraduate, meaning that I never became a pharmacist and earned a stable income as a doctor."
## [117] "I regret that I did not divorce my ex-husband sooner than I did. He caused a lot of damage for the kids. I also regret that I bought a home in Baton Rouge instead of elsewhere, anywhere else that I could have."
## [118] "I should have traveled more. I rarely go anywhere because I'm too busy."
## [119] "I regret seeing a friend of mine punched over owing money outside of the navy base. I walked past him. I couldnt fight those three but I didnt call anyone."
## [120] "I regret never having found a satisfying career, or having the courage to pursue my ambitions."
## [121] "Not building a relationship with my father at a younger age, and really getting to know him."
## [122] "I regret not being there more for my grandmother and mother in their final days. I was very close with them, and I wish I had been more present in the end."
## [123] "I did not go to the store to purchase the groceries."
## [124] "The biggest inaction regret that I have is not pursuing my dream of filmmaking earlier in my life."
## [125] "After one year working on my masters degree, I did not finish graduate school."
## [126] "Didn't ask Robyn to go to the prom."
## [127] "I wished I had more patience attending college in the 60s and completed my education. It wasn't an indoctrination arena, as it is now, so I believe it would have had great value to me."
## [128] "Going into a different field of work"
## [129] "I did not commit my life to God until I was in my thirties and damaged myself and everyone around me as a result."
## [130] "Not calling my mother more especially when she was sick"
## [131] "I wish I had stood up for lex shaw back when emma and her friends bullied her so badly."
## [132] "The biggest inaction is one of staying in a job for years and knowing it had no future. I should have been looking for a better long term job that I would have enjoyed and had a livable salary."
## [133] "I was frightened by the prospect of marrying a woman I loved because I was too young to take on the responsibility. I should have married her, but I didn't."
## [134] "I wish I would have had some kind of training or education for better paying jobs"
## [135] "I regret not walking away from a relationship that I knew someone was going to hurt me."
## [136] "I didn't research into mental health long before, and thought as a Gen Xr we do not seek help and just do everything ourselves."
## [137] "I wish I would have went with Chris and gotten into conservation work."
## [138] "Not getting a divorce sooner. I left him twice and filed for divorce the second time but didn't go through with it. It eats at me."
## [139] "I met a girl overseas and I was too wrapped up in my own things and did not treat her as well as I should have"
## [140] "I chose not to go on a huge opportunity."
## [141] "I interviewed for two jobs and was offered both. Instead of taking the job that I felt more of a connection with, I took the one that paid more. Worse mistake of my life. That choice resulted in a year of being put under a microscope and being judge for everything they deemed I did wrong instead of what I did right."
## [142] "I regret not trying harder to stay in contact with my adult children."
## [143] "Going back to get my administration test"
## [144] "I wished I would have spread my wings and moved further from home and my secure feeling when going to college."
## [145] "I should have joined the Nation Guard and been retired with good benefits by now."
## [146] "I did not write a thesis during graduate school, so failed to complete my masters degree."
## [147] "Not speaking with my dad about how I felt towards him after he disappeared."
## [148] "I would have made the most of my high school years. I was very shy and I did not have a lot of friends. Part of that is because I chose to be withdrawn and keep to myself a lot. I would have also kept in touch with the friends that I did have."
## [149] "I wish I started investing more aggressively earlier in life, and wasn't as cautious about wealth."
## [150] "I wish I had gone to college and majored in something I enjoyed rather than what was expected of me."
## [151] "Putting co-workers and friends first and not spending enough time with my father before his death."
## [152] "I wish I would have talked to my grandma more before she died."
## [153] "The only regret I have in my life is not turning in the guy who raped me. I worried for a long time that he could go on to do it to someone else. I felt guilt that he was going to be a father soon (not from me) and I did not want to take a father away from his child."
## [154] "My biggest in action regret was not being there for my wife when she was sick. I was working and didnt try and help her recover."
## [155] "My biggest inaction regret was not reaching out to my old roomate before he passed away."
## [156] "I regret not getting a teaching degree. I would love to be a teacher at any level really, but especially a math teacher."
## [157] "I wish I had ended my engagement. I mean, she was right there and I still couldn't end it."
## [158] "I regret not being more kind and considerate of others in specific times in my life."
## [159] "I wish I could have finished community college, and gotten a 2-year degree."
## [160] "My biggest regret of inaction was not going forward to nursing school when I had the chance."
## [161] "My biggest inaction regret is not having gone to serve my country in one of the military branches."
## [162] "I wish I would have been more interested in detailing my future plans."
## [163] "I regret not leaving when Jino hit me."
## [164] "Not checking twitter. Someone created a fake twitter account to look like it belonged to me and posed as a racist troll. My former employer discovered it and fired me even though I provided enough evidence that it wasn't my account."
## [165] "In 2010 there was house not far from here that I could've paid cash for with the proceeds from the sale of this one. I ultimately decided not to proceed because my dog at the time would've become a noisy nuisance in a regular neighborhood. I did not contemplate that he would not always be with me."
## [166] "I regret not going on as many vacations with my children that I should have. I wish I spent more quality time with them doing things like that."
## [167] "Had a job offer I should have taken but it would’ve required a move away from everybody I know. Opted against taking the job."
## [168] "I did not graduate from college and it is my most inaction regret. It stopped me from becoming a cpa which I wanted very much."
## [169] "I had the opportunity to express my love to my boyfriend but I was too afraid of his reaction. I wish I had told him and pursued him because we could have been very happy."
## [170] "I wish I had brought my children to more church events and instilled the Lord into their lives sooner than I did because we had a lot of difficult teenage years where they did not know the Lord like they do now because I did not encourage them."
## [171] "I wish I would’ve went to nursing school"
## [172] "spent more time at home with my older kids"
## [173] "I regret that I did not date anyone else before marrying my current husband."
## [174] "My biggest regret of inaction in my entire life was not watching a movie with my uncle when he asked me to. He passed away that night and I will never get the chance to take him up on his offer ever again."
## [175] "I wish I had taken time off from work and taken care of my mother during her final illness"
## [176] "I regret not trying harder to become an actress. I really love acting and I wish I had taken it more seriously."
## [177] "I should have switched majors (and therefore colleges)."
## [178] "I acted foolishly and talked myself out of a writing course that could have been a turning point in my life. I declined this course."
## [179] "I wish I had tried harder to learn to swim as a youth. Now I am terrified to try, and also embarrassed to be my age and seen trying to learn."
## [180] "I\nwish i had invested in stock in my teens but i never did ."
## [181] "My other regret is I didn't push myself enough to get away from my ex boyfriend years before things got bad."
## [182] "I should have started saving money earlier. I live paycheck to paycheck. I am at a point in my life that I should have some savings."
## [183] "I don't think I was a good grandma to my grandchildren. If I had it to do over I would have been better."
## [184] "I wish I had studied abroad in college. I think it would have been an amazing experience that I missed out on."
## [185] "I regret not calling and keeping in touch with a close friend who passed away too young."
## [186] "I did not get an advanced degree when I had the time and money to do it."
## [187] "I once owned a stock that I had every gut instinct to sell, but decided to hold on a bit longer for some extra profit. The inaction on my gut led me to assume a 25% loss instead of a 75% gain."
## [188] "I didn't move away to another city when I had the chance to change jobs."
## [189] "The biggest inaction regret I have is not taking my dad to a baseball game before he passed away. I let me uncle talk me out of it simply because he did not like the team. I should have just taken my dad, I know we would have had a great time."
## [190] "I regret not selling my house after my divorce. The house has been difficult to maintain, and I should have gotten something smaller."
## [191] "i honestly dont have any inaction regrets. ive done the things i was supposed to do but i cannot sit by at all"
## [192] "I did not continue with the hiring process for a job I wanted but felt I was underqualified for. I went through several stages of the process but then stopped before completing it."
## [193] "I wish I spent more time with my dad throughout our lives. We weren't distant and I saw him every day, but the interactions could have been more meaningful."
## [194] "It is probably the fact that I did not move out of a very destructive relationship when I should have."
## [195] "I regret not taking school serious when I was younger. I didn't give serious effort to school or thought for my future. I could have given myself so many more opportunities if I did that."
## [196] "I regret I didn't my education and going to college more seriously."
## [197] "I lost out on a house I should have bought because I was too scared to make an offer."
## [198] "I regret not telling a person I was in love with about my feelings for them."
## [199] "I wish I had specialized in a specific area when going to school instead of just pursuing a general degree. I would have had more opportunities to apply my skills had I found an area of study to specialize in."
## [200] "I regret not dating my friends brother. He was always ambitious but I never believed anything he said. He makes six figures now, and I am still stuck at my boring job living paycheck to paycheck."
## [201] "I wish I had looked for a job near the city where I attended college. I enjoyed that area and miss it tremendously."
## [202] "I wish that I would have gone to Amsterdam more and had some fun there, when I was younger I wish that I would have had more fun."
## [203] "I wish that I had studied foreign languages when I was younger. I regret not knowing them now."
## [204] "I regret not saying anything to my mother about how badly she hurt me."
## [205] "I wish I would have embraced my relationship with my dad more. He passed away and I feel sad that I didn't make more time for him when he was alive"
## [206] "I wish I had hidden my sexual abuse as a child. I am now dealing with this pain as an adult and hiding it from everyone."
## [207] "I regret not pursuing a PhD at Georgetown after I graduated college. To have done so would have ensured I got my career started earlier and at a higher level."
## [208] "I wish I had gone to a 4 year college. Though it wasn't something I probably would have been able to predict because I would have had to make the decision in 8th grade to follow that path."
## [209] "I have been married for 36 years. Not getting a divorce 20 years ago was my biggest inaction regret."
## [210] "My biggest inactive regret is not persuing a higher education. I was to busy having fun and chasing women"
## [211] "Dreams. Certain dreams that at the time I wish I would've followed. Hobbies that could've been turned into a careers."
## [212] "Going to college. My life might have been a little easier if I had that extra schooling."
## [213] "I WISH I WOULD HAVE WENT TO COLLEGE."
## [214] "I regret not starting to save for retirement earlier which would have given me more years to compound my gains."
## [215] "The biggest regret that I can think of is not investing in Bitcoin."
## [216] "My biggest inaction regret would be failing to go back to this good paying job I had over the summer because the commute was so long."
## [217] "I regret skipping college classes and choosing not to study or do homework. It was the biggest mistake of my life, because now I have student loan debt and no degree."
## [218] "I wish that I had sought out better counseling sources than the ones I was given. I should have looked for second opinions and better help, and earlier to help me understand myself better."
## [219] "I regret not putting effort in learning any programming language. Anytime I try to apply for a job, I always remember this and it hurts a lot."
## [220] "My biggest regret is that I didn't start teaching earlier. I always wanted to teach, but I was so afraid of actually doing it. I've been teacher for 3 years now and its the best job ever."
## [221] "Not getting up and trying hard enough until my mid twenties. It cost me precious time in making friends and having fun."
## [222] "I regret not traveling home to see my family during the pandemic, even though it would have been a hassle."
## [223] "I was told that my friend, an alcoholic was on a dying path and I needed to call him. I waited too long and he died the next day without me talking to him."
## [224] "I wish I had pursued writing and publishing a book, like I always said I would set out do to. I started a few times but never followed through and gave up."
## [225] "I wish I would have chosen a job that I could stay at for a long time and had a better retirement to help my income now."
## [226] "Not attending a self development seminar at the time"
## [227] "My single biggest regret of inaction is not approaching that girl I meet at a party a few years back."
## [228] "I seriously regret not pursuing my law degree. i wish I had before I had started a family."
## [229] "I did not step up to take a job promotion that could have landed me an Executive role."
## [230] "I wish that when I was in college, I had applied for more scholarships."
## [231] "I regret not investing in bitcoin 10 years ago."
## [232] "I wish that I had done more travel when I was younger, especially solo."
## [233] "I wish I had been more proactive with PG - it would have changed my life if we had developed our relationship."
## [234] "My biggest inaction regret is not majoring in music when I had the opportunity. I was accepted but changed my major at the last minute, which I thought was the best choice at the time, but really wasn't."
## [235] "Leave my job that I felt stuck with a few years prior to when I did"
## [236] "I didn't tell the right person at the right time that I loved them."
## [237] "Not finishing law school is my biggest regret of inaction"
## [238] "I never finished obtaining my bachelor's degree. I feel I could have had a better job if I got further in school."
## [239] "I regret not joining the military when I graduated from high school."
## [240] "I regret not taking quicker action to improve and rectify some of my life decisions."
## [241] "I didn't report something I found out my ex had. I wasn't sure if it was actually what I thought it was and gave him the benefit of the doubt. I regret not doing anything about it now though."
## [242] "I had chances to leave this man and I didn't. I had chance to stay away from him in a different state, and I didn't."
## [243] "I had a friend who purposelessly tried to damage others at work. Because we were friends, I did not say anything to management. That was a big mistake and was bad for everyone involved."
## [244] "My biggest regret of inaction would be that I did not purchase Bitcoin when is was cheaper. I was *this close* to buying several Bitcoins when it was still around $400. I decided against it and kick myself over it all the time, because I would be in a much better financial position had I invested then."
## [245] "I regret that I never went to my high school prom nor did I not graduate high school."
## [246] "I quit a job very quickly when I was unhappy rather than sticking it out."
## [247] "My biggest inaction regret is not finishing college."
## [248] "i didn't initially start school majoring in the field i wanted to"
## [249] "when I didn't ask this girl out that I like."
## [250] "I wish I had gone to college right after high school."
## [251] "I did not reach out to a friend when they were down and out. I do not know if it would have made a difference but I could have tried."
## [252] "I wish that I tried to have more than one child so my son would not be an only child."
## [253] "I regret that I did not go to see my mother when she was dying."
## [254] "I regret not spending enough time playing board games with my little kids."
## [255] "I met an amazing human being while I was in college. We were friends and one night he invited me to meet him at his house. I had such low self-esteem that I convinced myself it was a joke and I didn't go. He went on to be a public figure so I see him everyplace and with all the interviews he does, he still seems like an amazing human being. I can't help but wonder how my life might have been different if I had just showed up that night!"
## [256] "The biggest inaction regret I have is not going on this trip to Miami with my brother. He had so much fun and I wish I could've been there with him."
## [257] "I wished I had called my Mom and talked to her before she died."
## [258] "I wish I went to my best friends wedding 5 years ago. He lived out of state and I was busy with work and decided not to go. He died a year later in a car accident."
## [259] "My biggest inaction regret was to not try out for my high school basketball team."
## [260] "I regret not having dated earlier in high school. I wish I had started dated sooner."
## [261] "When I was 11, my grandfather asked me to dance with him at a family party and I said no. Three months later, he died and I never got a chance to dance with him again. This eats away at me daily."
## [262] "Not trying harder in school. I graduated with an AP diploma and went to university, but I could have really been exceptional."
## [263] "I regret not ever having tried to become a veterinarian. My passion in life is helping animals and I feel I have missed out."
## [264] "I regret not staying in California. I realize now all the good things I had there,"
## [265] "The biggest regret I have made due to inaction is not pursuing my business that I have worked so diligently to create. I have become overwhelmed with life and have put that on the back burner."
## [266] "I did not tell the father until after I put the child up for adoption."
## [267] "I wish I had told things to my second husband."
## [268] "I wish I would have read more of my books during the lockdown last year instead of playing games on my phone."
## [269] "The inaction I am thinking of was putting off something for years. I finally got around to it, but it was ten years later than I should have."
## [270] "I regret that I did not spend more time going to Mass when I was younger, and praying to meet my husband sooner."
## [271] "I regretted not selling a stock when I had a 200% gain. Now I am losing money because of it."
## [272] "I let a friendship fizzle out because I didn't take the time to communicate a problem I was having with the other person."
## [273] "I wish I would have stayed active and keep my weight in check. So I wouldnt have so many health problems now."
## [274] "I regret not working at a new start up that became successful."
## [275] "I passed on buying a new copy of Valkyrie Profile when it was on clearance for about $10. The game is worth over $300 now."
## [276] "I did not help a person when that needed help in college during a tough time in their life"
## [277] "Some time ago, I had been offered a decent job that would have been secure and paid decent. But, I turned it down for another job that paid a bit more. I no longer work there and wish I had taken the job offered. It would have been a career, not just a job."
## [278] "I didn't talk to a close friend right before he took his own life when I had the opportunity to."
## [279] "Not dedicating more time to networking in university. If I had, I might have more of a professional network right now and would probably have a job in my profession at the moment."
## [280] "I once turned down a trip to Ireland (a place where I have always wanted to go) because I thought it was too expensive. Had I known this COVID-19 was coming, I would have gone, but who knew???"
## [281] "I failed to report to my upper management my actions that in one case made the company 7.8 million dollars in my second month with the company and a pricing change that I devised that raised my group's revenues from $100 million to $750 million in 18 months. Later, I was part of a 1000 person layoff. I don't think that they knew how valuable I was."
## [282] "One of the biggest regrets that I did not do is stand up more for myself when I was younger."
## [283] "I wish I called 911 sooner and didn't let her die."
## [284] "I wish that I instead followed a different entrepreneur that my gut feeling told me was much better to follow from the beginning."
## [285] "I wish i would have fought harder to keep my kids, but i went to jail when they was taken."
## [286] "I regret delaying my application to graduate school."
## [287] "I joined the Army right after high school and met a man. I made a decision to spend that Christmas with him rather than go home and spend it with my family. That was my mother's last Christmas alive and I have been living with that regret for the past 46 years."
## [288] "Not stepping up and arguing against my parents getting rid of my cat when I went to college."
## [289] "I wish I stood up for myself more. I never fought back when people were cruel to me."
## [290] "I regret not breaking up with a boyfriend when I felt I should have. I knew it wasn't going well but instead of leaving him like I should have I wasted so much time that I could have spent looking for someone who was better for me."
## [291] "I think the biggest inaction regret would be that I did noted enough traveling around the Unite states."
## [292] "I didn't pursue going to law school when I didn't get into my first choice of schools."
## [293] "The biggest inaction regret was not getting an accounting degree when I was younger."
## [294] "My biggest inaction regret is not breaking up with my ex boyfriend earlier. I think I would’ve been a lot happier and I also had a friendship ruined by him. I wish I had done things differently because I may still be friends with that person."
## [295] "I wish I would have went to visit my grandmother more when she was still alive. She wasn't too big on the idea of company, but I should have tried harder to communicate with her."
## [296] "My biggest regret of inaction is not saving and investing when I was young."
## [297] "I regret not finishing college and getting my degree. I went to a junior college and got a diploma. I had plans to continue my education and get my bachelors degree."
## [298] "I should have had the self confidence to leave the state where I was born and raised and move to California to go to a 4 year college instead of getting a post-high school education in my hometown."
## [299] "This is a tough one because I think it's happening right now. I feel that I should follow my dream and move back to Florida, but it would be a totally different part of Florida where I wouldn't know anyone to pursue some interests. But I'm terrified. But I have enough money to do it now and I have no excuse. This inaction is slowly killing me on a daily basis because I don't want to be in Arizona. I only came here because I had no other choice at the time."
## [300] "I regret not taking the chance to meet more people my age in my 20's. I believe I missed-out on meeting a lot of good people."
## [301] "I should not have let my fears and anxieties take priority in decision making in my developmental days. I have been blessed with a good mind, but in many ways, have not made the most of that blessing."
## [302] "My dad died last year. He was in a nursing facility at the time and in addition to his major health issues related to diabetes, his dementia got much worse that final year. We were not allowed in to see him due to Covid. During those final months, I didn't call him as often as I should have because for me, it was very painful to talk to him like that, and I wasn't sure that he even knew it was me. When he passed away, I felt so guilty that I hadn't called him more."
## [303] "My biggest inaction regret was not continuing on to my Master's degree"
## [304] "The biggest inaction regret I have is not responding to a certain woman I was romantically interested in 1975. Live would be much different and better now if I had."
## [305] "I regret continuing to put up with mistreatment from my ex-wife, while we were dating and while we were married. I wish I had ended things years earlier."
## [306] "While I have a great career, I probably stayed at my current employer too long. I could have moved up the ranks quicker at another organization."
## [307] "Staying in contact with my destructive family for at least a decade longer than I should have."
## [308] "My biggest regret would be not going to visit my sister when she was sick in the hospital. I thought she had more time but she wound up dying."
## [309] "I wished I'd gone to the same university for my graduate work."
## [310] "I regret not forgiving my brother. Now that he is done from the world, I will never be able to fix that."
## [311] "I regret not playing my senior year of college football."
## [312] "My biggest regret of inaction was to not buy an investment my friend presented to me. I knew it was good and would work out, I simply did not act and lost the potential of thousands of dollars."
## [313] "I didn't finish college. I got my 2-year Associate's Degree, but never returned to college for my final 2 years in my major."
## [314] "I regret not taking more time to figure out what I wanted to do in college, not exploring other options and finding something that felt like passion instead of obligation."
## [315] "I did not join the band program in college. I thought it would be too much work and too much of a time commitment, but now I think I would've enjoyed it."
## [316] "My father was a criminal. I wish I'd had the guts to turn him in. He deserved it and everyone he hurt may have felt empowered."
## [317] "Not using my college education to start off a career."
## [318] "My single biggest inaction was not finishing the process to apply for the Air Force Academy. I was on my way and just lost motivation to keep pursuing."
## [319] "I wish I would have finished highschool and not quit."
## [320] "About two years ago, I had an opportunity to invest in a small business that my friend had started. But I was skeptical about it and decided against it. Now that business is doing really well and feel regretful for not having invested my money into it."
## [321] "I wish I had procrastinated less over the course of my life."
## [322] "When I was pregnant, I thought I should change doctors but I didn't and it had terrible consequences."
## [323] "I wish I had done something in undergrad that I did not do."
## [324] "Something that I did not do that I wish I would have swung at a girl in the club because she took my boyfriend's hat and thought it was funny."
## [325] "I should have questioned my husband when I was diagnosed with an STD. I just was naive and not questioning it at all."
## [326] "I regret not going to a Nirvana concert when I had the chance. I thought it was kinda expensive at the time and figured that I'd have many more chances to see the band. Then Kurt Cobain died and I never got to see them live."
## [327] "After I have graduated from college, I was hoping to continue pursue my study in the direction of dentistry. After discussing with my professor, he said dentist is not a very well respected position in the medical field and would not be much needed since most people hygiene has been improved. I got discouraged and dropped the idea and that became the biggest inaction regret."
## [328] "I should have openly talked with my ex-husband when we were in a good place for that talk."
## [329] "I had a chance to be an extra in a major movie but left my id in my glove compartment and the handlers wouldn't let me go and retrieve it. So my chance for big screen stardom is on hold. I wish I had thought to bring my id with me to the extra audition."
## [330] "I stayed with my first job after college for several years, even though I did not enjoy it at all. I should have started looking for a job I would enjoy after one year."
## [331] "I had decided to join the US Foreign Service. I completed all the paperwork and interviews. Then I changed my mind and did not complete the process."
## [332] "After applying for medical school during my senior year of college and not even getting one interview, including the university I attended. Really wish I had applied the next year or even 4 years later after I finished mty master's degree. Oh well, that ship has sailed now!"
## [333] "The biggest inaction regret I have is not taking care of my health. I don't know if this counts since it happened over and over again through my life, but it's the strongest one I feel."
## [334] "I didn’t start my divorce soon enough."
## [335] "I received a full scholarship to a college. I turned the scholarship down."
## [336] "I wish I had tried harder to get close to my youngest son. Because of my inaction, his current reaction to things is painful for myself and other family members."
## [337] "This biggest inaction regret of my life would be not sticking up for myself and keeping my mouth closed when I got into trouble that ended up leaving me stuck in Arkansas."
## [338] "I regret not returning an item that I had borrowed from a fellow high schooler."
## [339] "I wish I had worked more on my physical fitness in the past."
## [340] "I wish I would've participated in family events more, my uncle was murdered and I hadn't seen him in years. At least since I was 16 so looking back i regret not visiting more."
## [341] "My biggest regret of inaction was when I had a chance to buy into Bitcoin when it was under $10 in value and did not."
## [342] "At the time, I thought that leaving him was in his best interest. Now, part of me wishes I would have brought him with me although I'm not sure if that would have been best either, but at least he would have been with me. I don't know. That still seems to selfish because things could have turned out for the worse for him."
## [343] "I never finished college. I wish I had stuck with it until I got a degree."
## [344] "I wish I had started saving more money when I was younger."
## [345] "i wish i spent more time before she died."
## [346] "Not working out more"
## [347] "I regret not finishing college. My career and life would have been on a totally different and more successful path."
## [348] "I regret not joining the military. I was definitely Navy material (I'm a Navy brat!) and I would have loved to have travelled a bit. I've been within the same 2 hour distance for the past 50 years."
## [349] "I wish I had told Hymie how much I truly loved him. He later died and I will never get to say all the things I wanted to say"
## [350] "I wish I would have invested in Bitcoin when I had some chances in 2014. I could be a multi millionaire now and not have any worries."
## [351] "I was invited to join an Honors Society in high school and I did not do any work to stay in the group. I was let go due to my inactivity and those behaviors have stayed with me for the rest of my life."
## [352] "My biggest inaction regret was not maintaining a close relationship with some of my friends over the years."
## [353] "I haven't been aggressive in pursuing a career that really fulfills me. I've settled for jobs that I'm overqualified for."
## [354] "The inaction regret I am thinking of is not doing enough for a business venture."
## [355] "I regret failing to try different things while I was growing up. I latched onto one activity/passion and never explored anything else."
## [356] "My biggest regret would be going into the career field of graphic design when I could be capable of much more."
## [357] "I wish I had invested in Bitcoin a year ago."
## [358] "I wish that I would have completed college the first time I tried."
## [359] "My biggest regret is taking to long i my life to stand up for my potential. I knew I had it but always wanted to make other people feel important so I always stepped down for others."
## [360] "I wish that I had applied to other schools, instead of just the one my boyfriend was going to."
## [361] "I wish that I had made a serious effort to lose weight."
## [362] "I think evoluntarily, the genes for anxiety have been passed down through generations due to how anxiety has been critical to survival. However, back in the stone age, lives were much simpler."
## [363] "Regret of inaction was that I didn't do more with my mother before she passed. We had planned a trip but that never came to fruition."
## [364] "I regret not trying harder to keep the woman I should I kept."
## [365] "I wish I had been firmer and stood up for myself better in a relationship."
## [366] "my biggest inaction regret was when i did not buy out bitcoin in large quantities in the year 2017."
## [367] "Not leaving Arizona when I had he chance."
## [368] "I regret not finishing college when I was young."
## [369] "I regret not buying into bitcoin when it was so cheap, or mining it when it was so cheap."
## [370] "I regret not completing my education. I was in graduate school when I had a baby. I stopped going to school and was always planning on going back but I never did."
## [371] "I had the opportunity to go on television to support my school and I chickened out. I was so worried about how I would present myself that I literally made myself sick for nothing."
## [372] "I did not help my mother enough when she was ill. I could have done more but did not."
## [373] "My biggest regret is that while I was raising my children that I started a college program and was doing quite well. However It got to be so hard to be away from my kids and my husband didn't understand so I quit going. I should have finished as I could have been so much more."
## [374] "I wish I didn't wait so long to go to college. I didn't decide to go till my late 20s. I had a good career before, but it was miserable. I should have gone to school right out of Highschool like my father wanted me to."
## [375] "I wish I would have started college right after high school instead of taking some time off then never going back."
## [376] "I did not tell a woman I loved deeply how I felt about her and, as a result, likely missed out on a relationship."
## [377] "I really wish I would have gone to college sooner and not have dropped out of high school."
## [378] "There was a woman I was very fond of and I never got up the nerve to tell her how I felt. The next time I saw her she was engaged and pregnant, so I had completely missed my chance to see what could have been between us."
## [379] "I regret not reaching out further to my ex-boyfriend via text message when he had replied very late to an invitation, I just ignored it."
## [380] "I regret not studying abroad while I was in college. For most people, there is not other time in your life that you will be able to live abroad for such a nice amount of time."
## [381] "I wish I would have finished college."
## [382] "I missed my son's basketball game where he hit his first three point shot. I was loaded down with work and chose to let my husband take him that night instead. I wish I could have been there!"
## [383] "I regret not leaving my first husband after I found out he was cheating on me. I was pregnant with our first child while he was cheating and I stayed because I wanted my family to be together, but ultimately it was a waste of many years of my life and cost me a lot concerning my mental health."
## [384] "I think not applying for a certain job that I would have been good at."
## [385] "I wish I had moved out of my home state."
## [386] "The biggest inaction regret I have in life is not following my life ideas and trying to be someone else."
## [387] "I regret not taking a break after my freshman year of college. My dad unexpectedly passed away and my mind was in no place to do anything other than heal. Instead I pushed forward and fumbled my way though college with mental health issues. If I had taken the break I wonder if I would have been more successful in college or even changed my major to something that inspired me more."
## [388] "I regret not cutting off my evil ex sooner, and therefore allowing her to cause even more damage and misery in my life."
## [389] "I regret not trying out for basketball in college."
## [390] "The inaction regret i am thinking of is not starting to train my puppy early on cause now he pees all over my house."
## [391] "The biggest regret I have that I did not do is spend more time with my Mother. I did not give her the attention that i should have."
## [392] "I wish I had applied for medical school. Now I have a dead end job and need to make more money but cannot."
## [393] "I had a chance to stay in Europe after a stint in the military, and passed it up"
## [394] "I always wanted to find a way to travel internationally, but I have not taken the steps to make it happen."
## [395] "I would say leaving my boyfriend of 7 years. It took a lot of courage, and part of me still regrets it. I am still growing and learning, however."
## [396] "I regret not standing up more for myself in the early days of my marriage. I am now in a situatuion where that will never change."
## [397] "I DID NOT START SAVING FOR THE RETIEMENT UNTIL I WAS 50 YEARS OLD. THE TIME I WAITED MEANS I WILL HAVE TO WORK EXTRA YEARS TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE WITH INCOME TO SUPPORT MY HUSBAND AND I."
## [398] "Not switching my major to something different in college."
## [399] "I wish I would've spent more quality time with my kids when they were younger instead of always worrying about the laundry and other stuff that needed to get done."
## [400] "Not finishing my Advanced College degree."
## [401] "I regret not sticking up for myself more when I was being forced by other people to change my name, and they were saying nasty things about me."
## [402] "My high school sweetheart proposed to me 25 years ago (We were 20 years old). I declined, but wanted to keep dating. I thought we were too young for marriage. He was ready to move forward in life, so we broke up and he found someone else to marry. I have regretted that every day since then."
## [403] "When I got out of high school I was going to join the service but I got married and had kids instead. I regret what I could have made of my life."
## [404] "I regret not pursuing a degree when I had the chance when I was younger."
## [405] "I would have asked a girl I liked to go out with me instead of simply living in the friend zone forever."
## [406] "I regret not leaving this abusive man at the first red flag. I thought that people can change, and he should get another chance. The fact is that he changed for the worse, and I allowed this abuse to happen. I feel responsible and guilty."
## [407] "When I did not try and pursue a greater degree earlier in life. I tried to just prolong going back to school for a long time"
## [408] "Never went to Vietnam. I was on a really good streak of traveling and was supposed to go to Vietnam, but I decided to get married instead. Bad choice."
## [409] "I should have stayed in high school and tried out for the basketball team."
## [410] "I regret not making a lot of friends in life during lock down."
## [411] "I stayed in graduate school pursuing a degree I knew I would not use or need."
## [412] "My husband was very controlling to me and my daughter in every aspect of our life. I said nothing to protect her."
## [413] "I should have finished school and gone on to college."
## [414] "I wish I had told him sorry instead of being scared to talk to him"
## [415] "Not taking the steps required to leave my husband and ended up stuck again."
## [416] "I regret waiting to do things because of how I felt about myself. I didn't want to do things until I felt better about myself."
## [417] "I regret not applying for a job out of fear of rejection."
## [418] "This one I have quite a few but one in particular was not pursuing a career in programming when I had the chance."
## [419] "I regret never joining any clubs to meet new people in college."
## [420] "My biggest inaction regret is not investing early on"
## [421] "I didn't report my boss's boss for sexual harassment for close to a year."
## [422] "My parents did not raise me when my mother passed in Florida I refused to go to the funeral."
## [423] "I regret not going to college. I shouldve educated myself and I didnt and now its hurting me."
## [424] "I wish I had made a move to get to know someone who liked me better."
## [425] "My biggest inaction regret: I regret not helping a loved one out more when they were in need."
## [426] "I regret not getting more education."
## [427] "I always wanted to learn to draw and I never did. I really wish I had taken the time to learn to draw and be an artist."
## [428] "My inaction regret is that I stopped working to raise my children. I should have found a way to keep working as I now have limited funds for retirement."
## [429] "Not going to college when I had the money to do so. I would being doing better in life if I had a degree"
## [430] "I should have taken my sister's side. There were times where she was right."
## [431] "I didn't get healthy when I was younger and now I'm almost 30 and still obese."
## [432] "I wish I would have gone back to SC and married my high school boyfriend."
## [433] "Not getting a college degree so I couldn't work overseas."
## [434] "My biggest regret of inaction, was not playing high school baseball as I had the skills and coaches that wanted me to. Doing so would have allowed me to get scholarships and related, as well as take a different path in life at that time."
## [435] "I wish that I tried hardening school because I would be smarter and more successful right now."
## [436] "I regret not playing any sports as a child or teenager on any kind of team. I think it would have made me a better team player at jobs and I would have developed a better body."
## [437] "Not going to college sooner. I figured more life experience would help and I'd save up some money, but I should have done it when I was still younger."
## [438] "Not telling my mother immediately that my older brother was going swimming with a friend when they were specifically told not to do so the day before by my mom."
## [439] "I didn't do more to try to take my niece when she was younger and her mother was dealing with personal issues. As a result, she ended up passing away. I look back and constantly question if I could've done more even though the reality is, I did as much as I could."
## [440] "Most of the time it is saying sorry. Not saying sorry makes things kind of your fault."
## [441] "I knew of fraud being done at a place where I worked. I was not involved in it myself so I thought I will not tell unless I am asked, I should have blown the whistle on it."
## [442] "Did not take a job in another city"
## [443] "I regret that I did not listen to my mother that he was a loser and I should have went to college."
## [444] "I wish that I would have pursued a higher degree. I started doing hard physical labor and there was no reason why I could not have achieved a graduate degree."
## [445] "My regret is that I didn't save more from the paychecks that I received from when I was working."
## [446] "I had a chance to invest in some things that are really big right now at their lowest point and I laughed and said no."
## [447] "I stopped pursuing my second major of cognitive psychology in college."
## [448] "I wish I would have be able to tell my grandfather how much I loved him once last time before he passed away."
## [449] "Back 12 years ago there was a woman who liked me. She invited me to different events and even one time took my hand I was startled and pulled away."
## [450] "I wish that I finished college."
## [451] "I wish I would have went on vacation with a friend of mine that asked me to go with them."
## [452] "Not marrying my high school sweetheart last year."
## [453] "Not saving more money when I was younger"
## [454] "I regret not talking to a girl that I found very attractive."
## [455] "not trying hard enough in school"
## [456] "My biggest regret of inaction from my entire life is not attending my middle brother's wedding in North Carolina. It was his second wedding and my wife and I were working, but it is still no excuse for us not attending."
## [457] "Not getting therapy for my anxiety."
## [458] "I really regret not going to college when I was out of high school when I was younger. It was a huge mistake that i live with to this day."
## [459] "I wish I would have went to a better school."
## [460] "My biggest inaction regret is not taking a great job offer."
## [461] "I wish I had gone to get a bachelor's degree from a 4-year college. I got my associate's but I regret not going for my bachelor's."
## [462] "I regret not taking action on purchasing a home in a certain area early in my married life. We both liked the area but felt the prices were too high."
## [463] "I started college on several different occasions at different schools and never completed any of them."
## [464] "I wish that I had not ignored the letters from the auto manufacturer and had taken my car in for the corrections needed under the recall."
## [465] "I wish I had not let my parent's anxiety of me traveling stop me from studying abroad when I was in college."
## [466] "I regret not going out of state to college when I had the opportunity to do so."
## [467] "Not helping my mom stop smoking or at least contributed more to her attempts."
## [468] "not acting on a girl that I loved I guess"
## [469] "This is actually tied to above and the fact I'm self-employed; my biggest inaction regret was sticking with my previous job for as long as I did. I knew it was a dead end, I knew the company itself I was working for was failing. I should have had the courage to quit sooner and start off on my own doing what I'm doing now."
## [470] "When I was in elementary school I was offered a very rare coveted opportunity to attend high school classes and graduate early. At the time I just wanted to have fun in school with friends my own age and not be a social outcast even if the result would have been graduating high school by the age of 12."
## [471] "I regret not finding a better job in the last couple of years."
## [472] "I regret that I didn't make a bigger effort to stay closer to my parents once I reached the age of 22 and headed out on my own."
## [473] " wish I would have gone to college"
## [474] "Not going to medical school. I would have been a great doctor."
## [475] "I wish I hadn't dropped out of college. I know plenty of graduates that couldn't manage to get the job even WITH their degree in hand. But, i still wish I had finished because since i didn't and my credits stayed in limbo, i was reduced to alumni status again and it is extremely hard to start up again in college from scratch especially on loans i cannot afford."
## [476] "When I was younger, I met a girl who was the love of my life. We had a wonderful relationship, but I was too shy and lacked self-confidence to tell her how I felt about her. I always regret that I didn't let her know."
## [477] "I did not follow through with a higher learning like college. Now I have this crappy hotel job."
## [478] "I regret not getting my daughter more into exercise and sports, particularly starting with track in elementary school."
## [479] "I should have done more research on ways to get a good education to get a good job. I wish I had more carefully planned things out for my work life."
## [480] "Growing up I never told a girl the way I felt and remained too shy. I always wondering what could have been."
## [481] "I wish I stood up for a friend when he was bullied"
## [482] "My biggest regret of inaction is that I didn't continue my medical training. I regret this every day even though I love the job that I have."
## [483] "This regret is the directly tied to the one of action; it is for the literal inaction that needed to have occurred to mitigate the full extent and longevity of the damage."
## [484] "I wish I never quit school. I quit school before I was even legally of age to do so. I thought I had better things to do (like smoking and drinking). I did manage to hold jobs and make money, but I never even got my GED and I doubt I could pass one, since I quit in early 8th grade. I'm not stupid and I probably could have really made something of myself, alas- it wasn't to be."
## [485] "Not saving any money for retirement from age 22-28"
## [486] "I wish I'd accepted a particular job offer I got. I didn't take it seriously and I should have because it would have been a good opportunity"
## [487] "I did not stand up for myself as much as I should have"
## [488] "Seeing an investment opportunity but too scare to act and instead watched on the sideline as it increase in value."
## [489] "I regret that I did not stand up to someone who was being abusive to me. I was naïve and scared and I was too frightened to defend myself."
## [490] "I chose to allow my depression to win by sitting around almost every day of my later 20s"
## [491] "I regret not staying down south. I moved there, fell in love with it, but moved back up north because of my boyfriend."
## [492] "One of the biggest regrets of inaction was not making more of an effort to connect with some of my friends while I was in college and maintain those relationships."
## [493] "I wish I would have gone away to college. Then I could have had a better job and not be struggling so much financially right now. To know I could make it on my own."
## [494] "i regret not helping my now ex husband more by adding to the income of our family better so he would not have had so much pressure on him."
## [495] "I wish I had invested in bitcoin a few years ago when all my friends were pushing me to do that."
## [496] "I wish that I had pursued a teaching degree."
## [497] "My biggest regret of inaction in my entire life would be not finishing highschool because I ended up having to backtrack and wasted more years of my life."
## [498] "Some friends were planning a trip abroad. I was hesitant to go for a number of reasons, but I wish I had gone with them."
## [499] "I should have divorced my husband years ago. We have always been ill-suited, but yet, here we are, over 45 years later, still together. We are \"of that generation\" I suppose, stick it out no matter what. But we are decent people, and deserved better. Both of us. Opposites may attract, but they don't always do well together in the long haul."
## [500] "I wish I had simply taken the leap and gone to college for science at 18 and lived the college life a little."
## [501] "With the same situation in mind, I regret that I didn't take action to stop my ex boyfriend from driving under the influence, resulting in two fatalities of our friends. I carry guilt about being the reason we even drove to the lake that day despite all of the signs from the universe that we shouldn't have gone."
## [502] "I regret not applying for more positions at my company, I feel like I could have moved up the chain a lot faster and sooner if I had applied."
## [503] "I wish I had stayed in Chandler. I never should have moved away. It really was a bad decision made at an incredibly low point in my life."
## [504] "No going on even further with my education. I did get my Bachelors degree, however, I wanted to get my Master's degree and never went back for it."
## [505] "Most likely following through with more job interviews. I've got a very comfortable job now, but I feel like career-wise I would be a lot further if I took the multiple LinkedIn requests that I received in my youth a lot more seriously and used that leverage to get raises."
## [506] "I wish i had stood up to my stepfather and never let him touch me."
## [507] "My biggest inaction regret is not going to the gym on a regular basics. I paid for a yearly membership and because of laziness, I did not go and than my membership was about to expire. This is a problem for a person who is already extremely overweight."
## [508] "I did not have a great plan of what I wanted to study in college. I have spent most of my adult life wondering what kind of career I would have liked to had. I wish I had focused on my passion, and not choosing a major that I thought I could easily get a job in."
## [509] "I regret not talking over some things with my dad before his brain tumor took control of him."
## [510] "Someone very special to me asked me to dance. I said no because I did not know how to dance."
## [511] "My biggest inaction regret was not burying my late husband in the Veterans Graveyard. I knew he wanted that but when he died I felt I did not have the money for transport. He left very little life insurance and I needed it to pay bills. I did distribute his ashes in the mountains he loved and hopes this is a good replacement but I have always felt bad about this."
## [512] "I wish I learned how to drive as a teenager"
## [513] "I wish I had started streaming earlier than i actually did."
## [514] "Not going back to visit my aunt when she was in a nursing home."
## [515] "I regret not continuing to go to school for my bachelor's degree after earning my Associate in Arts in Humanities at Community College."
## [516] "Not saving more or not holding on to my savings in my younger years."
## [517] "I wish I had spent more time with my dad. He went missing ten years ago. Not a word or peep from him in over ten years."
## [518] "I regret not working longer as a Supervisor in my first tech position."
## [519] "Biggest non action regret was not asking out a girl in my class"
## [520] "Step 1: Set a Goal. A goal gives your psyche a direction to work towards. ...\nStep 2: Consider How You Spend Your Time Now. One of the biggest drivers of inaction is wasting time. ...\nStep 3: Avoid Distractions. Distractions range from social media to real life things that take focus away from what you're doing. ...\nSeizing the Day."
## [521] "I regret not getting into the stock market when I had the chance at a younger age."
## [522] "I regret not having children earlier in my life, at a younger age. My children are reaching adulthood now, but having them at an advanced age had negative effects on my ability to earn and provide for my future."
## [523] "I wish I would have stayed in fitness and eating healthy. I once was but got lost in it because I got a desk job and kind of became lazy when it came to fitness. I wish I would have stayed going to the gym so I could have the body I want today."
## [524] "The biggest inaction that I regret is not choosing an out of state school because I did not want to leave my mom. I realize now she would of been fine."
## [525] "I thought about returning to college for another degree."
## [526] "I wish I had enjoyed the time I had living in Florida instead of thinking of all the things I didn't like."
## [527] "Not accepting apprenticeship to Switzerland."
## [528] "My biggest regret is moving out of state instead of continuing to care for my aunt until she passed my biggest regret is thinking she would be around forever"
## [529] "My greatest regret of inaction is probably not going into the military, as I feel it would have been difficult but my life right now would be a lot easier if I had."
## [530] "i regret not planning my future carefully and just assuming i could get a job and make money and have a life. i regret not saving for my future."
excl_iin_lifegr8inactregdes <- c("i got married way too young", "i honestly dont have any inaction regrets. ive done the things i was supposed to do but i cannot sit by at all", "I wish I had stayed in Chandler. I never should have moved away. It really was a bad decision made at an incredibly low point in my life.")
datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes <- datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes %>% filter(!(lifegr8inactregdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8inactregdes))
#Study 5 Lifetime Regret - excluding irrelevant, incorrect and no regret responses
tablestudy5reglt <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg)
tablestudy5reglt
##
## 1 2
## 250 276
chisqstudy5reglt <- chisq.test(tablestudy5reglt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5reglt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5reglt
## X-squared = 1.2852, df = 1, p-value = 0.2569
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5reglt <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg)])==1)
action5reglt <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg)])==2)
n5reglt <- length(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8regdes$gr8actinactreg)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5reglt, n5reglt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 1.090052
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5reglt <- prop.test(x = action5reglt, n = n5reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5reglt out of n5reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.2852, df = 1, p-value = 0.2569
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4820132 0.5670580
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5247148
propinaction5reglt <- prop.test(x = inaction5reglt, n = n5reglt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5reglt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5reglt out of n5reglt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.2852, df = 1, p-value = 0.2569
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4329420 0.5179868
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4752852
#Calculate cramer V
observed5reglt = c( inaction5reglt, action5reglt)
expected5reglt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerreglt <- cramerVFit(x = observed5reglt, p = expected5reglt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerreglt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.04943 0.003802 0.1406
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_reglt_perc <- inaction5reglt/n5reglt * 100
action5_reglt_perc <- action5reglt/n5reglt * 100
observed5reglt_per <- c(action5_reglt_perc, inaction5_reglt_perc)
# Exclusion for Study 5 past week greatest action regret
## First exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no regret responses for past week greatest action regret
unique(datagmr$pastweekactregdes)
## [1] ""
## [2] "I worked in the yard for 6 days this past week, and even though I knew it was going to be hot and sunny I refused to wear sunscreen and now I'm blistered sunburned."
## [3] "One thing that I regret over the past week is given in to my diet and eating something that I know I should have not eaten."
## [4] "I stressed about things I really shouldn't have. I should have taken the time to reassess what is going on and just never took the time for myself when I know better."
## [5] "I regret ordering taco bell last night. I'm trying to lose weight and it was an impulse buy."
## [6] "I started binge drinking and got too drunk and blacked out. It was not a good feeling after all the drinking."
## [7] "I ate an entire Reese's Peanut Butter Bunny before bed one night. Mistakes were made."
## [8] "I sold one of my most valuable Pokemon cards."
## [9] "I decided to go out to eat. I ended up scraping my car. I regret having gone out, now."
## [10] "I argued with my mother and said some stuff which I wish I had not."
## [11] "I regret saying something mean to my friend."
## [12] "I ate a larger meal than I should have, which set me back on my weight loss goals."
## [13] "I wish we hadn't gone to that restaurant. Then my mom wouldn't have gotten into a fight with the owner and we wouldn't feel like we can never go back there. We should have gone somewhere else instead."
## [14] "I sent an email out to subordinate a bit prematurely and she didn't quite understand what I was asking her to do."
## [15] "Yesterday, I ordered food from Grubhub again after I promised myself I would save money and stop ordering so much delivery."
## [16] "I chose not to add a bag of cat food to my order when I was ordering toilet paper online."
## [17] "I spent way to much money on something that I wanted and did not really need at all."
## [18] "I'm not sure that I regret anything from the past week. Maybe eating too many peanut butter cookies?"
## [19] "I told someone I would travel down to visit but I wish I hadn't."
## [20] "I wish i didn't tell my friend he could have my xbox without any compensation."
## [21] "I overextended myself at work, and hurt my knee. I knew at the time I was risking injury, but I was in a hurry, and as a result for the next few days I had knee pain."
## [22] "I bought a box of donuts and ate them all."
## [23] "Took a survey on my work computer that had a surprise picture of adult content."
## [24] "transferring schools three times"
## [25] "I regret spending too much money at the casino."
## [26] "Eating too much pizza--not controlling my eating"
## [27] "I wanted to buy a gold coin. I waited as the price of gold climbed and did not act. I regret not buying the coin when the price was much lower."
## [28] "We had our friends over for dinner and I drank a little too much."
## [29] "That I kept playing at the casino and didn't stop, so I lost $20."
## [30] "I ate pizza on Saturday when I wasn't supposed to based on my diet. I'm trying to cut out carbs for the most part."
## [31] "I decided to contact someone and reschedule our meeting date to a closer date. I have not heard from them. I did this because I did not know my longterm schedule, but wonder if they are upset or not."
## [32] "I wish I wouldn't have slept so much on Saturday because it was such a nice day out."
## [33] "I sent an email to someone at work while I was upset. The tone of the email may not have been appropriate."
## [34] "I decided I would relax my rule on \"no alcohol\" and allow myself to drink while visiting the coast."
## [35] "My biggest action regret in the last week is ordering a new guitar."
## [36] "I spent more time reading and relaxing than I should have instead of working on cleaning stuff up from the fire that burned down my house. I know I'd feel better about things if I just got it done, but I was feeling better just reading and relaxing."
## [37] "I fell off my determination to cut down on sweets and I ate some ice cream."
## [38] "I regret selling dogecoin early instead of it holding it where I could hid made more."
## [39] "I wish I would not have bought a desk that I purchased. I should have chosen to save my money instead."
## [40] "Got into an argument with my wife."
## [41] "My biggest regret of the past week would be not being more mean to my childs mother. She is taking me to court for child support, but yet I still continue to help her out."
## [42] "I regret allowing my family to come over to my house for the day."
## [43] "I am thinking of last Thursday when I decided to get fast food for dinner instead of something healthy."
## [44] "I regret eating that lasagna at 8:00 pm."
## [45] "I made a comment that really hurt someone and caused them pain. I should have been quiet and not said anything."
## [46] "I was a little mean to someone because there was something that I really wanted and that person -- in my view---was trying to discourage me from getting it."
## [47] "investing in Boeing stock"
## [48] "I snapped at my partner when I was annoyed at them."
## [49] "I wish that I had not moved into a permanent job right away. I wish I had spent another year or traveling for seasonal work, to see a little bit more of the country, before settling down into one spot."
## [50] "I told someone at work to do a job only to find out they were woefully underqualified to do it."
## [51] "i should not have said something to a neighbor that i should not have"
## [52] "It is small, but I let someone borrow something of mine that was valuable. They ensured me they would bring it right back, but they still have not. I knew that the person was unreliable, but it's a relative of my wife, so I felt obligated."
## [53] "I stayed up too late reading one night and I was tired the next day."
## [54] "I wish that I wouldnt have gone to the local store and picked up a few things. I recently went to a store and it made me highly uncomfortable with the number of people that were in it. I just had a bad vibe being around so many people with the pandemic."
## [55] "I ate too much. Every day. My mom made a cake and I ate too much of that. Then I stole poptarts from the pantry meant for breakfasts and I ate 2 packages of those too."
## [56] "I snapped at an acquaintance. They didn't do anything wrong, I was just upset from something else."
## [57] "I hadn't had dinner but was already in my bed and didn't feel like going downstairs, so I ate candy for dinner."
## [58] "I regret picking up more shifts at work."
## [59] "I wish I had not spent so much time on social media during my time off. It was a big waste of time and I was very unproductive."
## [60] "I yelled at my wife for making a mess and not cleaning it up."
## [61] "I wish that I had fired an employee sooner. That would have saved some time for us."
## [62] "I went to the Botanical Gardens last week and walked for about 2 miles. I know I am not supposed to walk that far, but it was such a beautiful day, and the flowers were so lovely, I thought I could get away with it. I spent the next 2 days unable to walk without severe pain."
## [63] "Getting upset with my wife when she took too much time (in my opinion) in the department store. i snapped at her and I regret it."
## [64] "I regret acting curt and impolite to a coworker when they asked me for help while I was busy."
## [65] "I regret convincing my in laws to leave early to attend a wedding, I thought it was being held much earlier than it was, and so we got there fairly early."
## [66] "I wish I would have phoned my 90 year old mother more during the past week."
## [67] "I realized that I was pulled into argumentative conversations with people whom I didn't intend to go that far with. When I noticed that I spent so much time arguing over trivial issues, I decided to just stop all conversations with these people on the phone. The actions were regretful, because I felt that I could've used that time doing more productive things."
## [68] "I regret eating my kids leftover Easter candy because I am trying to lose weight for summer."
## [69] "I regret taking on this project for the organization I work for. It's too much at the moment."
## [70] "When I was ornery and unruly as a child. There were times I gave my mom too much grief."
## [71] "I picked the wrong pair of cloths out cause i thought they were cool."
## [72] "I regret ordering a large amount of furniture that may end up being backordered."
## [73] "My regret is that I didn't go to confession."
## [74] "It was an enjoyable week and I don't regret anything!"
## [75] "I play Streak on ESPN and I took Leipzig in Bundesliga soccer instead of taking CSKA Moscow in the KHL Championship series."
## [76] "I volunteered to take on a big assignment at work. I should have let someone else handle this because I already have too much on my plate."
## [77] "Another drive turned in front of me when I had the right of way, and I got angry. I followed really closely for about 2 miles and almost had a wreck from driving too close when they went to turn onto another road."
## [78] "I got into an argument with my boyfriend about the parenting of our step-daughter and made a statement about my step-daughter's behavior that could have been handled or worded better. It came off mean."
## [79] "One of the actions I regretted in the last week was to go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of junk food. I ate all the junk food at night and felt pretty bad the next day."
## [80] "i spent money unwisely buying things i didn't need and could have saved money not buying them"
## [81] "Last week I ordered take out for lunch every single day. I regret this because I really need to be saving money."
## [82] "I regret throwing away a piece of mail that had slightly important information on it."
## [83] "I invested a lot of money in a high risk stock option that lost me money."
## [84] "I made a decision to hang out in a public setting. Although I was safe for the most part, the crowd ended up being larger than I'd hoped or anticipated, and I wish I would have made better choices about attending."
## [85] "I made some comments to my daughter about a situation that I did not fully understand and then when I did understand I saw that those comments were hurtful."
## [86] "I ate out at fast food way more often than I should have."
## [87] "I regret going into a certain restaurant that required a mask."
## [88] "We had Chinese food for dinner a few nights ago for a celebration, and I went for seconds. Bad move!"
## [89] "I am a diabetic and should never eat pizza - the crust really messes up my blood sugar - but I ate pizza Sunday. I ate too much of it and I suffered with imbalance for a day and a half. It was a really stupid decision."
## [90] "I wish I hadn't gone shopping with a friend of mine. We went to a couple of stores, wearing masks, and socially distancing, but it wasn't fun -- I was tense the whole time."
## [91] "My biggest action regret is eating something that gave me indigestion."
## [92] "I said something to a family member that I wish I had not said."
## [93] "I got the covid vaccine last week. It made me very sick and I did entirely too much one day and made it worse, I shouldn't have done that."
## [94] "Got made at my girlfriend over the weekend cuz she said something about my hobbies but I was egging her on in the first place. And I was a brat"
## [95] "I got angry with my son during and arguemnet nad raised my voice."
## [96] "I had an argument with my husband that was really stupid on the face of it."
## [97] "I regret spending over a hundred dollars on clothes that I really didn't need, and, in retrospect, probably didn't really want that badly to begin with."
## [98] "i wish that I had not gossiped about co-workers."
## [99] "I wish I had spent less money on dinner with my boyfriend last week. It was pretty expensive."
## [100] "Eating so much fried, junk, food yesterday."
## [101] "I ordered a \"Grouper Reuben Sandwich\" in a seaside restaurant that ultimately did not agree with my system."
## [102] "I went to a Meetup at a McMenniman's. I met lots of new people there but regret the fact that as I was leaving a guy asked for my phone number and I was so caught off guard that I gave it to him."
## [103] "I raised my voice at my girlfriend. We were arguing about something that has been frustrating for both of us. And I lost my cool."
## [104] "I regret telling my friend what was going on with me in my personal life. I kept going on and on talking about it when I should have kept it to myself."
## [105] "I said things I shouldn't have said to my husband."
## [106] "I had an argument with my wife over some of the decisions she has been making lately, and I said some hurtful things that were unnecessary."
## [107] "I wish I had not taken so much sleep medicine about a week ago."
## [108] "My biggest regret of action is letting myself get depressed and complaining about myself and my life to my husband."
## [109] "I regret that I put a box containing an open egg carton (liquid) that I didn't realize was open in my back seat of my car and it ruined my leather seats."
## [110] "My biggest regret of action in the last week was drinking on a work night. It made the next day at work impossible."
## [111] "I wish I did not engage in sexual relations during my period."
## [112] "I regret submitting a homework assignment that wasn't my best quality work."
## [113] "Regret some things said to my S.O."
## [114] "I was having some kind of stomach virus. I thought I was getting over it so I had a regular meal instead of soup. I immediately regretted it."
## [115] "An action regret from the past week would be making too many purchases that weren't necessary. Had to put them on a credit card."
## [116] "I regret going to the grocery store a few days ago because I could have caught the Covid virus. I could have ordered groceries online, but I only needed a few items."
## [117] "I told my boss on a zoom call check-in meeting that I was \"not doing too much\", which was not true and a big mistake since he interpreted that as I was lazy, not that I was moving through my tasks without problems."
## [118] "I updated software on a system at work. It was not critical to be done but I was trying to be pro-active. I wish I had not done it because the update did not go well and I spent hours trying to fix it."
## [119] "When I gave my tenant a 30 days notice to vacate my house, I called him Mr. Home instead of Mr. House, which is his name. I did correct it in the mailed version however."
## [120] "I installed a nail plate in the wrong place, and as a result failed a rough in inspection that I as hoping to pass. It was a dumb oversight on my part."
## [121] "I have a patient with Post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder secondary to liver transplant her tumor lysis caused severe renal failure and I advocated dialysis, but i acquiesced. Now requiringing 3weeks continuous dialysis. I fold to early to the push back from nephrology"
## [122] "I wish that I had not allowed my sleep patterns to become so erratic in the last week, going to bed so much later than usual, and sleeping later in the day."
## [123] "I let my dog off the leash in our backyard and he got sprayed by a skunk."
## [124] "My son and I had a fight and exchanged a few choice words, I wish I had handled it a lot better than I did."
## [125] "I made an online purchase that I later regretted."
## [126] "The action regret that I'm thinking of is not sleeping early enough and being very tired the next day."
## [127] "I was rude my mother about her texting me too much."
## [128] "I purchased a bench grinder for my shop and it's not at all what I need and I have to return it."
## [129] "My daughter texted me a photo containing a handgun, I jumped to a conclusion and berated her judgement. It was a bit later when she responded, \"dad, it was only a meme\"."
## [130] "Spending too much money this week."
## [131] "I lost my temper with my wife and daughters and wish I had bit my tongue."
## [132] "Told my sister in law that I did not like her dessert"
## [133] "I regret eating extra snacks last night. I dont know that I needed them."
## [134] "I drank more alcohol and ate very unhealthy food that I knew were not good for my body at my age."
## [135] "I don't have any regrets in the last week."
## [136] "My dog was sick. I took him to the vet. I regret charging eight hundred dollars on my credit card and the vet wants to do more tests."
## [137] "Walking into my daughter's room when she was on an important phone call."
## [138] "I didn't spend more time with my son. I spend a lot of time with my son, but there is only so much time that I have to do crafts and watch a fun movie together."
## [139] "Staying home instead of going to lunch and having a good time."
## [140] "I accidentally scheduled to appointments at the same time. I had to call and have one changed after telling them what a dork I am. I hate talking on the phone. I wish I had paid closer attention to begin with."
## [141] "I talked more than I should have with some coworkers. I need to learn that I can't talk with them anymore like that"
## [142] "I was grumpy and had a bad temper during a time I should have been happy."
## [143] "I mismanaged my time this past weekend and did not do a load of laundry I needed for work."
## [144] "I regret my conversation with a friend that possibly lead to a misunderstanding."
## [145] "I ignored my dad's phone call and waited a few days to call back."
## [146] "I spent money on an item I have wanted for a long time, but should've saved it to put towards bathroom remodel."
## [147] "I got drunk while I was sick with the flu and got into a big argument with my roommate and kicked him out. He had to sleep outside for a night and now we will never speak again. Very bad news with much guilt on my part."
## [148] "I yelled at my youngest child regarding incomplete schoolwork."
## [149] "Comparing a young man to a character on a sitcom."
## [150] "I was quick to blame my daughter for something that happen and I really upset her."
## [151] "I regret staying up late instead of going to bed with my wife earlier."
## [152] "I regret overeating at the Mexican restaurant. I am supposed to be watching what I eat and I overate."
## [153] "Sharing a secret to my neighbor that I shouldn't have."
## [154] "I did not have many regrets this week since I didn't do much. I guess I regret eating too much."
## [155] "I do not regret anything I have done in the past week."
## [156] "I regret not being there for my cousin. When his son pasted away."
## [157] "My biggest regret for the week was buying 6ft wood when I should have bought 8ft wood."
## [158] "I have been being very careful about what I eat. This past week I ate two pieces of pie that I regret eating."
## [159] "I regret that I was honest to my spouse about something. Some people really don't want honesty."
## [160] "I regret the way I explained a difficult concept to a friend. Afterwards I thought of a better way."
## [161] "I used a hand vaccuum to clean my carpet, crawling around on the carpet, and threw my back out. My left side has been hurting a lot ever since. I really regret doing that now."
## [162] "I regret that I am still smoking cigarettes."
## [163] "Going out for a run to change from my usual biking and ended up twisting my ankle."
## [164] "I mismanaged my time over the weekend, and it has thrown off my after work plans."
## [165] "I regret how I handled a work situation with a subordinate. I could have been more self-aware when explaining things."
## [166] "Not preparing better for a lesson I was teaching. It was in person and I felt weird and disjointed."
## [167] "Texted brother a week ago to see if he had submitted to these vaccines. He left voice mail pretty much inviting me to return call. Our family is total crap and I'm eternally disappointed when ever I speak to any of the others...this time being no exception."
## [168] "I regret throwing away leftovers that someone would have eaten the next day and I would not have had to cook that day.\n"
## [169] "I wish I had t went to the casino the other day when I was bored. Could’ve saved that money."
## [170] "Worrying too much about the virus effects on me and my family is an action regret for me."
## [171] "I acted petulantly towards my boyfriend when he did not choose what he wanted for dinner until it was very late in the evening. Once he decided, I chose not to eat it and I regret that I got angry with him."
## [172] "I regret that I ate some food that was not good for my gluten free diet and it was not a couple of good tummy days. I need to be more careful."
## [173] "Using very harsh words towards the man I care about and love"
## [174] "I am thinking of I had a 15 page final paper due on the 21st of this month. I waited until the 17th to start working on it and couldn't come up with the 15 pages!"
## [175] "My action that I regret is yelling strongly at my dog when she chased after a squirrel on a walk."
## [176] "I regret talking to staff at my child's school and acting as if I was ok with the situation being described to me about what my child went through with unreliable information they were providing."
## [177] "I regret filing a complaint about my neighbors loud party at 3 am"
## [178] "I was in a bad mood and was really mean last week. I said some things to people that I shouldn't have said."
## [179] "I should have charged less for the custom product, so it would get purchased."
## [180] "I had a gut instinct not to give my dog a treat that I have been giving her for years. I had an uncanny feeling that she would choke on it."
## [181] "Making a comment about the way my partner was dressed. I meant it to be joking, but she did not take it that way and it made her upset."
## [182] "I was in an abusive relationship and that person sent me a friend request on social media. I\nended up accepted it and than we started talking. Once I did old bad memories came back and we started\narguing. I honestly regret even accepting that friend request."
## [183] "I wish I would have spent stimulus money slowly."
## [184] "I regret that I get road rage. I watch how other drivers are being uncourteous driving. It doesn't have to be to me! I mind other people's business and just seethe."
## [185] "I got only a weeks worth of meals at Walmart and I wish I would have gotten a two week amount of meals."
## [186] "One thing was that I put off a couple of work tasks. The reason why I regret this is because I am now kind of behind at work and I feel like I cannot get caught up."
## [187] "I regret overeating when we ordered out for Chinese one night."
## [188] "I sold my mother's car because she can't drive anymore but she was upset and I wish I would have waited a little longer."
## [189] "I yelled at my son for not making sense in something he was getting upset for despite us not actually doing what he seemed to be upset about. He had frustrated me so much, I didn't know what else to do at that point."
## [190] "Agreeing to meet my abusive ex when I knew I shouldn't have. I didn't want to give him an opportunity to suck me back in."
## [191] "My biggest action regret this past week was investing in a stock that I had not researched before hand. Because I did not research, I lost $1000."
## [192] "I regret spending too much time watching the news, especially the George Floyd trial. It was so depressing, thought the results were fantastic."
## [193] "not being able to walk as far as i need to for home physical therapy"
## [194] "I was verbally unkind to my boyfriend. I was experiencing work stress and took it out on him in an unhealthy way."
## [195] "I regret going on Twitter. There are too many horrible people on there and I easily find myself arguing with people who can ruin part of my day."
## [196] "I decided to buy some impulse buy items online instead of budgeting like I should."
## [197] "I went to play in a disc golf tournament that I didn't need to go to and wasn't really in the mood to play in. I blew off a chance to surf and played a round of disc golf with a few people that didn't want to be there eitherr"
## [198] "I regret I didn't try harder to keep in touch with past friends."
## [199] "I am a groundskeeper. I have lots of pressure on me this time of hear. I planted flowers too early and the frost got them. :("
## [200] "I wish I had not gotten into a fight with my girlfriend while we were on vacation together."
## [201] "I wish I had not spent so much time researching products to purchase for our home. I wish I had spend more time working rather than getting distracted with spending a long time learning about new products."
## [202] "I yelled at my partner over the phone about something stupid"
## [203] "I wish I had chosen to eat at a different food location for lunch on Saturday as I had a very upset stomach for the rest of the day."
## [204] "I wish that I would not have blown my diet and lost more weight in the last week or so."
## [205] "I was cleaning out the garage, and I threw away some gardening supplies that I realized I could have used."
## [206] "I regret purchasing junk food when I went grocery shopping two days ago. I really didn't need chips and cookies."
## [207] "At work we are currently interviewing for a file clerk. I interviewed a woman on Tuesday and the action I regret is giving her hope that she is hired. I sort of made it sound like she would be a good candidate, when, in truth, she was NOT a good fit for the position at all."
## [208] "I made cheap shots at my husband when I was slightly aggravated. I specifically said \"This is why I don't let you make plans.\""
## [209] "I regret driving my car over the weekend without waiting for parts to come in that were needed for repairs."
## [210] "Probably nagging my husband."
## [211] "My biggest action regret in the past week was not sticking to my diet. In other words I went off my diet and ate too much."
## [212] "I lent my roommate money I’ll never get back . She’s good at borrowing but really bad at paying back . It’s almost a daily thing ."
## [213] "I ate a very large cream filled donut on Sunday. I regretted it immediately, knowing that I was going have to spend an hour later burning it off."
## [214] "My daughter is on her learners permit for driving. I find it nerve wrecking so when she does something wrong, my nerves kick in and I can be vocally mean which upsets her and I feel terrible about that."
## [215] "EATING A CANDY BAR BECAUSE I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT"
## [216] "My biggest action regret is overeating too many sweets in the past week."
## [217] "For the past week I suppose it could be that I bought Bitcoin at a bit of a high before a dip."
## [218] "In the past week my biggest regret is probably deciding to play video games all day on Saturday instead of working on Mturk and getting some money."
## [219] "I regret choosing to drink the night before I had to be up early in the morning!"
## [220] "I think my biggest action regret this week is that I wish I had not wasted time doing nonsense things, when I should have been working on a project that I have been neglecting."
## [221] "My greatest regret last week cost me a lot. I was supposed to buy a few more Dogecoin and take profit this week, but I kept on doubting. I lost a huge amount of money last week."
## [222] "As always, I regret coming home and snacking. I just need to wait an hour or so until I have dinner ready, but instead I snack a little too much."
## [223] "Go outside and change a set of tires when it was cold and windy. I misjudged the weather wearing shorts and a hoodie. It was very cold."
## [224] "I regret eating fast food for lunch 3 times."
## [225] "I caught a momma cat and her 4 babies. Nowhere had room for them so I put them in my garage. It is so cold in there and I wish it weren't. I put a heater in there, but it doesn't help much."
## [226] "I wish I had not eaten two huge carrot cake cookies this past week, because I have been so good with my healthy eating lately. I was craving sweets and ate the cookies."
## [227] "I really don't have any regrets maybe only not smoking so much and try to cut down some. Trying to not spend on outside item I don't need"
## [228] "i said something really hurtful to my mum during a brief argument"
## [229] "My regret of action is I should not have texted a girl I really wasn't interested in."
## [230] "I bought a gift for my stepson on a whim, and later I saw something else he would have enjoyed more. I couldn't return the first gift."
## [231] "I was at a restaurant with my mother and we were ordering food to go as the wait to eat inside was too long. As we were ordering, tables for the inside opened up and I snapped at my mother to continue ordering to go."
## [232] "I purchased food online that I did not have to buy. I kept it anyway."
## [233] "I maneuvered in a way I shouldnt have an made an injury worse."
## [234] "I had a few drinks at a bonfire and got really excited during a conversation. I interrupted my boyfriend who was telling a story and I felt really bad about my interruptions."
## [235] "I made a silly play in an online poker game. I know better but got bored."
## [236] "This past week I was too quick to judge a situation and almost missed out on a great opportunity for my son because of it."
## [237] "I have not done anything that I have regretted this past week."
## [238] "I wish I hadn't gotten mad for no reason. Sometimes I get frustrated and can't express myself."
## [239] "I yelled at my kid for something minor - he didn't do a single chore after school - but i could tell it stung him because I was very harsh about it."
## [240] "I spent money to get my car washed and then it started to rain the next day."
## [241] "I regret buying a Luna game controller from Amazon."
## [242] "I let anger get the better of me and reacted in a mean-spirited manner."
## [243] "I ate taco bell the other day and I really wish I would've chose to eat at home instead."
## [244] "I made a big box of brownies. When I bought them, I knew that I shouldn't have and now I regret not only buying them, but making and eating them."
## [245] "Thank goodness I don’t have action regrets every week, but I did order a print of my artwork that my husband does not care for. I don’t think he’ll let me hang it in the living room."
## [246] "I would not have invested so much in a cryptocurrency alt-coin when it was at an all time high. I was worried the price would continue to climb if I didn't get in at that moment, despite my inner voice telling me to wait it out another day or two. Had I waited for the inevitable dip in price, I could have gotten in at a lower entry point, this saving me more money."
## [247] "I wasted money that was supposed to be for something else that was more important."
## [248] "Honestly can't think of much that's significant, maybe eating a dish of ice cream on Sunday night?"
## [249] "My biggest action regret that I am thinking of is scolding/yelling at my children too much."
## [250] "i got into a fight at school with another kid"
## [251] "When I left work early."
## [252] "I regret not doing better in the homeschool department. I could've done more and am always striving to do better."
## [253] "I should have made a better financial decision earlier this week. It would have saved me some grief and I would be better off."
## [254] "I wish that I did not speak my mind with my friend and caused her to be offended."
## [255] "I. argued with my roommate about her choice of who to paint our house. She's paying for it so its her choice"
## [256] "I wasn't as soft-spoken while my child was driving and making a left turn."
## [257] "I became intolerant of someone to the point that it ate me alive. The other person didn't know how I was feeling, but what I did to myself was horrible. I did not sleep. I could not eat. I was very upset with myself and felt like such a failure."
## [258] "My biggest action regret is when I texted my crush that I liked him but he had no feelings back. I wish I didn't even text him."
## [259] "I regret spending some money on an impulse purchase that I did not need."
## [260] "I took down a big swing gate for my mom. It was old and needed to be replaced. After removing the gate I went to buy wood materials and found out that most stores are out of redwood in my area and had to go to 6 stores to find the right materials which took almost 6 hours for a 2 hour project."
## [261] "I regret going out for fast food and eating a cheeseburger with fries and breaking my diet."
## [262] "I have a regret in mind regarding action but I don't feel comfortable saying it."
## [263] "There is nothing I can think of from this week in particular."
## [264] "Agreeing to meet an old friend that will likely result in infidelity."
## [265] "I regret lying to my co-workers about my job and not being honest with them."
## [266] "I shouldn't have responded to a text my husband got without him knowing."
## [267] "In the past week, I regret spending excessive money on purchases I did not necessarily need."
## [268] "I became angry with my roommate and we had an argument. I wish I kept my temper."
## [269] "I wish I had not said something to my spouse."
## [270] "I regret eating at Wendy's and then going to Taco Bell immediately afterwards"
## [271] "I'm thinking of the action regret that I made bad nutritional choices. It affected my health much longer than it took to eat the items."
## [272] "I regret that I spent more time at the computer working, away from my children."
## [273] "I played too much game like 4 hours a day. I wished I could have done something differently."
## [274] "I ate pretty unhealthily all week. I sometimes do when I'm menstrating."
## [275] "I regret not cleaning my house all week."
## [276] "I regret eating junk food."
## [277] "Accidentally knocking over one of my video game consoles, which thankfully did not result in any obvious damage or affects to its operation."
## [278] "I regret stepping on an ant hill. They have feelings too I think.\n"
## [279] "There other day I hadn't slept well and was in a bad mood. When my daughter called and asked for me to do something, I sad some things I wish I hadn't."
## [280] "I went to an Ihop and tipped generously. I'm struggling to make rent this month."
## [281] "I stayed up too late during the weekend. This led to sleeping in most morning this week and getting less work overall over the week on Mturk."
## [282] "This past week I took a walk when I shouldn't have because I had been having some minor back pain, and my back hurt worse because of this walk. (I thought it would make my back feel better!)"
## [283] "I vigorously used the StairMaster machine at the gym and injured my right foot. I am limping today."
## [284] "The biggest regret for this week is spending too much time on the internet instead of working."
## [285] "I stayed up too late when I needed to go to bed early."
## [286] "I regret taking most of the third work day off from last week instead of working the whole day. If I had worked the whole day instead, I would've earned a substantial amount more than I did."
## [287] "i regret doing drugs at my house and having my family catch me."
## [288] "I regret spending too much money on fancy food at the grocery store."
## [289] "I regret fighting with my husband during this past week. I said some cruel things that hurt his feelings in a fit of anger and I wish I could take them back."
## [290] "I regret that I raised my voice to my nephew when he kept interrupting my sister and I when we were talking."
## [291] "I was doing laundry and decided to put a mixed colored shirt in with my whites. Now, all of my whites are slightly tinged a brownish color."
## [292] "I allowed myself to get upset over a situation that I should not have let bother me. I allowed this feeling to take over my afternoon and ruin a beautiful day that I could have spent with friends. I regret allowing my concerns and frustrations get the best of me."
## [293] "Biggest action regret was going out to eat too many times and not eating healthy food."
## [294] "I called in sick to work when I wasn't really sick."
## [295] "I wish I called a recruiter from a cpa firm instead of emailing them for a job position."
## [296] "I snoozed my alarm too long and was late to work. It made me feel bad and look a little incompetent."
## [297] "I called someone's daughter after I had found their mom's lost debit card at a store. The mom came in and yelled at me for not turning it into the police, so I should have left the card alone."
## [298] "I regret wasting money on something that I didn’t need."
## [299] "I did something at work that involved doing a part of someone's job that I should not have done. I regret doing it now because I crossed a fine line and we have since worked it out. However I still reject crossing the line and doing part of her job."
## [300] "I signed up for a free trial week at a local boot camp style gym. It was way too strenuous for me and I should have selected a different gym to try."
## [301] "I don't know if this is considered \"action\", but I had a ridiculous problem with a grocery store where they were supposed to deliver food to me and kept me waiting until almost midnight and never told me they weren't showing up. They ended up showing up the next morning at the crack of dawn AND charged me 3 times for my order. So...in the end, after all of my complaining, it seems that I accidentally got my food for free, but I haven't told them because I'm afraid they're going to screw up my debit card AGAIN. I feel a little guilty keeping the money and not telling them their mistake, but I justify it by saying I deserve it."
## [302] "I regret parking just behind an area with glass on the street. I ignored, and regret ignoring, that one of my tires was getting lower and lower also."
## [303] "My girlfriend and I just lost a beloved pet. We have been having a rather difficult time dealing with his passing. I wish I had not suggested that we begin disposing of some medications and other items that are serving as reminders/mementoes of the little fellow. I believe it caused my girlfriend further pain."
## [304] "I wish that I had not gotten into a verbal disagreement with my manager at work. She is bi-polar and sometimes goes off on me. Usually, I am able to ignore her aggression until it dies down on its own, but this week, I allowed myself to get very upset at her and verbally engaged in a heated argument with her."
## [305] "I regret eating the large piece of chocolate cake last night"
## [306] "The biggest regret I've had this last week is spending too much on food."
## [307] "I regret raising my voice at my daughter when she was arguing and lying to me about something."
## [308] "I left a coworker pull me into a conversation about another coworker. I try to get along with everyone and feel uncomfortable now that I was part of that conversation."
## [309] "I allowed myself to lose my temper and speak to my boyfriend disrespectfully."
## [310] "I regret going clothes shopping. I was not feeling good about myself and just wound up feeling more depressed afterwards."
## [311] "I was too much in a hurry shop and get out of store. I walked too quickly, cutting by one or two people in an aisle."
## [312] "I went out to dinner with a friend and ate a lot of bad food. I am dieting so I regretted it immediately."
## [313] "I regret that while mowing near my blueberry patch I accidently caught up one of the smaller plants in my lawnmower."
## [314] "My biggest action regret I had this week was to buy a crypto currency that immediately crashed, losing significant value."
## [315] "I'm pleased with my actions this week. The only thing I regret is going into Dollar Tree looking for organizational bins which turned out to be a waste of time."
## [316] "I communicated with an ex-partner who is notorious for popping in and out of my life whenever he wants. I wish I had set better boundaries with him and not let this interaction affect my mood for the whole day."
## [317] "My biggest regret this past week is getting upset with my son when he was having trouble going to sleep. He couldn't really help it and me getting upset doesn't make it better."
## [318] "I regret that I yelled at my daughter on the phone when she would not listen to me."
## [319] "Smoking cigarettes when I was supposed to stop."
## [320] "Thinking something that I became aware of and went with. I am not normally like that but went with it anyway."
## [321] "Binge eating when I shouldn't have."
## [322] "I sent out an email to the head of my department as a way of sending employee feedback about being short staffed. The action came across as a complaint instead of feedback and it affected my reputation."
## [323] "I wish I had waited longer to repot a new plant that I brought home this past week. Typically, I wait a week until I repot plants so they can acclimate to the new environment first. I skipped that step this past week and regret it."
## [324] "I spent money at the casino"
## [325] "I had a rough week getting through the end of the semester with my students and my child. My attitude suffered."
## [326] "An action regret in this past week would have been making dinner which took forever."
## [327] "I wish I had not joined in the Wednesday Zoom call with other women. It was a waste of time and not very well attended."
## [328] "I bought a steak and left it in the refrigerator for too many days before I decided to cook it. When I finally pulled it out, it smelled funny, so I through it out rather than risk getting sick. It was an expensive steak, so I was bummed."
## [329] "I was in intermitted fasting routine for the past 4 months and even though the results were not very positive, my body felt quite good to keep me continue. On thursday night, I felt quite stressful after I discussed a potential job with my ex-boss, I went to open a bottle of wine and ended up drinking almost all of it. This broke my fasting practice and I felt bad that I didn't control my drinking."
## [330] "I cannot think of any regret of action. Unfortunately I seem to be in a spell of inaction."
## [331] "I wish I hadn't sold a treasured item I put online for sale."
## [332] "I regret deciding to paint my bedroom because now everything is a mess, and I don't feel inspired to complete the job, but I know I have to."
## [333] "I bought a spiralizer that was supposed to do all sorts of things in the kitchen..it didn't."
## [334] "Is telling my roommates that they had time to get moved out - I left it pretty open ended and then when they kept texting this past week and changing the date, I kept saying ok."
## [335] "I regret talking to my boyfriend in a sexually triggering way."
## [336] "I moved some furniture I should not have tried because of my arthritis and bad knees."
## [337] "In this past week I drank alcohol and I wish I hadn't. I only had a few sips because I knew I regretted my decision imediately."
## [338] "Some personal telephone calls with explanations that were really were not necessary. I wish I hadnt made those telephone calls."
## [339] "In the last week I had gotten into a disagremnt with my ex girlfriend. I was trying to get her back and her phone had died I did not believe and said somethings that where dumb."
## [340] "I regret working so many hours this past week instead of taking care of myself and getting the rest that I needed."
## [341] "I regret eating too much sugar and feeling sick after."
## [342] "My biggest regret this last week was not enjoying the nice weather outside because I'm pregnant and easily winded but now it's cold and I can't go anywhere"
## [343] "In the past week I purchased a very speculative stock that almost immediately after purchase lost over 50% of its value. I ended up loosing a bunch of money and with I had never invested."
## [344] "It has been difficult to get my son to sleep. I have occasionally lost my temper and asked him to go to sleep."
## [345] "I told a friend something I wish I wouldn't have."
## [346] "I spent too much money when I went shopping. I bought things I didn't need."
## [347] "I wish I had spent longer interviewing the candidate who later vanished on us."
## [348] "i said things to my friend i shouldn't have"
## [349] "I am thinking of my last squat set were I gave up instead of pushing through to the end."
## [350] "I wish I hadn't had so many alcoholic drinks at a friend's birthday party. I woke up the next day with a horrible hangover that took the entire day to recover from."
## [351] "I yelled at one of my granddaughters. To be fair, she is a 13-almost 14-year old, and she knows exactly which of my buttons to push. But I despise yelling. It means that I've lost control of my own emotions and reactions."
## [352] "I wish I had spent my money differently. Saved it instead."
## [353] "I went to the doctor even because I was a little paranoid something was wrong even though everyone told me I was fine. It ended up being ok, and the doctor costs a lot of money, so I definitely regret that."
## [354] "My husband and I were having a conversation and he said something hurtful to me. I stormed off in anger, instead of calmly discussing how his words made me feel. I regret allowing my emotion to be in control and make the situation worse."
## [355] "I brought up a discussion about my brother with my mom. The discussion did not go very well and I wish I had not brought it up."
## [356] "I wrote notes about a doctor's visit I attended with my mother. Among the notes was a very negative prognosis given by the doctor. Without thinking, I left the notebook out where my father could see it, and he did."
## [357] "The action regret I am thinking of is reacting to someone out of emotion."
## [358] "I regret lazing about as much as I did last week. I took very little initiative to get things done."
## [359] "I regret getting really mad at my family and swearing. It was uncalled for and I hated that I did it."
## [360] "I chose to relax more around the house and put off cleaning my basement."
## [361] "I wish I had not purchased that expensive item that I do not neet."
## [362] "Choosing meals I knew was not healthy for me. I had a plan and I did not stick with. I disappointed myself."
## [363] "I wish that I hadn't left my dogs at that crappy daycare."
## [364] "I continued to eat sweets more than once a day."
## [365] "I have lost all respect for you at that moment. You were never a person I loved after that. Hell, I didn’t even like you after that incident. You weren’t my grandmother anymore."
## [366] "I gossiped about a friend and felt bad about it. I was annoyed and complained to another person about this person."
## [367] "I regret eating that ice cream two nights ago."
## [368] "Sharing with a friend something that was going on in my life. I now wonder if I should have shared it with her."
## [369] "My biggest action regret during the past week was drinking a bottle of beer when i told myself i will not taste beer again"
## [370] "Got entirely too drunk and crazy."
## [371] "I really don't have any regrets in the past week."
## [372] "I regret spending money eating out."
## [373] "I wish that I had not told my daughter that i could not watch my grandsons. I feel tremendous guilt by my action."
## [374] "I got sidetracked this week speaking to my neighbor and by the time I can indoors to check on dinner, I might have overcooked the pork chops."
## [375] "I started a project on my basement that, in hindsight, was not a good idea. Now I have to finish it because there is no going back."
## [376] "I really do not have any regrets that happened recently. I have been blessed in my life and have all of my grand kids and kids around me."
## [377] "Earlier last week, I tried to make a polite comment to a female coworker about an outfit she was wearing, but it honestly came off as sounding kind of creepy, like I was interested in her. I'm married and work at an elementary school, so yeah that's a strong NOPE."
## [378] "Staying up way to late then having to get up early. Missed sleep really sucks."
## [379] "I regret driving a long distance earlier this week because it took up a great deal of time and did not accomplish anything."
## [380] "I actually spoke to a person I haven't seen for 10 years and the following day I had some regret in even talking because of long past history experiences."
## [381] "I sent in an order for some household items that I needed but I also added on some elective purchases (things that I just wanted because I wanted them, not because I needed them). Later I wished that I had held off so that I would still have that money for other necessary purchases."
## [382] "I wish I had not drank so much on Sunday evening."
## [383] "I wish I wouldn't have spent money eating out at a restaurant. The money could've been spent better elsewhere."
## [384] "I said something to the husband of a friend that I shouldn't have said."
## [385] "My son didn't do his chores as I had asked him. Rather than punishing him, I yelled at him. I wish I had bit my tongue and simply grounded him rather than yelling."
## [386] "I wish I had not spent so much money on fast food during the past week. There is a chance that I will not have a job soon and so I need to save as much money as possible."
## [387] "I would say that it would be having that bundt cake as it put me over my calorie goal for the day."
## [388] "The biggest regret of action that I have from this past week is spending too much money on something that I didn't need. I could have used that for bills or a gift for my husband instead."
## [389] "The regret I have is one where I took an action. I felt at baseball practice I was too hard on a kid and his reaction made me regret it after."
## [390] "I regret going off on my partner when I was in a very bad mood. He is usually very kind to me so I am bothered by the fact that I was so impatient with him."
## [391] "I regret deciding to try making my daily minimum on Mturk via just surveys because I've gone from being in a good mood to absolutely miserable."
## [392] "I regret spending so much money on groceries. I don't really have any desire to consume the things that I bought."
## [393] "my biggest action regret i am thinking of was tickling my son while he was on a swing. it made him kick his leg up to where he kicked me in the lip and i bled for a while."
## [394] "During the last week I regret getting in an argument with my son. I was feeling anxious and texted him about leaving something undone with a nasty attitude."
## [395] "I went to dinner with my family and my sister was there. I still do not enjoy spending time with her."
## [396] "I regret spending time wasting on a job when I got so much more to do at home"
## [397] "I ate too much peanut butter when I was between meals, and it caused me to become constipated."
## [398] "I would say jumping on a bed in a hotel room and hurting my knees. I am in my 30's so I can really no longer do that anymore."
## [399] "I regret not giving my full effort and attention to my job. I have been feeling lack luster about my work and do not give 110 percent everyday."
## [400] "I DID NOT PURCHASE THE STOCK OF GOOGLE. THE STOCK INCREASED YESTERDAY AND I MISSED OUT ON THE GAIN."
## [401] "I regret the action of being overly irritable and taking out on others by fighting with my spouse."
## [402] "Yesterday morning I woke up not in a very good mood and ended up yelling at my kids before school and I wish I wouldn't have."
## [403] "I flew on a plane. I hate flying. Very stressful."
## [404] "I haven't really done anything that I regret."
## [405] "I bought myself a new washing machine and dryer. My washer quit working. My son tried to repair it but couldn't. I could have just bought a used washing machine and kept my dryer that was working, but I didn't. I decided I wanted a new matching set and bought it with some of my money in savings. Now I wish I hadn't spent the money. I am trying to get out of credit card debt, and the money I spent on a new washer/dryer was really supposed to be set aside for an emergency. A matching washer/dryer isn't an emergency. If a real emergency happens I will not be prepared."
## [406] "I rearranged the furniture in my living room. I find that i do not like it very much. It was alot of work so I may just live with it."
## [407] "I legitimately don't have one. Covid kind of kills my interest in leaving the house more than I have to. So, it kind of keeps me from doing stupid shit that I'll regret. I might have a regret in the past year or month, but a week is just too small a time frame. Oh man, please don't hold it against me, I'm taking this survey in good faith."
## [408] "I regret starting a fight with my boyfriend. It was stupid, and I shouldn't have brought it up. I hurt his feelings, and I didn't mean to."
## [409] "I purchased a Nintendo Switch for my daughter on a whim, but really should have waited until the summer to get one instead of now."
## [410] "My son has not told his dad that he is gender fluid. A couple of days ago his dad had to bring over my son's medications, because he had decided to stay the night at our home instead of with his dad. His dad had questions about suspect things that have happened at their house, these things are because my son has came out to me as gender fluid. I lied to his dad and omitted answers to his questions. My loyalty is to my child, and not his dad. We are no longer married and have been divorced for 8 years."
## [411] "I decided to impulsively move from one area of the city to another in a very short amount of time"
## [412] "I wish I hadn't eaten so much ice cream. I am slightly lactose intolerant and eating half a pint really did my stomach in. I was sick for almost an entire day."
## [413] "I regret working out after I got my vaccination."
## [414] "I regret working out longer than I used. Because I still have aches all over my body as a result of it."
## [415] "Had a drink on a weeknight, which made me tired and less able to work out the next day."
## [416] "My cat is afraid of me after I used a cardboard tube to spank her. She would not quit splashing the water out of her bowl."
## [417] "I regret telling my mother-in-law that she is old and it is time for us to take care of her."
## [418] "I wish when I was accused many years ago when I was younger that I hadn't let myself get instill with fear and anxiety. Ever since that day I was filled with fear of something going on and I wish I was more emotionally mature to let go of that feeling and move on."
## [419] "I took a big order I shouldn't have taken."
## [420] "I struggle with bingeing and regret giving into another binge during the past week. I have difficulty resisting the strong urge."
## [421] "I regret fussing at my father in public for forgetting to bring the grocery list when we went shopping."
## [422] "My biggest regret in the last week is not buying bitcoin when my friend told me told. I don't know much about it so I stayed away."
## [423] "I regret going too fast on my data reports at work. I sacrificed accuracy for timeliness, and it cost me."
## [424] "My biggest regret is spending too much money on food"
## [425] "I regret spending so much shopping this week. I am low on money now."
## [426] "I wanted to get grocery's on my way to work. I thought had enough time. I didn't and I was late for work holding up my coworker from leaving on time."
## [427] "I regret not eating better and eating healthy food. I ate a lot of junk food in the past week."
## [428] "I wish i had not eaten too many gummy bears."
## [429] "I regret going to school for the specific degree / major that I choose at the time. I wish I had gone for something else."
## [430] "Not getting outside in the warm weather."
## [431] "I should have not yelled at my Mother during our argument earlier this week. I feel bad and should have controlled myself."
## [432] "My regret of doing something that I wish I hadn't done was planting some of my plants too soon. The weather turned cold and affected the plants."
## [433] "I regret getting up at 4:30 am this morning because I have a new hire orientation. I could have slept til 6 am and I'm kind of tired at the moment."
## [434] "I wish I hadn't lost my patience."
## [435] "I accepted my ex's apology and let him convince me to try to work things out again. I regret it because we immediately had the same problem we did before and broke up again."
## [436] "I wish that I would not have eaten so much at dinner the other night. I was sick for 3 hours."
## [437] "Rushing while cooking dinner for my grandpa's birthday"
## [438] "This past week I spent a great deal of money on something that was more spur of the moment, of-which I would typically not simply buy. I think it was a combination of the past year and current situation and wanting to feel in control of something, tho regretted later."
## [439] "I took something from someone because I was mad at them."
## [440] "I regret that while going through old photos I asked my father in an email why everyone looks grumpy in a picture. If I took another moment and saw the date taken I would have known the photo was taken shortly after my grandfather's funeral years ago. I regret making my father relive the time when his father died by bringing it to his attention in that old photo."
## [441] "Getting mad at a colleague and telling him as much since I though his work was substandard (whereas in fact he just wasn't done with it)."
## [442] "Telling my Mom I'm too tired and ill to help her out all the time. I could tell it really got to her and made her feel like a burden."
## [443] "My biggest action regret in the past week has been allowing my kids to speak back to their father while he hasn't done what he needs to do in order to be better for them."
## [444] "I ran over a turtle when I first learned to drive"
## [445] "Fighting with a friend and it made me sad."
## [446] "Telling my brother in law off with very harsh words."
## [447] "transporting a plant form the front yard to the back yard"
## [448] "My regrets of action is I should have went to the race track to watch the horse races because I decided to look on line and the horses I would of picked to watch I would have won 3 races and had the biggest payouts since I started playing."
## [449] "Last week I decided to be ambitious on my job and try to get some projects moving on my own. I reached out to customers without consulting my coworkers and it created some problems."
## [450] "One thing that I had done was going grocery shopping and spending more than I ought to have spent."
## [451] "I had a job interview this week and I got there late because of the rain. I procrastinated all day and didn't think there would be any problems at all getting there."
## [452] "I snapped at my husband when I was feeling moody."
## [453] "I wish I have worn different clothes to go to bed. The weather's starting to get warm."
## [454] "I went on a date with a woman who lives near me. It was very boring."
## [455] "I wasn't able to do my weekly well check calls for Meals on Wheels."
## [456] "I wish I would have spent a bit less money at the mall and realized sooner how much I was buying."
## [457] "I regret that I cheated on my diet, I had went a entire month without eating meat and I decide to cheat for one day while attending a gathering and I have not returned back to my diet."
## [458] "Buying a donut in the morning before work"
## [459] "I regret spending so much money on fast food."
## [460] "ate an entire pizza when on a diet"
## [461] "My biggest regret of action during the past week was taking a local bus when the subway was taken out of service. I ended up on the wrong bus and having to walk four miles to get home."
## [462] "I quit smoking a while back and I took three drags off a coworker's cigarette"
## [463] "I regret eating that entire frozen pizza last night. It was horrible but i still ate it."
## [464] "I wish I didn't watch so much TV."
## [465] "I regret getting into a verbal argument with my best friend."
## [466] "I hired a company to install our floor and I regret hiring them. I wish I had researched more and hired someone else."
## [467] "I spoke up about something at work and let my emotion show through. It would have been better to explain my thoughts without bringing the emotion into the discussion."
## [468] "I have been trying to quit smoking and have been using an e-cigarette but this week I went and bought a new pack after a stressful day."
## [469] "I wish that I had not complained about a neighbor. It turned out he was ill."
## [470] "I am trying to save more money and I regret making a few impulsive purchases this week."
## [471] "I wish I hadn't posted all those comments on Quora."
## [472] "I purchased some stock on a tip that I didnt have the greatest confidence in, but I was too afraid of missing out. And it cost me money."
## [473] "eating peanuts when i know they hurt my stomach"
## [474] "This is a little tricky to explain without a bunch of context, but basically I'm juggling 3 different projects for clients right now. I spent a lot of time on one that was less urgent than the others. (I didn't realize it would be less urgent, until it was too late.) Now I'm having to scramble to catch up on the other projects when I could have prioritized them differently."
## [475] "I cut down a tree in my yard when I probably should have just dug it up and replanted it in a new place."
## [476] "I regret mowing down some flowers in my yard."
## [477] "I think I spent too much time searching for information on stocks to purchase this week. Overall, I don't think my time was well used in this regard, that is, the time I used investigating could have been used more efficiently."
## [478] "I wish I wouldn't have ordered the take out food that made me sick"
## [479] "I got into a car wreck not paying attention."
## [480] "I wish I hadn't been mean to a very sad veteran i know. I should have been more compassionate to him."
## [481] "I owned a few Etherium tokens (cryptocurrency), and sold them when they reached a new high. Unfortunately, the price has continued to increase."
## [482] "I would say not being insistent enough with a hotel guest when they didn't pay for their room."
## [483] "I regret making numerous spelling errors on my blog post."
## [484] "I have a rather annoying acquaintance who constantly sends me silly emails and messages. Most of the time I did not even glance at them. I am not sure what compelled me to send her a rather long and brisk text describing how busy and tired I was."
## [485] "I wish I didn't talk to my boyfriend about his issues with the firehouse. I wish I just left this topic alone."
## [486] "I was impatient with my spouse. She was having a bad day and wasn’t acting her self. I had no patience for her attitude and handled it poorly."
## [487] "I wish I ate less chocolate"
## [488] "I thin that my action regret is that I was less than kind to a neighbor that had cranked their music up to window shaking levels."
## [489] "I made some blunt comments to someone about their behavior that could have been perceived as a negative \"judgment\", rather than a factual observation. I regret not having crafted the comments more sensitively."
## [490] "I fed my cat a different brand of cat food, resulting in him becoming very ill and vomiting and going to the bathroom everywhere for 3 days. He's a really old cat and he can't take that kind of stress. I should have known better."
## [491] "I ate fast food and wished that I had not done so."
## [492] "I spent money on something that ended up being a bad idea. What I did didn't pan out the way I expected."
## [493] "I didn't go into work all week and I feel I should have. I just sat at home and did nothing."
## [494] "In the past week, an action regret over committing to a task at work."
## [495] "I regret that I got into a stupid argument with my partner. I was in a bad mood and we argued about something really insignificant."
## [496] "I regret overhydrating my body."
## [497] "In the past week, I regret not putting my 2 weeks in to quit my job. I keep delaying it, and wrote it up, but then there it away."
## [498] "I regret making the decision to sleep in one day this week because it ultimately ended up with me getting behind on some of my work that day."
## [499] "I wish I would have followed through at my job a little better. Then it wouldn't have kept me up all night worrying about it and regretting it."
## [500] "i am on a weight loss journey this past year and doing well but this week i cheated a couple of days and wish i had not done that."
## [501] "I wish I hadn't brought my vape pen (CBD and Delta-8 THC hemp oil) with me to my mother's house in Florida."
## [502] "I regret that I ate too much. I need to lose weight."
## [503] "I wish I did not take edibles at work on wednesday."
## [504] "I spent a couple of dollars on an online game that I wish I wouldn't have spent."
## [505] "I yelled at my husband because of his inaction when it came to addressing a plumbing issue in the house. I regret having YELLED, there's always a calmer way to go,"
## [506] "I sold equity securities in anticipation of a market drop in order to increase my liquidity and to reduce risk, however the market did not drop as I anticipated. It has been a slow fall instead of a rapid cliff."
## [507] "I wish that I wouldn't have allowed my insecurities to have a place in my relationship."
## [508] "I cheated on my diet several times this week. I blamed it on several different triggers, but in all honesty it was all my fault and nothing else. I regret falling off of my diet because now I feel like junk."
## [509] "Spent extra money by placing an order on Instant Cart for extra produce from Sprouts."
## [510] "Going on the big shopping spree. I spent way to much money on things that I really did not need."
## [511] "I've been suffering a bout of severe heartburn the past week. Last week I started to see the symptoms and I should have curbed the amount of food I ate, but I went out with friends and ate much more and spent the next 2 days barely able to do anything productive because of the pain."
## [512] "I regret lashing out at my son because he would not stop crying."
## [513] "My biggest regret in the past week was allowing my mother to piss me off, again. She loves power and being able to upset someone makes her feel like she has the power to control your life and your actions."
## [514] "I had a difficult conversation with someone. It was based on a sensitive topic."
## [515] "Last week I did some work that aggravated my bad back. I wish I wouldn't have over exerted."
## [516] "Taking a customer service job, that I ended up finding out on my first day, that the company does not enforce the customers to wear a mask and us employees are not allowed to ask them to wear one."
## [517] "I bought a plant at the store I thought would look great in my home. After I got the plant home I was looking through some websites and saw almost the same plant but nicer for less money at another retailer. I regret I bought at the higher price."
## [518] "I wish I hadn't boughten all those scones in the beginning of the week which is just sitting in the fridge as a form of temptation while I've just started dieting"
## [519] "I wish I didn't get into an argument with my boyfriend."
## [520] "Went off healthy eating plan."
## [521] "I regret saying something about my son in front of my 6 year old grandson. I was talking on the phone and said I think he was looking for excuses to not come over and my grandson, being innocent, repeated it to my son's daughter on facetime."
## [522] "Playing slots and losing $300"
## [523] "I regret leaving my current husband. I left him when we were dating and dated someone I had to get a restraining order on."
## [524] "My biggest action regret of this week was wasting 75 dollar on a sushi dinner"
## [525] "I misplaced my debit card and still haven’t found it"
## [526] "Ditch \"I'll never to do that again\" thinking. ...\nAcknowledge what you're feeling. ...\nBelieve in your capacity to grow. ...\nLook for little thinking hacks to help you with your patterns. ...\nGive yourself an appropriate amount of time to absorb your feelings."
## [527] "I had sold all my shares of a stock that I had prematurely."
## [528] "I wish I had not spent money on an improvement project on my property. It was a project that could have waited, but I wanted to get it done for personal reasons."
## [529] "I went out this weekend and decided that I \"deserved\" to buy myself some things and went shopping. Not only did I go over the budget that I set for myself but I dug into some of my savings as well on items that I really did not need."
## [530] "My biggest regret is drinking too much in front of my family at a barbecue. I wasn't out of control, but I definitely overindulged."
## [531] "I ordered new kitchen countertops. Now I wonder if I should have spent the money."
## [532] "I let my son eat spaghetti with his new khaki shorts on instead of making him change and he got spaghetti sauce on them."
## [533] "I drank a whole bottle of wine one day last week."
## [534] "I regret arguing with my sister over something that was so small. it could have been avoided. the argument caused me to miss out on my niece birthday weekend event"
## [535] "My greatest regret in the past week was probably ordering a lot of food and drinks that I couldn't necessarily pay for easily as it made making the rent this month a little harder."
## [536] "my biggest regret was taking a 6.8 mile hike. i'm still feeling it right now"
excl_iin_pastweekactregdes <- c("When I was ornery and unruly as a child. There were times I gave my mom too much grief.", "It was an enjoyable week and I don't regret anything!", "I don't have any regrets in the last week.", "I do not regret anything I have done in the past week.", "I regret not being there for my cousin. When his son pasted away.", "I have not done anything that I have regretted this past week.", "There is nothing I can think of from this week in particular.", "I cannot think of any regret of action. Unfortunately I seem to be in a spell of inaction.", "I really don't have any regrets in the past week.", "I really do not have any regrets that happened recently. I have been blessed in my life and have all of my grand kids and kids around me.", "I DID NOT PURCHASE THE STOCK OF GOOGLE. THE STOCK INCREASED YESTERDAY AND I MISSED OUT ON THE GAIN.", "I haven't really done anything that I regret.", "I legitimately don't have one. Covid kind of kills my interest in leaving the house more than I have to. So, it kind of keeps me from doing stupid shit that I'll regret. I might have a regret in the past year or month, but a week is just too small a time frame. Oh man, please don't hold it against me, I'm taking this survey in good faith.", "My biggest regret in the last week is not buying bitcoin when my friend told me told. I don't know much about it so I stayed away.", "Not getting outside in the warm weather.", "I wasn't able to do my weekly well check calls for Meals on Wheels.")
datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactregdes <- datagmr %>% filter(!(pastweekactregdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekactregdes))
## Then exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no regret responses for past week greatest inaction regret
unique(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactregdes$pastweekinactregdes)
## [1] ""
## [2] "I didn't take the time to brush the rock after the finishing touches of doing the yard and now the time to do it has come and gone because pictures have already been taken."
## [3] "In the past week, I wish I would have spent more time on a project that I am working on."
## [4] "I wish I had gone out on Saturday night with my friends. I am more than sure it would've helped, but for whatever reason, I chose not to."
## [5] "I regret not going to the grocery store yesterday. It would've deterred me from getting fatty takeout today."
## [6] "I wanted to place a bet on my favorite team but was doubtful and did not. We won and I ended up regretting my decision."
## [7] "I didn't get around to doing any Mturk work yesterday, so now my weekly payment will be even lower than usual."
## [8] "I didn't invest in Safe Moon."
## [9] "I took the weekend off of work. Had I not done so, I would not have gone out and scratched my car."
## [10] "I wish I had bought something which I didn't and it went out of stock."
## [11] "I regret not buying a pair of running shoes when they were on sale, because now the price went back up."
## [12] "I skipped working out on a day where I planned to do it."
## [13] "I wish I had done more about searching for work. It would do a lot better for thinking about the future and what I want out of it."
## [14] "I did not buy a few boxes of 5.56 ammunition a few days ago and it hasn't been available since then."
## [15] "I didn't work on my past due assignments and I am on a serious time crunch for them. I have been doing that all week actually."
## [16] "I didn't go to the park even though I was thinking about it."
## [17] "I neglected my kids, was angry at them, frustrated and did not give them time during the day or tuck them in at night"
## [18] "I didn't work out as much as I should have?"
## [19] " wish I had made a appointment for another time. Now I have to rush to two different places."
## [20] "I knowingly kept pushing back watering my herb garden."
## [21] "I skipped Yoga for a couple of days and I was stiff as a board as a result. My back ached, and I felt my mobility greatly reduced."
## [22] "I wish I had exercised at least one day last week."
## [23] "Not listened to a podcast that I was interested in hearing."
## [24] "not apologizing to a close friend of mine"
## [25] "I regret exercising for a week and blaming the weather for my laziness."
## [26] "Not baking bread for my breakfast"
## [27] "The inaction regret was not acting when the cost of gold was much more reasonable."
## [28] "I didn't spend any time seeing if I could get a covid vaccine appointment."
## [29] "I wish I had prayed with my daughter when she was upset."
## [30] "The same day I ate the pizza, I did not go running like I had planned to in my planner."
## [31] "I decided not to attend a book talk by a new author through Zoom. Although I was curious about her book, I had a deadline to meet."
## [32] "I wish I would have cleaned out my flower bed like I wanted to."
## [33] "I wish I would have apologized for the email that I sent. I did not apologize."
## [34] "I wish I would have spent more time practicing guitar, which I had promised myself I would do."
## [35] "My biggest inaction regret in the last week is not planning an elaborate birthday party for my parent."
## [36] "I did not spend time with my dad -- he really wants to watch a movie on the big screen television together, and I have not yet done that with him."
## [37] "I could have invited my girlfriend over to spend the night but I missed the opportunity and she went to her daughter's house instead."
## [38] "I wished I would had bought more dogecoin when it was cheap."
## [39] "I wish I would have worked with my 5 year old more on his kindergarten readiness skills."
## [40] "Was planning on going for a walk every day this week. Was not feeling well enough so I didn't walk at all."
## [41] "My biggest inaction would be not having sex with my kids friends mom. I might tonight because we are hanging out, but I just dont want to be weird."
## [42] "I regret not working out when I had the time and instead napped."
## [43] "I spent last Saturday relaxing when I could have gotten started on an assignment for school I need to work on."
## [44] "I regret getting behind on the laundry."
## [45] "Getting things done that I need done. I should have just took the time to do it instead of putting it off."
## [46] "I regret that I have not exercised this week. I have a goal to lose a little weight and wanted to achive something towards that goal."
## [47] "not selling my oil stocks"
## [48] "I didn't go to the post office to mail a package out early when I should have"
## [49] "I regret not letting an ex-boyfriend know how much he truly meant to me during the time we were together. I regret that he felt like he wasn't good enough at the time we ended our relationship, because he was amazing."
## [50] "I didn't get a chance to clean my backyard like I wanted to."
## [51] "i missed a doctors visit that i should have made"
## [52] "I have been with my company for almost 14 years and have been fortunate to have maintained employment through the pandemic. I have worked from home since 2018. My company has had a hard time financially, and they offered me a position working in an office. I did not accept it, even knowing that my work from home job could be in jeopardy in the future, whereas the office position is more stable. I wish I had spoken more to my manager about the office position and asked better questions."
## [53] "I did not work very much on a side project; I wish I had made more time for it."
## [54] "I wish that I would have dumped more money into my stock this week. I think that it will really pay off, and I missed my chnace."
## [55] "I was offered a bedframe and as much as I need one since I'm just sleeping on a mattress on a floor I was too shy to ask anyone for help to transport it."
## [56] "I honestly do not have a inaction regret from the past week."
## [57] "I was supposed to go on a walk with my husband at lunch time, but I wasn't in the mood and missed out on time with him."
## [58] "This last week, I guess my only regret is not spending more time with my daughter."
## [59] "My biggest inaction would be that I did not exercise on my time off. I just sat on the couch and relaxed."
## [60] "I should have gone on a hike last Sunday when the weather was nice instead of staying home and working on the house."
## [61] "I neglected to fire an employee for an actionable offense."
## [62] "I missed church on Sunday, and didn't even watch the service remotely. Now I feel as if something important is missing from my week."
## [63] "Not exercising n Sunday when i had a chance. I took nap instead of going on a long walk like I should have done."
## [64] "I regret not taking my children to a farm because I was tired that day. They would have enjoyed it and remembered the experience fondly."
## [65] "I wish I had practiced learning sign language more, I did have a little bit of down time where I could have practiced it."
## [66] "I wish I would have taken my 90 year old mother out to lunch during the past week."
## [67] "I regret not placing some of my money into more investments, rather than using the money to purchase products."
## [68] "I regret not exercising more this past week."
## [69] "I regret not networking with a co-worker when I had the opportunity"
## [70] "Forgot to wash my dog cause i just forgot too."
## [71] "I regret not throwing the ball for my dog this morning because she is being quite needy."
## [72] "My regret was for falling behind in my work."
## [73] "I wish I had purchased some athletic shoes I saw on sale given mine are falling apart. I hesitated and the price went back up."
## [74] "Due to the death of my grandfather, my extended family gathered to honor him. I did not go due to a work obligation."
## [75] "I wish I had made my daughter drive every day this week and not just every other day. Since she has a physical disability she needs all the practice she can get."
## [76] "I had to opportunity to learn a new skill/job at work and decided not to."
## [77] "One of the actions I wish I did was to exercise more and eat better during the week. I didn't gain any weight but I didn't lose any like I have been trying to."
## [78] "i was suppose to discuss something my husband did which i was uncomfortable with, i didnt tell him, now he repeated it again yesterday, which if i had told him, it would not have happened"
## [79] "I wanted to call and check in on my mother but have been so incredibly busy I didn't have a chance. I feel like I neglect her and I am all she has at the moment."
## [80] "I regret not mowing the lawn before it started raining."
## [81] "I regret not working out more in the past week. I try to work out at least 3-4 days per week but I only did 1 time because I was busy."
## [82] "Work-related, I didn't check my work messages as frequently as I would have liked to, and I missed out on an opportunity to help a co-worker in need."
## [83] "I did not meet my goal of running ten miles during the week."
## [84] "I didn't clean my apartment as much as I should have."
## [85] "I regret not cleaning the house before I left for the weekend."
## [86] "One day, my plans for the day went sideways and I ended up having more time that I had planned. I wish I had gone to the gym that day instead of wasting time."
## [87] "I should have texted my sons this week. They all live away from home and I rarely interact with them. I miss them but don't want to interfere with their lives."
## [88] "I am wanting to move in the next couple of months and I need to get started on throwing things out and getting ready to move. I put things off too much."
## [89] "My biggest inaction regret is not doing extra work that I want to do but just put off."
## [90] "I wish that I had bought a warm jacket for a trip I'm going on tomorrow"
## [91] "I could have gone to the cemetery and I didn't because I was sick."
## [92] "Being lazy and not working more to get what we need and still being able to save up ."
## [93] "I did not clean out my refridgerator this week."
## [94] "I wish I would have cashed in a particular stock."
## [95] "There was a sweet older, returning customer at work that needed help. I was near the end of my shift and just wanted to go home, so I left even though I knew they were there and needed help."
## [96] "I backed out of meeting someone for a drink."
## [97] "I wish I had applied for a job posting that I saw on my organization's job board. When I went back a few days later and wanted to apply, it was no longer available."
## [98] "Not checking kitchen faucet earlier."
## [99] "I did not spend enough time with my parents this past week"
## [100] "There was a guy I do like in my neighborhood and I meant to go and talk with him at the weekend. I never got around to it and felt bad about that."
## [101] "I regret not telling a realtor we were working with what I really thought of them."
## [102] "Not telling my mama what was going on with me and how I am feeling alone and unhappy in this city/ state Im currently in."
## [103] "I didn't call my sister on her birthday. I totally forgot!"
## [104] "I didn't try hard enough in our relationship, and it has fallen apart."
## [105] "I wish I had contacted my US representative about a week ago."
## [106] "I wish I had gotten more cleaning done around the house."
## [107] "I regret that I didn't take that box out of my car as soon as I got home. If i had the damage may have not been as bad."
## [108] "My biggest regret of inaction was not going out to do something outside last weekend. I really need some time outdoors and didn't get any."
## [109] "I wish I had remembered to take my birth control yesterday morning."
## [110] "I regret not scheduling more interviewees for my university project."
## [111] "Regret not talking to my uncle and cousin."
## [112] "While I was sick this week I didn't do any work. I didn't make any money and now I regret it."
## [113] "Not asking my husband if he needed anything at the grocery store. He did need something and I didn't realize til I got home that he did need something from the grocery store. Now he will need to make a special trip to the grocery store to get what he needed."
## [114] "I regret that I did not plant vegetable seeds sooner. It is getting later in the summer here and I should have started my garden earlier."
## [115] "I wish I had shared my cell phone number with my coworkers on our last all-staff call, so they would have it and could add me to their text group and so I could have gotten closer to them."
## [116] "I regret not putting on enough sun tan lotion this weekend. There was an area on my leg and hand that got really burned. Very painful."
## [117] "I really should have mailed that certified letter and given notice to vacate last week instead of waiting until this week. I have so much piled on me to do now because of the procrastination."
## [118] "My neighbor invited me to dinner, but I was tired so I didn't attend. In hindsight I probably should have gone."
## [119] "Patient had chronic venous insufficiency. Her legs looked like cellulitis to me. I asked her about it she said it was normal. She ended up with severe infection resulting in amputation and sepsis."
## [120] "I wish I had finished a sewing project that I should have finished ages ago and promised myself I would finish last week."
## [121] "I had the option to make a great stock trade this week but I failed to do so."
## [122] "My son had a therapy appointment and I forgot to remind him what time it was for, and he missed it, now I don't know if they will give us another one since it was a \"no call, no show\"."
## [123] "I did not go to the store to buy the groceries last week."
## [124] "The inaction regret that I have is not exercising when I had the time."
## [125] "There's a stray cat I meet every night on my walk and I feed it. One night I didn't go, so it didn't get fed."
## [126] "I missed out on a used bike I was looking at on Craigslist - decided not to go see it and it ended up getting bought by someone else."
## [127] "I am in the process of cleaning the flowerbeds around my home, but I spend so much time Mturking, I neglected doing more than I have."
## [128] "I did not step in when I thought I needed to with a student and an adult at my job. The adult was being terrible to the student but I didn’t step in."
## [129] "I did not wash my blankets when I had the opportunity."
## [130] "Not sending a message to my friend who died unexpectedly this week - I read her post and did not respond as usual."
## [131] "I wish I had taken my bike wheel to the shop. I had meant to."
## [132] "I did not exercise and eat healthier this week. I knew that I should have done so but I was too tempted and depressed."
## [133] "The dog won't eat. I couldn't give him insulin. The dog got sicker"
## [134] "Not getting into my garden earlier to do work this past Sunday."
## [135] "I didn't finish writing the rest of my project and blog. I can spend at least a couple of minutes and wish I had done that."
## [136] "I didn't go to lunch with my sister."
## [137] "I haven't called an attorney about changing my parenting plan. I've needed to find a new attorney for awhile and am just so tired of dealing with the situation. But I feel bad for not doing anything because it's my kids and they are the most important thing to me."
## [138] "I was going to exercise after work one day, but I was tired and I didn't do squat"
## [139] "I chose not to go to an activity planned."
## [140] "I regret not confronting my boss about an incident in which she spoke to me in an unprofessional and disrespectful manner."
## [141] "I regret not attending an event that would have shown me to be kind and engaging."
## [142] "Spending more time my daughter without technology in front of me"
## [143] "I should have wrote a thank you to the person who gave me soccer shoes for my son."
## [144] "I didn't keep up with important appointments to reschedule them when I got the flu. Now I'm in a mess straightening it all out."
## [145] "I failed to send a thank you note for a gift I received."
## [146] "Respond and travel to the scene of an accident involving my son and his girlfriend."
## [147] "I wish I would have stopped and talked to my neighbor/friend. We had not talked lately and I missed an opportunity."
## [148] "I regret not doing more to get the garden ready so that we'd be able to start planting stuff with the kids over the next week or two."
## [149] "I wish I had suggested a different restaurant when my spouse asked what I wanted for dinner."
## [150] "Not planning enough meals for my family that we had to eat out too often."
## [151] "I wish I would have spent more time with my family."
## [152] "In retrospect, I wish I would have waited to buy everything I did to finish my back yard until I had the money to pay for it in cash."
## [153] "I regret not getting out the other night and going to visit my mom and my grandma. We recently lost my dad, and I know I should have taken the time to visit them a couple days ago."
## [154] "I wish I did have sex with her. If I'm going to be accused, I might as well enjoy the crime."
## [155] "In an interview I would have talked about a certain topic but I forgot to bring it up."
## [156] "I wish I would have gone out to a local bar for a beer last weekend; have not been out in a very long time, and I miss some people I used to see out."
## [157] "I regret my inaction to attend my meeting last night."
## [158] "Not going to the doctor after twisting my ankle."
## [159] "I did not order the things I needed when I should have, and now I am about to run out while I wait for delivery."
## [160] "I regret not going as far as I could have to stand up for myself when my mother tried to manipulate me into going to a party."
## [161] "I should have set the fence post sooner in the day. It snowed so I now have to wait for the weather to clear."
## [162] "I got my book started for new business owners. Intended to be thru Chapter one by weeks' end. Doesn't look like I'm going to accomplish that goal."
## [163] "I regret not painting the hallway last weekend. I had time to paint it and chose not to."
## [164] "Decided to stay at home because I was tired and didn’t feel like going out to a friends house."
## [165] "Not cleaning my apartment is the largest inaction regret for me. I should have done the work, but, I chose not too. It is growing worse and I need to get it done."
## [166] "I applied for a job last week and I was contemplating writing a follow-up email to the CEO. I wish that I had, because that may give me the extra edge in order to get the job."
## [167] "I did not stay and help out with a few things at church that were needing to be done bc I was too tired"
## [168] "Telling a friend my feelings and being blunt"
## [169] "spending more time with my miniature poodle who has congestive heart failure due to the fact i'm running errands for my mom and taking her to doctors appointments."
## [170] "One inaction that I regret is not going home to visit my father over the weekend as I had planned."
## [171] "I regret not showing my true emotions when my child's school staff described multiple stories about a singular event. I regret not expressing how upset and uncomfortable it made me to know they were lying to me."
## [172] "I regret not buying more from a sale I attended this week as the prices will not be that low again anytime soon"
## [173] "I didn't work out as much as I wanted to. I want to make a point of working out more and when I don't I don't feel good about myself."
## [174] "I should have gone for a run yesterday."
## [175] "I willfully neglected some work that I should have done. I was not feeling well and knew I wouldn't be able to give it my best."
## [176] "I did not check in on my friend who has been feeling/acting depressed lately."
## [177] "I wish I didn’t spend money on alcohol over the past week when i could of\nsaved my\nmoney."
## [178] "I wish I would have saved more money."
## [179] "I put off setting an appointment at Vet for my dog. When I finally called they were rude. I wound up getting him a new Vet. I like them but he is a week late on taking his heartworm med."
## [180] "I did not save enough money out of my stimulus for future needs."
## [181] "One thing was that I did not call my dad immediately after his vaccine shot. I felt guilty about this because he ended up having a reaction."
## [182] "I regret not setting aside and taking time to write in my poetry notebook."
## [183] "I didn't have lunch with a former co-worker when I had the chance to."
## [184] "I realized I lost a lot of muscle mass during my recent intermittent fasting. My inaction of not intaking enough protein coupled with exercise, had led to a decent amount of muscle loss. Just a bit more work now involved in getting back to normal."
## [185] "Not telling my family sooner about the verbal and emotional abuse I endured at the hands of my now-ex."
## [186] "My biggest inaction regret this week was not going to play in a pinball tournament on Sunday. I really miss playing with my friends."
## [187] "I skipped out on an exercise class because of the threat of rain. That was an easy excuse not to go."
## [188] "the only inaction is only because i love walking but i have days where my back is really inflamed"
## [189] "I did not do my workout today. I am following a fitness plan this month and did not schedule my time properly to complete my exercise."
## [190] "I regret not being productive and working on my small online retail side gig."
## [191] "I regret not going out of town last weekend like I was planning on."
## [192] "I regret not reading a book that I tasked myself with reading daily for the past week. I keep putting it off for no good reason."
## [193] "I regret I didn't make my elderly mother go see a primary doctor while she was alive."
## [194] "I left the tractor fuel on empty because I was in a hurry. My coworker almost ran out of diesel."
## [195] "I regret not being more present in the moment while I was with my girlfriend's good friends, whom I was meeting for the first time."
## [196] "I didn't spend enough quality time with my children. I was spending too much time on work assignments and spending less time with the family."
## [197] "I didn't help someone at the store who didn't speak english"
## [198] "I wish I would have chosen to exercise when I had the chance in good weather."
## [199] " I wish that I would have booked airfare to Europe when it was cheap, I missed out on a good deal last week."
## [200] "I saw a bigoted remark someone made on the nextdoor app, and I should have spoken out against it but I didn't want to put up with the fallout."
## [201] "I regret not going to my wooded property and hanging No Trespassing signs. I am afraid someone will go onto my land and injure themselves or destroy my paths."
## [202] "Again, at work, I regret not paying closer attention to the resumes I was going over. I was overwhelmed with resumes on Zip Recruiter and called in people for interviews that did not even remotely have the background we require, we wasted a lot of time."
## [203] "I did not buy two mystery boxes from a certain sale that comes once every few months. This sale was from my favorite hat company for my son's hats!"
## [204] "I regret not going to a conditioning class on Friday."
## [205] "Not doing the dishes right after dinner so that I had to do them the next day."
## [206] "My biggest inaction was not getting out of the house more. This was because of COVID and has negatively effected my mental state."
## [207] "Another of my roommates got locked up and I refused to sign for her bond . I don’t trust her enough but I don’t want her in jail ."
## [208] "I've been looking to upgrade my gaming pc and had a chance to snatch one earlier in the week. Because I felt the price was kind of high, I passed on it and it sold out. Has not come back in stock and I definitely regret it."
## [209] "I would say that I have been so busy, I have some texts that I have not answered yet because I know it will go back and forth for a while."
## [210] "FORGETTING TO PAY THE TRASH BILL"
## [211] "My biggest inaction regret is not exercising as much as I planned to."
## [212] "In the past week it would have to be not eating more healthy."
## [213] "My biggest regret of inaction would be my forgetting to take the water bill to the city building on time because it's going to cost me an extra 10 dollars now."
## [214] "I regret not calling the IRS to find out the status of my tax refund."
## [215] "My biggest inaction regret this week was not speaking out about being treated poorly in a situation and then not standing up for myself by stating my needs. I settled. I regret that."
## [216] "I refused to take profit last week when my Bitcoin wallet grew by a huge amount and when this week began, I lost all of the profits to a drop in the market."
## [217] "I wish I took more time to read. It's relaxing and I always feel good when I give myself that time."
## [218] "I saw a car forsale that I've been trying to get. I did not jump on it fast enough, and it is now sold."
## [219] "I regret not working out on Tuesday"
## [220] "My elderly neighbor wanted to go to the hospital, so I took her and she decided that she did not want to go. So I took her home. I regret not getting in contact with her the next day to see if she was feeling better."
## [221] "This week, i was thinking about how I regret not setting up prepaid funeral arrangements for my parents, as they are both getting older and have no money saved."
## [222] "I wish I had walked more rather than just it around. I need to get out and just visit the area"
## [223] "Not confronting the guy who sat on my seat during my flight on monday"
## [224] "I regret not going out and being sociable this week."
## [225] "I was given an opportunity to buy into being a shareholder and I turned it down."
## [226] "I received my second dose of the COVID vaccine and i was sick the next day. I received a CDC text to take a survey on how I felt, but I never completed the survey. I wish I did."
## [227] "I did not play back a message on an answering machine for someone."
## [228] "I wish I would have invested in something that did very well in recent days."
## [229] "I wish that I had done more HITS last week. I would like to be more disciplined about doing some every day."
## [230] "I should have called my mother. I wait too long between calls."
## [231] "I didn't cut the grass when I had the chance, and now winter decided to come back! ;)"
## [232] "I wish I had gone to the store on Sunday, then then item I would have wanted may not have been out of stock."
## [233] "I didn't take a meeting with a client because I was too busy so I asked a colleague to do so and he wound up getting my client to sign a large new contract without my input."
## [234] "I should have taken out the trash earlier because it started to smell very bad"
## [235] "I regret not doing more work at my job."
## [236] "I wished I had been more vocal in stating my wishes for a prospective job opportunity."
## [237] "I chose not to go to the gym one day so I could stay home and rest. I know I should've gone though."
## [238] "I regret not cleaning earlier in the week. Now, it is looming over my head, and I have to do it tomorrow. I am wasting this day dreading tomorrow's cleaning."
## [239] "In the same vein as my action regret, if I had just shown my husband some of the artwork I was planning to have printed in canvas I would have avoided this situation."
## [240] "I would have kept my doctor appointment, because I have been having some health issues. I canceled, because I didn't feel like going and now I know I'll have to wait another few weeks before I can get back in to see him."
## [241] "I wished I would have set time for myself to do at least one thing I love."
## [242] "I wanted to go to the garden center but was feeling lazy and didn't even leave the house."
## [243] "My biggest inaction regret I am thinking of is I wish I would have exercised everyday this week."
## [244] "i never joined in sports despite loving running because i was too shy"
## [245] "I didn't put my check in the bank."
## [246] "I wish I had done more cooking. I regret not working harder in the kitchen."
## [247] "I wanted to accomplish some things around my house earlier this week but put them off. It would have been an excellent use of my time."
## [248] "I wish I went to visit my parents when I could but I felt too lazy."
## [249] "I did not. check the lettuce that I bought several days ago before using it in a salad last night."
## [250] "I didn't spend enough quality time with my pets."
## [251] "My life has been stuck for awhile now. I set a goal to do something that would have moved me out of this place I've been stuck in, and I didn't do it! I let anything and everything else get in the way, take priority, and I did nothing to move my life forward."
## [252] "My biggest inaction regret is when I had the chance to watch this movie but I didn't. Now I cant find it so I can't watch it."
## [253] "I regret not sending an invite to a friend sooner. He lives a few hours away, and I should have sent the invitation earlier to give him more notice."
## [254] "I had tickets to an outdoor concert last Saturday but had to work the next day, so I cancelled and gave the tickets away. My job was cancelled that next morning so I could have gone to the concert."
## [255] "I regret not going to each of my specialist’s house and delivering a care package."
## [256] "I have a regret in mind regarding inaction but I don't feel comfortable saying it."
## [257] "Wish I got outside or exercised or did anything to mix up my routine."
## [258] "I regret not telling co-workers how I really feel."
## [259] "I should have gone to work after they called me to come in."
## [260] "I wish I had worked a bit harder from home this week. There were several times I had the time to do so, but decided against it in order to take part in more pleasurable activities."
## [261] "I wish I took the bus to go get my Alabama license."
## [262] "I wish I was more active than I am."
## [263] "I regret not showering for almost a full five days."
## [264] "The inaction regret I had in the past week was not staying focused on my health goals."
## [265] "I regret that I did not spend more time doing things with my precious children."
## [266] "I did not go to visit my parent who lived 2 hours away. We could have some quality time together."
## [267] "I didn't work out or study as much as I had originally planned."
## [268] "I wish I had gotten my mom up at night to go bathroom. She was wet when she woke up the next morning."
## [269] "I regret not exercising more."
## [270] "Not calling earlier in regards to an appointment which is coming up, which I now have several questions for and must get them answered quickly."
## [271] "I regret not giving back the extra change I was given at the grocery store."
## [272] "My father hasn't been feeling well and I wanted to get him something to cheer him up, but I didn't make the time to do it."
## [273] "I didn't work Monday or Tuesday. I'm struggling to make rent this month."
## [274] "There was one batch on Mturk that I didn't work on as much as I could have. I wish I had worked more on that batch as long as it was up before it was all taken."
## [275] "I passed up a visit to a chiropractor to help with the back pain. I could not get there during their office hours."
## [276] "I did not go to church on Sunday. I missed the corporate worship with fellow believers."
## [277] "The biggest regret that for this week is not starting my exercising routine that I keep procrastinating on."
## [278] "I should've gone to bed early for the meeting I had."
## [279] "In the past week, I've regretted not working for more than 3 days last week. I let laziness overcome me and didn't work when I really should've to earn more money from clients in my graphic design job. I knew that I could get away financially from not working for more than 3 days, and so I did but I definitely regret doing so because I could've earned triple the amount that I made from working just those three days."
## [280] "i regret not telling my family that i was using again"
## [281] "I regret not trying to negotiate the terms of my employment before quitting my job."
## [282] "I regret that I was not a more loving wife this past wife. I wish I had been more nurturing and empathetic because my husband is very close to death and I should be comforting him."
## [283] "There was a woman who was going into a store without a mask on. I knew that they would turn her away and I regret I didn't offer her my spare, disposable mask."
## [284] "I should have called my friend to see how she was doing. She is having a hard time during the pandemic and I feel bad about not reaching out."
## [285] "I regret not getting some reports written at work. I wasted the time that I could have been using productively. Now I will have to spend my own time this weekend completing the tasks."
## [286] "The biggest inaction regret would be deciding to go to a hotel and finding out that it was very dirty and not the best.."
## [287] "I didn't go visit my friend when her husband died."
## [288] "I wish I applied for more accounting jobs this week."
## [289] "I wish I had been more proactive and cleaned my house better and been a better mom. There just aren’t enough hours in the day and when I decide to relax instead? It leaves me with a sense of guilt."
## [290] "My brother was having brain surgery up in Minnesota. I should have asked for days off to go up and be with him, but I didn't do that."
## [291] "I regret not calling my friend."
## [292] "I wish I would have called the financial advisor a friend gave me the contact information for. I am near retirement and keep putting this task off."
## [293] "I should have texted longer with my friend who reached out in a group chat to wish another friend a happy birthday."
## [294] "I should have make a distinct plan of action of where I'm going to live in the future and I tried but I can't. For a few reasons, I want to make it work here where I'm living but I know without any doubt that I deserve better than this situation."
## [295] "I regret not selling a share of cryptocurrency I invested in earlier this week. It seems it peaked at one point, and I'm not sure if it will again in the near future."
## [296] "I wish I had accepted a landscaping job that I had been offered. Or would have been lucrative and may have lead to further work. However, because of the sickness and eventual death of our dog, I decided it was more important to be present to deal with the associated issues and emotional challenges."
## [297] "I have been overloaded at work and am behind on a certain task. The steps for this task are time sensitive, and because I had so much going on, I missed some of these deadlines."
## [298] "I regret not calling my friend back because I was too tired and I think she really needed to talk"
## [299] "The biggest inaction regret I have is not taking advantage of a McDonald's coupon."
## [300] "I regret not leaving home in time on Tuesday and missing my bus."
## [301] "I can be bad at returning emails promptly. There is one email in particular that I feel bad about not returning promptly earlier this week."
## [302] "I forget to cancel a no longer needed service and was billed for it for the month."
## [303] "I mostly regret not making time to exercise - especially because I had the time. I know I would feel better about myself if I would just get moving."
## [304] "I have not spoken to a friend in many months. I keep thinking of calling her but I have not yet done that."
## [305] "My brother passed away from COVID-19 on Sunday. I never got to say goodbye and I have deep regrets over this."
## [306] "I regret I didn't get the garden plowed before it rained."
## [307] "My biggest regret of inaction was not finishing a major project for work. I had many other things on my plate and allowed myself to get distracted from what I needed to do."
## [308] "I didn't make my mother breakfast at least one morning this past week and wish that I'd had time to do this because it would've been healthier than what she chose. I felt guilty."
## [309] "This might sound dumb, but I wish I had ordered these fried pot stickers with my sushi this week. I didn't order them and they're only available once per month at this restaurant and I just totally wasted the opportunity and wished I had tried them."
## [310] "I wish that I had exercised more this past week. I am trying to get healthier and lose weight, so I need to be more active."
## [311] "I regret staying home from church on Wednesday due to my back problem. I should have gone and worked around the problem."
## [312] "Not looking over my notes as much as I should have."
## [313] "Not doing surveys in the past few days. Slacking off and not \"working on surveys\" so much as I normally do."
## [314] "Wish I had gone to the gym more often."
## [315] "I offered not to cover a shift for a coworker who later ended up falling sick with the flu. If only I had covered her shift, she could have stayed home and rested."
## [316] "I wish I had done my laundry sooner so that my weekend is not filled with chores."
## [317] "I did not work enough."
## [318] "I wish that I had spent more time earning money."
## [319] "Something that I didn't do that I wish I would have was do my laundry right when I got home."
## [320] "I seem to regret weekly that I don't spend more time with my 99 year old mother. I know that one day she won't be around and then I will feel guilt."
## [321] "I skipped one of my run days this week. I usually run 4 days a week, but I skipped a run this week. I've been very consistent with my running this year. So skipping a day makes me feel guilty."
## [322] "I have booked a swimming session on Thursday morning at 9:30 which I was very much looking forward to as I have longing to get back into my exercise routine. However, since I went to bed so late the night before I got so tired that decided not to go."
## [323] "I wish I had participated in my job's ZOOM lottery pool because the pool won a decent amount of money. Not the jackpot but the amount was substantial."
## [324] "I did not attend the funeral of a good friend because I was worried about Covid."
## [325] "I had planned to start the seeds for my roof garden, but did not do this just because I didn't feel like it."
## [326] "Wish I told my roommates a particular date they had to be out, and not agreeing to everytime they kept coming up with excuses as to why they couldn't come that day to pack and move."
## [327] "I regret not going to the courthouse and turning in my divorce decree."
## [328] "I didn’t return emails from a friend who needed advice."
## [329] "I wish that I had gotten on Facebook last Monday to see that the church had a surprise food giveaway. I love volunteering and giving food to people in need and because I chose not to get on Facebook, I missed out."
## [330] "I wish had driven to a particular destination. I decided not to and wish that I had."
## [331] "I should of kept doing what I needed to do to win my ex back. Although because of my actions I just stoped and did nothing."
## [332] "I regret not doing as many surveys this past week as I would normally have done."
## [333] "I regret not walking on the treadmill for some days this past week."
## [334] "In the past week my biggest inaction would be something along the lines of not going grocery shopping or getting anything done"
## [335] "Last week I was on the fence about purchasing airline tickets to go visit a friend, I found a very good price. I ended up not booking the flight and the price then went way up."
## [336] "I regret not telling teammates their powerpoint presentation was not good and needed to be better, but I sugar coated the answer and wished I had been more direct."
## [337] "I cancelled an appointment because I couldn't drive myself. I wish I wouldn't have cancelled because I could have found an alternate way to get there."
## [338] "I did not call and talk to my father. I have put off calling him for over a month."
## [339] "I decided not to spend time during the week training the dog not to bark at the vacuum cleaner."
## [340] "i should have spent more time with my stepmother."
## [341] "I am thinking of not calling a friend to talk more when I should have."
## [342] "I wish I had gotten started on gathering ingredients for a dish I really wanted to make."
## [343] "I wish that I had done more work outside in the garden before the big rains came last night. It would not have been nearly so soggy if I'd just done it while the wind was blowing so cool before the rain."
## [344] "I wish I had given a bigger birthday present to a friend of mine."
## [345] "I wish I would have worked some extra hours. Some unexpected bills came up this weekend and any extra money would have been awesome."
## [346] "I have a craft project that I want to finish for my mother's birthday the end of this year. I regret not taking the time this past to work on the project."
## [347] "My biggest inaction regret involves not paying for a dinner I went out with my brother. I should have paid and not let him."
## [348] "I need to hire someone to mow our lawn, and I was going to call and get that issue settled, but I had so many other things to do that I didn't get this one done."
## [349] "The inaction regret I am thinking of is not finishing a business goal faster because I did not do the required action for it."
## [350] "I regret not organizing a fun weekend outing for my family to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful weather."
## [351] "I regret not spending more time with my daughter this weekend. I don't get too many free weekends so I wanted to spend more tiem with her."
## [352] "Not driving more for Uber. I could have given a few rides and made a lot more money,"
## [353] "I wish I would have given money to charity."
## [354] "Not working out everyday. I was tired instead of pushing myself to do it anyway."
## [355] "I wish I had booked the hotel instead of the b&b."
## [356] "I wanted to send an anonymous letter to expose corruption in our district."
## [357] "I have bought a new car. It’s not even insured and registered. They went around the town, night by the time they came back it was little late. They didn't park the car in the garage; they parked the car on the road because it was late they went to sleep for me."
## [358] "I haven't told my boyfriend that I don't want to be with him. I feel smothered and he doesn't listen to my requests for space so I just limit my interactions with him."
## [359] "I regret we missing my workouts this weekend."
## [360] "I came across a lady in the park who had lost her keys. I wish I had stayed to help or at least prayed with her that she would find them."
## [361] "my biggest inaction regret was not buying out Doge coin during the week."
## [362] "Failed to complete as much work as I could have."
## [363] "I regret skipping working out for a 3 day period. I have a goal to get in shape and I feel I didn't meet that goal."
## [364] "I wish that I had gone to the aid of my uncle. he called because he needs help as he is very old and sick and I did not go to help him."
## [365] "I wish I would have called my grandmother this week. In the back of my mind I kept reminding myself but I got so overwhelmed with my day to day activities that I forgot or it was too late at night."
## [366] "I did not accept a meeting with someone who could have helped my career. I was too busy and did not prioritize this conversation."
## [367] "In my community, there was a dualsport dirt-bike for sale that someone had posted up at the end of their drive way. I really liked it and was going to talk to my wife about buying it, but didn't think she would agree. It was sold pretty quick, and when I mentioned it today she said she would have totally bought it. If I would have spoken up sooner, maybe we could have bought it."
## [368] "Not cleaning up when messes happen. Then it all gets piled up and seems like an endless mess."
## [369] "I regret not washing my dishes because the mess piled up and became even more of a problem for me."
## [370] "Actually Sat night there was an opportunity to play a billiard tournament and I decided to not go for several reasons because I didn't want to leave my house that evening."
## [371] "I meant to send a birthday message to my great uncle. I got caught up in other things and completely forgot until several days later. At that point I felt like saying something would be kind of weird so I didn't."
## [372] "I should have started working out this week."
## [373] "I didn't put away the folded laundry. It has been sitting in the living room. I know the dogs are going to knock it over soon."
## [374] "I didn't complete all my work when I did have the time to get it done."
## [375] "My children wanted me to go outside and play volleyball with them. I was busy inside trying to clean and told them no. I regret this and wish I had made time to enjoy the time with them."
## [376] "I wish I had spent more time enjoying the nice weather we've been having. Because I've been looking for jobs online and worrying about my job situation, I have not been spending any time outside even though the weather has finally started to be nice."
## [377] "I think it would be not getting enough sleep a couple of nights ago."
## [378] "I regret not going out to see some friends that were in town that I have not seen in a while. Now they are gone and I wish I did go."
## [379] "The biggest inaction regret from the past week is when I did not step in to help with something my family was doing. I could have taken more time to help."
## [380] "I wish I had made a better attempt at eating breakfast last week. I am trying to exercise more and if I start out without breakfast, I simply don't have as much energy throughout the day to exercise the amount I would like."
## [381] "I regret not working out on this past Sunday because I was entirely too tired after working all day on what would usually be an off-day."
## [382] "I regret not sending out thank-you cards."
## [383] "The biggest inaction regret i am thinking of was not starting on my schoolwork over the weekend, because now i'm a bit behind."
## [384] "In the past week I regret not filling out paperwork that was due. Now being that its overdue I need to scramble to get it done."
## [385] "I didn't workout today. I was too busy and had errands to run."
## [386] "I shoukld have taken the time to perfect a new technique I have been working on."
## [387] "I did not yet take my car in to have the radiator looked at."
## [388] "Probably buy some stuff I saw when I was out of town this weekend."
## [389] "I wish that I had spent more time with friends and not feeling sorry for myself. I get down and do not want to be around anyone and that hurts my friendships."
## [390] "I should have gotten more tasks done around the house instead of putting them off until later."
## [391] "When getting business information from the bank I regret that I didn't ask more information about the credit card before bringing incomplete information to the meeting I had."
## [392] "I didn't wear the proper shoes in a trail race and I twisted my ankle during the race."
## [393] "My mother called and invited me to come eat at her house. I was tired and I didn't go. I wish I had gone. My mom is elderly and won't be around forever. I have a limited number of her home cooked meals and delightful stories left in my future. I know I take her for granted and I shouldn't. I regret not going to her house when she called."
## [394] "I was going to start my diet on Monday and I wound up putting it off. I regret doing it because I have a goal in mind and that delayed it."
## [395] "I wish that I would have cut the grass yesterday, while the sun was shining. It now looks like it is going to rain, and I might not be able to do it until the weekend."
## [396] "I decided to ignore washing my towels this week and now have a backlog of laundry that needs to be done."
## [397] "I have a chronic sinus infection, and didn't feel good this past weekend. I didn't do any house work like dishes and laundry. My son has been home since Monday afternoon. So yesterday I had to do those things. I wish that I called my therapist or my son's therapist yesterday to discuss the conversation that I had with my son's dad. I don't know how to handle this situation. My son is not ready to tell his dad about being gender fluid, and I don't feel that it needs to come from me without my son knowing."
## [398] "I did not move forward with an opportunity that was presented to me to be an early investor in crypto"
## [399] "I wish I wouldn't have let my husband get the last word in. Our arguments always end with him getting the last word in. I needed to stand up for myself more."
## [400] "I regret missing my favorite show on Monday."
## [401] "I regret not reaching a friend of mine who just got a new car."
## [402] "Did not finish a work assignment as planned"
## [403] "I did not donate money to a child in need. This was on GoFundMe and I was afraid the request was a scam."
## [404] "I regret not making plans for a girl's weekend with friends and family."
## [405] "I wish I had been honest with my mom about how I felt concerning the accusation long ago instead of recently because I feel I could have saved myself a lot of pain and anxiety."
## [406] "I wasn't careful enough when I did a customer's order and forgot something."
## [407] "I regret that I did not call my friend that I have been meaning to call. She could really use my support right now but I did not take the time to call her."
## [408] "I regret not exercising one day when I had the chance to do so."
## [409] "I regret taking a detour that one time commuting home. I had a stressful time going the alternative way."
## [410] "My biggest inaction regret is not seeing patients"
## [411] "I regret not taking the study with the Psych Lab. I was too nervous to make the call and my anxiety won."
## [412] "Their is a man in my town that holds up a sign asking for help at the same spot each day. I saw that man going through trash cans at a local grocery store. I said nothing."
## [413] "I regret not doing any work the past week. I needed to and i didnt."
## [414] "I wish i had gone out more for fresh air."
## [415] "I regret not spending more time with a loved one before they died."
## [416] "I should have exercised more this week. I did not spend enough time outside and should have gone for a walk."
## [417] "My regret of not doing something was that I should have bought more potting soil for my plants. I will now need to make another trip to get more soil."
## [418] "I regret not taking a dump this morning. I really have to go and the closest bathroom in 1.5 miles away to walk after I get off this train"
## [419] "I should have spoken up when I needed to."
## [420] "There's a job that I want that involves writing online and I didn't start it this past weekend when I should have."
## [421] "I wish that I would have stayed with my fast today and not cut it off early."
## [422] "Did not apply for a job that I could possibly have gotten"
## [423] "I had the opportunity to meet for drinks with a few individuals starting up a new company and I would probably have had the opportunity to take part in the venture. I did not think it through prior, only considered it was less than what it actually was, unfortunately."
## [424] "I forgot to babysit my best friend's dog while they went to school."
## [425] "I wish I woke up earlier two days ago. I should have gotten up earlier and did some needed laundry."
## [426] "Not getting a carpeting contractor sooner. I've been putting it off, but really I just needed to bite the bullet so I could have a more livable living space in my condo."
## [427] "I wish I would have spent more time with my dad this week. He's not in the best health and something's been telling me, my conscious or God, I guess, that I need to spend more quality time with him."
## [428] "My biggest inaction regret in the past week has been losing communication with people I should've stayed in better communication with. I tend to push people away when I get anxious and after it being such a rough week, that is exactly what I've done."
## [429] "I did not stand up for my friend when someone took his hat"
## [430] "Not apologizing to people even if you think you are right."
## [431] "Not telling my wife I had to work late. She was very worried about me because I was not home at the usual time."
## [432] "not going to a baseball game with a friend"
## [433] "I was supposed to go have lunch with my sister and I miss my window before she went home."
## [434] "I wish last week I would have done a better job of communicating with my manager and the other members of my team. Sometimes I get busy with what I am doing and I do not engage with them as I should. I feel I could be more effective if I stayed in contact with them."
## [435] "One thing I know that I did not do is set up a page that shows what I have made so that I could sell them."
## [436] "I wasn't that hungry because I had a big breakfast but our boss then brought pancakes for us and I didn't take any. Work then got super busy and I didn't get time for lunch and I was hungry all day."
## [437] "I forgot to so something I had promised to my husband."
## [438] "I wish I would have exercised outside more. It was nice and sunny out this week."
## [439] "I should have bought this vehicle that was for sale. I had too much indecision and someone else bought it."
## [440] "I wish I would have went out with my friends to the bar and dinner."
## [441] "Last month I was so disgusted with my job I had planned on putting in my two-week notice last week. I'm actually glad I didn't because the personal problem I had at work was fixed yesterday. My lead was fired."
## [442] "Deciding not to buy a house that was on the market that I likely could afford because I thought something better might come along"
## [443] "I regret not working out more and doing more cardio."
## [444] "did not exercise when trying to lose weight"
## [445] "My biggest regret of inaction during the past week was not talking with my son when my wife was skyping with him. I was busy working and it was an odd time to talk during working hours, but I wish I had talked with him."
## [446] "We are being brought out by another company and I had a run in with the soon to be new owner. I wish I had been more poised and assertive."
## [447] "I wish I would have went on my usual 5 mile run on wedesnday but it was lazy."
## [448] "I wish I would have worked at my job more."
## [449] "I regret not taking my final vacation days from work before they expired."
## [450] "I wish I had gone to a birthday party my friend was hosting."
## [451] "Again at work I was asked to do something that actually required someone else's input. Rather than immediately state that I needed someone else to provide specific information, I said I had not had time to do it yet."
## [452] "I did not complete a task I had that was assigned to me by my life coach for a goal I am working on. I put it aside and said I'll do it later and then I never did."
## [453] "I wish that I had picked up the trash in my neighbor's yard versus reporting him."
## [454] "I used my credit card that I paid off at the gas pump. I wish I had used the one that was almost maxed out to prevent possible fraud."
## [455] "I regret not getting the car in for the recall work."
## [456] "A visiting friend offered to take us out to a late dinner (after midnight) and I chose not to go, but I saw videos later where they had a great time and wished I had not of backed out."
## [457] "not working harder on a batch and making more money"
## [458] "I'm yet to do my taxes - since we have a COVID related extension this year I've been putting it off. I planned to do it this past week and didn't go through with it, so I still have the stress of getting that done lingering over me."
## [459] "I was going to go grocery shopping yesterday but I was too lazy so I skipped it. Now today the items I wanted to purchase are no longer on sale."
## [460] "I regret not taking timely care of an oil change for my car."
## [461] "I regret not having exercised more this week. I wanted to start taking longer walks with regularity but I didn't quite get to doing so this past week."
## [462] "I wish I would have mowed the lawn"
## [463] "Stopped doing my diet; gained 7 lbs."
## [464] "I wish I had thanked my former manager at my job for all he did. He did alot to help me out."
## [465] "I was too busy to get all my chores done this week, so I have a messy looking yard."
## [466] "I wished I had gone to the guests room and insisted on payment of their room per our policy."
## [467] "I regret not taking turning on my running watch at the right time and thus running too far."
## [468] "I saw a beautiful purse at a reasonable price which I absolutely loved. I did not buy it and it is no loner available.."
## [469] "I wish I did more cleaning in the house this week. I know it can make a difference in my mood."
## [470] "I was being talked down to at work and I didn’t stand up for myself. I was too forgiving to the customer and should have stood up."
## [471] "I wish I ate more vegetables"
## [472] "I didn't help an elderly person with getting their things to their car, which is so totally not like me. I let my time crunch and bad mood make me choose to ignore their issues."
## [473] "I regret not having made an apology for \"sounding\" judgmental and not following up by re-stating the content to be more palatable to the recipient."
## [474] "I should have started getting up a little earlier each day. I have some things I'm trying to list on Ebay and I'm just lolly gagging along with it. I need to get serious and go to bed earlier."
## [475] "I intended to spend 2 hours researching an investment and didn't get around to it this week."
## [476] "I didn't send an email that I really need to send. I've been putting it off and by not sending it this week I've put myself in a bad position."
## [477] "I did not clean my house all week and I feel bad because everything is all disorganized"
## [478] "In the past week, an inaction regret is speaking up during a work meeting about a concern."
## [479] "I regret that I didn't call my cousin on her birthday. I sent her a card but I should have called her,"
## [480] "I regret not taking more time to study some of the more important and in depth concepts available to me."
## [481] "I regret not giving my resignation letter to my job. A great opportunity passed me up because of this, and I may not have that opportunity again."
## [482] "I regret not going to the gym this week and working out. I feel like I should have done more to exercise this week and I regret it."
## [483] "I wish I would have taken a little more me time just to sit and read. To try and relax and not become so depressed with the way my life is going right now."
## [484] "i did not go on my walking program for several days this week i do steps and use a fitbit but got off my routine i am trying to make changes for health in the last year so this was something i wish i had followed through with this week"
## [485] "I wish I had asked my ex girlfriend to leave behind the garage remote for my building when she moved out. She was living in my apartment temporarily until she found housing."
## [486] "I regret that I did not practice the piano. This is one of my goals."
## [487] "I wish I did not submit my essay to my professor this morning without the resource analysis attatched."
## [488] "I didn't do the cleaning around the house that I wanted to do because I was feeling lazy."
## [489] "I regret not having returned a new clothes dryer, when I still was within the \"return time frame\" that the store accepts. It doesn't dry well, and it's bound to be a problem over time."
## [490] "I wish I had bought 4/30 $20c options for $MVIS (microvision) as they had a big run-up last week where I could have made a good amount of money. However, since I am looking a the overall downtrend of the growth/tech sector due to increase long term treasury yields and inflation, I did not anticipate a single stocks meteoric rise and fall rapidly enough to respond with an options purchase."
## [491] "This week I regret that I didn't spend more quality time with my boys."
## [492] "I wish I would have spent more time on mturk making some extra money instead of wasting my time doing other, less important things."
## [493] "Wanted to put up 11 listings before the end of April, but did not get around to it."
## [494] "I wish I would of taken more time to relax. I should have recharged myself and just spent some quality time at home."
## [495] "I have a stack of work that has been mounting the past two weeks. My plan was to tackle a tiny bit each day, but I've been procrastinating by playing Xbox and tackling more urgent, but ultimately unimportant tasks. This is going to bite me soon as the deadline starts coming closer. I regret not starting earlier."
## [496] "I wish i was more patient with him."
## [497] "My biggest inaction regret of the past week was staying up late and watching 2 movies. The next few days I had to work hard to complete my chores (3 bags of laundry, vacuuming, dishes, etc)."
## [498] "I was unable to go grocery shopping this week because I was busy with other tasks."
## [499] "I regret not calling my mom on something hurtful she said in front of my mother-in-law."
## [500] "Helping mask less customers. Not telling them to please stay 6 feet distance away."
## [501] "While shopping at the same store as above I saw a piece of pottery that I loved and looked at the price. It was higher than expected. My husband was in a hurry so I quickly decided it was too much money. After I got home I saw a place in my home where that pottery would have been perfect. I regret not buying it."
## [502] "I wish I had gotten my first COVID shot"
## [503] "I didnt make content for tiktok when i should have."
## [504] "Not contacting a friend in a timely manner."
## [505] "I regret not being the one to take my mother to get a procedure and to talk with the doctor."
## [506] "Stopping after losing $50 while playing slots in the aforementioned scenario."
## [507] "I wish I traveled more with my husband before we got pregnant."
## [508] "My biggest inaction regret was me not working out for 30 minutes daily."
## [509] "I wanted pickles and didn’t ask the worker where they were"
## [510] "Fear is an obvious cause of inaction. There are many kinds of fear that cause inaction. ... Fear of failure. Fear of being different or out-of-step"
## [511] "I wanted to get an hour long work out in but I got lazy."
## [512] "I wish that I had spent more time on a potential collaboration for business. I need to generate more income and have people who want to team up on some sales projects. But I contine to put off this collaboration."
## [513] "I wish I would have just stayed in the house and spent more time with my husband and friends this weekend. It would have been nice to spend some quality time instead of going shopping and spending my money."
## [514] "My biggest regret of inaction was not turning in my application for a booth at the local arts festival in my town."
## [515] "I always wanted a third child, but decided not to and it's my biggest regret."
## [516] "I wish I had trimmed all the grass before I laid down the cardboard to kill the grass under it."
## [517] "I meant to mop the floors, but didn't."
## [518] "I regret not going away with my family for my niece birthday. She just turned 15 and she wanted me there, instead I decided to stay home and do nothing"
## [519] "My greatest regret of inaction is probably not doing more to look at what job availabilities are in my area and spending another week mulling around at a job I despise."
## [520] "my biggest inaction was not telling someone that what they said really hurt me."
excl_iin_pastweekinactregdes <- c("I honestly do not have a inaction regret from the past week.", "I don't have any regrets in the last week..", "I do not have any regrets of inaction in the past week.", "There is nothing that comes to mind.", "The biggest inaction regret would be deciding to go to a hotel and finding out that it was very dirty and not the best..", "I have bought a new car. It’s not even insured and registered. They went around the town, night by the time they came back it was little late. They didn't park the car in the garage; they parked the car on the road because it was late they went to sleep for me.", "Again I do not have anything that I regret not doing, I've had a great week.", "Last month I was so disgusted with my job I had planned on putting in my two-week notice last week. I'm actually glad I didn't because the personal problem I had at work was fixed yesterday. My lead was fired.")
datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes <- datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactregdes %>% filter(!(pastweekinactregdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekinactregdes))
## Study 5 Short Term Regret - excluding irrelevant, incorrect and no regret responses
#Set up the table
tablestudy5regst <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg)
tablestudy5regst
##
## 1 2
## 243 272
#Run the chi-square test
chisqstudy5regst <- chisq.test(tablestudy5regst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5regst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5regst
## X-squared = 1.633, df = 1, p-value = 0.2013
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5regst <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg)])==1)
action5regst <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg)])==2)
n5regst <- length(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekregdes$pastweekactinactreg)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5regst, n5regst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 1.233827
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5regst <- prop.test(x = action5regst, n = n5regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5regst out of n5regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.633, df = 1, p-value = 0.2013
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4849916 0.5709021
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5281553
propinaction5regst <- prop.test(x = inaction5regst, n = n5regst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5regst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5regst out of n5regst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 1.633, df = 1, p-value = 0.2013
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4290979 0.5150084
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4718447
#Calculate cramer V
observed5regst = c( inaction5regst, action5regst)
expected5regst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerregst <- cramerVFit(x = observed5regst, p = expected5regst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerregst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.05631 0.001942 0.1456
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_regst_perc <- inaction5regst/n5regst * 100
action5_regst_perc <- action5regst/n5regst * 100
observed5regst_per <- c(action5_regst_perc, inaction5_regst_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Regret short-term plot
DF5RegretST <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST5 = c(rep("Action", action5regst), rep("Inaction", inaction5regst)))
DF5RegretSTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretST5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(48.49916, 42.90979),
Upper = c(57.09021, 51.50084))
DF5RegretSTerror
## ActionInactionRegretST5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 48.49916 57.09021
## 2 Inaction 42.90979 51.50084
Study5_RegretST_Plot <- ggplot(DF5RegretST, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretST5, fill = ActionInactionRegretST5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5RegretSTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Short-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.06, 95% CI [0.00, 0.15]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "52.82%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "47.18%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Regret long-term plot
DF5RegretLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT5 = c(rep("Action", action5reglt), rep("Inaction", inaction5reglt)))
DF5RegretLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionRegretLT5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(48.20132, 43.29420),
Upper = c(56.70580, 51.79868))
DF5RegretLTerror
## ActionInactionRegretLT5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 48.20132 56.70580
## 2 Inaction 43.29420 51.79868
Study5_RegretLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF5RegretLT, aes(x = ActionInactionRegretLT5, fill = ActionInactionRegretLT5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Regret", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5RegretLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Long-Term Regret") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.05, 95% CI [0.00, 0.14]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "52.47%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "47.53%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Study 5 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Regret
datagmr_excl_iin_reg <- datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactregdes %>% filter(!(pastweekinactregdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekinactregdes & lifegr8inactregdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8inactregdes & pastweekactregdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekactregdes & lifegr8actregdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8actregdes))
tablereg <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_reg$pastweekactinactreg, datagmr_excl_iin_reg$gr8actinactreg)
tablereg
##
## 1 2
## 1 115 129
## 2 133 142
observed5chan = c(133, 129)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy5regchan <- chisq.test(observed5chan, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5regchan
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed5chan
## X-squared = 0.061069, df = 1, p-value = 0.8048
#Calculate Cramer V
expected5chan = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivechancramer <- cramerVFit(x = observed5chan, p = expected5chan, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivechancramer
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.01527 0 0.1527
#Calculate z score
z.score(133, 262, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 0.1853406
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
propacttoinactreg <- prop.test(x = 133, n = 262, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propacttoinactreg
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 133 out of 262, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.061069, df = 1, p-value = 0.8048
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4474257 0.5676208
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5076336
propinacttoactreg <- prop.test(x = 133, n = 262, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinacttoactreg
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 133 out of 262, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.061069, df = 1, p-value = 0.8048
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4474257 0.5676208
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5076336
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactreg_perc <- 133/262 * 100
inacttoactreg_perc <- 133/262 * 100
observed5regchan <- c(acttoinactreg_perc, inacttoactreg_perc)
#Study 5 McNemar tests for Regret
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tablereg,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tablereg
## McNemar's chi-squared = 0.034351, df = 1, p-value = 0.853
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tablereg, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tablereg
## b = 129, c = 133, p-value = 0.853
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.7553364 1.2451668
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 0.9699248
# Responsibility
# Exclusion for Study 5 life greatest action responsibility
## First exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no responsibility responses for life greatest action responsibility
unique(datagmr$lifegr8actresdes)
## [1] "I took it upon myself to go talk to my boss about how angry I was with work I had been given. I was not calm when I went in there. I was worked up and lost my temper. It caused me to get a write up."
## [2] "I changed my oil by myself one time when I was a teenager. I put the old oil in the back of my dad's pickup truck. The first time he drove away, it all spilled in the bed."
## [3] ""
## [4] "Yes, when my son was about 10 years old, I let my ex-boyfriend back in my life. He lied about being sober. He poured some alcohol in my drink even though I'd been sober for over 12 years. It began a cycle of self medicating with addictive, alcoholic behavior and my son went to live with his father. I eventually got him back, but that was the worst thing that's ever happened to me, or that I've been responsible for."
## [5] "An action that resulted in a negative outcome that fell most personally responsible for in my entire life that comes to mind was bullying kids in kindergarten."
## [6] "I chose certain roommates because I thought they'd be fun to live with and didn't screen them very well."
## [7] "I was playing with a dog using a broomstick and accidentally knocked him in the eye. The dog lost sight in that eye."
## [8] "Allowing a parent to veto my discussing a critical matter with a dating partner."
## [9] "I decided to rescind my resignation from a toxic workplace. I regret doing that because of the negative impact that working there had on my physical and emotional health, my relationship, and more."
## [10] "I quit a job without any notice given to my boss at the time which put the whole team at a loss and behind on their work."
## [11] "When I got divorced from my wife of 12 years."
## [12] "Driving under the influence of alcohol a long time ago (many years ago)."
## [13] "Not choosing continuing my college education."
## [14] "I made contact with a girl I had given up for adoption many years ago. The action of this caused negativity because it ended up being to hard for me to stay in contact because of bad memories."
## [15] "I was playing ball inside when I was younger and accidentally threw the ball into my mom's china cabinet. All the glass broke."
## [16] "I decided to major in Psychology for my BA rather than something more practical. I was very naive in high school an didn't seriously think about my future."
## [17] "I quit my job at the video store because I didn't like the new boss that I had and I felt like getting a new job would be better than the job that I currently had."
## [18] "When my son was a young adolescent, I often left him alone to do things with my friends. He is an angry man and blames being alone too much on his problems."
## [19] "I treated somebody that I had a coaching relationship with very badly because I incorrectly believed a false accusation by a third party."
## [20] "I moved to another state to be close to family and discovered they were more lovable at a distance."
## [21] "I am going to call her today and apologize for anything I might have said or done and ask her again to come over."
## [22] "Getting arrested for a DUI in 2009, completely my fault."
## [23] "I got into a car accident and dented my car."
## [24] "It was too easy to make investment."
## [25] "I did not get a degree in Computer Science. I could have had a real good job."
## [26] "I was sometimes an unkind child especially if someone challenged me. This sometimes led to what I know now were bullying behaviors on my part."
## [27] "The first car that I bought was a complete lemon. I should have checked it out better."
## [28] "I cheated on an old girlfriend because she was letting herself go and becoming really unattractive to me."
## [29] "I am thinking of getting my masters degree."
## [30] "I went down a hill while it was wet and rainy outside on my bike and was messing around and ended up breaking my leg."
## [31] "In high school I allowed one of my classmates to copy my exam while we were taking the exam. The teachers realized what happened when the exams were graded because we had the same answer for everything. The teacher made us take the test again to see who copied who. It was a very embarrassing experience and my parents and the teacher were very disappointed that I had broken the rules."
## [32] "I interfered between two people...one was a bully and one was the \"victim\" and it just made everything worse."
## [33] "I quit a job in my early 20's that in retrospect was a bad decision"
## [34] "Not being involved enough with my family. I sometimes would choose time to myself over time with my family and I feel incredibly guilty for that."
## [35] "I choice to complete an assignment at work in a way I thought was faster and more efficient. I made alot of mistakes and was talked to by my manager"
## [36] "Sometimes when I disagree with someone, I get emotional and have an argument with them. There have been times in the past where I feel I could have handled the situation better. Sometimes this happens at work, and I think I could be more professional in those situations."
## [37] "I got married to a man I knew that I didn't love."
## [38] "I end up taking my friends keys home at a party so they wouldn't end up trying to drive home because I know they all was going to be drinking. They end up getting a ride from someone else who happened to be drinking and end up getting in to a real bad accident and the friend who keys I took didn't even end up drinking that much that night and could have end up driving herself home so I feel bad still because of the action I took thinking I was helping and really didnt."
## [39] "I chose to help an ex who didn't have a job, home, or assets and depleted most of my savings as a result."
## [40] "I regret choosing to live near my immediate and extended family members."
## [41] "When my mom was alive we had fights and most was due to my not understanding or being patient enough with her. She had bi-polar and was on meds and I knew how hard things were for her but I sometimes pushed her to where I didn't need to and said many things I regret. We almost always made up but still."
## [42] "A time I treated my friend badly and led to them feeling bad about themselves and self-harming"
## [43] "I stopped going to a restaurant because they didn't offer a hot plate. I felt personally responsible for the negative outcome."
## [44] "I am thinking of when I separated from my husband."
## [45] "I volunteered for door gunner duty in Vietnam."
## [46] "Choosing not to keep in contact with a family member."
## [47] "I got a DUI in 2019 the day after my daughter graduated from high school."
## [48] "I tried to convince my friend to continue to worship the God of our religion"
## [49] "I did get a job promotion a few years ago because I had a bit of a falling out with one of my managers. I regret that I didn't just keep my mouth shut and let things quite down."
## [50] "When younger I stopped taking dance class and ended up regretting it for much of my life."
## [51] "My colleague was reprimanded at work because of a mistake that I made."
## [52] " Not studying as hard as an undergrad and getting bad grades. Slacking off in school."
## [53] "I am thinking of gambling for money"
## [54] "I brought a con- man into my son's and my life unawares, and he conned my son at 17, out of 300.00."
## [55] "I got into a car accident because I was intoxicated. I was on way to pick up my daughter."
## [56] "I invested money into the wrong places in the stock market. This caused me to lose a substantial amount of money."
## [57] "A person in my life choosing to go down a wrong path in life."
## [58] "Trying to do what I was told to do and thus was expected of me even though it did not really work for me."
## [59] "Buying a house too soon ater graduation"
## [60] "The time I took a friend in to live with me making his life easy instead of letting him learn the hard way."
## [61] "The most negative action that I did was marrying both of my husbands."
## [62] "I left a job I had held for a number of years in order to pursue a passion of mine. That passion led me to a long period of unemployment."
## [63] "My family wanted to grow better grass for our front lawn. I made an effort to achieve this, however I ended up poisoning the grass with too much chemicals, and killing it."
## [64] "I did not listen to my parents and made some bad choices when I was younger that led to a lot of pain."
## [65] "I lost my temper and treated a door-to-door salesman badly in view of neighbors. I threw his briefcase down the street."
## [66] "I took my wife back after I we separated."
## [67] "Told someone to her face that no one liked her."
## [68] " In 2007, after graduating from college, I moved to San Francisco, CA. In 2008, the bottom fell out of CA's economy, and I lost my retail management job. Fortunately, I had enough savings to ride out the high unemployment for three months, and find another satisfying full-time job in Sacramento. By 2010, my mother's health was declining, and she told me she would need back surgery, which was scheduled for the Monday after Mother's Day. I regretted being so far away, although her surgeon called me to update me on a successful stabilization of one cervical disc and the replacement of two other discs.\n In December of 2011, Mama came out to CA to visit with me for two weeks. She cooked every day, putting warm-up meals in my freezer for me. Over that visit, I realized that I felt responsible for her health, especially on the day she left. She'd started to cry as we said goodbye. It tore me up inside. I felt that, if I stayed in CA, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. I moved back to PA in March, 2011."
## [69] "I was thinking of my level of commitment to my studies during my undergraduate years. If I had invested more time, then I am almost certain that I would be in a better profession."
## [70] "Earlier this year, I challenged my boss on an issue that I felt strongly about and as a result, she began to punish me by assigning me impossible or unpleasant work tasks and then telling coworkers to stop collaborating with me."
## [71] "i decied to stop talking to an old friend and was sad for a while"
## [72] "I wanted to go shopping but my husband didn't. I talked him into it and we got into a fender bender."
## [73] "I was using and driving and hit another car and drove off. I never knew the outcome of other car or person(s)."
## [74] "I walked too close to a cactus one time. My little brother thought that it was a great idea and followed me, only to get injured by the plant."
## [75] "I spoke up to my cousin when I was very young and she was older. I criticized how she yelled at her kid all the time."
## [76] "When my father was dying, I opted not to make peace with him and did not pay him visits while he was in the hospital. He ended up passing knowing that we were at odds with each other."
## [77] "Breaking off relationship when I went to basic training."
## [78] "The action was getting married when I was young. I didn't know enough about her and it did not turn out well."
## [79] "I gambled way too much in the stock market."
## [80] "When i was much younger, grade school, I was trying to impress a group of guys that I wanted to hang out with. They were the \"cool\" group, or so I thought at the time. One day, when they were in close proximity and could see and hear me, I chose to pick on a kid that I was not particularly fond of, and was more or less an easy target. Dirty, smelled, things I now realize are a result of bad parenting, not the childs fault.. It worked, sorry to say. From that day through high school I hung out with those guys.. I have thought about this and regretted it for all my life."
## [81] "I dropped off a friend who had disclosed that she was feeling upset and overwhelmed, and instead of calling someone or staying with her, I left. She ended up attempting suicide after I left. Though she didn't die, I felt responsible for her actions because I just drove off."
## [82] "I was involved in a car wreck. I was the one driving and the person with me suffered minor injuries."
## [83] "I wasn't fully truthful with a police officer who pulled me over because my car's registration tags were out of date."
## [84] "When I was younger I wrecked my best friend's scooter into a bush and broke off the mirror."
## [85] "In my entire life, I would say breaking a part of my parent's car would be the action that resulted in a negative action I felt responsible for."
## [86] "I rode my motorcycle drunk and chased it."
## [87] "it was when i stole my brothers money and i didn't know he needed it for school"
## [88] "The action I'm thinking of is when I ignored my friend's phone call."
## [89] "Once I was in a school play. I hid some pages of a dirt magazine inside of a prop. The actor who used the prop would see them."
## [90] "I was driving home during a storm and the roads were flooding. I had the opportunity to wait on higher ground in a parking lot, but I thought I would be able to get home before it got worse. I wasn't able to and my car was flooded and ruined."
## [91] "The action I have felt most personally responsible for in my life with a negative outcome was informing others about an individual whose actions I already disapproved in a negative light. Although what I have said may have been true, I felt in retrospect it was not my obligation to portray her as such or even spread this information around."
## [92] "Signed child up for a summer camp that was poorly supervised. He broke his arm."
## [93] "DRINKING AND DRIVING"
## [94] "I tried to clean a spot off the hardwood floor and it caused the floor to change color."
## [95] "I remember when I cheated on my college biology final exam and got expelled because the school has no tolerance for cheating and plagiarism."
## [96] "I put my car in drive instead of reverse and crashed into the garage wall."
## [97] "A decision I made over 2 decades ago to take a job in Los Angeles was a major action which has affected me since."
## [98] "I was away from my kids for three years. My parents had custody of them. Problem is, they weren't prepared for taking care of them either. I didn't find out until I was summoned to family court, where my parents were being charged for child neglect."
## [99] "I treated a past partner poorly and perpetuated a toxic relationship."
## [100] "Me telling my brother to do something stupid."
## [101] "I gave our pet dog to a friend because I did not have the time to take care of him. I was very fond of the dog and thought I was doing what was best for him but have always regretted it."
## [102] "I truly believe that the person I married was a horribly wrong choice."
## [103] "There is a lot - but I think yelling at my dad in Arby's for no reason and making him sad makes me upset everytime I think about it."
## [104] "My mom contracted the flu while she was in the hospital with cancer, and one day I foolishly took off my mask to kiss her when I left from visiting her. I actually contracted the flu from her, and she died a week and a half later, and I never got to see her the last week she was alive because I was contagious with the flu, and she was in a hospice facility."
## [105] "I had a good job and ended up quitting the job because I was frustrated."
## [106] "I said some very cruel things to my brother in the heat of the moment and have always regretted it."
## [107] "I got drunk while on vacation with an ex-boyfriend and got sick on the way home, which led to me being embarrassed and starting a stupid fight with him. It culminated in an embarrassing blowup that led to the end of our relationship pretty soon afterward."
## [108] "When I went away to college, I decided to pledge a fraternity. That action led to me failing out of school."
## [109] "I got pulled over from the police. I may have been drinking but I was not over the limit so I was safe but it scared me."
## [110] "I was playing baseball when I was high school. I decided to take batting practice in the outfield and the muddy outfield caused me to twist my knee causing major injury"
## [111] "I became intimately involved with a married person. Even though they initiated the contact, I was and am responsible for the harm it did to the person's spouse and family."
## [112] "I was dating two men at the same time, and dumped one because the other had more money. That was a huge mistake; the one with more money turned out to be a jerk."
## [113] "I decided to sneak out in high school to meet up with a person i had a crush on, and got into a car accident in the process."
## [114] "I insulted someone. They got upset and assaulted me."
## [115] "I thought of a car accident I caused 2 years ago."
## [116] "I feel responsible for harming my marriage."
## [117] "I went through some very personal struggles, and during that time was a handful to my partner."
## [118] "Not continuing my career after college"
## [119] "As a young girl I sought after attention and desired approval from friends. I did some things I regret doing because I was looking for support and desired friends."
## [120] "I changed my job to one closer to home, but I didn't realize that the new company had more expensive insurance which led me to ending up with lower pay overall."
## [121] "I majored in philosophy in graduate school which led to an inability to find full-time work in that field the rest of my life."
## [122] "The action that I am thinking of was telling a friend a family secret and that friend became angry that I had shared this secret. The negative outcome was that I lost that friend because she felt that I was disloyal to the family member."
## [123] "I decided to wait to get pregnant and am now having difficulties conceiving because of my age."
## [124] "I lost my nursing license due to an opiate addiction over 10 years ago."
## [125] "i once caused my sibling to be be punished for something that i did."
## [126] "The action I feel most responsible for in my whole life is my first marriage. I decided to get married and had a terrible experience. I regret that decision to this day."
## [127] "I did something when I was younger that I will regret for the rest of my life. That's really all I feel comfortable saying."
## [128] "I was mad at my brother so I told him I hated him when it was not true."
## [129] "When I was younger I had the opportunity to join a bigger Law Firm. Had I done so I would have made a lot more money throughout my life and risen in my career"
## [130] "I fathered two children in my 20's. The mother never told me because she was in a relationship. I wish I had been more responsible."
## [131] "I made a mess from dinner needlessly"
## [132] "Being lazy in high school and college by just partying and playing games. It put me behind in life and I had to catch up."
## [133] "My decision to drink to manage my anxiety."
## [134] "I agreed to raise my nephew for a \"few\" months while my teenage sister got out of mental health treatment. It wound up being 17+ years now that I have had him and now he does not have as good a relationship with his mother as he could have had."
## [135] "I feel responsible for selling a bad computer to a friend of mine"
## [136] "Having cosmetic surgery."
## [137] "I never showed my true feelings toward the women I loved."
## [138] "I once forgot my mom's birthday. I forgot to get her a gift and felt really guilty."
## [139] "I was thirteen and invited a friend over that my parents had never met. They were angry and sent her home."
## [140] "I got into a car with someone I shouldn't have. Neither of us was fit to drive. I was lucky to fall asleep. It saved my life."
## [141] "When I was in my 30s, I made a huge mistake. I had an affair with another man. I feel so rotten and guilty inside that I can not stand myself."
## [142] "I failed to pay for the college my child wanted to go to. It was just too expensive but it ended up with a negative outcome."
## [143] "Driving drunk and hitting a home."
## [144] "Dropping out of school when I did really derailed my life for a little bit and put me a little bit behind everyone."
## [145] "I took a new job that ended up very bad, and I was stuck with graveyard shifts."
## [146] "Moving to California when my life was fine in New York. I was reeling after a loss in the family and acted in an impulsive and irresponsible way."
## [147] "getting in an argument and saying thinsg I regretted"
## [148] "I was painting some new nightstands and instead of waiting for the first coat to dry I immediately painted on a second coat. It wound up looking terrible."
## [149] "I got my friend fired for something I said without thinking."
## [150] "I once got into an altercation with my neighbors at my provocation, which ended up causing many many problems for both me and my parents for years to come."
## [151] "Speaking out and creating an awkward situation."
## [152] "I was completely honest with my first supervisor concerning my reservations about my duties"
## [153] "Spending money on credit that I did not have."
## [154] "I was thinking about Hurricane Andrew where a lot of us helicopter pilots waited on the ground while management was trying to get mission sets approved while people went without food and water."
## [155] "I'm thinking of an idea that I exaggerated about someone else."
## [156] "I ate a lot and became out of shape and overweight."
## [157] "No I don't want to describe it, but I'm thinking of it."
## [158] "I feel the most responsible for a friend that relapsed. She has gotten very mean and I don't speak to her anymore."
## [159] "I broke up with a boyfriend to return to my previous husband. This resulted in the boyfriend feeling broken-hearted."
## [160] "About 20 and more years ago , I lived a different life style . I was a drug dealer , and these actions landed me in prison a few times ."
## [161] "During my first semester of junior year in college, I took my midterm exam for my statistics course on Adderall, and I failed the exam. This resulted in me needing to drop the class, or else I would have failed."
## [162] "I pushed my brother off a desk as a child and he broke his arm. It never healed correctly."
## [163] "When I was a teenager, I rode my bike foolishly down a steep hill in the city with friends. I knew the risks, and I caused a crash with my friend and we were both injured."
## [164] "I was working on a creative project with some people and I made a bad decision regarding one of the team members which lead to it falling apart."
## [165] "I meant someone who was married and I regret dating him. He got a divorce and we're not dating anymore."
## [166] "I married my husband and had kids. He's abusive, and I wish I had never taken the action of marrying him."
## [167] "I got involved with a person and I did it as a way to rebel or get back at my parents because I always felt they played favorites when we were growing up."
## [168] "Having hateful words with my grandmother"
## [169] "I never learned how to drive a car when I was a teenager. So now I have to rely on other people for transportation, they don't have any schools near where I live."
## [170] "When I tried to direct a friend in the right direction, and it led him to make worse choices than he desired."
## [171] "I should have tried harder in school, because of my own disinterest and smoking marijuana,I did not progress as I should have."
## [172] "When I was in junior high school, I got into a fight with a kid on the bus. I wish I didn't get into that fight because I ended up getting suspended. Looking back at those years, I should have done a better job to stay out of trouble."
## [173] "I used my friend's car to do chores around the city, but got involved in a car accident and wrecked it."
## [174] "There was a time when I was suffering from stress-induced depression and I acted in ways that were not in keeping with my values. My actions during that time had far reaching consequences, and I deeply regret them."
## [175] "I was dishonest in a work situation which caused someone else to get fired even though it wasn't their fault."
## [176] "I tried to stop a fight and ended up getting beat up."
## [177] "I once tried to help someone on a test and I did not perform well, there for the person I helped did not perform well either. I felt bad, I should have just been honest and told them I did not know what I was doing."
## [178] "Pushed my dad away when he went to kiss me good night, because he'd been drinking. (Just returned from a party. Did not normally drink.) He died of a massive coronary the next day. I was 10."
## [179] "One of my biggest regrets is pursuing a relationship with a woman who I found physically attractive, but also had a strong will and later made issues about everything. I learned too late that I could not handle that kind of personality, so the relationship ended."
## [180] "I was drunk but I drove a car and had an accident."
## [181] "running away from home"
## [182] "I released a child to a grandparent and even though it was a relative, I got in trouble and lost my job because of it."
## [183] "My first relationship as an adult probably would have been far more successful had I not insulted my mate's family members."
## [184] "I choose to be with someone who had all the signs of being an asshole and had bad memories because of it."
## [185] "I once had a sexual relationship with one of my friends, which caused conflict between me and that friend and another one of my friends, which is still brought up to this day."
## [186] "I got into a fight with my brother, he fell off the porch and broke a bone in his arm."
## [187] "I married a man that I knew my family wouldn't approve of and with good reason. The negative outcome was that we lived in poverty and he beat me up regularly."
## [188] "I lied about something to leaders of a group I was in, and as a result, they kicked me out of the group."
## [189] "I dropped mom's favorite vase and broke it."
## [190] "An action that I did that I felt most personally responsible for in my entire life was when my little sister got hurt because I did not watch over her closely enough. I was smashing rocks with a hammer, and I didn't see her reach her hand in to grab one of the rocks before I lowered the hammer and hit her hand."
## [191] "I took action to stage a scenario so that it seemed that another individual broke a peer’s iPhone even though I was the one who had broken it."
## [192] "I went to graduate school when there wasn't much for employment opportunities. This resulted in me being even more \"pigeon-holed\" for what I \"could\" do and left with few opportunites."
## [193] "One thing that happened was when I ended up paying my mother's court fees and she still hasn't learned her lesson."
## [194] "I chose to speed on the highway. I got a ticket for speeeding."
## [195] "I once drunkenly used a rope swing at a trip to the springs, and I nearly broke my finger. I never got it looked at but it took months for it to bend properly."
## [196] "I took out a home equity line of credit to use for investing."
## [197] "I listened to the advice of a more experienced colleague when I knew deep down that it was not the most ethical thing to do. This colleague was in an administrative position."
## [198] "One time I cheated on an ex girlfriend and she found out."
## [199] "The action I am thinking of is when I divorced my son's father over three decades ago. The negative outcome was my own financial woes as well as lacking the support from my own family who turned against me."
## [200] "Writing in complete sentences is one way to ensure that you communicate well. This section covers how to recognize and write basic sentence"
## [201] "I went to college and got a degree that I was not passionate about and had a hard time finding a job. I was left with a lot of debt as well."
## [202] "I once had a crush on a friend's girlfriend, and when they broke up I made a pass at her which she rejected."
## [203] "Lost money in market."
## [204] "I left my wife and we were separated for a year."
## [205] "I decided to go to cosmetology school instead of college. I no longer work in the hair industry (it sucked) and have no real skill set to fall back on now."
## [206] "I decided it would be in my best interest to end a very good relationship with someone and also quit my good paying job to move to another state because my brother told me it would be a good idea."
## [207] "I participated in a lawsuit between my mom and dad that resulted in an estrangement from my father for over 2 years."
## [208] "Ruining a relationship because I was afraid of being hurt or hurting someone else."
## [209] "I tried to speak to the father of my oldest child which ended up being a regret"
## [210] "I decided to take a joint with me to visit my cousin. I wound up in a checkpoint (it was a holiday) and got a felony for the Cannabis which resulted in three years in prison."
## [211] "I quit my job spontaneously one day because I really hated it. I had nothing else lined up. I ended up being out of work for a few months. Money was running out."
## [212] " The action I've thought of that had a negative outcome that resulted from me taking action. was a one-night stand I had with a woman 26 years ago."
## [213] "when I was younger and played with matches I set a fire to a bush outside our home. I've always regretted that but never owed up to it"
## [214] "My husband is my children's stepfather. My youngest daughter and him had a falling out. We live in to different states. I tried to get them together in one room hoping they would make up. It did not turn out the way I wanted it to."
## [215] "NOT ATTENDING COLLEGE"
## [216] "Getting into an argument with my husband"
## [217] "Getting remarried just so I could have a nice home"
## [218] "I regret telling a love one that I hated them. They ended up passing away soon after and I was unable to tell them that I actually loved them."
## [219] "When I was young I started to party quite a bit."
## [220] "I broke up with my previous partner and this hurt them very badly."
## [221] "I bought weed from a friend around new year 2021. The weed was laced with PCP and I had a very bad experience where I believed I was dying . This resulted in my in the middle of a residential street screaming at the top of my lungs while ripping my clothes off for all to see. I"
## [222] "My parents divorced when I began college. Somehow I felt they should try couples therapy as I was not mature enough to understand the divorce was the best option and everyone would have been happier. I regret asking them to try to stay together when it was so obvious they should be apart and I was being selfish."
## [223] "I regret having unjustly hit others or having said something nasty to them a few times in life."
## [224] "MY SON CAME HOME AND TOLD ME THAT HIS TEACHER WAS SHOWING FAVORITISM. SO I CALLED THE SCHOOL TO HAVE A PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE. TURNS OUT MY SON DIDN'T TELL ME THE WHOLE STORY, SO I FELT BAD FOR BEING ANGRY WITH THE TEACHER."
## [225] "I did something that hurt someone I loved very much and changed our relationship forever."
## [226] "I guess the the action I feel most responsible with is when I was in College I broke up with a girl and I knew she had mental issues when breaking up and I didn't go check on her and she tried to kill herself."
## [227] "Last January, I vaulted over the short wall in my carport and landed wrong, severely spraining my MCL. I have had knee pain ever since."
## [228] "I lost custody of my oldest daughter because my parents didn't approve of a guy I was dating at the time."
## [229] "When I was pregnant with triplets I had a miscarriage and lost one of the babies. I think I was working too much and not taking care of myself properly."
## [230] "The most important aspect of taking responsibility for your life is to acknowledge that your life is your responsibility. No one can live your life for you. You are in charge. No matter how hard you try to blame others for the events of your life, each event is the result of choices you made and are making.\n"
## [231] "I was driving home and hit a dog. I wasn’t going faster than the speed limit and I never saw it coming ."
## [232] "I told Ami my feelings for her in an ill-chosen way."
## [233] "I liked to indulge myself and it fueled my addictive personality and behavior."
## [234] "Should not have gotten married at age 18. Really bad choice entire life."
## [235] "I pushed my parents to get a divorce. Even though it was the best decision, it caused my father to become suicidal and my mom's narcissistic tendencies to show. I feel I caused \"dominoes to fall\" in the scenario and caused the worst outcomes."
## [236] "I used an unnecessary beauty product that caused me to get sick."
## [237] "I would just say not being present for my girlfriend. We're going through a rough time and she was having an abortion. It was very troubling the action I took was just not to take action."
## [238] "I think it was the time we went to the store and I ended up running into a woman with my shopping cart and hurting her."
## [239] "when i decided to took a job in a company around 10 years ago, as it went under just 18 months later, and i had a hard time finding a job afterwards"
## [240] "I quit college after going for roughly one full year."
## [241] "Back in the 1980’s I drank a lot of alcohol, and had a wreck while drinking and driving."
## [242] "Drank beer underage and was caught by the police for minor in consumption. a night in jail and a long string of probation that I kept violating."
## [243] "I felt that it was unfair that the interns were not given company sweatshirts (or anything warm) but could not wear anything not from the company (like a jacket), even though it was around 30 degrees outside and we worked outside. This resulted in the people that I spoke to seeing me negatively and negatively affecting my \"grade\" after the internship."
## [244] "i didnt accept the job i wanted"
## [245] "I yelled at my husband in front of my kids and my kids still remember it."
## [246] "While in flight attendant school, I failed to read the manual on arrival. Half way throught the program, I decided to skip an exercise class in the evening in order to study for the next day's test. I was sent home because they said that skipped class was equivalent to not showing up for a flight. I regret not having read the manual and more so for skipping the class which I didn't know was mandatory."
## [247] "When I went to college I took out unnecessary loans, now I am repaying what I didn't need to."
## [248] "Deciding to marry my first spouse was something I really should have thought through more before going through with it."
## [249] "I'm thinking about when I chose to have surgery when I was 17."
## [250] "My whole adult life, I abused drugs and alcohol, which caused me many, many problems."
## [251] "I bought a house to have a place for my family to live"
## [252] "Lying to my ex about an argument we were having"
## [253] "I had a decision to make a good career choice while i was in a university and i ended up going for a liberal arts degree instead of a STEM field. I ended up struggling financially much of my adult career life."
## [254] " I feel totally responsible for enabling my first born son to manipulate me into favoring him because he was born on my birthday. Because I allow him to manipulate me and pressure me into giving him what he does not deserve has prevented him from being the responsible adult that he should have become."
## [255] "Choosing to date someone that I didn't really like. I felt a bit pressured but I figured I'd give it a shot."
## [256] "I remarried a man that was a total fraud. He spent my entire estate and left me broke. I had 3 young sons that I severely changed our life by making the decision to marry this man. He was nothing that he pretended to be."
## [257] "I have always felt guilty about impulsively buying our first house that required a lot of work. As a result, we wasted a lot of money fixing things that negatively affected our finances."
## [258] "I verbally said some things that I shouldn't have said about co workers This resulted in my leaving my job"
## [259] " I mind it but in order to get rid of bad relationship I had to block the person."
## [260] "Now we are on topic. It was 31 years ago and I broke my wife's heart into a million pieces. I never knew until that moment when I looked into her eyes and knew I shattered her whole world. I never knew I could ever hurt someone I loved so much in my life. I could not image in my selfishness that I would destroy another person, I would destroy how my wife looked at me and felt about for years to come."
## [261] "Choosing to take my son to a local hospital instead of taking him to the best hospital for him."
## [262] "Way back college, I was very liberated. I engaged in sex with different boys. Then i got pregnant. I was very anxious what to do. Then I decided to have abortion. Then after that, I went through different negativity from not passing my exam all the misfortunes i had."
## [263] "I let my cat outside and he was killed."
## [264] "I took a job in a new state and my family moved with me. The job did not work out, and I felt responsible for moving my family when I should not have."
## [265] "I made a decision to pull money from my 401 to redo our kitchen in our home. This decision was stupid as it resulted in a huge tax debt that I am still paying on."
## [266] "When a small child, I was skipping stone at the beach and was not being careful. I hit a small child in the middle of the forehead causing a lot of blood and hurting her badly."
## [267] "I feel most responsible for the divorce between me and my husband."
## [268] "I acted on my feelings for someone a very long time ago, and that resulted in a breakup."
## [269] "I was a drug addict for 20 years or more. Everyday I took the action to use drugs. I suffered a great deal of hardship because of this decision."
## [270] "I WAS FIRED FROM A JOB FOR STEALING FOOD. I WORKED AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND I WERE GIVING EACH OTHER FREE MEALS INSTEAD OF CHARGING PROPERLY FOR THE FOOD."
## [271] "I forced my oldest son to participate in my younger son's cub scout pack. My oldest was not good with his younger brother and he treated him horribly."
## [272] "I attempted suicide as a teenager after an incident with a boy. He wanted me to sleep with his friend and I'm not sure if I did or not, but I took a bottle of pills after the incident."
## [273] "When my brother and sister in law were divorced I wish I would have talked more openly with him about everything in the beginning. There was limited communication and things got ugly."
## [274] "Getting behind the wheel while I was drunk and crashing my car."
## [275] "An action was when I should of taken a higher paying job and been happy."
## [276] "I decided to resign from my job. I did not tell my closest coworker ahead of time. He was very upset with my decision."
## [277] "A family member hurt my feelings when discussing an important issue. I spoke my feelings and we didn't speak for awhile."
## [278] "Getting a partial facelift that involved not being fully knocked out that has left me with chronic neck pain for the past 18 years."
## [279] "I feel guilty that I eloped. It was an action that excluded my family and they were angry for a long time. They did not want me to get married, but I still feel guilt for running off."
## [280] "I decided to invest a lot of money in a business. I did not may close attention and lost a lot of money."
## [281] "going to graduate school"
## [282] "Inadvertent action from me that caused my daughter to break her leg when she was very young."
## [283] "I remember committing an act of vandalism when I was young. I draw some pictures on the bricks on the outside of my elementary school. I felt super guilty after a while. I thought I would be arrested. I returned with the intent of cleaning it, but it was already gone. I got in trouble with my parents because I admitted it to them, but never any issue with my school"
## [284] "My friend's girlfriend began hitting on me, and I let her, and in doing so I broke his trust and he stopped being friends with me permanently."
## [285] "When I was in my twenties I got a DUI and I ended up getting in an accident."
## [286] "I was responsible for making some bad choices gambling on sports. I lost a ton of money and it was not a good thing at all. I was very unhappy with my choices."
## [287] "One of my friends had a crush on a girl, I had met through him. She went home with me and he ended up being really mad after I had told him. I did not know he liked her, and it changed our relationship."
## [288] "I listened to my parents who told me that I shouldn't pursue music in education."
## [289] "I left the lake one night when I knew I was intoxicated. I chose to leave because I wanted to go to sleep and ignored my friend. Resulted in a deserved DWI."
## [290] "I told my nephew that 400 mg of caffeine would like improve his athletic performance and instead he negatively reacted to it, decreasing his performance substantially."
## [291] "i am thinking about when my girlfriend caught me cheating on her."
## [292] "I quit a band that later went on to do somewhat well and sold a lot of albums."
## [293] "I weigh more because I eat too much food that is unhealthy."
## [294] "I had introduced my friend to a girl but it turned out the girl had mental issues and caused my friend to fall in to depression and anxiety."
## [295] "I was once married but lead to divorce, due to my inability to sincerely listen to and understand my wife's desires to have children."
## [296] "I cheated on my wife with another woman."
## [297] "I drank too much and lost a lot because of it. I lost my children for a while and my oldest daughter has emotional issues because of this."
## [298] "Getting angry with a friend and then punching him in the face repeatedly. I ended up losing 5 friends because of that one mistake."
## [299] "buying the house that I bought. It turned out to be in a neighborhood that had crappy schools and that impacted my kids. I could have bought in a better neighborhood but I was cheap and thought it would be ok."
## [300] "One action was buying a house at the height of the market. Then a year later the market crashed and we had to foreclose on our house because it was worth half of what we bought it for. I feel responsible for this because at the time my husband wanted to hold off on buying for a little while and stay in his apartment, but it was small and I pushed to buy something bigger."
## [301] "I quit college just before the end of my first year due to personal reasons."
## [302] "I am a farmer and we had one bad year where there was a severe drought. I decided to sell my dairy herd because I didn't have enough feed for them, but I should have bought enough feed to get them through the winter."
## [303] "Yes, I have an action in mind. I don't want to give personal details."
## [304] "I told somebody a poor opinion that I had of one of their friends and was cut out of a friend group."
## [305] "I was speeding and given a ticket from the highway patrol."
## [306] "i let an older married man i knew from church take of my clothes and touch me when i was a teenager"
## [307] "I didn't look as I pulled out onto the road at 17 and hit a person on a motorcycle. He had complications for the rest of his life due to me not paying attention."
## [308] "I had an affair with a friend while he was in another relationship and I was not. This resulted in the loss of the friendship."
## [309] "Honestly any of my actions that were bad, I can still see something positive from. So that makes this hard. I suppose speeding and getting a ticket is my action."
## [310] "I rear-ended a guy one time. My truck was older than his and the radiator busted. His truck had minor damage. I ended up buying a new truck and he actually bought my truck."
## [311] "I am thinking of taking a job at United States Steel upon graduating from High School. I ended up hating the job and feeling stuck at it."
## [312] "I did not finish college. I feel that this has greatly impacted my life because I do not have the job that I truly wanted."
## [313] "Unfortunately I’m thinking of getting married to someone who was extremely self destructive. It had a chilling impact on my life."
## [314] "I cheated on my spouse."
## [315] "An action I did that had a negative consequence was choosing to stay living with my mom instead of moving in with my dad"
## [316] "I had crib notes for a test in high school that I had put in the pocket of my jacket as a back-up in case I didn't remember something. But I loaned the jacket to my friend before and during the test, and she found the note in the pocket and confronted me. It was humiliating and I was deeply ashamed. I hadn't cheated on the test, but I could have."
## [317] "There are things that you will encounter in life that are completely out of your control. And then there are things that you can control.\n\nThe aspects about yourself that you can control are patience, steadfastness, responsibility, and strength. Through these personal ventures, you will experience love, compassion, luck, light, liberty, life, and trust.\n\nThe first step towards success is recognizing that you have the power to change. Once recognized, you’ll see the full spectrum of steps ahead of you.\n\nTaking full responsibility in the failures and successes helps you become self-aware enough in order to think ahead. Avoiding responsibility tends to help you create subtle excuses that you don’t realize that you are hiding behind of. Over time facing the truth becomes more difficult which inevitably stifles your personal growth.\n\nYour recognition in power to change is manifested through the inertia of effort and intention.\n\nWhen you recognize that light vs. dark does not exist in conflict but instead are merely reflections of each other that are within you and outside of you, you will know how to direct your effort and intention in the right way in order to navigate into your success."
## [318] "MOving away from my family for college and being a complete failure there."
## [319] "My father-in-law was in the hospital and I left his side to pick up my son at the airport. Instead of returning to the hospital, I took my son home. That night, my father-in-law died. Had I taken my son to the hospital he could have seen his grandfather one more time."
## [320] "I broke up with a significant other and shortly after began dating a person who lived with her."
## [321] "I was involved with a person that I thought I loved. I was advised by my dad to not get involved with this person, but I did it anyway."
## [322] "I once blurted out a spoiler to someone without thinking ahead about the fact that they may like to be surprised"
## [323] "i dropped out of college to start my own business and later came to regret it once i found myself back in the workforce @20 years later."
## [324] "When I started working, I borrowed a lot of money and my parents had to help me pay off the debt."
## [325] "I broke up with a great guy and hurt him."
## [326] "I've decided to spend college money that I saved up on treats for my children since they said they didnt want to go to college anymore. Later, they changed their minds and I couldn't afford to pay for it. My children lost a future due to my stupidity."
## [327] "I introduced my dad's business partner to a friend who needed money to invest in a restaurant. I told my dad's business partner that this friend was trust worthy and a good restauranteur."
## [328] "I decided to be careless and drink and drive - got a dui and made it worse by not cooperating with police."
## [329] "I moved to Raleigh to follow a man which hurt my family."
## [330] "When I left my elementary PE job to go coach and teach at a big 5A school."
## [331] "I left my friends wedding without saying goodbye or leaving a gift."
## [332] "I filed for divorce."
## [333] "I continued to have a relationship with a unhealthy person who lies constantly. I had regrets years ago and asked advice from family and friends. Turned out to be bad advice and I should have ended my relationship years ago."
## [334] "Beginning a relationship when I was already committed to (in a way - but not actually dating) someone else."
## [335] "I engaged in some behaviors during my early post-college years that were not compatible with my worldview based on Biblical principles."
## [336] "I went to a college that was not the right fit for me because I didn't want to put effort into thinking about other options."
## [337] "Drinking. When my kids were growing up, I missed out on alot of quality time because I was drinking and drunk. Now that my kids are grown, I have stopped drinking and have a better quality of life. I wished I was able to stop sooner because I missed out ......."
## [338] "I filed for divorce from my husband several years ago. We had a daughter together and I feel responsible for breaking up our family."
## [339] "I had my husband get ahold of his parents at one point because we were having financial difficulties. It would have been for a small sum of money, but they did not help us out. I wished we had never asked them."
## [340] "I am thinking of the time that I used our joint money to gamble on some sports games. It made me feel ashamed."
## [341] "The most negative decision I ever made was to enter a relationship with my now ex-spouse."
## [342] "I made a move on a good friend of mine that resulted in our friendship being ruined"
## [343] "I got a DUI in 2004 and hit the car in front of me. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously hurt."
## [344] "I started drinking heavily and nearly lost everything."
## [345] "The action I am thinking of is when I accused my co worker of stealing from our organizations donation box."
## [346] "When I was very young I let my dog go outside and play. We lived in the country. My sister drove up the drive way a few minutes later and hit and killed him. It was hard on both of us."
## [347] "I don't have a relationship with my parents. Because of that my kids have not known their grandparents."
## [348] "I chose to marry my exwife in 2003, I was responsible for that and should have looked around the edges of her life."
## [349] "Starting smoking when I was younger. I wish I never would've started and therefore, would not still struggle with it."
## [350] "I did not manage my weight through out my life and that may have led to my vein issuse"
## [351] "I hung around bad kids in my neighborhood when I was younger. I made stupid poor choices, causing my parents to pay for them at the time."
## [352] "I drove home from a bar, drunk. I got pulled over and got a DUI and lost my job and lost my license."
## [353] "I chose to be a music major. I chose this as my career path. I also have a degree in psychology. I regret not becoming a psychologist, because I would have been a lot more financially secure by now."
## [354] "Once I acted childishly by leaving notes and putting the fish tank in the bathroom, where my roommate would have to see it and take care of her pet. We both acted childishly, but maybe if one of us hadn't we wouldn't have lost our friendship."
## [355] "I married my ex-wife. I spent years in an unhappy relationship until I was able to get out from under it."
## [356] "When I was young I participated in bullying another girl at school, I have always felt bad about that."
## [357] "I kept my kids in public school"
## [358] "I had passed out from my college and was scheduled for interviews with big firms as per my qualification. Most reputed companies came but I was looking specially from finance sector which was my forte. I deliberately goofed up my interview with one of the firm and later I realized that the firm had actually come for the profile which I was looking for. I was sole responsible for the act."
## [359] "Dropping out of school was probably the dumbest decision I feel responsible for in my whole life."
## [360] "I ceased all contacts with a friend. It was my decision to cut them out of my life, and I followed through by never talking to, nor seeing this person again."
## [361] "reported something at work to supervisors. some one was fired because of it."
## [362] "When I was a dumb teenager, I took my Dad's car for a \"spin\" in a field, and it got stuck in the mud."
## [363] "Not going as far as I wanted to in my sports career."
## [364] "I chose to get drunk one time when I was 18 which led to a bunch of bad decisions on a night that led to my arrest"
## [365] "I stole from a store years ago as a teenager and was caught by a police officer. It went on my record and I was banned from the store."
## [366] "Made the decision to quit college and move to my fathers in another state, never should of done that."
## [367] "I wanted to help people I knew who were being harassed online. Instead, the people trolling my friends told lies about me."
## [368] "When we were both very young, I was trying to make my older sibling flinch. I swung my arm at their head but couldn't stop it in time, so I ended up hitting them."
## [369] "I cheated on my boyfriend while I was in college and he was away."
## [370] "I broke up with somebody in a rather cruel way."
## [371] "Thinking about it is hard but briefly, it always hurts and it is always sad"
## [372] "I declined to fill out something at my last job, and believe I was let go as a result. I felt it compromised my privacy and refused to sign the paper they wanted me to."
## [373] "Pursuing and choosing the wrong major at university, which set in motion years/ decades of searching for the best or ideal role in life and career path."
## [374] "I took an temporary job assignment, when I could have taken a permanent one. Which would have gave me not only money but also medical benefits."
## [375] "Treating my ex girlfriend 15 yeasr ago like crap. not being very nice"
## [376] "Recently, I administered medication for a chronic disease with which I have lived for most of my life. However, I administered an incorrect dose and wound up having a seizure!"
## [377] "Taking my dad to a specific hospital and suggesting he go to a doctor that ended up making a mistake and lead to his death directly. I feel responsible for his death because i took him to a specific doctor that he didn't even want to go to."
## [378] "I decided to build a house with a certain builder. I changed my mind and lost the $5000 deposit."
## [379] "I chose to go to an expensive graduate program, and now I am in tons of school debt."
## [380] "I stole my grandmas pain meds"
## [381] "I did something that was very hurtful to a friend and because of that it affected our relationship and after that, our friendship is not as close as it was before"
## [382] "Thinking about when I lied about something."
## [383] "buying tickets for a dodgers game that came out to cost over $2000"
## [384] "I was too clingy in my last serious relationship. That is what ruined it."
## [385] "I married a man I didn't really know because he love-bombed me."
## [386] "i got arrested for marijuana when i was 19 and it was my fault for not being more careful."
## [387] "The action I am thinking of is about getting involved with the wrong person."
## [388] "After losing brakes on my case, I should have simply collided with one vehicle in front of me. Instead, I panicked and swerved and hit multiple vehicles"
## [389] "I chose to go to Business School even though I had not particular interest in it. I did it because I thought it would help me to get a good job--any good job. This was the only reason."
## [390] "When I was a little kid I dropped a large rock on a neighbor's head. They needed stitches. I don't know why I did it but it hurt them."
## [391] "I said some things to my brother and sister in law that forever effected our relationship."
## [392] "I can't think of any action that I feel responsible for"
## [393] "I gave my little nephew meat to eat that I hadn't cut small enough and he choked."
## [394] "I decided to drive my vehicle with expired plates."
## [395] "Thinking about a lie I told a close family member."
## [396] "The last time I spoke to my mother we argued. I have always regretted that event. I wish I could take that action back and I think about that everyday."
## [397] "getting married despite having doubts about the person I was marrying"
## [398] "I feel most responsible for letting a close friendship go by the wayside because of an active grudge I was/am holding against them."
## [399] "Blaming something on a sibling that they didn’t do."
## [400] "I once tried to sneak holding up my middle finger in a class photo in high school. It was noticed and I received the worst punishment of my entire educational life."
## [401] "I chose to take a risk and put my focus on my relationship over finding a new job quickly. As a result, I am having trouble finding a job because of the date in which I last worked (related to my degree), which is a five month period."
## [402] "Something negative that I've felt responsible for is allowing my children to constantly hear my husband and me fighting about his lack of finances."
## [403] "I had just gotten my drivers license and was taking my younger cousins for ice cream. One of them mentioned that I was too close to a car and I ignored them and ended up hitting it."
## [404] "Tommy's death causes me great guilt."
## [405] "I dropped out of school"
## [406] "telling a boss ill consider it but did not and just ened up giving them what they wanted and lead to nothing good"
## [407] "I reported an employee's concerning comments to the general manager of our company and he was fired. I've always wondered what would have happened had I given him a second chance."
## [408] "I worked as a secretary with a supervisor who was drinking on the job. There were some severe consequences to her actions done while drinking and I had to report her to our supervisor."
## [409] "I decided to go to the hardest possible college due to its name. I feel so much regret because I hated my college years so much, I developed horrible anxiety, and I didn't do well in my classes."
## [410] "I am responsible for divorcing my daughters biological father. Resulting in an absent father."
## [411] "It would have to be getting into a physical fight with my ex wife. She did not do anything wrong and I was drunk."
## [412] "I got into too much credit card debt."
## [413] "When I was a kid something bad happened to my sister. If I hadn't said anything; it would have been me."
## [414] "A few years ago while going through a separation with my childrens father I started to drink quite heavily when the kids would be with him for visitation. One weekend while they were at their dads I went out drinking. I don't really remember a whole lot just mostly bits and pieces but I do know that I drank a huge bottle of vodka. I ended up getting upset with someone whos house I was at and I left to go home. Next thing I know from leaving their house I wake up in jail. I wrecked my vehicle and got a dui."
## [415] "I recently admitted to doing something wrong about 10 years ago and now my wife wants a divorce."
## [416] "I was young and overweight and had low self-confidence. I married the only guy that ever paid attention to me but he did not treat me nice, I didn’t love him and I should’ve never married him and I had to tolerate him for all those years."
## [417] "When a coyote killed one of the outside kittens, I took the two remaining kittens to a shelter. The shelter then TNRed them and left them behind a Walmart instead of adopting them out like they said they would. We found them both again, brought them back home and have built an enclosure to keep them and others safe at night now, but I felt terrible that they were put in such danger."
## [418] "I offended a friend by insisting on having my own way without listening to her."
## [419] "The first and worst thing that comes to mind is the time that I went on a week-long xanax and alcohol binge, in which I remember nothing but ended up drinking all the alcohol in the house and getting kicked out."
## [420] "I am thinking of when I was driving a bit fast and my mirror hit another car. I felt responsible and then had to deal with the negative outcome of my hanging passenger side mirror."
## [421] "Marrying a man who was an alcoholic and didn't work."
## [422] "An argument with a friend several years ago still impacts our friendship today."
## [423] "I drank myself almost black out drank then drove home while that drunk."
## [424] "I started smoking as a young adult."
## [425] "The action I am thinking of is when I transferred out of my four year college to pursue a degree in nursing. I was on the softball team and it was my senior year. I was the starting third basemen. I felt as if I really let my team down."
## [426] "Big mistake marrying my second now ex-husband"
## [427] "I am thinking about when I hired someone for a job and I was not entirely sure of their qualifications. I hired them despite my reservations about them and they were not a good employee."
## [428] "I ran a small business for 15 years and hired an ex con against my will and thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt. I was sorely mistaken when it was discovered she had been stealing and was gone before she could be charged."
## [429] "I have an action in mind. I would rather not share it with strangers."
## [430] "When I was still a teenager I was driving too fast in inclement weather. I lost control and caused another car to crash into me."
## [431] "When we were kids, due to some decisions I made, another kid got hurt real bad. I was trying to fit in, so I told some of the kids that another boy had been talking bad about them."
## [432] "I suppose an action I took as a young woman was to accept the proposal of marriage to a man who never intended to be a partner."
## [433] "During the financial crash of 2008, I decided to change my investment portfolio and ended up losing almost all of my gains/savings."
## [434] "Moving my mom to a nursing home that was closer to me. They didn't take good care of her and she passed away."
## [435] "In college, I chose an education major instead of a computer related one."
## [436] "I think that in my entire life, the thing i regret most is inaction."
## [437] "I said something horrible to my mom. I should be shot. I will never forgive myself for what I did."
## [438] "I entered into a relationship with my best friend in prison."
## [439] "Well, when I was 21 I was hanging with a kind of undesirable crowd, I ended up deciding to join them one night when they broke into one of their jobs and stole 10,000. Even though I didn't physically help or benefit, I chose to be there and I am sure you already know the outcome, burglary & larceny charges."
## [440] "I tried to confront a friend about something they did that I didn't approve of, and it backfired. They ended up getting really offended and our friendship went sour for a long time."
## [441] "I should not have chosen the high school I picked as the atmosphere was not the best."
## [442] "I stopped going to college when I met my husband. I was so close to finishing and I met him and got caught up in our relationship and didn't care about school anymore"
## [443] "I chose to work at an organization that over decades became much less desirable, but I chose to stay. It was a bad decision in terms of my career and family financies."
## [444] "one time when I worked with this girl she did something in the workplace that was not okay, it wasn't horrible or life-threatening but I did go to the boss and told the boss what happened the girl ended up getting fired and she lost her home. I often think if I didn't say anything she would have been fine."
## [445] "I lost more money than I intended to while gambling."
## [446] "I made an error at work that caused me to lose my job. This caused financial stress for my family and took about a month to find another job."
## [447] "When I was in my 20's, I charged up a lot of debt on my credit cards. By the end of my 20's, I was almost 100K in debt."
## [448] "Getting married to and staying with someone I was not happy with just because we had children. It resulted in years of unhappiness for both of us and our children."
## [449] "I would prefer not to discuss the action, though I do have one in mind."
## [450] "I was backing up too quickly out of the driveway when the sun was in my eyes, and I hit my own mailbox."
## [451] "I broke someone's trust and they were upset with me for a long time."
## [452] "Procrastinating doing an assignment"
## [453] "Going on a trip that resulted in us going into labor 12 weeks early."
## [454] "I was unfaithful to a previous partner. I was tempted by an ex that came into town for a holiday."
excl_iin_lifegr8actresdes <- c("I did not get a degree in Computer Science. I could have had a real good job.", "When my father was dying, I opted not to make peace with him and did not pay him visits while he was in the hospital. He ended up passing knowing that we were at odds with each other.", "When I was younger I had the opportunity to join a bigger Law Firm. Had I done so I would have made a lot more money throughout my life and risen in my career", "I once forgot my mom's birthday. I forgot to get her a gift and felt really guilty.", "I failed to pay for the college my child wanted to go to. It was just too expensive but it ended up with a negative outcome.", "I never learned how to drive a car when I was a teenager. So now I have to rely on other people for transportation, they don't have any schools near where I live.", "Writing in complete sentences is one way to ensure that you communicate well. This section covers how to recognize and write basic sentence", "NOT ATTENDING COLLEGE", "I would just say not being present for my girlfriend. We're going through a rough time and she was having an abortion. It was very troubling the action I took was just not to take action.", "I can't think of any action that I feel responsible for")
datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8actresdes <- datagmr %>% filter(!(lifegr8actresdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8actresdes))
## Then exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no responsibility responses for life greatest inaction responsibility
unique(datagmr$lifegr8inactresdes)
## [1] "I missed out on going on a trip with some friends because I didn't want to make the financial contribution."
## [2] "I didn't pay my lawn service to aerate my lawn in the fall last year. But it really needed it. So I bought a manual aerator that required a lot of physical labor and did it myself. I regretted that as it was a lot of time consuming, painful physical work."
## [3] ""
## [4] "Yes, I think when I quit my graphic design job of 10 years to attempt to go into business for myself. I should've had a better plan and a timeline, after which I would return to my job. I did not have a plan and did not return to regular employment right away. This caused untold damages to my life and my son's."
## [5] "An inaction that resulted in a negative outcome that I feel most personally responsible fro in my entire life is not standing up to a bully in school."
## [6] "I didn't convince a friend of mine to take it easy and just enjoy relaxing and not go out as much."
## [7] "I didn't speak up when my brother was trying to get a fish hook out of a tree with his bare hands and no knife. He ended up with a bad infection in the hospital."
## [8] "Failing to report my single parent's dating partner to my grandparents and/or the police."
## [9] "I didn't put a relative in their place in regard to me and my boundaries, and it dragged out unpleasantness. It would've been better to just have the difficult conversation rather than avoid it."
## [10] "I didn’t stop a friend from driving when I knew they were too intoxicated to drive."
## [11] "When I was fired from a position at a start-up company."
## [12] "I did not step up to the plate and get another job for too long a period after my girlfriend and I broke up."
## [13] "Not choosing to take action and lose weight."
## [14] "The inaction of finishing school and getting a degree. This caused me to have to work low paying jobs and factory work."
## [15] "I decided against going into work one day near the holidays and it caused my entire team to have to work overtime."
## [16] "In my early 20s I had a very good platonic relationship with a girl that could have been my girlfriend or even my wife. We later both found out that we had crushes on each other but I didn't make a move on her."
## [17] "I didn't take more time to spend with my son after he was born. I immediately went back to work and I should have cut back my hours so that I could have spent more time forming a bond with my son."
## [18] "I allowed my older son to miss his curfew and come home intoxicated without any penalty."
## [19] "I did not ask for a divorce after my marriage had gone south with the mistaken idea that it would be better for the children. It wasn't."
## [20] "I did not move away from the situation above despite it taking an emotional toll."
## [21] "It has snowed here today, and I really need to clear the snow off of the windshield before I must leave. I just don't want to do it."
## [22] "Failing to pay off a credit card, which resulted in bad reports to my credit."
## [23] "I lost out on a job because I was unprepared for the interview."
## [24] "It was hard to make decision where to live."
## [25] "I should have took better care of my body when I was a kid."
## [26] "I did not take some wise advice that was offered to me, and my life took a negative turn as a result."
## [27] "I did not meet with my boss more to discuss our bad relationship and my job got worse."
## [28] "I stood by while a friend was getting beat up by thugs because I didn't want to get involved myself."
## [29] "I thought about not investing earlier in my life."
## [30] "I had a health concern and instead of taking action when I first thought there might be a problem, I did not take action, and that led to an undesired outcome that I feel responsible for."
## [31] "I have a friend who got into a fight with another person. I didn't do anything to stop the fight and while my friend was fighting the police arrived and arrested my friend along with the other person. My friend ended up staying in jail for 6 months."
## [32] "I did not report an instance of bullying which I should have and the person killed themselves."
## [33] "I had an opportunity to get a job while I was working at a previous position. I did not take the opportunity"
## [34] "At my previous job working with children, I did not live up to one parent's expectations and that made me feel awful. Even though I had many other happy parents, having one angry with me for just doing my job was difficult to handle."
## [35] "Not applying for a job I wanted and a friend got it instead."
## [36] "There have been people in my life who have needed help before, and I didn't put in the amount of effort for helping them that I think I was capable of. I think I could have did a lot more to help them. It makes me feel sad when I think back about some of these incidents."
## [37] "I didn't leave this guy I was dating at the time when I knew that I should, wasting my life."
## [38] "I saw my nephew playing and running in the garage while it was raining outside and in the back of my mind I was thinking maybe I should tell him to stop because he can slip and fall because of the water coming in to the garage and he end up falling on his face and having to go to emergency room because of a knot that kept getting bigger and bigger by the second."
## [39] "I did not put my foot down in a past relationship when I knew for a fact that my boyfriend was cheating on me because I cared for him and wanted our relationship to work.."
## [40] "I regret not confronting my sisters when they decided to break the family apart."
## [41] "While my daughter was growing up my stepson would visit during the summer. At the time I knew he had issues with his mother and his hormones would show themselves at times, particularly one time and I never told my husband. This would lead to something that has ruined my daughters life now as an adult."
## [42] "I failed to give any helpful advice or adequate support to someone struggling mentally which led to them getting mad at me"
## [43] "By not going to the restaurant anymore, they are losing business because of me."
## [44] "The inaction I am thinking of is not pressing my husband to take his bipolar medication during our 30 year marriage."
## [45] "I wished I had majored in accounting in college."
## [46] "Actually not keeping in contact."
## [47] "I didn't spend enough time with my parents before they died."
## [48] "I didn't make my child join a sport as a child when they refused"
## [49] "One big inaction was me not telling my Dad that I love him. He was in the hospital on his deathbed and I just wish that I had said I love you. I felt like he is in a coma and would not have understood me anyway. But it is a big regret."
## [50] "I did not act responsibly with my college experience. I wasted money and time and did not follow through."
## [51] "I let a colleague get away with cheating when I should have reported it."
## [52] "Not going to my friend's wedding. I feel like it had a negative impact on our relationship."
## [53] "I am think about perhaps giving up drinking."
## [54] "I could possibly have prevented someone from ending their life by calling 911 sooner."
## [55] "I did not let a man know to watch out and he tripped and fell down. There was a hole in the ground but I failed to warn him."
## [56] "I didn't put sufficient effort into a job I had. After some months passed, they fired me."
## [57] "Perhaps if I had talked to this person more about what they were going through at the time, it would have ended up better for them."
## [58] "Not studying harder and taking an entrepreneurial bent which could have helped me to live the life I want and not what I must."
## [59] "Not advising my daughter to break up with a toxic relationship sooner."
## [60] "Noticing the signs that my best friend was depressed and doing nothing about it and then he committed suicide."
## [61] "Not leaving my second husband sooner led to my children being affected too much by him."
## [62] "A girl in a class I took in college romantically propositioned me. I did not follow through on her advances despite being sexually attracted to her."
## [63] "I was tasked with feeding a plant that my friend owns. I decided to take a conservative angle with the plant, but the plant unfortunately suffered from lack of nourishment because of me."
## [64] "My dog hurt a neighborhood kid and I did not take initiative to go and see if she was okay."
## [65] "My daughter's car had a temperature light come on. When she called me instead of coming to her reuse I told her to continue driving. The car was ruined."
## [66] "I watched a woman get robbed and didn't try to help her."
## [67] "I didn't stay behind to protect them."
## [68] " I didn't respond immediately to my mother's health needs, leaving her to recover from a serious back surgery on her own."
## [69] "I was thinking of not reaching out to other successful individuals or an advisor/mentor who could have guided me to making better decisions."
## [70] "When I was in high school, I failed to fill out a specific scholarship application on time and fort that reason, I was taken out of consideration for the scholarship."
## [71] "i let a person close to me do things that hurt them and did not step in to help them"
## [72] "I stayed with my husband after he told me he had feelings for another girl."
## [73] "I didn't tell anyone I once took some money and have felt terrible guilt ever since."
## [74] "A car stopped very suddenly on the freeway, so I did too. I didn't start driving again soon enough to prevent the car behind me from hitting me."
## [75] "I did not speak up when I saw my sister sneaking alcohol. I kept my mouth shut and pretended I did not see it."
## [76] "After graduating from university I struggled to find a job. I applied to different places and only got callbacks from places that I wasn't particularly keen on working for. I let those offer expire because I kept hoping for something better. This made the job seeking process take much longer than expected."
## [77] "Not defending why I did not attend graduation ceremonies for two of my grandsons."
## [78] "The inaction was not getting divorced from her as soon as I should. She ended up being the petitioner."
## [79] "I failed to communicate my dissatisfaction in a job that I was emplyed in."
## [80] "potentially the worst day of my life. I wont elaborate too much, because its still painful. I was going grocery shopping. The night before I was eating out of a cereal box as a snack, and left it next to the bed. When I was leaving for the store, I looked at it, and figured Id pick it up later.. When I got home, my dog had suffocated by the plastic bag inside the cereal box trying to eat the crumbs that were left. I did CPR for an hour, even though she was a little stiff.. My guilt is all consuming"
## [81] "I did not study for my law school entrance exam and thus had to go to a crappy law school that was not worth the money. Instead of studying, I blew off the time by procrastinating, socializing with friends and watching TV."
## [82] "One time I had a friend that was getting picked on by others. Instead of defending her I didn't have a reaction. I just let it happen."
## [83] "I didn't reach out to a friend who was clearly having a bad day, and she ended up in the hospital for self-inflicted harm."
## [84] "I didn't turn in my test scores in time to get early admittance to a college I wanted to attend."
## [85] "I would say choosing not to participate in a group activity with a couple of friends, which negatively affected my relationship with them."
## [86] "I didn't go back to school to get my BA"
## [87] "It was when i encourage two of my friends to get in to a fight instead of me stopping them from fighting"
## [88] "The inaction I'm thinking of is when I didn't participate as a camp counselor."
## [89] "Once, I was riding in a car with some idiot friends. There was a kid walking down the street. One kid let a pumpkin drop and it hit the kid. I did not stop the action."
## [90] "I didn't check my Facebook for a 2 weeks and because of that I didn't see an announcement on my daughter's school page for the Halloween Parade. I missed it because I didn't know about it and she was in Kindergarten."
## [91] "An inaction I felt most personally responsible for my entire life was not following my passion early on in life. While I may have gotten the most important things in life, I feel the guilt and remorse of not discovering other horizons which could have led to other exciting possibilities."
## [92] "Put off a recommended health screening. Ultimately led to serious illness."
## [93] "DIDN'T SPEAK UP WHEN THE BOSS WAS PREJUDICED"
## [94] "I put off going to the doctor when I was in pain and as a result ended up having to have surgery."
## [95] "I did not study for my upcoming math final exam, and I end up failing the class."
## [96] "I didn't shovel the driveway in the morning like I said that I would and my Dad was very late for work."
## [97] "The fact that I did not re-enlist into the military was an inaction which I sometimes thing about and have so regrets."
## [98] "I allowed my parents to take my kids in until I could get a stable home. I thought they had it covered, until I found out they didn't. I found out in family court."
## [99] "I allowed a friend to get away with making racist comments about my ethnicity."
## [100] "Me mispelling a name on an airline ticket."
## [101] "When my daughter was very young, I was bringing in groceries when my daughter fell down the front stairs and had to have several stitches on her forehead. She still carries that scar and I still feel guilty because I should have been watching her more closely."
## [102] "I did not give the proper amount of thought to making a major life decision."
## [103] "I didn't report my rape and I think maybe I should have"
## [104] "One time I was at a bus stop, and I saw a lady trip on a set of train tracks a hundred yards or so away. I assumed she was okay, so I didn't go to help her, but then she struggled to get back up, and someone else rushed over to her, so I felt like a jerk, since I saw the whole thing happen."
## [105] "I could have started saving for my retirement when I was in my early twenties and did not."
## [106] "My inaction in terms of seeking out a job is something I feel very responsible for and continue to have regrets about."
## [107] "I did not choose carefully in my plans for college and career and kind of wandered around and flailed about for way too long in my 20s, putting me way far behind where I could have been and possibly leading to me making choices that weren't the most conducive for me to succeed."
## [108] "I was not actively involved in my son’s college application process and as a result he missed the deadline to submit his application to his first choice school."
## [109] "I wish I invested in bitcoin a couple years ago. It would be worth alot!"
## [110] "I had a week of major sickness and lost over 25 pounds. I did not go to the ER during that time and that inaction cause major injury to my gallbladder"
## [111] "I have not filed my taxes for the past five years. this looms larger and larger and is preventing me from receiving certain income, and it is preventing me from retiring as soon as I would like to. I may owe money, but that is manageable -- it is the other problems this is causing that are so troubling."
## [112] "When I was 8, I forgot to close the gate to the backyard, and our dog got out. We never saw him again."
## [113] "I put off applying for scholarships in high school and missed out on a lot of potential money that could have lessened the debt i am in now."
## [114] "On several occasions, I've avoided donating to charities that would need my support."
## [115] "I did not complete school, and did not go back to complete it."
## [116] "I am thinking of a time where I allowed myself to date someone who was abusive and cruel, and I was passive and let him destroy me."
## [117] "I did not say something that I should have to someone that I loved."
## [118] "Not having another child"
## [119] "There are times when I didn't do help my family when they needed help. I should have taken off from work and given of my time to help them ."
## [120] "I decided not to intervene on behalf of a coworker which in the end led to him getting fired."
## [121] "I stopped practicing the piano which led to me losing all my abilities to play for the rest of my life."
## [122] "The inaction that I am thinking of was my failure to help my family member with a problem when they needed me. I failed to support my niece when she was mentally sick and the undesired outcome was that she has not forgiven me for not supporting her."
## [123] "I didn't get my children away from my mother sooner."
## [124] "I let my husband yell at my oldest son that isn't his and now the relationship between them is in a bad place."
## [125] "I could have prevent someone close to me from having a bad financial situation in their life."
## [126] "When my grandfather was in his last days I did not visit him. I should have visited to say my last goodbyes. I regret my lack of going to see him."
## [127] "I did not understand someone close was dying. They asked me to come see them and I said I didn't have time right then. I continued not to have time until after they died."
## [128] "I didn't call my mom on her birthday so I felt bad about that."
## [129] "The inaction of not taking the better job cost me money and Prestige throughout my career"
## [130] "I witnessed incidents of bullying in my youth and did not intervene."
## [131] "I did not pick up the house before the guests arrived"
## [132] "Same as above not finishing school made things so much harder for me as I had to work not so good jobs."
## [133] "Not taking the opportunity to better my position at work."
## [134] "At a party in college, when some of the other partygoers, who had been drinking decided to prank call classmates, I did not speak up and say it was not a good idea. Rather, I laughed and went along with it. The caller used another student's name. The recipient of one call reported the student and he was investigated until I convinced the partygoers to come forward."
## [135] "I feel guilty for not talking when a friend got punished for breaking a flower vase which was my fault"
## [136] "The death of one of my cats."
## [137] "I never stood up for my true beliefs in school."
## [138] "I knew that a student in my school was getting bullied. But I didn't do anything to help him. I regret not helping him."
## [139] "A good friend of my asked for my help, and I made up an excuse so that I didn't have to help her."
## [140] "Inaction is my complete inability to commit to a career. I don't know what I want to do with my life, I never have. I floated through college. I'm too old to be in my current line of work. But nothing lights a flame in me."
## [141] "When my dear Mom was very sick, we felt we could not take care of her in our homes and had to put her in a nursing home. I felt so bad doing this. She only lived six weeks after this. I feel it was my fault that she passed because she was so unhappy. Something I have to live with."
## [142] "I didn't stop my child from leaving the country to study abroad. I felt she was too young but she had her mind set. It ended up causing several issues in her life for a long time."
## [143] "Not telling I girl I liked that I wanted to be with her."
## [144] "Me not figuring out what I want to do with the rest of my life after I dropped out of school really hindered me right away."
## [145] "I didn't take a job in Florida that, at the time, made me sad to still be where I was."
## [146] "I applied for a leave-of-absence from my graduate program in the eleventh hour of completing the program, and I never returned to finish the degree."
## [147] "Not being there for someone when they needed me"
## [148] "I was escorting a guest who was scheduled to throw the first pitch. He was wearing the opposing team's jersey. I failed to let my supervisor know we needed a home player's jersey for him to change into and I was subsequently chewed out by my supervisor."
## [149] "I did not take my drunk friends keys and he was seriously injured in a car crash."
## [150] "I didn't pursue a library science degree for several reasons, although the ultimately decision was mine."
## [151] "Not speaking out because of fear and judgement."
## [152] "my inability to determine when my mother was suffering from a congestive heart failure episode"
## [153] "Not putting my kids into swimming lessons at a young age."
## [154] "I was thinking about Hurricane Andrew where a lot of us helicopter pilots waited on the ground while management was trying to get mission sets approved while people went without food and water."
## [155] "I didn't correct someone's false assumption about me."
## [156] "Not taking care of my health and body sooner because I had no insurance and depression that made it harder to do better for myself."
## [157] "Not apologizing to someone I care about very much."
## [158] "I feel bad because we had to cancel Easter because my son had covid. I didn't get to see my grand daughter."
## [159] "I did not stay in contact with a good friend often enough and lost her phone number. Then when I wanted to contact her, I couldn’t."
## [160] "There were times when I could have bean there for my children more then I was . As a result , I do not have a strong relationship with most of my children . I feel this is my faught ."
## [161] "During my longest serious relationship, I had never fully involved myself in my girlfriend's eating disorder, which eventually festered into a crisis so severe that she had to go to the hospital."
## [162] "My sister got pregnant by my husband just before we got married, I didn't know. I didn't stop her from an abortion."
## [163] "In high school, I decided to not attend the Senior Prom with my friends and classmates. I carry this regret every day of my life because it would have been an incredible memory to smile back on."
## [164] "It regards the same project because I fired the person from the team and then acted like I would take over their responsibilities but it turned out I couldn't do it as well and then I kind of gave up, which I now regret cuz I could have done better."
## [165] "I left my unfinished house for my brother to finish and I trusted him to do it. I didn't come down to check on the progress and he had not done anything productive. As a matter of fact, he had trashed my house."
## [166] "By not taking action, my kids have grown up in a house where there is lots of chaos and fighting and insecurity."
## [167] "Not paying attention to warning signs of a family member who was mixed up with drugs and the wrong crowd."
## [168] "I never apologized while I had the time"
## [169] "I was leaving my moms house then day before she died, when I walked out the door I felt the need to turn around and go hug her, I shrugged it off and walked home, next time I saw her she was having a medical emergency and died."
## [170] "Not wearing ear plugs when shooting a gun. I now have ringing in my ear that will last a lifetime because of an action I did not take by wearing ear plugs."
## [171] "My inaction of not realizing what I was doing to my education and future, I feel much regret."
## [172] "I forgot to study for a major Sociology college exam, and it ended up costing me an 'A' for the semester. I received a B- minus in the class instead, and my GPA suffered because of it. If I had studied, I probably would have aced that test with flying colors."
## [173] "I agreed to help a friend prepare food for someone's birthday. A work situation came up and I \n was busy, so I did not show up and she ended up burning the food she tried to make because she overworked."
## [174] "I overlooked a critical deadline that we needed to meet in order to get our daughter into the high school that she had wanted to attend. That responsibility was on me, and I dropped the ball. I deeply regretted that failure on my part."
## [175] "Because of my dishonesty in the above described scenario, I didn't right the wrong - tell the people in charge that I was the one at fault."
## [176] "I once did not check on patient and they ended up passing away."
## [177] "My anxiety gets the best of me a lot of times and I do not help as many people as I should, or I skip out on events that leads to my friends and family being disappointed that I did not show up."
## [178] "Moved to another state without bothering to tell a man who loved me."
## [179] "I have had many childhood issues that crept up to my adulthood that lead to lack of self-esteem, high levels of self-defeat, anxiety, etc. I have heard of the concept of counseling in passing. But being a male, I tend to think I can battle life myself and things will just get better with time and experience. I believe that not addressing my mental issues due to male pride and fear of spending so much money just by talking to someone, has actually wasted a significant portion of my life. Even when I kept on telling myself I can conquer it all, I was living a lie. I was always in survival mode. I was always paranoid. That turned out, as I look back, to be very imprisoning, and because I didn't seek help earlier, I missed out on many opportunities."
## [180] "A friend was smoking weed and was very high. I let him walk home alone and he was arrested."
## [181] "it was a negitive experince"
## [182] "I stayed way too long in an abusive marriage. My personality changed. I became depressed. I did finally leave but should have done it much sooner."
## [183] "in all the things I can think of, I believe not intervening in my sister's abusiveness may have had a different outcome."
## [184] "I did not study hard enough during middle school/high school. I believe I had the intelligence to go into a better college and maybe have a better career because of it. Everything has a chain effect."
## [185] "I once was late to picking up my girlfriend from work, due to not setting an alarm when I needed to, so that I would remember to pick her up in time."
## [186] "I saw a dog running around an old building but I just went about my business. Later on I saw it had been killed bye a car which I will never forget."
## [187] "When my father was dying, I left the hospital but I told him I would come back. I didn't go back and he passed away before I could see him again."
## [188] "I didn’t spend enough time or energy in to making sure I would have health insurance when I turn 26, and now I’m rushing to try to figure it out."
## [189] "I failed to prepared for my high school senior exam properly."
## [190] "An inaction I feel most personally responsible for in my entire life was when I did not say anything when I knew one of my friends was not acting like herself and she ended up killing herself a few days later. I felt bad because even though I did not know she was going to kill herself, I wish I could have said something to talk her out of it or let someone else know about it."
## [191] "I failed to record an interview in time for online submission, which resulted in my disqualification from the job."
## [192] "I take a lot of medications. While I would like a \"medical vacation\" (not having to deal with medicals\"), I have postponed dealing with ever increasing \"medding\", even when my presciptions aren't due, the pharmacy fills them so I'm overwhelmed but shy of acting."
## [193] "One time this happened was when I didn't help someone on the street when they were struggling with their child and needed help."
## [194] "I chose not to do a semester abroad. I regret not doing so. It would have been a great experience."
## [195] "When I was much younger I was holding my dog on a leash (about a week after we got her) and my dog darted and I didn't hold onto the leash, she ran into the road luckily my dad yelled at a car to stop and my dog was completely fine when we found her 30 minutes later hiding in a bush. It terrifies me that my dog almost died because I didn't hold onto the leash well enough."
## [196] "I didn't get a job right away after being downsized out of my computer programming job and drained my savings."
## [197] "I had a gut feeling about something and didn’t act on it which resulted in a huge loss of money to a contractor."
## [198] "One time I saw a man hit a woman next door and I failed to act."
## [199] "The inaction I am thinking of are the years that I tolerated my own family shaming my decision to be free of a destructive relationship and decision to educate myself."
## [200] " wish you the very best wishes as you prepare for your interview as well as when you ... Tell me about yourself? 2. What are your major skills? 3. Why should we hire you? ... If you have more skills than the minimum ones required, you can briefly ... This question gauges whether you have thought about how your career will ..."
## [201] "I have not applied for positions that I think would be a better fit for me because I am scared that I am unable or I worry about the changes it will cause in my life."
## [202] "I once dated a beautiful girl named Nicole, but I didn't make a move on her and she dumped me."
## [203] "Didn't buy a house when housing prices were lower."
## [204] "I did not accept a job offer that would have resulted in a great opportunity."
## [205] "I was 12 weeks pregnant with my second baby when I got very sick. I didn't go to the hospital in time because I felt so poorly and ended up loosing the baby."
## [206] "I failed to keep up on the maintenance of my car."
## [207] "Nothing specifically comes to mind on this question."
## [208] "Not standing up for myself in friendship scenarios."
## [209] "I chose not to ask my friends why they were treating me badly and they ended up being more distant."
## [210] "I didn't report something that I should have and it ended up with very bad consequences for me."
## [211] "I took out a personal loan with the full intention of paying it back in full in one month. The money I was going to use to pay off the loan never came. I am now in debt."
## [212] "The action I've thought of that had a negative outcome that resulted from me taking inaction. was not fighting to hold onto my rent-controlled apartment."
## [213] "my son's death. If I'd only realized that he'd been quiet far too long and he and his brother were not together. Not being as attentive as I could have been resulted in a senseless death"
## [214] "I really rather no share this information with you Sorry."
## [215] "NEVER ATTEMPTING APPLYING AT ANY SCHOOLS"
## [216] "Not taking interest in my husbands work"
## [217] "Not finishing college"
## [218] "Not telling a friend of mine that his wife or soon to be fiance that she was cheating on him. I let him still get married to her even though he shouldnt. It ended in divorce after only one year."
## [219] "I could have continued in school but instead choose to drop out, I choose inaction in my education."
## [220] "I did not show my true emotions when a relative passed away."
## [221] "I missed an entire year of college because I just didn't want to sign up for classes. That inaction has set me back as now I have to be here longer than I originally intended."
## [222] "I regret not trying to make a go of things in NYC after 9/11 when I finished grad school. My life would have been so different and likely better than simply 'running away/escaping' from living in a different NYC."
## [223] "When I heard classmates planning to beat up another student at one of their houses after school, I didn't think to have the principal warn that student; he may have been beaten up due to my inaction."
## [224] "I BEEN STRESSED OUT BABYSITTING MY SISTER KIDS AND NOT HAVING ANYTIME TO MYSELF. THAT I TOOK ALL MY ANGER OUT ON MY HUSBAND AND HE WOULDN'T SPEAK TO ME FOR DAYS."
## [225] "I didn't choose the major that I really wanted because I was too afraid."
## [226] "My wife had a stroke I didn't bring her to the hospital and it's possible. I didn't know she was in the process of having a stroke but I do feel responsible for it."
## [227] "I didn't understand intimate-partner rape and suffered at the hands of an abusive man."
## [228] "I was given the option not to lose her if I incriminated him for going to visit his sick grandmother out of state"
## [229] "My husband had a heart attack at home, I wish I would have kept on him more about taking all of his medications."
## [230] "Remember, self-respect is the worth or value you place on your own life. Therefore, one of the consequences of continuingly failing to accept personal responsibility is that you eventually guarantee that you'll view your life as having little to no real value. In the negative of inaction outcome that feel most the personally responsible for the life.\n"
## [231] "I should of took my action to helping a friend through a divorce, ended up not being friends after . I believe it but distance between us."
## [232] "I failed to respond adequately when Fabiola said she loved me."
## [233] "I liked to use a particulat substance and would not stop , till it landed me in the hospital."
## [234] "Saw a homeless woman living on the street in a tent in my neighborhood. Should have asked her what she needed and got help for her."
## [235] "A family member told me they weren't feeling well while I was mowing the yard and within a week they were hospitalized and ended up staying in the hospital until their death five months later."
## [236] "I failed to check up on a friend, and I think they felt alone at a time in their life when they shouldn't have."
## [237] "Just not being physically present for her. There were times when I just wasn't there for her that's all."
## [238] "A kid fell in school and I did not help them or call for help for them."
## [239] "when i got offered a promotion at my job for a slightly different position and i declined it, since i wasn't comfortable with the idea of doing something different"
## [240] "Not standing up to my emotionally abusive father when I was a very young adult."
## [241] "When a friend of mine was at my home she got drunk, and I did not say anything. Of course she wrecked her car. I still feel guilty ."
## [242] "Not getting a job soon enough. With bills piling up and an eviction notice on the door, I didnt utilize all possibilities available to me to prevent a negative outcome."
## [243] "I put off going to see a doctor to get medicine for my anxiety, and subsequently a stomach problem affected by it, and my GPA dropped in college. This led to me being asked to leave the honors college and feel I need to make up for that shortfall in my career."
## [244] "not helping that kid. they broke his shoulder"
## [245] "I did not keep in touch with my best friend and now we have drifted apart. It is a deep regret."
## [246] "I failed to communicate with my father during my adult like out of a misplaced loyalty to a stepfather who I came to hate. As my father was dying he asked for me. But his sister failed to call my mother to find out my number. I will never stop regretting what I didn't do."
## [247] "I didn't work on my design portfolio while in school and now I have to catch up with the rest of my peers."
## [248] "Not questioning, and even actively ignoring, the very obvious red flags in my first spouse's behavior even before I married them."
## [249] "I didn't step in to hire someone when my mother needed more help caring for her mother."
## [250] "I failed to take responsibility for my own life, instead relying on others without attempting to achieve personal independence."
## [251] "I didn't take the trip overseas that I wanted to add now I am afraid I never will"
## [252] "Not stopping to help two dogs hit by a car"
## [253] "Delaying in investing in crytp currency. I could have been able to invest early on to reap the rewards of gaining alot more money."
## [254] "I feel that my enabling behaviors with my now adult son to take advantage of me and not be responsible for his own actions or inactions has caused great harm to him."
## [255] "Not stopping a partner from taking advantage of me while I was intoxicated."
## [256] "I had a terrible asthma attack. I did not even know that I had asthma. I was in the hospital for a week. I did nothing but did not even know to go to the doctor."
## [257] "My biggest regret in life is that I did not go on to receive my Master's Degree. As a result I have had to do jobs that I hated or could not find employment which would have helped our financial situation."
## [258] "I did not stop my son from being bullied when he was in junior high,"
## [259] "Because I did not say clearly that I did not like the person he kept calling me thinking he is responsible for me."
## [260] "Inaction. I friend go mine died while we were employed on the USS Ranger to the Indian Ocean 1983. There was a B4 stand in the hangar bay that we all used to work on airplanes. One of the rails did not go into the mounting hole and we all worked around it. One day Larry was up on the stand and leaned back and the rail swung away from the stand and he feel six feet onto the hangar bay floor. He shatter the back of his head. He was airlifted from the flight of the Ranger to Clark AFB in the Philippines. during the flight to Clark he went into a coma. He was rushed into surgery at Clark but it was to late. Larry died from brain swelling due to the fall. There was not one person from my squadron who worked with that B4 stand who did not have regret because of our inaction to get it repaired. Larry died at 19 because none of us did the right thing."
## [261] "I didn't come home and get my dog. My son was supposed to be caring for my dog. My son took my dog to the pound."
## [262] "I was very scared that people will think that i got pregnant and the negative thoughts they will think about me and the judgement s of the people around."
## [263] "I didn't attend my stepmother's mother's funeral."
## [264] "I regret not going to my best friends funeral. It was not close to home and I decided to stay home."
## [265] "I did not take control of my husbands checking account. When I started seeing too many bounced check notifications I finally stepped in. However, that was too late as over 7 years he accumulated over 25,000 of bounced check fees. My inaction was stupid and I should have taken over long before this amount increased to what it did."
## [266] "I failed to sell my company's stock when it reached an all-time. I trusted the company executives who kept insisting that the stock would rebound."
## [267] "The depression I went through that cause me to divorce my husband."
## [268] "I didn’t take action and did not get my degree. This has led to me not having the future I could have."
## [269] "Not going after my biological father for child support after I turned 18. I should have done it when my mom asked me about it but I chose not to."
## [270] "MY HUSBAND HAD A HEART ATTACK. I FELT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE I WAS WORKING FULL TIME, HAD A YOUNG CHILD AT HOME, AND I FELT LIKE I HAD NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO PREPARE HEALTHY MEALS, AND ATTEND TO HIS NEEDS MORE RESPONSIBLY."
## [271] "I let my then husband bully me into letting my son quit high school. I was not strong enough to stand up to him."
## [272] "I didn't stop my daughter from moving away when her dad was sick."
## [273] "I wish I would have stood up for my sister in law more when she had to go to court. I tried to stay neutral."
## [274] "I drank to much on some vacations and didn't get to spend that time exploring."
## [275] "I decided to take a lower paying job at a place where I don't fit in."
## [276] "I should have tried to stop my friend from using drugs but I didn't say anything. Now he is in a really bad place in his life."
## [277] "Someone I'm close to had a problem drinking. I kept my mouth shut for too long instead of getting the person help."
## [278] "Not trying harder to find a way to finish my BA and then go for a Masters's or Ph.D."
## [279] "I did not work for many years to raise our children. Although I believe they benefited, the inaction has made it harder for us financially and it has been hard."
## [280] "I did not monitor my weight for years. As a result, I was 50 lbs over a healthy BMI."
## [281] "not taking a job in VT"
## [282] "Not speaking up at work in a situation where I should have volunteered for a project that in retrospect would have been very valuable for my career."
## [283] "I have this all the time when I use Facebook marketplace. I hesitate sometimes when I see a good deal. But you have to be fast or someone else will get it. I lost out on a super valuable lot of video games once because I waffled."
## [284] "I didn't try harder at work when I knew that my work needed me to step up. I was tired and didn't push myself the right way. It cost me my job in the end."
## [285] "There was one time in my 30s when I saw someone getting taken advantage of and could have stepped in but I didn't."
## [286] "One time I did not take part in an interoffice lottery. Later, the office pool won and split several thousand dollars between them. I felt regret and definitely did not fit in the crew there."
## [287] "One of my ex girlfriends got mad at me for some random reason, she ended up walking home from my house. She expected me to drive, find her, and pick her up. I didn't. I stayed home and we ended up breaking up forever because of that inaction."
## [288] "I waited 6 years to marry the woman I ended up marrying and am still married to."
## [289] "I did not try hard enough in college."
## [290] "I didn't intervene early enough to help my sister get into rehabilitation for heroin addiction; as a result, she almost died from an overdose."
## [291] "the project my team was working on did not get approved"
## [292] "I didn't pay the rest of my tuition and couldn't get my degree."
## [293] "I do not exercise so my weight is higher."
## [294] "I always regret not finishing my graduate degree because recently, there were many job opportunities that I was encountered with that I would have been eligible for if I had my masters."
## [295] "Back in 2008 I was approached by a headhunter for a position at healthcare startup. I declined and ended up getting laid off a few months later due to the financial crisis. I have not had a stable full-time job since then."
## [296] "I did not visit my daughter in jail."
## [297] "I didn’t contact the proper people about an issue with a piece of equipment and because of this the equipment failed and cost a lot of money and hardship."
## [298] "I think my crappy health and finances are a result of inaction. I knew exactly what to do to help improve both areas yet i did nothing for about 10 years or so."
## [299] "not losing weight when I was young. If I had stayed fit, I would have a longer healthier life and I believe that I would have more opportunities too. I probably would have married someone else."
## [300] "Back before I met my husband, I dated someone for 7 years. He was lazy, drank too much, and took advantage of me and my hard work. I should never have stayed with him for 7 years and sometimes I regret my inaction and wish I would've left him years earlier."
## [301] "I got married at a young age and the marriage was destined to fail. While I was not happy for quite some time, I took no action and stayed in the marriage longer than I should have."
## [302] "I had a chance to buy some land across the street from wher I live. I waited too long to make an offer and the land was sold before I could act. It would be worth a lot of money now."
## [303] "I finished 3 years at University and didn't graduate. I was an honors student. It is a huge regret."
## [304] "I should have asked someone to return some money they owed me but I did not, resulting in a financial loss."
## [305] "I haven't finished my college degree yet."
## [306] "i did not tell my mom what had happened, and the sexual relationship i had with that man continued for several more years. in my mind, the only way to end the relationship was to tell my mom why i did not want to see him"
## [307] "I didn't stop my ex husband from physically abusing his son and leaving a hand print on his face."
## [308] "I avoided visiting my grandfather during the last year of his life."
## [309] "Some past friendships/relationships....wishing I had some more final conversations even if just for closure."
## [310] "I should have taken more interest in my sister when I was young. We were both emotionally abused by our mother. I should have shown more empathy for her. She's made a bunch of bad decisions in her life. That's not my fault, but I wish I had been a better brother."
## [311] "I am thinking of not leaving my job at U S Steel sooner. I stayed with it for nearly 5 years before moving on to what would become my lifelong career as a gunsmith."
## [312] "I don't feel that I express my feelings enough and sometimes it leads to misunderstanding and confusion."
## [313] "I didn’t do enough to further my education and allow myself to flourish."
## [314] "I did not try to get my husband back when he left."
## [315] "The inaction was I should have apologized but didn't to someone, before they passed away suddenly"
## [316] "My partner and I did not use protection during sex and it resulted in an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy."
## [317] "I am a firm believer the answer is yes. There is a big tendency to blame people and circumstances for how we feel, or why we aren't in a place we want to be.\n\nThere is a bigger tendency to look to our relationships and material possessions to “make us happy.” You are the only one who can “make” you feel anything specifically, and truthfully most of us aren't disciplined enough to follow through for ourselves.\n\nPersonal responsibility shows up in many ways, some you think of off the top of your head, but others are quite subtle. There is a Jim Rohn quote that really impacted me I wanted to share with you, searching for it I came up with many more great examples of his. So indulge me a little here, please.\n\n\nJim Rohn, an entrepreneur and business philosopher sums up personal responsibility up perfectly for me.\n\n“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Rohn\n\n“No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude.” – Jim Rohn\n\n“Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom” – Jim Rohn\n\n“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn\n\n“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” – Jim Rohn\n\n“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn\n\nThe bottom line is it is your life, take the reins and enjoy the adventure!"
## [318] "Not being more for myself and trying to be liked. Not being more open and argumentative."
## [319] "When my husband died, I didn't call his best friend, who lived out of state."
## [320] "I didn't apply to go to college at a prestigious women's college but looking back think I would have loved going."
## [321] "I should have fired someone that worked under me."
## [322] "I was chatting with someone and neglected to prepare something in time for someone else"
## [323] "i have a few friendships that I've let linger on for years and years, people who make me miserable. i wish i'd let some of these people go a long time ago. my inaction has led to being stuck with a couple of a-holes remaining on the roster, so to speak."
## [324] "When I was in the university, one of my classmates was addicted to drugs. I should have helped him more to get out of the addiction."
## [325] "I didn't set ground rules regarding my daughter."
## [326] "I saw a cat was going to go attack a baby squirrel in my backyard. I thought the cat would just leave it alone but the cat ran away and took the baby squirrel and now mostly likely that squirrel is dead because of me."
## [327] "I waited too long to book a hotel room from the wedding of a friend of mines. The wedding was out of town and my wife and i were not able to stay at the hotel with all of our friends"
## [328] "I hesitated and did not make an offer on the house at one time and I lost it because I did not take action fast enough."
## [329] "My inaction caused me to miss out on a very large opportunity."
## [330] "I really wanted to divorce my husband early on in our marriage but waited 4 years."
## [331] "Not fighting harder to keep my son in school when his mother wanted to home school"
## [332] "I did not apply for a new job."
## [333] "I didn't end my bad relationship and it has now been 27 years. I still want to end our relationship but due to lack of support and finances at this point I am still with him...."
## [334] "Not traveling overseas to meet a foreign friend of mine after high school."
## [335] "I didn't pursue a writing major in college and subsequent career which in retrospect is disappointing as writing is a strong passion of mine."
## [336] "I should have gone to graduate school sooner."
## [337] "I did not follow through in moving to the ocean."
## [338] "I did not fight my husband for the proper amount of child support or the division of marital property."
## [339] "When my mother was in the hospital just before she died, it was Christmas. My in-laws had Christmas at their house. I should have told the hospital I was taking my mom out for the day, instead of spending a good portion of it at my in-laws."
## [340] "I feel bad for not standing up for a friend when he was getting picked on."
## [341] "The worst thing I failed to do was to recognize or attend to my identity issues when I was younger."
## [342] "I didn't invest in a certain stock at the time."
## [343] "I lost a great job because I just didn't show up for work on too many occasions."
## [344] "I didn't re-enlist into the Marines, I've always regretted that. I should have done another tour."
## [345] "The infection I am thinking of is with I saw a car accident and didn’t stop to help."
## [346] " I never took the time to maintain my friendships from high school. I regret that I didn't now as I get older. It would be fun to have someone that knew me \"back in the day\"."
## [347] "When my parents might have reached out to me I did not respond."
## [348] "I allowed a Mortgage to go bad which resulted in bankruptcy on the say so of a CSR."
## [349] "Not saying what is on my mind when someone does or says something bad. I just kept my opinion to myself."
## [350] "I should have left my spouse years ago, It would have been better for the kids and I"
## [351] "A co worker quit his job giving me full responsibility to pick up where they left off and I had no idea what they were doing as a programmer for the company."
## [352] "I did not do all my school work in high school. I messed around and did not take my classes seriously and ended up in summer school which pushed me going to college back a full semester."
## [353] "I didn't speak out more loudly against a family narcissist, and she has wreaked havoc among us."
## [354] "I wish I had gone to trade school instead of college. I would have probably been more appreciated in my jobs than I was in food service jobs."
## [355] "I did not actively seek out a place to play baseball in college. I think it would have been a treasured experience."
## [356] "I regret not going to college, this action would have changed my life."
## [357] "I did not put my kids in private school"
## [358] "I was in my college days when we had to submit multiple assignments. I tried my best to provide all assignments on time but for one of the subject I deliberately never prepared the assignment and later on I was told that we would be given extra credits for that assignment. My inaction towards not preparing the assignment was the biggest blunder in life at that time."
## [359] "Not paying the bill for my school caused it to go to collections"
## [360] "I did not seek a job in my previous career once I returned to working. I should have gone back to my educational choices to make more money for my family."
## [361] "Failing to take my child to the doctor sooner for a medical issue. it resulted in permanent damage."
## [362] "One time in early spring, it was going to be really cold overnight, and I failed to cover the tomato plants. Sure enough, the next day all the blooms that would have been tomatoes had frozen."
## [363] "My grades weren't as good as they could be because of inaction"
## [364] "I could have received a scholarship that would have paid for most of my college tuition but I chose not to do the final assignment in my economics class even though I needed an A to get the scholarship, so instead I got a C and did not qualify"
## [365] "I did not finish all of my college courses I needed in order to receive my full BA degree and that choice haunts me to this day. I feel it was a terrible mistake."
## [366] "My mother was evicted I had the means to help her move she told me no so i did not and she ended up losing all her stuff, i should of just did it."
## [367] "I probably got my high tryglercide cholesterol levels at my physical a few months ago from my lack of healthy eating during the pandemic. So not exercising and monitoring my diet was an inaction that led to that."
## [368] "I didn't stop the bullying of a classmate when I saw it happening."
## [369] "I should have moved forward in a project, but instead let it sit for a while to avoid confrontation."
## [370] "I didn't go for an audition opportunity that was available to me."
## [371] "I kept quiet and many people were affected and it was not good for me to see that"
## [372] "I always thought I should continue my college education for engineering, but I never did. I could have had a much better retirement if I had had a job that brought in more money."
## [373] "Not choosing to correct my career choices, especially by ignoring highly compatible specializations and specific work roles which would take full advantage of my talents and skills."
## [374] "After leaving high school I regret I didn't take some trade to further my education."
## [375] "Not breaking up with the second girlfriend sooner"
## [376] "Recently, I was on a business trip to South Africa. I observed two people approaching me and, while I knew these folks had bad intentions in mind, did not act on my gut instincts. As a result, I got held up at knife point."
## [377] "Not moving when I was younger when I had the chance. Not taking friends up on their offers to let me stay and help me get on my feet when I wanted to move to a new town."
## [378] "I didn't move to Germany for university when I had the chance. As a result, I had student loans to pay off and didn't get to live outside the country."
## [379] "I did not break up with my ex partner for over 2 years, and it took so much of my life away."
## [380] "I didn’t stop my friend from doing drugs that damaged his nose"
## [381] "There was a time when I had an big opportunity to do something, but I decided not to, and it was something that would have had a positive impact on me and would be something that would be still influencing my life now."
## [382] "When I did not speak out against something."
## [383] "not making an effort to keep in touch with a close friend"
## [384] "If I would have studied harder in high school I could have potentially gotten scholarships. I decided to not try hard enough."
## [385] "I didn't help clean out my mother's house after she died, which severed my relationship with my sister."
## [386] "i didnt finish college because i drank too much and was on academic suspension for not doing my work."
## [387] "The inaction is that I didn't put a stop to something when I first suspected that I should."
## [388] "I found a cell phone on the side of the road, and rather than picking the phone up and trying to let the owner know, I left the phone as is. I found out days later it was a friends and they never got the phone back"
## [389] "My freshman roommate was in a bad situation in his sophomore year. I could have helped him out, but for reasons I can't explain, I didn't. The friendship was never the same and I still sorely miss the prior depth of the friendship."
## [390] "One time when I was driving I failed to react in time when traffic ahead of me came to halt. I was a second too slow and hesitated, causing me to hit the car in front of me."
## [391] "I didn't speak up about something I knew the truth about."
## [392] "By not inquiring more about a friend who ultimately committed suicide \n"
## [393] "I didn't do enough and start early enough to prevent Trump from getting elected and get a \"3rd party\" candidate elected like Darrell Castle in 2016"
## [394] "I didn't stop by my mom's for lunch, and she died that day."
## [395] "I didn't try to work out a disagreement with a friend but let time pass without speaking which ended the friendship."
## [396] "Once when I was in my 20's I didn't help out a friend in need, and that lack of action has affected me to this day. I now try to help as many folks as I can."
## [397] "staying in an unhealthy marriage that was abusive"
## [398] "I regret not taking a full scholarship to a school ultimately because it would have been out of state and out of my comfort zone."
## [399] "Not stepping in during a bad situation with friends."
## [400] "I once had a girlfriend I really liked that I worked with and asked me what we should do about the constant teasing we were enduring at the time. I had no answer and we essentially broke up over it. My inaction led to a terrible outcome in that situation."
## [401] "I paid less attention to my now ex-girlfriend when we were together. We were in a long distance relationship. She broke up with me on our anniversary and never came back."
## [402] "Something I failed to do is help tell someone in college that I knew someone who could help him with his specific homework. That has affected his grade."
## [403] "My freshman year of college I did not get very good grades as I hardly ever went to class."
## [404] "i should have rushed him somewhere to get help."
## [405] "I never tried to get back into education till later in my life"
## [406] "could have made a choice to do something dut decided to stay home and a arguement happened"
## [407] "My ex-husband had a substance abuse problem. I wanted to leave but kept giving him one more chance but he never changed. Doing nothing, staying in a miserable marriage sucked the life out of me."
## [408] "When I was in early elementary school, my friend was very down and complaining all the time. Once, she wrote down that she wasn’t happy and I didn’t tell anyone."
## [409] "I stopped talking to a friend after she made a poor life decision. Instead of explaining why I was upset and disappointed in her decision, I blocked her and never responded. She was a great friend of mine, and I essentially stopped all contact and ruined the friendship."
## [410] "I feel responsible for not stepping in when my husband got in a physical altercation with his sister"
## [411] "I saw a man get pushed off a railing and into the water and I didn't jump in and try to save him. Luckly he was not hurt and ended up ok but it something that always bothered me."
## [412] "I didn't watch what I was eating and gained weight."
## [413] "My sister had to go through something alone, because I did nothing to help her when I was involved in it, too."
## [414] "Again during the time that my kids dad and I were going through our separation I decided not to pay my electric bill all winter long and instead spent the money on tons of Christmas gifts for the kids instead. Way more gifts than any kids should receive but I was depressed and shopping made me feel better. Come March my electric was disconnected and I owed a couple thousand dollars to the electric company!"
## [415] "I didn't take action to look for a new house to live in once as our lease was ending and we ended up buying that house even though we were not in love with the house."
## [416] "I think that in action was not changing jobs sooner from a job I had that was super stressful. It was really hard on me mentally and I should’ve quit and found some thing else I liked better years before I ever did."
## [417] "When the kitten was taken by the coyote, I heard a squeak, and I stopped to check the security cameras. I found an image of them jumping over our gate with her in their mouths before I went outside. If I had gone outside sooner, perhaps they would have dropped her before she died."
## [418] "I didn't help my sister when she asked for it because I was angry with her."
## [419] "The worst inaction is definitely not dieting and exercising, I am severely overweight because of this."
## [420] "When I did not act after a teacher messed up on my grade, it resulted in me having a worse grade than I was supposed to have."
## [421] "Living with the above mentioned man for 12 years."
## [422] "Not pursuing a romantic relationship when I was younger has likely lead to me being single today."
## [423] "I let a friend drive home drunk after a party when I was sober."
## [424] "I didnt quit until just recently. This decision has caused me health concerns."
## [425] "The inaction I am thinking of is not forcing my father to go to the doctor for regular check ups. As a healthcare professional I know the importance of this especially at his age. My father died of a massive heart attack."
## [426] "Did not seek dental care"
## [427] "I did not strongly object to my sister marrying someone who I knew what not a good person for her. Her marriage ended poorly and I regret not stepping in earlier."
## [428] "I had been warned that she was a bad egg, and that she should have been fired. I was unwilling to do so for fear of specific repercussions, and allowed her to remain employed. Big mistake."
## [429] "I have an action in mind. I would rather not share it with strangers."
## [430] "I witnessed someone back into another car that may have caused some damage, but I never told anyone about it."
## [431] "I saw someone attacking another person and I did nothing to stop it"
## [432] "An inaction I took that had a negative outcome was when I simply went to bed, praying for the morning to come, when my husband was so intoxicated that I did not recognize him anymore. I'll never forget the look in his eyes, or the gun he left on the picnic table."
## [433] "This is in companion to the actionable negative outcome above. In hindsight, I should have moved all of my investments into liquid, cash, savings to prevent the catastrophic loss."
## [434] "Not moving my mom to a better nursing home in time to save her."
## [435] "A prior girlfriend kept dropping hints about getting married. My inaction caused us to split apart."
## [436] "In genral it is a feeling of picking the wrong choice is many dofferent circumstances."
## [437] "Someone asked me if I would be willing to take in a stray cat because it required a sixty dollar surgery or they would have it put to sleep. I said no. Why didn't I just pay for the surgery? I have the money and now I have blood on my hands."
## [438] "The life of my partner was taken based on us entering into a relationship/"
## [439] "When I lived in Virginia, I was living with my landlord at one point and he was a very angry alcoholic. I chose to ignore it, not share it with my family and friends, until one snowy day he got drunk, started punching the walls and throwing stuff at me. My mom drove down from CT the next day and I moved."
## [440] "I did not work steadily after having kids and my resume is now not very good. I think this will make it hard to get a job in the future."
## [441] "I should have gone on to graduate school instead of dropping out after two weeks."
## [442] "There was one time that we were out and saw a man fall down. My husband and I did nothing to help him. That was terrible"
## [443] "Right out of college, I chose not to go to law school. It was an inaction that resulted in a much less successful career, reduced family income, etc."
## [444] "4 years ago my brother passed away, he lived in my house with my husband and I. the night before we found him I was awake all night and I saw the light on in his room and I did not go check on him, the next morning we found him deceased on his bed. that was the worst day of my life and I always think if I would have just gotten up and checked on him maybe he would still be here, or what could I have done differently."
## [445] "I stood by and watched while my daughter was being mistreated by her mom."
## [446] "My sister passed away from being depressed and not taking care of her diabetes. I wish I would have had a better relationship with her and could have possibly been a person to turn to and guide her through her issue."
## [447] "In my 20's, I wasn't very ambitious with my career field. I could have trained and studied more in order to excel faster."
## [448] "Not filing for divorce. Although we've been separated for six years, I still haven't filed. First it was a financial problem, then anxiety of the process and of the \"official\" loss of all my property; having to sign over my house. If I had done it sooner, I could have probably claimed half of the equity."
## [449] "After being unable to make contact with my tax accountant, I avoided paying income taxes for three years. This resulted in significant monetary penalties."
## [450] "I was furloughed from my job and i did not step up to say anything when I found a mistake. I just let it all happen."
## [451] "I didn't speak up in the face of an offensive event and I lost respect for myself."
## [452] "Forgetting to take the trash out."
## [453] "Not speaking up when I felt the work wasn’t being done right on some house projects we were paying for."
## [454] "I did not stand up and voice concern about eating at a restaurant during the COVID pandemic."
excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes <- c("It was when i encourage two of my friends to get in to a fight instead of me stopping them from fighting", "Me mispelling a name on an airline ticket.", "My friend and I simply watched pornography in ukraine.", " wish you the very best wishes as you prepare for your interview as well as when you ... Tell me about yourself? 2. What are your major skills? 3. Why should we hire you? ... If you have more skills than the minimum ones required, you can briefly ... This question gauges whether you have thought about how your career will ...", " I was able to earn a degree in what I wanted to do", "Nothing specifically comes to mind on this question.", "Doing a good deed for someone but then it backfires on you and you get the opposite outcome.", "I was very scared that people will think that i got pregnant and the negative thoughts they will think about me and the judgement s of the people around.", "The life of my partner was taken based on us entering into a relationship/")
datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes <- datagmr %>% filter(!(lifegr8inactresdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes))
#Study 5 Lifetime Responsibility, excluding irrelevant, incorrect, and no responsibility responses
#Set up the table
tablestudy5resplt <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres)
tablestudy5resplt
##
## 1 2
## 196 251
chisqstudy5resplt <- chisq.test(tablestudy5resplt, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5resplt
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5resplt
## X-squared = 6.7673, df = 1, p-value = 0.009284
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5resplt <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres)])==1)
action5resplt <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres)])==2)
n5resplt <- length(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes$lifetimeactinactres)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5resplt, n5resplt, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 2.554112
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5resplt <- prop.test(x = action5resplt, n = n5resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5resplt out of n5resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 6.7673, df = 1, p-value = 0.009284
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5151911 0.6068030
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5615213
propinaction5resplt <- prop.test(x = inaction5resplt, n = n5resplt, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5resplt
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5resplt out of n5resplt, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 6.7673, df = 1, p-value = 0.009284
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3931970 0.4848089
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4384787
#Calculate cramer V
observed5resplt = c( inaction5resplt, action5resplt)
expected5resplt = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerresplt <- cramerVFit(x = observed5resplt, p = expected5resplt, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerresplt
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.123 0.03356 0.2215
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_resplt_perc <- inaction5resplt/n5resplt * 100
inaction5_resplt_perc
## [1] 43.84787
action5_resplt_perc <- action5resplt/n5resplt * 100
action5_resplt_perc
## [1] 56.15213
observed5resplt_per <- c(inaction5_resplt_perc, action5_resplt_perc)
# Exclusion for Study 5 past week greatest action responsibility
## First exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no responsibility responses for past week greatest action responsibility
unique(datagmr$pastweekactresdes)
## [1] "This past week I was repainting my outside shutters and I did not use a primer. After the paint dried I noticed that the color was not what I had wanted so I had to redo it with primer under it. It cost me more money."
## [2] "I placed a hasty order for a dethatcher on amazon, even though it won't arrive for over a month. This will be too late and not coincide with my aeration."
## [3] ""
## [4] "I guess I feel bad because I waited too long to complete my school After Effects project. I know it will get low marks and there's no reason for this. I was paying too much attention to my boyfriend's projects, that have also become mine in caring for animals, as well as many other altruistic projects helping others. I need to spend more time on the projects for my immediate surrounding concerns."
## [5] "An action that resulted in a negative outcome that I felt most personally responsible for in the past week is getting upset with my wife. We got into an discussion about spendings."
## [6] "I decided to spend a bunch of money on Ubers because I wanted to see a friend."
## [7] " I overcooked some chicken on Sunday and it was very dry. I should have prepped the breasts better."
## [8] "Oversleeping on a work day."
## [9] "I made the mistake of being friendly to a new neighbor who turned out to be astonishingly long-winded and seemingly impervious to social cues."
## [10] "I went back on my word of covering for a coworker at work."
## [11] "I threw a bachelor party for a friend. He wasn't happy with the people that showed up."
## [12] "I yelled at my mom for failing to handle her own responsibilities and for watching too much television."
## [13] "Eating a meal that I should not be eating."
## [14] "I try to take my anxiety medicine every other day so it will work better. I took it two days in a row and it didn't work very good and I was really anxious around my husbands family."
## [15] "I left my backyard gate open and forgot the close it."
## [16] "Last Saturday I got a sausage and peppers roll and a slice of pizza from a local pizza shop. I had horrible indigestion afterwards."
## [17] "I decided to drop my sons off at my mothers' house so that I could spend some alone time with my husband, but I ended up spending the evening alone because he got done with work way later than I was thinking that he was going to."
## [18] "I complained to my husband about my blinds and insisted I needed new ones. He became upset and felt I was being ungrateful."
## [19] "I tried to fix a culvert in my road and ending up making a bigger mess than I started with."
## [20] "I broke an oil bottle being careless"
## [21] "I am thinking of the day my daughter was going to come over and how when we spoke I must have said something that caused her to change her mind about coming over."
## [22] "I forgot to add an employee to the schedule, and it resulted in the team being short staffed on Saturday."
## [23] "I accidentally ripped my shirt."
## [24] "It was over carry heavy staff. and hurt my back."
## [25] "I had a spreadsheet to put together and I missed the deadline. It was completely my fault."
## [26] "Last week I stacked a fragile item in the sink with a bunch of other dishes and it ended up broken."
## [27] "I bought a stock impulsively when I should have waited."
## [28] "I cooked dinner instead of my wife because I got impatient and didn't want to wait for her to finish talking to her friend, and it didn't come out right because it's her usual recipe."
## [29] "I consumed a tub of ice cream this past weekend."
## [30] "This past week I feel personally responsible for taking the action of going out with my partner and some of our friends and spending a few too many hours at the bar and then feeling hungover the next day and not doing work like I should have done."
## [31] "This past week, at work, I did not let one of my coworkers to join my group project. The coworker ended up working on his own and his project was a failure. Now, he thinks he won't get promoted as he had planned."
## [32] "I complained about the UPS man in a big way...letter and everything to the company and it really wasn't his fault what happened to my package."
## [33] "I left the windows in the car open at night"
## [34] "I tried to make a new recipe for dinner a few nights ago and it didn't turn out. We ended up having to order out food for dinner that night."
## [35] "Whether to spend a little more time at the gym and it upset my girlfriend"
## [36] "Last week at work was a similar situation, where I got into an argument with someone at work, and didn't handle it in the most professional manner. I got overly emotional and lost my cool, and let my anger get the best of me."
## [37] "I overspent on silly things I didn't need -- I put myself in a precarious financial situation by doing this."
## [38] "I went to the casino for a friend bday outing and end up gambling and losing extra money that I didn't plan on even using. I had planned to move all money to my savings before I left because I know I can't access my savings at the ATM so I know I would not have to worry about withdrawing anything that I didn't have in my checking account already and I forgot to switch the money over so I end up spending it."
## [39] "My computer caught a virus a few days ago."
## [40] "I told a customer at work that I would get their application processed immediately and then began working on it. However, I found that I could not get it done as soon as I thought I could."
## [41] "I set up a family discussion where we would talk to my older daughter about her attitude lately. She agreed to it and we all spoke to her about what she could change."
## [42] "I accidentally said something hurtful to a friend and they started feeling bad about themself"
## [43] "I was worrying too much about school, and I felt I left a negative impression on people."
## [44] "The action I took is paying for new tires and new brakes, knowing I also needed an axle. As a result, I cannot drive my car until I save up money for the axle."
## [45] "I bought an expensive cigar, just to try it out, but it was awful."
## [46] "Buying the wrong size."
## [47] "I stayed out late Saturday night and made my wife mad."
## [48] "I tried to get my children to do homework right away"
## [49] "Unfortunately, I let it slip out that one friend said something not so nice about another friend. As a result the two friends are not speaking to each other now."
## [50] "I have been trying to diet. This past week was very hard for me and I feel short of achieving my goals. I gave in to the chips and the cookies and soda and afterwards, felt depressed and bloated."
## [51] "My work last week was not good because I couldn't focus"
## [52] "I thought about when I upset my wife because I made a rude comment."
## [53] "I got drunk and cheated on my wife who then left me."
## [54] "I was straightening/clearing out my father's room at the Assisted Living Center and threw away something that I didn't realize meant a lot to him."
## [55] "I fell asleep in the afternoon and was late picking up my daughter from school."
## [56] "I tried to help a family member with a situation. However, my help proved to be insufficient."
## [57] "The action I took may result in a person being angry at me."
## [58] "A good one would be not getting enough sleep because I took my iPhone to bed which left me unable to focus on work and life for most of the week."
## [59] "I bought food that I didn't end up liking, and so now I spent a bunch of money, and have a bunch of stuff that won't get used."
## [60] "I got mad at my daughter and yelled at her over homework making her want to do homework even less."
## [61] "I tried to pick up a heavy folding lawnmower and I hurt my back."
## [62] "I had a fairly heated argument with a family member. Although we eventually apologized, the emotional wounds that we inflicted on each other still have not fully healed."
## [63] "In the last week I was supposed to make a good dinner for my partner. I made the concoction myself, knowing I do not cook well, and as a result the meal was bland. I should have followed a formal recipe."
## [64] "I did not cage my dog up when I left the house and she chewed a hole in the carpet."
## [65] "I dug drainage trenches in my daughter's yard and ruined the appearance of it."
## [66] "I allowed my daughter to not attend school because she was feeling well emotionally and she missed an important exam."
## [67] "I made a purchase too quickly, perhaps."
## [68] " My mother asked me a question when we were watching a tv program together. I was tired at the time, and responded dismissively. She silently left the living room. I'd hurt her feelings."
## [69] "There were certain work objectives that should have been completed that weren't as a result of prioritization problems."
## [70] "Yesterday, I was really hungry when I got home from work and I started snacking, which resulted in me consuming too much junk food and feeling sick."
## [71] "giving my dog a treat that upset her stomach even though i did not know it would bug her belly"
## [72] "I spent too much money and overdrawn on my bank."
## [73] "I threw out an expensive item belonging to a family member by accident."
## [74] "I accidently didn't pay for a can of tomato sauce because it fell out of sight on my cart and I didn't notice that I hadn't put it on the belt until later. I did pay for it the next day."
## [75] "I complained to my husband about not fixing our sink. He got mad and gave me an attitude."
## [76] "I got into an argument with my mother because we disagreed on who was responsible for taking care of an issue that occurred in the house."
## [77] "Breaking off a relationship that I had when I went to basic training."
## [78] "Being upset with my wife as we deal with taking care of our grandsons."
## [79] "I drank too much alcohol."
## [80] "I was irresponsible with money, and it cost me. These days my budget is very tight, and I count every penny. Instead of saving the money, which I know I needed to, I spent it on an impulse, which I rarely do, and then really needed those funds not more then 48 hours later. I knew when I was doing it that I shouldnt be spending it, but I took the attitude of screw it, I deserve it. Well, of course then I had to do without something that I really needed, and the item that I bought just for fun did me no good at all........"
## [81] "I confronted a coworker who had tried to slack off on a project and told them that I disliked working with them since they never pull their fair share of the weight."
## [82] "I hurt someone's feelings by snapping at them. I was tired and cranky and should have kept my mouth shut."
## [83] "I got a little bit mad at one of my friends for saying something that was a touch insensitive. He rated my performance in something that I cared deeply about as 80%, and I told him over voicechat that I needed to step away because I felt angry about it."
## [84] "I went to sleep late last Friday night. The next morning I overslept and forgot to pickup a birthday present the next morning for my stepdaughter's friend."
## [85] "I am thinking of the time that I ended up breaking a flower vase, because I was cleaning the area around it and did not pay attention to my surroundings."
## [86] "I stopped my best friend from arguing with his wife because it was getting heated and aggressive"
## [87] "it was when i stopped my sister from taking her exam because i had to use the computer"
## [88] "The action I'm thinking of is when I walked away from a friend."
## [89] "I bought a tool rather than borrow it from someone. The cost of the tool will never really be reovered."
## [90] "I decided to let my daughter stay home from school because it was her Grandma's last day in town. Because of it, she missed an end of year testing that she has to make up later."
## [91] "The action I felt personally responsible for in the past week but led to an undesired outcome was seeking to take care of myself over others. This led to feelings of guilt due to my selfishness and a paranoia of how people may perceive me."
## [92] "Ordered the wrong ingredients from grocery store."
## [93] "GOT MAD WITH MY MOTHER"
## [94] "I placed some pavers down in the yard but they were not leveled properly so now I have to redo the project."
## [95] "Last week, in the middle of the night, I was really craving for some fried chicken. I open the fridge and saw it seating there. I ate what was left of it. I did not realize that fried chicken was left for my dad to take to work with. I felt guilty knowing that my dad left to go to work on an empty stomach."
## [96] "I set a plastic cutting board on a hot burner and melted the board."
## [97] "Getting involved with some voluntary work was something that started as a good thing but just recently I have become overwhelmed with the responsibility that is on me now."
## [98] "I didn't work. I chose to take a \"mental health day\" and not work. I work online, so I don't have a set schedule. I was fine with this until I tried to log in, and the work system was down for an entire day."
## [99] "While cleaning our apartment, I broke a valuable collectible that my partner owned. The collectible is not repairable, worthless, and a one-of-a-kind item."
## [100] "I spoke harshly to a student."
## [101] "My partner and I have been trying to save more money and last week I went on a spur-of-the-moment shopping spree and spend money that should have gone to our savings."
## [102] "I disclosed the name of a patient by accident."
## [103] "I was upset because I mixed one person up with another. It was a problematic mistake, although no one seemingly noticed."
## [104] "My boss kept telling me that I needed to take time off, so yesterday I actually took the afternoon away from work. Someone emailed me a fairly urgent message yesterday afternoon, which I did not receive until today, and I kind of held them up for a whole day because I wasn't there to respond."
## [105] "I went for a drive and my car window got hit by a stone and I wished that I had not been out."
## [106] "I ended up disappointing a friend when I sold something from my personal collection that she had wanted. I didn't realize that she was interested in the item and felt very guilty about it."
## [107] "I was grouchy and irritable the other day because I was not feeling well, so I was complaining at my spouse about stupid things that were bothering me. As a result, they ended their video conversation with a friend and I realized I basically ruined that conversation and ambience for them."
## [108] "After working from home for the past year, I noticed that my wife spends a lot of time surfing the internet on the couch during the day. I made a comment about this and my wife got upset."
## [109] "I talked bad about another department in my workplace. I should have worded it differently."
## [110] "At work, I rolled out a particular piece of software that accidentally had error that caused user inpact."
## [111] "Although it's passive, I have deliberately avoided connecting with a person who really wants my attention. for instance, if I see they are on social media and can tell whether I am present I immediately jump off."
## [112] "I criticized my brother and his wife for not teaching their kids not to steal; my niece took some decorative soaps from my bathroom when they visited this past Saturday. They are now angry with me."
## [113] "I broke a glass bottle on the sidewalk when i was putting out my trash. It left a bunch of glass on the road."
## [114] "I got angry at my grandmother over her memory problems."
## [115] "I did not maintain a good sleeping/eating schedule."
## [116] "A situation with my daughter's tantrum."
## [117] "I got frustrated after a zoom call that did not go that well. I vented to co-workers and felt guilty about it."
## [118] "My kids were 10 minutes late for school because I was outside with the dogs"
## [119] "I acted in an uncaring way and maybe in a way that turned people off. I wish I would have been more kind and loving."
## [120] "I thought that by saying I was missing information for a project that I wouldn't have to work on it that day, but instead my boss freed up my schedule forcing me to work on it anyway."
## [121] "I spilled a liquid on my tile floor that ate through the upper part of the tile."
## [122] "My action taken in the past week with an undesired outcome was that I insulted someone because I disagreed with them about the management job that they were doing. My undesired outcome was that they feel unfriendly toward me."
## [123] "I bought a stock without fully researching it."
## [124] "I pulled out in front of someone and almost got into a car accident."
## [125] "I did not let someone handle something they should have."
## [126] "I decided to try amazon second chance and sent multiple things in one box. These are now lost and I may be out the devices and the money."
## [127] "Something small that occurred in the last week. I did laundry and put a brand new white sock in the washer with jeans. It was my husband's sock. So while it's something small...that pair of socks will never match again."
## [128] "I was careless and accidently broke a glass in the kitchen. My fiancee was upset because this was her favorite set of juice glasses."
## [129] "I was working on a client bid. I had to work with other members on a team through zoom. I also had some personal family issues going on with my parents. As a result I could not meet as often as I wanted and people had to take up some slack on my portion of the bid"
## [130] "I overslept and was late for work. I hit snooze on my alarm once and slept through the second alarm. I was overly tired because I stayed up late the night before."
## [131] "Making the room smell. I put egg shells in the garbage"
## [132] "Going to sleep to early made me get up early and tired instead of taking my time."
## [133] "My purchase of something that I didn't really need."
## [134] "I am thinking about spending money on takeout lunch for my son and self when we had food at home we could have eaten."
## [135] "I believe the most recent event would be the time when I told my wife we were not going to visit my in-laws and she had to lie to them as they got sad"
## [136] "I spent more than I planned when doing grocery shopping."
## [137] "I forgot to pay my friend who had done some machine work on my property."
## [138] "I gave a waiter a $5 tip on a $100 bill. I have a tight budget and couldn't afford to give more. But I feel bad now."
## [139] "I had a financial disagreement with my living partner, and I got extremely angry. I then realized that I had done exactly the same thing about a month ago."
## [140] "I had a job interview and it turned out that I knew the interviewer/potential boss from a previous line of work. I think I spoke too candidly about my feelings regarding that job and it cast a negative light on me as an employee."
## [141] "My husband and I had an argument. It was early evening and I was so upset that I left and went driving around town. I went back home in 1 1/2 hours. My husband was sad that I did that."
## [142] "I forgot I still had food warming in the oven and by the time I got to it it had been cooked too long. I was not able to serve that for dinner so we had to order out."
## [143] "I was taking some food that didnt belong to me."
## [144] "I smoked too much and I didn't get all my work done that I should have."
## [145] "I bribed my son to get him to school."
## [146] "I'd had insomnia and I didn't complete a portion of my work. I deliberately chose to not work. Consequently, I've had to scramble to keep up."
## [147] "Spending several hours on the computer when I had other things to do"
## [148] "I tried a new recipe, didn't read the directions carefully enough, messed it up and it didn't turn out well."
## [149] "I took my car to a bad mechanic and they messed up the car more."
## [150] "I took a long drive for a dumb purpose, which wasted a lot of time and money."
## [151] "I knocked over a piano and this resulted in damage."
## [152] "I asked my husband to replace the battery in my favorite watch; he badly scratched the case."
## [153] "I shared too much of my opinion on Covid when in my friend group."
## [154] "I went to the store and bought some paint for the front door, but when I applied it, it was not a match."
## [155] "I can't think of one exactly, but I did decide to do something else instead of working. Hopefully that counts."
## [156] "Spending too much money on things I didn't need resulted in not having enough money to save."
## [157] "Caving in while trying not to smoke."
## [158] "I almost lost my dog. I had to carry him to the shelter but I found him a home the next day"
## [159] "I took the Johnson vaccine for COVID and I am a 33 year old woman. This vaccine is now known to carry a risk of blood clots for women in my age group. While the risk is very low, I do wish I had taken a different vaccine."
## [160] "I actually lost money on an investment that I made a couple of days ago . Something told me that I should wait a few more weeks before I jumped into this investment , but I let my greed and impatients get the best of me . As a result of this , I have lost money ."
## [161] "This week, I decided to write my final paper for my American Politics class several hours before it was due, rather than write it in the preceding days."
## [162] "I messed up my tax return and had to call their help desk and get it blanked out and restart after 90 minutes."
## [163] "This past week I went on a moderately dangerous hiking trail. I had my brother come with me, and he tripped and sprained his ankle and I feel bad about this."
## [164] "I got a higher limit on my credit card and while I spent a lot of the credit on very necessary things I feel I didn't leave myself enough room for emergencies and now want to scramble to pay it down."
## [165] "I felt asleep with gum in mouth. As a result, gum got stuck on my pillow case."
## [166] "I added to much salt to the soup and it was terrible."
## [167] "My sister is very sick and had a few doctor appointments. I messaged her to see if she wanted me to go with her and she never responded but she needs someone with her."
## [168] "Getting my paycheck corrected after 10 months"
## [169] "I have a bad back and I kept twisting and picking things up off the floor that I didn't need to. MY lower back hurts so bad and I pinched the sciatic nerve again for no reason."
## [170] "I spent too much money on betting. I felt bad afterwards because of the money I spent that I did not have."
## [171] "I have an infection. I feel responsible for this because I did not pay attention to the warning signs,"
## [172] "I work in construction and I made an error with the blueprints of a project. This error created a headache for my team and delayed the project by a few weeks. I felt bad because I normally always double-check my work, but this mistake slipped past me."
## [173] "I borrowed my brothers bike to get exercise with it and ended up flatting one of the tires"
## [174] "I went to the local casino to play poker, against my wife's wishes. It greatly upset her and I was disappointed in myself for having let her down in that way."
## [175] "I did something my husband told me not to do even though I told him I wouldn't. We had a difference of opinion and I did it anyway."
## [176] "I took my dog for a walk and it ended up raining."
## [177] "I recently educated a family member over the flaws of the media in this county. I took a few courses over the topic and spent my time giving my knowledge over the current events in the nation. She was able to take on a new perspective and thanked me for waking her up and freeing her from false information."
## [178] "I honestly can't think of one in the past week. Lots of inaction, though..."
## [179] "I am currently supposed to be on a diet, and I am a frequent victim of cheating. This week, there were several days where I could not stop eating unhealthy snacks and treats. So, at the end of the week, I gained 2 pounds, which is very upsetting."
## [180] "I loaded too many clothes into the washing machine and broke it."
## [181] "helping my neighbors"
## [182] "I left my step stool out. My spouse got angry and threatened to hide it from me."
## [183] "I had decided to act on a driving maneuver that I had to make very quickly. It could very easily have turned out badly."
## [184] "I ate a chocolate cookie and it didn't feel good about it."
## [185] "I spent too much time sleeping, and not enough time working, and because of that choice I was not able to make as much money this week as I wanted to."
## [186] "I tried cleaning out my closet last weekend. I dropped a glass vase and broke it that was my late mothers sadly."
## [187] "I really like hot coffee in the morning, so a few days ago, I decided to have a second cup even though I usually just drink one. It gave me some uncomfortable heartburn, so I was sorry that I indulged in the second cup."
## [188] "Explaining something to my mom, which turned in to a fight because I couldn’t keep my emotions in check."
## [189] "I gained 3 lbs last week because I ate more desert than I should."
## [190] "I was frustrated with my boyfriend and picked an argument with him when I shouldn't have."
## [191] "I consciously ate lots junk food and resulted in weight gain despite my recent record of healthy eating."
## [192] "I have been exercising as I have diabetes and I also have some type of arthritis in my leg(s). I exercised because I need to but my leg has \"been acting up\"."
## [193] "One time this happened was when I ended up telling my job about something that happened in a client's home. The end result was this client's father getting reprimanded for his behavior and not allowed to come around."
## [194] "I told my daughter that she could not have more of a snack. She had a meltdown after that. She's 2."
## [195] "A few days ago I stayed up late on my phone and the following days I was incredibly tired, and it took several days to fix my mistake"
## [196] "I didn't do more online surveys while visiting family and I need that to pay a couple of bills."
## [197] "The only thing that I can think of within the past week is maybe making a purchase that I really didn’t need."
## [198] "In the past week I ate a very large burrito and it made my stomach hurt."
## [199] "An action I took this last week that resulted in negative outcomes was using a strong pesticide in my garage that led to an asthma attack. I could have waited for a maintenance person or family member to help me but didn't want to bother anyone."
## [200] " wish you the very best wishes as you prepare for your interview as well as when you ... Tell me about yourself? 2. What are your major skills? 3. Why should we hire you? ... If you have more skills than the minimum ones required, you can briefly ... This question gauges whether you have thought about how your career will ..."
## [201] "I reached out to a friend who I have not been in touch with in a while. It is been hard for us to connect and despite me reaching out we keep missing each other."
## [202] "we just renovated our kitchen, and I tried to add a new power outlet and ended up cutting power to a couple of rooms."
## [203] "Pushed to look at something not ready for."
## [204] "I decided to do nothing for an entire day except watch television."
## [205] "I recently paid bills and accidentally threw on away without paying. Our payment ended up being late as a result."
## [206] "I ate way too much food one evening."
## [207] "I went up to sleep in a separate bedroom from my husband because he was sick, and I needed sleep, so he had to take care of himself at night."
## [208] "I had to stop going to a church that was preaching things I didn’t agree with."
## [209] "I spoke to my boyfriend about his son who was grounded, but was not following his punishment."
## [210] "I decided to take a day off from work so now I'm having to work harder to make up for it."
## [211] "I forgot to pay a credit card bill on time. I now have a late fee to pay."
## [212] " The past week the action that resulted in a negative outcome that I feel most personally responsible for was going to see a friend Vs. making money."
## [213] "I accidentally milked a bucket cow (antibiotics) into the bulk tank. If I had only hooked up the hose when I moved the bucket near her this would have never happened."
## [214] "When I told my husband that someone took our cart and it turned out it wasn't our cart. He gotten into a fight with the person in the store and he was banned from the store."
## [215] "HAVING THE COVID VACINATION"
## [216] "asking my husband to do the cooking"
## [217] "Not listening to a problem my husband had"
## [218] "I had a argument regarding finances with my partner. I became angry and frustrated and probably lost my cool and said some things that were not nice."
## [219] " i sat and only watched the george floyd trial all week long."
## [220] "I shared my thoughts on a controversial topic with my partner."
## [221] "I some work on my work schedule that needed to be completed. I ended up pushing it through and now have to complete work at the last minute."
## [222] "One of my neighbors had to go out of town unexpectedly and we all took turns looks after the dog. The dog has bad behaviors, one of which is excreting just about anywhere. Instead of getting dog outside, I ran around with dog inside as I was in a hurry between students. Yes, dog excreted on the hallway carpet which we all share....."
## [223] "I lost my watch at work while taking it off so I wouldn't wear it on the job and maybe get in trouble. I must have been under so much pressure that I inadvertently dropped the watch in front of the lockers while trying to transfer it to my pants pockets."
## [224] "I MADE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T WANT HER TO STAY AT MY HOUSE WHENEVER SHE'S IN TOWN. I APOLOGIZE TO HER ABOUT IT AND I FELT REALLY BAD."
## [225] "I said something I regretted."
## [226] "I guess it was just agreeing to do a training this week. I just get stressed out and had trouble sleeping because of it."
## [227] "I told the little girl I babysit to sit down with my elder child and practise reading. She didn't want to and got in trouble for disobeying. If I hadn't assigned her to do that work, it wouldn't have been uncomfortable."
## [228] "I missed church last Sunday"
## [229] "I don't have any actions that resulted in negative consequences for this week."
## [230] "To take responsibility for your life, is to take responsibility for your powers of thinking, feeling, speaking and acting, because this is the structure of all human experience. You create your life with your thoughts, feelings, words and actions.\n\nYou take responsibility when you accept that the thoughts you have, are your thoughts coming from your mind. How you feel happens in your body and is a result of your thoughts. The words you speak come from your mouth and voice. The actions you take, are taken by you.\n\nWhat this means is that nobody can make you think, feel, say or do anything. Nobody can push your buttons, because you are the button maker! In the same way you don’t have control over how other people respond as they respond from their mindset."
## [231] "I laughed at my sister falling on a hiking trail. Was a bad reaction and I feared she was hurt very badly she was not and result was that she felt embarrassed."
## [232] "I put too much stress on the bathtub hot water tap, trying to stop it dripping."
## [233] "I was in a hurry and broke a crystal vase in the living room."
## [234] "I was pushing the large plastic recycle can towards my car to clean it out. I opened the lid before I starting pushing it. The whole can tipped backwards and I fell down with it. It was my fault because I added to much weight by opening the lid while pushing it."
## [235] "I purchased call options for stocks that caused me to lose quite a bit of money."
## [236] "I tried to move my hyacinth plant to another pot, but now the leaves are drooping."
## [237] "Just not getting my act together. I'm trying to find a job and it's just not happening."
## [238] "I threw out the garbage and didn't pick it up in my community."
## [239] "i was washing the dishes and i dropped a plate, breaking it"
## [240] "I royally messed up a report for work, that I had spent many hours on. It was wrong I had to do it over again on my own time."
## [241] "I am a lot older now, but the only thing I can think is my husband and went out to eat, but we forgot to bring my son and his girlfriend something to eat. They got really mad."
## [242] "I incorrectly fixed a tv and broke it. I thought youtube made me the tv fixing master and incorrectly diagnosed the issue then also broke the board I was working on."
## [243] "I brought up a topic that made someone sad. Since I am moving in less than a week, I am looking for a second part time job since the first one doesn't pay well, and that upset someone who usually has helped me pay for stuff while I was in college."
## [244] "I put my two weeks in at my job."
## [245] "On Saturday morning, I stone walled my husband when he came home from a bike ride."
## [246] "In a zoom class with 8 others and the instructor, I told myself to keep my mouth shut. So many times I have tried to offer something to the class, and the instructor reprimands me for jumping ahead in the process. But, I did it again in last night's class and regretted it."
## [247] "I sent the wrong email to a different employee who was not meant to see it."
## [248] "I stayed up way too late reading stuff online and was really tired most of the next day and had a hard time concentrating because I was so tired."
## [249] "I chose to eat dessert when I really shouldn't have."
## [250] "I live in a sober living home, and I was taking drugs and alcohol up until 5 days ago. I was called out for a drug test and Breathalyzer test, and admitted I would fail, which could have gotten me kicked out of the house."
## [251] "I felt responsible for entertaining my in laws when they came to visit."
## [252] "Giving my paralegal last minute disclosures"
## [253] "Eating unhealthy as I have been feeling sluggish while working and not feeling well much of the week."
## [254] "Last week I felt responsible for allowing my three-year-old grandson to take pacifiers away from his twin one-year-old sisters. When the twins were born he lost the status of being the baby of the family and an only child."
## [255] "Sending out a communication product for review that wasn't fully edited and finalized for web link content."
## [256] "I decided to go on a walk in the neighborhood. As we got about 30 minutes away, it began to rain pretty hard. We got back to the house soaked."
## [257] "I was careless with my wedding ring by placing it on a side table and leaving it there for a couple of days. When I went to get it, it appeared to be gone and I panicked; I made my husband help me go through the garbage to see if I accidentally threw it out."
## [258] "I was late for a meeting which kept certain projects from being completed on time."
## [259] "I blocked the person and he got mad at me."
## [260] "I'll be honest with you. There are no action or intent I have performed or engaged in over the last week that I do not have regret about. I'm trying to think of one time and there are none. Even going back to the beginning of the year there are none. I have to go back to last year where I regretted being a US citizen living in a country consumed by hate and judgement. So I'll go with that."
## [261] "I think I broke the toilet. It'd been flushing slow so I googled a fix. I found a video showing a toilet just like mine being fixed by putting dish liquid in it. So I did too. The toilet stopped working. :("
## [262] "The past week, I didn't feel much of working. I feel bored and all i want to do is sleep."
## [263] "I got paint on my driveway and my landlord was mad."
## [264] "I complained about an issue and caused an argument. I feel most responsible for that."
## [265] "I started looking on line for puppies. While this is not the right time for me, I got my daughter (age 22) a bit excited and hopeful. I feel bad about that."
## [266] "I invested in a stock which took a dive. It was an unexpected loss due to a bad report."
## [267] "I have not had any this past week. I had a wonderful week actually. Nothing negative at all."
## [268] "My mom had a TBI recently that led to memory loss. I have not been careful of my words this week. Now that she is getting better, me clucking over her and treating her like a child, upsets her."
## [269] "I intentionally broke my phone out of anger and had to spend almost $200 to replace it. I have rent due and everything and I still broke it and had to replace it. So I am out $200 but got a phone that is easier to resell when I am done."
## [270] "I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS RESULTS IN ME NOT GETTING AS MUCH PAYING WORK DONE. I NEED TO MAKE MORE MONEY TO PAY BILLS."
## [271] "I didn't feel like cooking, so I ordered Mexican food from a new place. The food was delivered cold and it didn't taste very good."
## [272] "On Tuesday I got mad at a friend and said some harsh words that hurt his feelings."
## [273] "I said something about someone and I think they may have overheard. They were a little quiet after that."
## [274] "I decided to take an unscheduled break at work because I was hungry and I wound up being late for the next case that was scheduled."
## [275] "The action was when I went to work and talked negatively about my job."
## [276] "I needed a new mattress for my bed. I finally made a choice on a new one and now I hate it. My whole body aches from this mattress."
## [277] "I was dusting last week and I lost my grip on the duster and knocked a figurine over. If felt awful and at least I was able to glue the piece on that broke."
## [278] "I spent much more time working on the computer trying to earn money than I knew was good for me. As a result, I've spent much of my time flat on my back to stop the spasms and my neck has been in even more pain than usual."
## [279] "I parked in a parking deck and I was in a hurry and forgot where I parked. I should have chosen where to park ahead of the action."
## [280] "I stayed up way too late to watch TV. As a result, I was exhausted for the whole day when I woke up."
## [281] "i turned down some work"
## [282] "Getting upset with my spouse during a conversation and snapping back at her which caused us to be upset with each other."
## [283] "I made my wife cry because we were joking around and then i turned thing serious. I wish I hadn’t done that."
## [284] "I drank beer on a school night so I was pretty worthless the next day when I should have been paying close attention to the things my kids were doing in school."
## [285] "I chose to involve myself in a stituation at work that I did not need to be in and as a result I ended up having to make a decision for the group that turned out wrong."
## [286] "I was responsible for writing code for a project I'm working on. The program ran very slow. I didn't realize it with the testing I did. I should have worked on a better solution for this overall."
## [287] "I asked my step sister if she could help me with out my bills and that I would pay her back on pay day. She told my family without mentioning i'd pay her back. My family is disappointed in me."
## [288] "I made a poor decision in driving and got my kid to soccer practice late."
## [289] "I let a co-worker get a ride out of me. She was extremely rude and I raised my voice back which made me feel out of character."
## [290] "I started training my niece in track and field and after her first session she experienced significant delayed onset muscle soreness. I misjudged her current fitness level and pushed her too hard."
## [291] "i will say not going for my doctor's appointment and having an asthma attack"
## [292] "I spent $25 on a draw poker machine and lost it all."
## [293] "I drank sugary drinks and now my teeth bother me."
## [294] "I had a project with several option. As supervisor I was asked to choose an option that had a higher risk but larger benefit. I instructed my team to go with that option but it turned out that when presented to the CEO, he shot it down because of the risk factors."
## [295] "I got my second vaccine shot, which in the long-run is very beneficial for me. However, the side effects of body pain and nausea kept me out of work for two days, severly affecting my productivity."
## [296] "I made bad food and it got my wife sick"
## [297] "I moved a trucking ticket to the wrong day which caused an issue with scheduling this made my boss frustrated and messed with the workflow."
## [298] "I over exercised the other day. I was out in the woods picking up trash and i mis judged how far i had to go to get out and ended up really hurting myself trying to carry it all out at once."
## [299] "My son did not get caught up in school. He is chronically behind and I wish I had more energy to micromanage him."
## [300] "Something that happened was my kids are still in school virtually and instead of sitting with them for school, I took a break to get some housework done. In the end, it just made more work for me because I was fixing problems they caused."
## [301] "I canceled a hair appointment, which I should have kept. It will be a few more weeks before I can reschedule, and my hair is in very bad need of a trim."
## [302] "While trying to trim the shrubs in front of my home, I accidentally cut the electric cord in half."
## [303] "I purchased something on impulse $100 item. We didn't need it and we are trying to stay on a strict budget."
## [304] "I said something negative about someone who was in an online game with me."
## [305] "I work a second job where I make my own schedule. I agreed to meet members of my family even though I knew I would be late or unable to work my second job because of it."
## [306] "changing dates to refile warrants faster"
## [307] "I brought junk at the grocery store instead of saving that money to buy healthy food. I had craving for ice cream and candy bar."
## [308] "I called out an employee on skipping out on work to go surfing."
## [309] "I used a bottle of caulk that was dented on the bottom. I saw the dent but used it anyway. It leaked all over and ruined the caulk gun."
## [310] "I did nothing this week by taking action that led to an undesirable outcome."
## [311] "I watched a commercial advertisement for a useless but fun \"toy\" item on youtube. It peaked my interest and caused me to spend some money that would have been better to have saved or spent elsewhere."
## [312] "I had burned what I was making for dinner. I got distracted and forgot about something that I was baking in the oven and it was ruined by the time I got to it."
## [313] "I yelled at my dad."
## [314] "I took my son to the mall instead of waiting until later and then was late visiting my stepmother."
## [315] "I started dinner too late one night, so we were all hungry for a while"
## [316] "I impulse bought several items that will help make my life easier."
## [317] "Thinking as to how God's Word tells us about exactly this kind of conundrum.. “with God, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day”…My husband and I also struggle with that kind of thing sometimes. It's truly disturbing at times. Sometimes it even makes sense person feel as if you aren't quite part of the here and now.\n\nIt may be because of a brain thing where there is a dissociation between what happened long ago and the very full present.\n\nInterestingly, something I noticed the one day was that every time when the very familiar mountains in front of us v are surrounded by low cloud vabd only the very top is visible, it looks as if the mountains are so close that you can touch them..but actually the truth is that they are far away …. JUST vas far away as yesterday. It's a very strange experience.\n\nWhat we surmise is that since the clouds are obscuring the entire bottom part of the mountain, the brain is now TOTALLY confused and unable to estimate how high the mountains actually are .. and how far away. Presumably the LACK of information has then led to this conundrum. (There's a gap in information). So now we are forced to resort to recorded memory to fill in the spaces.\n\nIf however, I leave home for town, to travel towards the exact same mountains, approaching them from s distance greater than the sum total of my home perspective, my only reaction is to be startled at the fact that they were so MUCH further away than my deceived mind thought.\n\nHowever, in life, especially if you are young and very occupied with the busy-ness of living life, that time is often measured in the rapid time as defined and measured by experiences, … whilst there are a whole lot of other or even similar things that happened, the time of which is and can only be measured within the context of our experience.\n\nThus it seems to be experiences (or the lack of them) that form the frame of reference for what defines and gives perspective to our experiences."
## [318] "I was working on a agenda for a team meeting and the wrong info got sent out. I felt horrible and had to contact everyone separate to fix my error."
## [319] "I am volunteering at a new cat rescue. On my second day, I was asked to volunteer more and possibly take on more responsibility. This was not my intent when I started and I am not sure that I am happy about it."
## [320] "I accidentally scratched the new kitchen table that my family and I acquired by dragging a vase across it."
## [321] "I told someone something that I wish I had not."
## [322] "I kept someone talking and they missed a task they needed to perform"
## [323] "While i was acting in defense, my ex-boyfriend blew me off all last week, so then I refused to answer his texts and calls. i acted out of hurt feelings, and the result was even more hurt."
## [324] "Last week I yelled at my son and my son got very upset. I shouldn't have yelled at him."
## [325] "I overspent my budget and now things are very tight."
## [326] "I didn't order groceries this past week and I had to work long hours. I took the money to replace fans that were breaking down. Because of that, my family nearly starved this week with no food to eat."
## [327] "I picked a restaurant to go to for my wife and family to go to for dinner."
## [328] "I got into bad argument with my fiancee and told him very mean things and broke dishes."
## [329] "I upset a co-worker last week by a comment that I made."
## [330] "I am a coach so I had to pick which athletes would compete at the distcrict level for us and move onto state."
## [331] "I drank too much this weekend and felt like crap"
## [332] "I ate an ice cream sundae after starting a diet."
## [333] "I don't have any recent actions I regret. Thank goodness! Hopefully it will stay this way."
## [334] "I told a visiting patron she would be able to check out a certain book without bothering to check if it was circulating - not only is it non-circulating but it cannot be used by visiting patrons even within the building."
## [335] "I spent way too much time online playing spider."
## [336] "A friend reached out for information and I gave her incorrect information."
## [337] "I was wanting to plan a nice evening with my wife on Saturday night. Through different events, I got distracted and before I knew it, it was to late to make reservations at our favorite restaurant. Instead, we had to settle for take out from a food truck. I feel responsible for missing out on this precious time together."
## [338] "I offended my husband by stating an opinion that differed greatly from his. He wasn't impressed We don't fight but we snapped and snarled for a little while."
## [339] "At our family dinner this last Sunday, my husband and I were discussing the arrangement of the beds in our upstairs bedrooms. I mentioned that I wanted the beds moved (one larger, one smaller) to different bedrooms."
## [340] "I raised my voice to my kids and was impatient with them"
## [341] "I forgot an acquaintance's name when speaking out loud to a group. I tried to work around the sudden blank by rephrasing what I was going to say, but I feel the pause was obvious and she was chilly to me afterward."
## [342] "I was doing some studying but became procrastinated over time and fell behind with my work."
## [343] "To be blunt, I'm an alcoholic and I live with some family members who find it extremely disruptive when I drink too much."
## [344] "I lost money on crypto futures from making bad calls."
## [345] "The action I’m thinking of occurred 2 years ago when I chose to abuse prescription medication."
## [346] "I don't have a great example for the past week, but I sell on Ebay. I bought a teacup and saucer for 30.00 at an estate sale. I expected to be able to sell it for a lot more money. As of today, the auction doesn't have any bids so is kind of depressing. It might still sell, but as of today I feel it was a bad decision."
## [347] "I missed work. My coworker was left to their own because I didn't feel like going in that day"
## [348] "I took my daughter to school too early and wound up having to pay for 5 minutes of childcare."
## [349] "I had ice cream this past weekend. I am on a diet, so this negatively impacted my diet plan."
## [350] "I cooked some food in a pan that i cleaned out with a scrapper. part of the scraper came off and I didn't realize it until the food was cooked. I did not feel the food was safe to consume so I had to throw away the food."
## [351] "I cloned my SSD and place the cloned SSD in a coworkers computer. Later causing me to not be able to remote to my desktop and I locked myself out of my PC for about 2 days not being able to assist anyone until I figured out the issue."
## [352] "I went to the beach over the weekend. I stayed in the sun way too long and got sunburn which ruined the rest of my trip."
## [353] "I ordered too much food from Imperfect Foods, which my son and I will never eat. This resulted in spoilage and waste."
## [354] "I washed two containers of mushrooms for soup and mixed them. Later, I wished I hadn't because some of them must have been too old because they all smelled like fish an hour later and we had to toss them."
## [355] "I tried to fix a piece of drywall in the house on my own, and I think I would have been better off having a pro fix it."
## [356] "I let a sub stay for work even though she was feeling bad and I believe she got students sick."
## [357] "I ate and drank too many calories"
## [358] "I was preparing a presentation for one of my associate in which I mistakenly elevated the figures which would be achieved when we would have the client onboarded. The day of the presentation, our senior Manager asked about the making of the presentation and I promptly told my associates name. During the presentation, my associate was clueless of many things for which I had to Interrupt making the Senior manager understand that it was me who made it rather than my associate. I felt I was responsible for this act and felt really guilty."
## [359] "When my 2-year old daughter got home from school she wanted a hug, I had raw chicken on my hands and told her to wait, she got very upset and the rest of the evening she was short with me. Had I just washed my hands and gave her a big hug, maybe she would have been happier with me all evening."
## [360] "I brought up a suggestion to my adult child that angered him. I thought he would not take the suggestion kindly, and I should have kept it to myself, but I did not and it resulted in an argument."
## [361] "I have not had anything happen with a negative or undesired outcome in the past week."
## [362] "I notified my choir director that I had decided NOT to sing for the summer, resulting in his being very disappointed."
## [363] "At work when I felt like I did not properly train an employee to do a task."
## [364] "I ordered too much food and ate it all one night and my stomach ached"
## [365] "I chose to go shopping at the mall and it was so crowded I ended up catching a cold the next day."
## [366] "I got frustrated and barked at my wife which made her sad and made me feel bad."
## [367] "I made a friend upset by not returning their phone call in a timely fashion."
## [368] "I broke a cup while washing dishes. It was drying in the dish washer and I tried to reposition it."
## [369] "I spent money I shouldn't have on a toy. I should have put that money away in savings."
## [370] "I tried to do a U-turn in a space which was too tight for one. It resulted in me scraping my car against a wall in front of a witness."
## [371] "It always hurts when you keep it as a secret that makes it simpler to tell to your friends"
## [372] "I bought something I couldn't return. Then I had a medical issue arise and had trouble coming up with the money to take care of it."
## [373] "Wasting time with lower priority tasks, when around the house there were plenty of more urgent chores to do and resolve."
## [374] "By not putting the dishes in dishwasher it is causing gnats infestation."
## [375] "I had a bit too much drink and got into a verbal altercation with my bother this past week. He hasnt talked to me since."
## [376] "Recently, I offered to take on new clients at work. Upon communicating this change to the clients, though, they expressed frustration at the change."
## [377] "I took over a meeting when a co-worker was late. I acted hastily and jumped in instead of waiting and checking out the situation. Basically, the action would be taking over a meeting and making a judgement call on my own. It had negative consequences. I overstepped my position and it just all spiraled."
## [378] "I got mad at my 8-year-old son for something that really wasn't a huge deal. He cried and then I felt terrible."
## [379] "I started a fight with my girlfriend that could have easily been avoided if I wasn't so hard headed."
## [380] "My friend lost their job because we were out drinking the night before."
## [381] "I recently made a mistake on a project at work. My mistake not only delayed the projected, but it affected all the other people involved."
## [382] "Thinking about not being honest about a situation."
## [383] "yelling at my younger sister and making her cry"
## [384] "I decided to take action on my low funds in my bank account by trying to gamble money to win more money. I ended up losing."
## [385] "I ordered a large grocery delivery yesterday, even though I really didn't have time to deal with it. As a result, I didn't get enough work done and served dinner at 10 pm."
## [386] "I accidentally put a stemless wine glass on top of the fridge too close to the ledge and when i opened the freezer door the glass dropped, broke, and cut my hand kind of deeply. i felt like it was my fault because i put the glass so close to the ledge."
## [387] "The action that had a negative outcome was spending too much."
## [388] "At work, I rushed a change out that I could have simply waited on. Instead, I rushed to get this one task done and it caused problems because I had not validated everything I was to do."
## [389] "I went to a garage far away and inconvenient to get to in the hopes that they could solve the problem with my car. They could not and I wasted a lot of time."
## [390] "I was confused about an email and emailed a colleague, which annoyed them. Them being annoyed affected our work relationship during that day."
## [391] "I was rude to someone at church of all places...."
## [392] "not really I don't tend to keep things in a negative thought all week,"
## [393] "last \"night\" I started thinking about other things instead of getting back to sleep after going to the bathroom, and I never got back to sleep and felt awful all day."
## [394] "I dropped a dish and it broke."
## [395] "I was responsible for choosing where an engagement party was held and it didn't go well."
## [396] "Last week I forgot to empty and take out the trash. Which resulted in my husband having to do it. I felt bad because I knew it was my week but didnt want to do it so I didn't do my job."
## [397] "only eating one or two vegetables a day instead of the 4 or 5 needed."
## [398] "I let my friends down by choosing to cancel on them last minute for plans we made in advance."
## [399] "I started a fight with my husband because i was being a brat."
## [400] "I got mildly upset with my child when they had knocked their food off their table. They got a little startled when I told them they needed to start doing better with this as they are getting older. I should have been softer when I said it."
## [401] "I go to the gym to train to gain strength. There is a certain point where too much weight can lead to a failure of lifting it. I was in that moment where I decided to do more than I could handle, and ended up being unable to complete the task. In the end, I should've not added that much weight onto the barbell."
## [402] "Something I did was I helped someone bring things to somebody elsethat didn't belong to them. It was a backpack with their clothes. They were disposed of immediately leaving said person with less clothes."
## [403] "I thought that I could fix our hand held vacuum but ended up breaking it more beyond repair."
## [404] "my cat became sick and weak. i called a local vet care clinic and a larger vet hospital"
## [405] "I accidentally kicked my cat because I was rushing by and wasn't paying enough attention"
## [406] "doing something in screct as a gift surpise only to have to reveal it sooner and then find out it was the wrong item"
## [407] "I was tired and hadn't slept well and made the choice to put off completing a report on time rather than submit something I couldn't feel good about. My boss wasn't happy about it."
## [408] "I threw out some food in the refrigerator that appeared to be going bad. It belonged to my roommate, and when he found out, he got mad at me and said he wanted to keep it."
## [409] "I honked at someone and made them very upset to the point they started following me. That was instant regret especially because my dump of a city has had 14 interstate shootings."
## [410] "Not attending my grand neices baptisim"
## [411] "I helped someone out and got blamed when something went wrong even though I didn't even touch what ended up being broken."
## [412] "I asked for a couple days off and my boss got mad."
## [413] "I started a fight by opening my mouth and telling the truth."
## [414] "I was having a bad day one day last week and it was just one of those days that nothing would go right. There was nothing that anyone had done to make my day bad it just was bad. When my fiance got home from work I took my frustrations out on him in a very hateful and hurtful way by accusing him of not caring and being selfish when in reality he is so far from those things. I don't know what outcome I was hoping to receive by acting that way towards the man that would do anything for me but the outcome I received was sleeping in my bed all alone that night and my fiance on the couch, undeservingly heartbroken because of my hateful words and I received the silent treatment the entire next day."
## [415] "I walked into the opened door of my dishwasher and scraped my ankle."
## [416] "I went and got my second Covid shot. I took action and was responsible, but now the negative outcome is the side effects. I have the chills and a fever now."
## [417] "I think I might have pushed my student a bit too hard and she ended up getting upset. It wasn't a major thing. I was trying to get her to practice reading her braille, but she was over-tired."
## [418] "I talked too much in a zoom meeting without waiting my turn when others seemed slow."
## [419] "I bought soda, when I had been trying to ween myself off of it because it is very bad for my health, especially at the rate I drink it."
## [420] "I took action by getting into an argument with my mom and it resulted in miscommunication, so we did not talk for a long time afterward."
## [421] "I cannot think of a situation as listed above.\n"
## [422] "Some friends and I went out to celebrate as two friends had birthdays. When we went to dinner, I offered to pay for one friend's dinner, which meant somebody else had to pay for the other friends dinner. This wasn't arranged before hand so I kind of put my other friends \"on the spot\" to pay for the other friend's dinner."
## [423] "At work on Friday I did as little work as possible. I decided doing mturk hits were more important than my actual job."
## [424] "I need to stain the outside of my house. It needs to be done weather permitting so it can be tricky to time it just right."
## [425] "I am thinking of this past week when I was late for work. I was late for work because the drop off line at my son's school was running later than usual. This caused me to be about 15 minutes late and when I got to work there were a lot of people in the waiting room that needed to be seen."
## [426] "Overcooked vegetable casserole"
## [427] "I was playing softball with my kids and a ball hit one of them accidentally. They were slightly injured by the ball and it made me feel very badly."
## [428] "I knew it was going to be windy and did not roll in the outside canopy over the back deck, I was told of inclement weather and windy conditions but lost track of time and the awning was badly damaged in the windy conditions."
## [429] "I tried to get our cat on a feeding schedule that suited me. I changed her schedule and it resulted in her eating too fast when she was fed on my schedule and I had to clean up the throw up from her."
## [430] "I got in an argument with my wife and children that led to several hours of everyone being on edge."
## [431] "I was working on my deck and left my screen open. Now one of my cats, which is indoor only and never been outside, is missing."
## [432] "The action I took this week that led to a negative outcome was the decision to omit water from my diet on one day. I was thinking of the short term benefit ie not using the bathroom every few minutes."
## [433] "I drove my son-in-law's car to the store, not knowing it was low on fuel, ran out of gas and ended up stranded."
## [434] "Cleaning out some of my son's old toys and I accidentally got rid of the thing that was important to him."
## [435] "A couple of nights ago, I decided to sleep in my recliner, instead of my bed. My back bothered me the next day because of it."
## [436] "I snapped at a coworker. I took actions but the aftermath of human emotions are complicated."
## [437] "I have been pulled from my regular job as a nurse often to assist in COVID testing. I am responsible for monthly quality assurance checks for certain pieces of medical equipment. I was unable to do this for the month of May because of my work schedule and time constraints. I am really going to hear about this next week."
## [438] "I do not have one for the past week"
## [439] "My boyfriend of seven years has been feeling ignored because after work I either lay down, do some HIT's or play some games on my phone. He has expressed his frustration a few times, however I ignored it and didn't change anything and we had a huge blow out fight this weekend."
## [440] "I ended up spending too much money at the grocery store because I did not meal plan properly. I also didn't have a shopping list so I did a lot of impulse buys."
## [441] "I accidentally pulled out a favorite plant in my garden thinking it was a weed."
## [442] "I drank too much beer at the bar when I went out with my in-laws."
## [443] "Because I am high risk for COVID, I asked a close relative to take my vehicle for dealership servicing 65 miles away. The experience was a nightmare - employees and customers unmasked almost entirely. My relatives stood outside for an hour and a half to avoid infection."
## [444] "at the beginning of this week my sister called me in the middle of a crisis telling me she wanted to kill herself, I didn't tell anyone about it because I thought I talked her out of it. now she has been committed to a mental hospital because she actually had a plan."
## [445] "Losing over $300 while gambling."
## [446] "I decided to go and take a personal day and play golf. It put my spouse in a bad mood and caused problems in the household."
## [447] "I promised a project completion date of May 15th, when my instincts definitely pointed to end of may."
## [448] "I was snippy with a customer at work because I was irritated about a situation. He turned out to be very nice and I felt badly for being impatient."
## [449] "Perhaps picking up an extra shift at work resulted in the negative outcome of being too tired to do my duties at home. I didn't have to pick up the shift, so I am responsible."
## [450] "I overdid yard work this week and I through our my lower back. I did this knowing I was already sore from the previous day."
## [451] "I spoke to a family member in a bluntly honest way and it led to them getting offended and defensive. I feel I should have spoke in a more sensitive way."
## [452] "Cleaning up garden killed flowers"
## [453] "Yelling at my son for doing something wrong when I could have calmly spoken to him."
## [454] "I neglected some of my work duties by doing personal errands. I went to the stores and did some shipping errands."
excl_iin_pastweekactresdes <- c("I forgot to add an employee to the schedule, and it resulted in the team being short staffed on Saturday", "I had a spreadsheet to put together and I missed the deadline. It was completely my fault.", "I did not cage my dog up when I left the house and she chewed a hole in the carpet.", "I missed a phone call that caused me to miss an important customer update which caused the customer to be upset with our company.", "I accidently didn't pay for a can of tomato sauce because it fell out of sight on my cart and I didn't notice that I hadn't put it on the belt until later. I did pay for it the next day.", "I forgot to pay my friend who had done some machine work on my property.", "I'd had insomnia and I didn't complete a portion of my work. I deliberately chose to not work. Consequently, I've had to scramble to keep up.", "I don't have one. Nothing negative happened to me.", "I honestly can't think of one in the past week. Lots of inaction, though...", " wish you the very best wishes as you prepare for your interview as well as when you ... Tell me about yourself? 2. What are your major skills? 3. Why should we hire you? ... If you have more skills than the minimum ones required, you can briefly ... This question gauges whether you have thought about how your career will ...", "Not listening to a problem my husband had", "I missed church last Sunday", "I don't have any actions that resulted in negative consequences for this week.", "I'll be honest with you. There are no action or intent I have performed or engaged in over the last week that I do not have regret about. I'm trying to think of one time and there are none. Even going back to the beginning of the year there are none. I have to go back to last year where I regretted being a US citizen living in a country consumed by hate and judgement. So I'll go with that.", "I have not had any this past week. I had a wonderful week actually. Nothing negative at all.", "i will say not going for my doctor's appointment and having an asthma attack", "I did nothing this week by taking action that led to an undesirable outcome.", "I don't have any recent actions I regret. Thank goodness! Hopefully it will stay this way.", "I have not had anything happen with a negative or undesired outcome in the past week.", "I NEED to get my IRS taxes done! I've been putting it off and time is getting close to my their due date!", "By not putting the dishes in dishwasher it is causing gnats infestation.", "not really I don't tend to keep things in a negative thought all week,", "Last week I forgot to empty and take out the trash. Which resulted in my husband having to do it. I felt bad because I knew it was my week but didnt want to do it so I didn't do my job.", "Not attending my grand neices baptisim", "I cannot think of a situation as listed above.", "I knew it was going to be windy and did not roll in the outside canopy over the back deck, I was told of inclement weather and windy conditions but lost track of time and the awning was badly damaged in the windy conditions.", "I have been pulled from my regular job as a nurse often to assist in COVID testing. I am responsible for monthly quality assurance checks for certain pieces of medical equipment. I was unable to do this for the month of May because of my work schedule and time constraints. I am really going to hear about this next week.", "I do not have one for the past week")
datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactresdes <- datagmr %>% filter(!(pastweekactresdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekactresdes))
## Then exclude irrelevant, incorrect or no responsibility responses for past week greatest inaction responsibility
unique(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactresdes$pastweekinactresdes)
## [1] "I didn't make a call that I needed to this week and missed out on an opportunity to get some help with a project I was working on because the person made plans the day before I ended up asking."
## [2] "I haven't been checking in on my daughter's schoolwork progress as much as I should. She has a lot of assignments stacking up that we will have to catch up on."
## [3] ""
## [4] "I didn't start my paper or After Effects project soon enough. Instead, I could've used time that I've been using to study Arabic, for these. Or the time I've been spending on other projects more removed from me. I only have a month of school left and I really need to concentrate on is."
## [5] "A negative outcome that resulted from me not taking action was me not saying something to someone in public about a negative remake being made."
## [6] "I didn't wake up until late in the morning on a workday and started work late."
## [7] "I ordered an oven, and when it came, it did not fit in my countertops. I had measured but obviously not accurately enough. I had to scramble to organize bringing someone in to cut the countertops and my family has been without an oven or stove for a week."
## [8] "Failing to text a fellow tenant about an eviction notice on his door."
## [9] "I wore a mask for a long period of time and decided not to wear my mouth guard (it's ugly, but nobody would've seen it!) underneath. I now regret it because I've had jaw pain for the last few days."
## [10] "I didn’t stand up for my boss when a customer was berating her."
## [11] "I was unable to go and see my children and take them to dinner."
## [12] "I watched Netflix one night instead of working on a new business project I'm interested in."
## [13] "Not choosing to exercise at all this past week."
## [14] "I didn't do my chores during the week and then thought my Mother in law was coming over. So my house wasn't very clean for her."
## [15] "I forgot to bring in a bag on my porch and it got rained on."
## [16] "I didn't do my laundry last weekend so I'm re-wearing some dirty clothes this week."
## [17] "I had some free time on my hands because I had no work to do and instead of working on my book I just ended up watching tv."
## [18] "While seeing my daughter-in law for the first time in many months, I was very quiet and did not express how I was feeling about her recent conversations."
## [19] "I still didn't fix the roof and it rained."
## [20] "I did not bathe my dog yet and he is due for a bath and his monthly meds."
## [21] "I needed to make a doctor appointment and keep putting it off."
## [22] "I was supposed to respond to an e-mail about open AR, but I forgot. It lead to us not getting a payment submitted in the correct period."
## [23] "I forgot to submit a survey and did not receive credit."
## [24] "It was bad weather in past week. I did not go out for a week."
## [25] "I pur off taking my car in to get the alignment checked, and this week there is a more noticeable shake."
## [26] "When coaching, I did not take out a pitcher or I left her in too long."
## [27] "I said I would clean up the weeds in the yard, I didn't, and the dogs all got stickers in their paws, which was hurtful for them and really hard for me to remove."
## [28] "I did not schedule an appointment for a vaccine."
## [29] "I ended up spending more money than I should have last week because I should have gone to the grocery store but I was lazy and so by not taking the action of going to the store, I ended up spending more money than was budgeted."
## [30] "My dog was feeling sick and didn't take him to the vet right away. I took him a couple of days later and the vet said he had an infection that could had been treated very easy but because I waited longer, the treatment was going to be longer."
## [31] "I did not follow up with my neighbor about her swollen finger even though I knew she would find it difficult to get to the doctor on her own."
## [32] "I forgot to cover some of the plants and the squirrels dug in the containers and ruined a few plants\n"
## [33] "My sister got mad at me because I wouldn't go to the store with her."
## [34] "Not going into the office which lead to me having a much more difficult day."
## [35] "I could have washed my clothes and did laundry this weekend, but I didn't. Now my favorite clothes are still dirty, and I can't wear them this week."
## [36] "I didn't water my plants in a timely manner, and I think that my hyacinth won't bloom as a result."
## [37] "Because I didn't program an alert for my mom doctors appointment in her phone which I normally do, she missed an appointment that is going to take months to get a new date to see the doctor that she has already been waiting a while for to see."
## [38] "Someone new that I disliked was hired at work because I did not reach out to a previous co-worker about coming back to work at my job."
## [39] "I wanted to get a new door for the house and chose to abide by my husband's wants and not order one. Now, we have a door that leaks and will have to wait even longer for it to be replaced."
## [40] "I was lazy and didn't grocery shop so my husband didn't have much to eat in the house. I felt it was just as easy to go out and do drive thru or pick up."
## [41] "I did not work on a stupid essay I had to write which led to me having to cram it all in one night before it was due and it sounded terrible"
## [42] "I should've asked for more information about school, but I felt I was too overwhelmed and lacked the appropriate questions and wasted time (by taking inaction)"
## [43] "The inaction is not having my axle replaced before spending money on tires and brakes."
## [44] "I should have consulted a Murray Rothbard book before answering a question about economics."
## [45] "Not brushing my dog."
## [46] "I didn't do anything to help with house work and made my wife mad."
## [47] "i didn't make the children play outside"
## [48] "During work, a couple of my team members were upset with another member because they felt they he didn't do his part. I should have spoken up that this particular member had a family emergency and that is why he couldn't complete his task."
## [49] "My inaction would be again related to my diet. I did not take the proper actions to stop myself from snacking."
## [50] "Last week I was unable to get chores done and now my house is a mess"
## [51] "Not reaching out to my friend when he needed someone to talk to."
## [52] "I failed to invest money in bitcoin."
## [53] "I neglected paying a bill and received a summons by the sheriff to report to court or have an attorney represent me"
## [54] "I forgot to call her school in the morning to let them know she will not be coming in there that day."
## [55] "I chose to have food delivered rather than going to the store. Not all of it arrived in good condition."
## [56] "I should have talked to someone sooner about an issue that was going on. By postponing our talk that person may end up moving away."
## [57] "I kept putting off doing some chores at home because I became engrossed online."
## [58] "I didn't get to the grocery store when I should have, and we started running out of good food for lunch."
## [59] "I let the fact that my sister in law came to the house with a cold slide and as a result we all got sick."
## [60] "My cat got out because I didn't get batteries for his containment system."
## [61] "I was asked to work for a family friend. The money was good, but I did not want to do the job and therefore lost out on any remuneration."
## [62] "I was to take the dog for a long walk to build his strength after illness. However, I took him for only a mild walk, and as a result he did not build much strength."
## [63] "I failed to prepare the lawnmower for the new season. I was out of town for 4 weeks and my wife could not cut the lawn."
## [64] "An elderly man was crossing the street and I didn't try to help him. He ended up falling down."
## [65] "I didn't clean something I should have, and now I have to wait another week to do the same task because random people keep filling our dumpsters with their own trash. I think I'm gonna smash their headlights."
## [66] " I didn't apologize immediately for being \"short\" with my mother."
## [67] "The inaction was how I inadequately planned to address or deal with the problem. More time should have been set aside to ensure that all objectives were met."
## [68] "Earlier this week, I forgot to put clothes from the washer to the dryer in a timely manner and the clothes started to smell musty, so I had to rewash them."
## [69] "i did not contact a friend back when i said i would"
## [70] "I didn't wake my grandson up in time for school."
## [71] "I didn't do the normal cooking for the household for a few days and someone got sick because they ate the wrong kinds of food."
## [72] "I did not take my car in for inspection this week. now I have to hurry up and try to find an appointment."
## [73] "While I waited to see if I would need to call an electrician to diagnose a faulty outlet in my house, it ended up catching on fire and disabling an entire circuit in a room in my house."
## [74] "Not being responsive to my spouse in a proper manner."
## [75] "Not talking to her sooner so we can successfully deal with raising our grandsons."
## [76] "I failed to ask a certain question."
## [77] "I failed to shovel the snow from my driveway to my door. Which I needed to do because I had a fedex delivery coming, and I know from past experiences, if they cant get to my door, they drop it off with our little local rural post office, then I have to go get it. which is an absolute pain because its a trek from my house, especially in the snow. So I blew it off, the shoveling that is. Of course fedex showed up, paused for a few seconds, and drove off before I could get dressed and run out to meet him... Shafted!!"
## [78] "I slept through a meeting in the morning and thus was out of the loop on important team updates."
## [79] "I should have encouraged someone when they were feeling down about not winning a contest. I don't feel like I was supportive enough."
## [80] "I felt grumpy all day Wednesday last week because I didn't take my daily walk."
## [81] "I did not set my alarm that night which resulted in me oversleeping."
## [82] "I am thinking of when I decided not to buy an item I needed online, and then it went out of stock when I ended up needing to buy it."
## [83] "I failed to intervene with my best friend having heated arguments previously before the time that I intervened"
## [84] "It was when i could have reminded my sister that her exam is due but i did not"
## [85] "The inaction I'm thinking of is when I didn't text my brother."
## [86] "I failed to make enough cash this week. The end result of a few bad weeks will be a problem."
## [87] "I was supposed to send my sister something in the mail. I haven't made it priority so I still have not sent it even after a week."
## [88] "The inaction I felt personally responsible for in the past week is the procrastination of doing work due to other perceived obligations. There is a deadline for this work and I would feel much more relieved if I do this work earlier than later."
## [89] "Didn’t require kids to do homework."
## [90] "DIDN'T DO THE LAUNDRY"
## [91] "I put off doing some work outside on Monday now I have double the work to do this weekend."
## [92] "Last week, I forgot to put gas in my wife's car. As a result, she got to work late and receive a warning from her boss."
## [93] "I didn't take someone to the airport because I would have had to stay awake until midnight. They had to take an Uber to the airport."
## [94] "My not following with up a promise to help someone with fixing up their house is a regret which has slightly strained our relationship."
## [95] "I didn't work for several days, due to depression and emotional stress. I thought this was fine until I found out my work's system was down."
## [96] "I forgot to set an alarm on my phone to wake up the next morning. My partner is also dependent on that alarm causing them to oversleep and be late for work."
## [97] "I forgot to order lunch for two of my students."
## [98] "The lawn needed mowing this past week but I decided not to mow it for another week. Because of this, the grass is so high that I will have to spend twice a much time cutting it. Time that could have been spent on other things."
## [99] "I failed to check my document carefully for all the information needed."
## [100] "I felt bad that I had forgotten to get the vet results for my cat for so long - he could have been sick and I wasn't as attentive as ideal"
## [101] "I did not go to visit my father on his birthday, because I had seen him two days prior, and I had a lot of stuff of my own to do. As a result, my dad was alone all day on his birthday, which made me feel kind of sad and guilty."
## [102] "I put off some work that I could have done last week and now I will have to finish it this week."
## [103] "I saw an item online that I wanted to purchase but took no action because I thought that there would be plenty left in stock. The following day, I saw that the item was sold out and that I had missed out."
## [104] "I didn't finish cleaning out and organizing my guest bedroom, so my spouse or I haven't been able to take advantage of it when he begins to snore. As a result, I've had several nights in which I haven't gotten enough sleep."
## [105] "I did not reach out to a client at work to provide them with an update on a recent organizational change. Client found out via a news release and was upset."
## [106] "I did not read all of my emails from work. There may be actions I need to accomplish."
## [107] "Had an issues were I was late on a project request because of my inaction"
## [108] "Months ago at work, we were put through a grueling reassignment of tasks that was so intense I had chest pains. I fulfilled everything but went to my then shift leader and asked whether he was trying to kill me. Clearly I am now tagged, \"She is older, don't kill her!\" Even though I have changed shifts and all my bosses are different, the word is out -- so I keep being given easier and less work than others. I haven't tried to recalibrate this, and today I discovered it is making my co-workers be saddled with a lot of extra work."
## [109] "I forgot to have a prescription refilled, and wasn't able to take my medication as directed."
## [110] "I was to lazy to sign up for the vaccine, so i still am not vaccinated."
## [111] "I didn't reach out to a friend who seemed very upset."
## [112] "I did not exercise or engage in physical activity."
## [113] "Not setting my alarm and missing my lesson."
## [114] "Similarly, I did not do something on a zoom call that I think I should have done, in order to protect a friend and co-worker."
## [115] "I forgot to do the laundry."
## [116] "I should have taken better care of a child who was entrusted in to my care."
## [117] "By me not speaking up in a meeting, my coworker ended up taking the blame for a missed equipment shipment."
## [118] "I didn't vacuum my rugs so they are dirty."
## [119] "The inaction of not contributing more to a charity this past week led to an undesired outcome in my feeling that I am not generous. My inaction caused me to feel badly about myself."
## [120] "My child did not do well on her test because I did not push her enough."
## [121] "I decided not to go to the gym so I felt like crap the whole day."
## [122] "I needed to step up on a project that should have been finished."
## [123] "I did not take my dog out for a walk before bed last night. My dog had an accident in the house last night because I did not walk him."
## [124] "A friend called and asked me to meet her in a neighboring town for lunch. I declined only to realize hours later that she needed me to go do lunch and bring her home. I didn't understand she needed a ride. I felt horrible."
## [125] "I forgot to confirm the time of a meeting with my boss so I was late."
## [126] "I was not able to attend the number of Zoom meetings on a bid"
## [127] "I did not stand up for my colleagues when we were forced to endure an \"equity\" training in which it was suggested we should be ashamed of our country's history. As a history teacher, I can point to similar actions (colonizing, etc.) that almost every group has engaged in in their history. For instance, the Arawak Indians who were harmed by the arrival of Columbus engaged in the exact same behavior when they migrated out of South America and colonized the islands to which Europeans arrived."
## [128] "I did not take out the garbage from this week"
## [129] "I put off two reviews of my employees due to lack of time."
## [130] "Not cleaning my house when it got too messy."
## [131] "I should have applied for heating assistance before my oil ran out and I could not heat the house."
## [132] "An inaction would be when my wife got mad at my dog for something that was on the floor when it was me and I didn’t tell her"
## [133] "I didn't do any of the house decluttering I had planned."
## [134] "I saw a man shoplifting and didn't do anything to stop it."
## [135] "My partner and I came upon our neighbors while walking. None of us had masks on, and yet I didn't move away."
## [136] "I am not as actively engaged with my kids as I should be. They spend a ridiculous amount of time on their devices. I feel guilty for not actively encouraging them to do other activities."
## [137] "A friend wanted me to go for lunch with her. I didn't want to go so I told her that I had to clean house. She told me later that she was very upset that I wouldn't go with her. I feel really bad that I did not go with her."
## [138] "We had a yard sale and did very good but I never pulled the vases down I wanted to sell so I am still stuck with these vases."
## [139] "Not going to the gym one day."
## [140] "I skipped out on a homework assignment literally because I just didn't want to do it."
## [141] "I didn't surprise my wife with dinner."
## [142] "Didn't call and challenge a charge. I had the number and information, but kept putting it off"
## [143] "I have been sticking to a workout regimen for the last month and I decided to skip a day when I shouldn't have on Monday."
## [144] "I forgot to feed the cat an she went an entire day without food."
## [145] "I failed to cancel a service I no longer want and got charged for another month."
## [146] "I did make a necessary phone call."
## [147] "I didn't complain about the charge for servicing my car. I thought the cost was covered by a service agreement, but didn't wanted to argue with my husband about mentioning to the dealership."
## [148] "I did not take the time to run each morning like I would like to."
## [149] "I was waiting for a friend to call before going out drinking in the bars, when I realized he was out of town and I missed out."
## [150] "I didn't reciprocate love to someone I care about."
## [151] "I didn't clean the house and now I have double the amount of work this weekend."
## [152] "Not reaching out to some members of my family."
## [153] "I got to keep my grand daughter. We had fun and she has no rules when she stays with me."
## [154] "I did not look at the security cameras around our house at the time of an incident where our next door neighbor had someone steal something from his truck. In hindsight I wish I had caught the incident as it was occurring."
## [155] "Last week a friend of mine lost a job that he liked . My friend does not drive , so he asked me if I could give him a ride to work that morning . I told him no , because I did not want to get up that early , and it would disturb my sleep routine . If I would have taken him to work that day , he would still have that job . I feel a little bad about this ."
## [156] "This week, I decided to not attend my American Politics class, during which we would present our final project to the professor."
## [157] "My ex husband died before giving my children the answers they wanted and needed."
## [158] "I decided to not attend a birthday party for a close family member. I feel terribly sad about it."
## [159] "I neglected to ask for an extension on my contact lens prescription from my normal eye doctor last year and that resulted in me having to find a new one, because I have moved and won't be going back to the area where my previous doc is in for at least a year, and the appt cost me a lot more money because I procrasitnated."
## [160] "I left cushions in my wicker chairs on the front porch and pollen got into them so now I'm going to have wash all of them. I should have taken them in but I didn't."
## [161] "I forgot to wake up my kids who were fasting for a pre-dawn meal (we are Muslim- it's Ramadan so we fast sunrise to sunset."
## [162] "I filed a tax form listing my pension payout and I forgot I did that and allowed someone else to claim me as a dependent. Their tax return has not been processed and I'm afraid of the end result as I failed to tell the person about this."
## [163] "I didn’t tell the he person it was added up wrong and I was getting more than I should"
## [164] "I didn't help grave the rope guide when they were cutting down a tree next to my house, it ended up falling on the fence between houses and destroyed part of it."
## [165] "I did not help around the house when I should had. I have chores in order to help everyone else, and I failed to do so."
## [166] "My inaction of using proper medication led to my serious infection."
## [167] "I forgot to do some house chores, and it resulted in an argument between my wife and I. She was upset that I always leave chores for her to do. The reason I forgot to do house chores is because I've become very consumed with my professional work at my job."
## [168] "I did not work on a program for a team project at work. I neglected it until the last minute and our client was not satisfied with it."
## [169] "I needed to schedule our second dose of Covid vaccine, and I delayed a couple of days. Other members of our household were not happy with me about that."
## [170] "I didn't tell my husband about something I should have that has a consequence to our lives."
## [171] "I did not clean the litter box for my cat who ended up peeing on my bed."
## [172] "In this past week I waited a day before an assignment was due to write my paper. Once I crammed to get it done, I feel like I did not do as well as I could have and the grade that I get will likely reflect on my mistake to put it off."
## [173] "I sometimes get lazy, and at the beginning of the week, I knew I needed to cut the grass. It wasn't too tall, so I said to myself, I'd do it the next day. Then, it rained the next 3-4 days. I couldn't cut the grass then. It grew taller and faster. By the end of the week, I had no choice but to do it. It was tough and it took me a long time to finish it because I had to bag the clippings, and I had to unload the lawn mower every 20-30 feet. I wish I just cut it when I was supposed to."
## [174] "I forgot to lock my care and someone stole items from it."
## [175] "it was a very bad day for me"
## [176] "I didn't drive the new truck today because I didn't feel comfortable. My spouse wanted me to and was a little bit upset with me."
## [177] "I made a delivery that need to be checked but was not. Normally I supervise such activity, but this time I did not and it very much displeased a customer."
## [178] "I did not go take a run as planned because I was lazy."
## [179] "I did not put my cake in the fridge when I should have, and because of that the frosting melted off of it, down the sides."
## [180] "I should have been more careful in looking through the closet for junk."
## [181] "I noticed our car was covered in pollen and the inside was also dirty, but I didn't clean it. Today we had to go out and I felt embarrassed that there was yellow pollen and bird poop all over the windows."
## [182] "Not getting the LLC for my new business, which means that now I can’t sell things, which impacts me financially."
## [183] "I have been behind schedule on my work last week because I have been putting off workng on some important tasks."
## [184] "An inaction that I feel most responsible for in the past week was not standing up for my sister when she was being bullied."
## [185] "I neglected to wipe my dogs’ paws after they came inside from a semi-muddy backyard which resulted in a mess on the carpet and some furniture."
## [186] "I did not put the house plants that were brought in from the outside due to the cold into a sunny place. As a result, they seem to be drooping."
## [187] "One time this happened I saw some woman being harrassed by someone on the street. I watched but ended up not saying anything to them."
## [188] "I liked a dress on Poshmark. I did not purchase it right away. When I came back, it had sold."
## [189] "This week when I was putting my dog to bed I forgot to close the door to his kennel and in the middle of the night he destroyed on of my shoes"
## [190] "I didn't go for any runs while visiting family because I made excuses about being 'too busy' and not wanting to take time away from being with family."
## [191] "I suppose that an inaction in the past week might have been missing an opportunity to serve others by showing the love of Jesus."
## [192] "In the past week I decided to not visit as many customers as the week before, and my sales were less."
## [193] "The inaction I am thinking of is putting off an oil change that my car is due for. I had time over the weekend and didn't take care of it and now I feel pressed for time."
## [194] "I did not go to the grocery store and I should have because food is low in the house. This caused us to eat out and spend much more money than if I had completed my responsibility."
## [195] "I can't think of one."
## [196] "Waited to do something I shouldn't have waited on."
## [197] "I did not put gasoline into my wife's car as she requested causing her to run out of gas."
## [198] "I didn't do my meal-planning for the week, resulting in my family and I eating out more. This was not the healthy choice I have been working towards this year."
## [199] "I have been somewhat ignoring and not talking to my significant other."
## [200] "I didn't call someone I needed to call to plan something that needs to be planned."
## [201] "I can’t think of anything In The last week. Maybe not excercising"
## [202] "I didn't take matters into my own hands and intervene to take away the device when my boyfriend's son was grounded."
## [203] "I didn't insist my roommate do something that he's been saying he'd do all month. I should have insisted until he did it."
## [204] "I forgot to go grocery shopping. Now we have not much food in the fridge."
## [205] "The past week the inaction that resulted in a negative outcome that I feel most personally responsible for was not going to the gym."
## [206] "I haven't cleaned my house which is now in a current state of chaos because of it. Dishes in the sink, nasty litter box and other stuff that needs to be put away"
## [207] "My husband got kicked out the store because I gave him the wrong information. I did not tell the people it was a mistake made by me."
## [208] "GOING AGAINST MY GUT FEELING AS TO HAVE IT DONE"
## [209] "not doing the laundry after vacation"
## [210] "I did not put air in my tire due to time constraints. The next day before work my tire was completely flat."
## [211] "I didn't work my side gig to earn the extra money that I really needed."
## [212] "I did not share certain information with a co-worker."
## [213] "I haven't enrolled for new classes for the new semester. I am currently feeling the stress of needing to get it done."
## [214] "While working with a student, I watched my cat climb into a fresh window box of flowers. Had I gotten up and shooed away the cat, all would have been find. I did not want to leave child alone across the room so the plants were squashed and/or uprooted in window box and may not be able to be saved."
## [215] "Whoever found my watch didn't turn it in."
## [216] "I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO TELL HIS SISTER THAT I NEEDED A BREAK FROM KEEPING HER KIDS. I FELT BAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T SIT DOWN AND HAVE A TALK WITH HER AND NOW SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BRING THEM AROUND ANYMORE."
## [217] "I didn't say something in a situation when I should have."
## [218] "I choose to not really work on tasks this week. This caused me to fall behind in my work."
## [219] "I haven't dealt with my fear of sparring yet and had a breakdown during boxing practise."
## [220] "Becoming a responsible person means being able to consciously make decisions, conduct behaviors that seek to improve oneself and/or help others. ... Therefore, we can define a responsible person as one who accepts the results of the decisions he or she makes inaction by the negative actions."
## [221] "Well I forgot to take the trash out of a patients bathroom that needed to be taken out . I did not have enough time to do everything and was in a hurry to try to get everything done. The result was that it wasn’t changed and something was left incomplete."
## [222] "I waited too long to water the tomato and pepper plants I bought."
## [223] "I made dinner without consulting the preferences for the meal and the people did not enjoy the dinner."
## [224] "I got lazy and did not do my dishes. That resulted in too many flies entering my place."
## [225] "I didn't invest in a few stocks I planned on and they ended up going up by 20+%"
## [226] "I forgot to move an organizer laying on my floor, and then I stubbed my toe on it."
## [227] "well the other day I was supposed to start a new job and I didn't make it into it I called them and said I didn't want to take it."
## [228] "I ran around a big lake and scared an animal into drowning in it on accident."
## [229] "i forgot to put a tarp on top of my outdoor furniture and it got all wet due to rain"
## [230] "I have had a mild tooth ache for a few weeks and I was planning on scheduling to see a dentist. I didn't and it's *still* bothering me."
## [231] "I was unable to give my sons bedroom a good cleaning last week."
## [232] "I didn't do as much mturk as I made a plan to do. I need mturk to pay out at least 20 bucks a day to sustain my short term goals and I pretty much ignored it."
## [233] "I procrastinated calling a place to book a hotel, and after that inaction, the prices went up and strained my finances even more."
## [234] "I saw someone being made fun of and did nothing about it"
## [235] "I could have helped my daughter with a project but instead went to the store and she did it by herself while I was gone."
## [236] "I have an agreement to talk to a specific person on the 21st of each month. He checks to make sure I am not drinking alcohol. I am not but, I forgot to call him back in a timely manner twice. I don't want him to think I don't want to talk with him."
## [237] "I didn't double-check a company presentation and there was an error in it."
## [238] "I've let the laundry pile up too much."
## [239] "I didn't review a book when I said I would"
## [240] "I didn't work as hard as I could on Amazon Mechanical Turk, as I was feeling lazy."
## [241] "I did not apply for a vacant job at work and it was removed from posting."
## [242] "Not preparing my notes for work"
## [243] "Not able to exercise enough during the week, this has also made me feel sluggish and unable to feel good during the week."
## [244] "My inaction of not taking the pacifiers away from my grandson was a detriment to my grandson in his process of maturing."
## [245] "Not following up with a supervisor quick enough to get the final article for a newsletter."
## [246] "One of my coworkers took another job. I was not able to to convince him to stay so I feel that I passively let him go."
## [247] "I failed to pay a bill on time. I realized a day too late that it was due and I will now incur a late fee because of not taking action on time."
## [248] "I did not look into a missing email and therefore, the information needed in that email was not submitted on time"
## [249] "I did not break up with the boy friend and he treated me worse and worse."
## [250] "I again, didn't go get a covid vaccine. I waited until the last minute to schedule one. They ran out of the vaccine before I got mine. All because I didn't take action previously."
## [251] "I was thinking that if i will not work, I can't provide my needs. And I can't pay my bills."
## [252] "I didn't keep a close enough eye on my dog and she got quilled by a porcupine."
## [253] "I should have phoned a loved one to check up on them, but did not. It turns out they were not feeling well."
## [254] "I did not clean my house this week. I am recovering from surgery so it unfortunately could not be a priority. My house is not as clean as I would like it to be."
## [255] "I did not take action to dissuade birds from landing on my back porch. As a result, I had to clean up a lot of bird droppings."
## [256] "I have not trimmed a bush at the edge of our property, and this is upsetting my neighbor. I needed to take action to do that chore."
## [257] "I do not have a physical debit card and because I have not acted to get a new one or order a prepaid card I have had to go without all my stuff in pawn."
## [258] "I DID NOT WORK AS MUCH AS I COULD HAVE. THIS RESULTS IN ME NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY ALL BILLS. MONEY IS VERY TIGHT AND I NEED TO GET MORE DONE."
## [259] "I have left the dirty dishes in the sink for a few nights. My kitchen is very messy."
## [260] "I didn't call about a bill I should've on Friday and now it may be late."
## [261] "I didn't stick to the diet and now I feel a little bloated. Should have stayed on the bandwagon."
## [262] "I did not call ahead to let the restaurant know we were running late for our reservation and they wound up giving our table away."
## [263] "The manger and I was the only one that showed up for work."
## [264] "I should have gone to the grocery store last week but I didn't. Now we don't have any food in the house and I'm having to spend an extra large amount of money on delivery."
## [265] "I felt really bad this week with a sinus infection. I didn't get as much work done as I needed to because I felt so bad."
## [266] "Not fully cleaning the kitchen and bathroom this week."
## [267] "I did not have time to order groceries or cook this week. This inaction cause me to spend way more on delivery meals than I had wanted to pay for."
## [268] "I did not monitor my child's homework situation. As a result, there were many over due assignments to make up over the weekend."
## [269] "i needed to make a phone call and i didn’t"
## [270] "Not reaching out to my sibling to have an important family discussion as I had previously told her that I would reach out to her."
## [271] "Nothing major in the past week on this. Maybe I waited to long to eat some dessert and by the time I got to it someone else got it."
## [272] "I didn't do all of the online surveys I could have done to raise extra money so I didn't have as much money at the end of the month like I could have earned because of it."
## [273] "I did not follow up on a phone call with an individual that resulted in them calling someone else."
## [274] "I was responsible for following up with my water bill. It was addressed to me again even though I moved a while ago. I had only written them but I did not get a response so I should have been more proactive."
## [275] "After my family had gotten mad, they had tried calling me, but I had decided to ignore them. My in action of not communicating has had things worse."
## [276] "I'm thinking of having delayed doing something which caused it to be much more difficult later."
## [277] "I did not plan work hours out this week correctly and that resulted in less payable work hours. If I had put more effort into that it would have been better."
## [278] "I didn't help my nephew study for an important exam (which I usually do) and he performed below expectation."
## [279] "I didn't get my motorcycle inspected before taking it our for a drive and got a ticket."
## [280] "My teeth bother me because I did not take care of them."
## [281] "I planned on doing some landscaping like mowing the lawn last weekend but was too lazy and didn't. However, a few days later, I received a warning notice from my HOA indicating that I needed to do something about my front lawn."
## [282] "I ignored a phone call I received at work because I was not familiar with the phone number. It ended up being from a new prospective client, which a colleague ended up handling and getting sales credit for it."
## [283] "I did not clean the house"
## [284] "I did not call someone back as I was supposed to which led to an irate customer."
## [285] "I was practicing good self care and hygiene. Now i have some pimples in an uncomfortable spot."
## [286] "I did not got down and sit with my son and force him to open his books and get started. I think if I had, it would be more likely that he would get more work done."
## [287] "One of our smoke alarm batteries was slowly going dead. I told myself that night I'd changed the batteries in the morning and instead it woke me up beeping worse in the middle of the night so I had to get up then and change the batteries."
## [288] "I need to replace my dishwasher and found a good deal on a dishwasher. It was on sale, but I didn't act in time to take advantage of the sale."
## [289] "The weather was nice and I did not get the garden ready to plant and then it rained, which would have been beneficial to the seeds if they were in the ground"
## [290] "My cholesterol went up when I got my blood work back 2 days ago. My inaction would be not exercising. I need to do better."
## [291] "I did not call someone out on something they did that broke a rule on an online site."
## [292] "I didn't buy a lottery ticket therefore I didn't win the lottery this week."
## [293] "letting warrants expire that could have been refiled"
## [294] "I layed down and took a nap instead of folding the four loads of laundry left in baskets to fold and put away."
## [295] "I didn't reply to an email from a job candidate that was interested in the position in time."
## [296] "I just not have been as careful as usual with ha d washing as such because my daughter got some kind of cold bug and now I have it too."
## [297] "I did not mow my yard. By not getting this done the grass and weeds are higher and it will be more difficult to cut when I do get to doing the job."
## [298] "I saw a cat in our yard that was not ours. I ignored it and did not try to catch it. I found out later that it belonged to someone a few blocks away and they were looking it."
## [299] "I didn’t send my mail order dress back because I was too lazy to deal with it."
## [300] "I did not water my son's plant."
## [301] "I saw my son hadn't gone to bed on time, but I let him play for a bit before her took himself to bed. He was very grumpy the next day because he hadn't enough sleep."
## [302] "I did not pick up trash at the beach even though it was not my trash."
## [303] "Have you ever noticed that many people use the word “UNREAL” to describe an expression of disbelief, after something has taken place, that defies reason.\n\nOther people might actually shake their heads and exclaim, “What?!” “Did that really just happen”?!\n\nOr they say “that was ‘unreal’” to describe something that happened.\n\nI cannot day for sure why we experience certain things that way except for what happens that we do not expect at all so we are in shock.\n\nSometimes when things happen they break our usual routines and that can cause us to feel like they didn’t really happen although when we stop to think about it we know whatever it is we are questioning did actually happen.\n\nLife is filled with moments that are either so remarkable or so horrible or totally boring.\n\nIf you are too harried or tired you might do something without even thinking, especially anything you do over and over but this can happen with new things, too."
## [304] "Not giving information to my boss that would have helped her with an issue that crossed her desk later."
## [305] "I didn't correct the neighbor children when they were throwing rocks and they got in trouble with their father."
## [306] "I didn't check the shared work email account on Friday because it wasn't my shift, but I felt bad because I give really good customer service and anyone who wanted to talk to me would have to wait the whole weekend."
## [307] "I should have made an appointment to have something fixed before it was too late."
## [308] "I didn't do something and it led to an extra chore for someone else"
## [309] "i ignored some paperwork/correspondence that ended up being important - my lack of action led to more bad results."
## [310] "Last week I missed the exam registration deadline for my son and it caused a delay."
## [311] "I didn't save more and adhere to my budget."
## [312] "I didn't water my plants properly and it caused my potatoes to get rotten and caused a foul smell to fill the house for a long time because I didn't bother to remove the potatoes at the exact time of spotting them."
## [313] "At work I put off an assignment for a long period of time and then was rushed to complete it on Friday."
## [314] "After this argument with my fiancee, I did not apologize and things got worse for a while."
## [315] "I missed a deadline at work last week due to my inaction."
## [316] "We held our big fundraiser at school for the PE department and I forgot to hand an entire clsas their enevelopes"
## [317] "I didn't check a part at work before it went to customer and it was rejected"
## [318] "I chose not to follow up with my son regarding his missing assignment."
## [319] "I knew the valve on one of the tires on my car leaked, but didn't get it repaired until it was too late."
## [320] "I neglected to visit an elderly friend who lives by himself in an assisted living facility."
## [321] "I did not start a homework assignment as soon as I should have and it really affected my schedule."
## [322] "I did not anticipate any problems with scheduling this week. (I am a coach). I waited to the day of the event instead of tracking the information down a few days ahead. Sure enough, there was problems and I am unsure if the other party will be able to attend since I did not give them enough notice. I feel lazy and not very dependable. It created a chainlink of events that could have been avoided."
## [323] "I dropped the ball on keeping up with my son's virtual grades online. He got behind and I didn't realize it until afterward."
## [324] "I had gall bladder surgery two weeks ago, and have not done a lot of housework. Normally I like to change our bed every week, but it went two weeks this time because I didn't feel like changing it."
## [325] "I didn't wake up in the morning early enough to help my wife pack the kids' school lunches"
## [326] "My abusive ex-spouse tracked me down as a result of my failing to do as they wanted or to effectively hide my tracks."
## [327] "I decided to not buy a certain product that was on sale."
## [328] "I blew off an important doctor's appointment and that created issues for not only myself but family members."
## [329] "Another futures problem, but I saw a major crash and didn't take advantage of it, I stayed out of the market and lost profits as a result."
## [330] "A time when a negative outcome occurred due to my infection was when I didn’t stop a fight between two co workers"
## [331] "I have been putting off doing spring cleaning in my house. I feel like things are kind of piling up so it is causing me a bit of stress. I know I will feel better when I get motivated to do it."
## [332] "I didn't help out my coworker after work. He was moving and wanted some help but I didn't do it."
## [333] "I neglected to pay my Gas bill on time and was assessed a late fee."
## [334] "I did not put sunscreen on yesterday and I was outside in the sun all day. I should've put it on to prevent sun damage."
## [335] "i had part of my toe amputated recently and I did not call the office and get started on antibiotics soon enough"
## [336] "My company's fire communicator broke making me solely responsible in finding a replacement and reaching out to the outsourced company."
## [337] "I went to the beach over the weekend. I did not put on sunscreen and I got sunburned which ruined the rest of my trip."
## [338] "I did not take a stool sample from my dog down to his vet's office. I am going to Europe next week, so the possible diagnosis will have to be delayed, and now is my son's responsibility. I feel badly about this, since he is in college, and about to go through finals week."
## [339] "I forgot to call my neighbor to let her know when we could take her to the store. I intended to call her but got too busy taking care of my toddler. Now she has shut us out which seems too strong of a response over a minor mistake, plus she could have called too."
## [340] "I forgot to pick up gas earlier in the week, so I was unable to cut the grass."
## [341] "I was feeling lazy earlier in the week and did not take my dog for a walk after work, this leads to him being very restless.."
## [342] "I did not eat healthy"
## [343] "I was told by my manager that a new client would be onboarding for which they had scheduled a meeting with him. Since I thought that could be postponed, I did it and later on came to know that the client actually never onboarded because he was expecting high from us which we didn't deliver. It was my pure negligence which could have been easily avoided."
## [344] "I didn't clean my house and now it's super depressing walking around my dirty house."
## [345] "I did not call my sister to wish her a happy birthday this week. I did text her, but I know that my inaction of missing a call was not right and likely made her sad."
## [346] "I failed to get up early a couple of days this week, so was unable to start earning money as I should have."
## [347] "Having a bad interaction with one of our department heads"
## [348] "I did not exercise on the treadmill and was feeling bloated the next day"
## [349] "I did not check my email messages for two days and missed an important Zoom meeting invitation from my boss at work."
## [350] "I should of cleaned the house then company came and i looked like a slob"
## [351] "Once again, I failed to have the moral courage and organization to tape an episode of my podcast like I had wanted to and planned to"
## [352] "My partner has a weird sleep schedule due to work, and I didn't wake them up at the correct time. They weren't able to go to sleep the next day because they weren't tired enough."
## [353] "I didn't get some things done that I could have at work. Instead, I spent time on easier tasks."
## [354] "I didn't intervene when a stranger was loudly reprimanding her child in public and upsetting them."
## [355] "It affected me I mean I could not eat or do anything in peace that made me reveal to the family"
## [356] "I didn't work as much as I should have, and now I'm short on money to pay an unexpected bill that came up."
## [357] "Not cleaning some rooms in the house/ not cleaning up properly after some of my DIY work, which now might be seen by people touring our house (during a house selling campaign.)"
## [358] "I forgot to clear a couple things out of my mailbox at work which resulted in a negative mark on my performance"
## [359] "Recently, I did not get out of bed on time. As a result, I was not able to take care of a guest at my home in the way that I wanted to take care of them."
## [360] "I waited to long to act on an invitation and a plan made between friends, and then ultimately got left out of it. We were all supposed to make a trip and reservations and now they replaced me and are going without me because there was only room for a certain amount of people."
## [361] "I failed to complete a high-dollar Mturk hit that I'd been selected for. As a result, I didn't get the money."
## [362] "I did not prep for my work day the next morning and was almost late because of it."
## [363] "I didn’t stop my friend from doing drugs."
## [364] "I didn't pass along pertinent information to some people and they were unsure of what they were supposed to do. They did not have accurate information to complete a task."
## [365] "Going along with someones plan"
## [366] "sitting on the couch while my mother yells at my sister"
## [367] "I decided to not stop gambling when I should have. If I would have stopped, Iwould still have my money."
## [368] "I didn't mow the lawn on Sunday as I had planned, then it rained for a couple of days. Now it's dense and tall and I will have a hard time mowing it tomorrow."
## [369] "i didnt pay a medical bill and im sure i will get a late fee since i failed to act and pay it earlier. my inaction of not paying the bill was my fault and i will probably receive consequences."
## [370] "The inaction I am thinking of is failing to write out a strict budget that I could follow."
## [371] "I was registering a new car with DMV, and I failed to check online the actual paperwork I would need. I showed up at DMV, waited hours and was then turned away for not having all of the needed papers."
## [372] "I haven't been eating properly and it has led to some digestive problems that I am having difficulty getting rid of."
## [373] "I forgot to meal plan for the week. This resulted in some arguments and frustration at home because we scrambled each night to make food and figure out lunches."
## [374] "I didn't relay a message that I should have."
## [375] "I never wrote about some HITs that I either got rejected on or have never been paid for"
## [376] "I didn't rinse my cereal bowl out, and it drew ants."
## [377] "I didn't follow up on a work project that I was responsible for. I then forgot about it and it had negative consequences."
## [378] "not exercising enough to maintain my health"
## [379] "I held up a project at work due to mis-organization and poor utilization of time managment."
## [380] "I ignored a problem at work that got worse."
## [381] "I missed an opportunity to make a little money on a gambling site by exploiting a mistake they had made. I was distracted at the time I needed to be available and lost out on making more than I did because of it."
## [382] "I usually let my cat out of my room when he needs to during the middle of the night to drink water and use the bathroom. One night, I did not want to go out of bed. As a result, he ended 'taking a number 1 and 2' on my floor."
## [383] "Something I didn't do was that I saw someone fall down but I I didn't help them up as they were in pain. I I wasn't in the best mental state to help someone but I still regret it."
## [384] "I was lazy and did not exercise this week and gained some weight."
## [385] "i stalled getting him help."
## [386] "Not spending more time earning money before my next payment processed."
## [387] "I could have saud do you want to stop here but did not and we kept going and ending up in a near accident"
## [388] "On the same day, because I was so tired and had the pressure of the deadline on my mind I was cranky and snapped at an unsuspecting employee. I never apologized and now that person has been avoiding me."
## [389] "I wanted to do some work to clean out and prepare my items in storage unit for moving. I got distracted with other chores and didn’t get around to it, so now I may not meet my goal date."
## [390] "I did not tell my new student how to exit the building, and she went the wrong way. I was walking with her, and I just let her go the wrong way. I didn't try to stop her."
## [391] "There was a disagreement with between my to roomate and by not stepping in to mediate I think it made things worse."
## [392] "I didn't get the mail for a week and it took so long to go through."
## [393] "I don't open my mouth and I start a battle within myself."
## [394] "I tend to get lazy by the time I get home after a long day and I skip checking my mail....not just 1 day but every weekday at times. That is not a good idea for me because I receive a crazy amount of mail daily. Mostly junkmail and magazines and samples. Last week I went all week not checking it and either my mailbox lid fell open due to being so full and everything blew out because in Kansas it can get quite windy or else my mailbox lid fell open and someone seen all the mail in there and decided to help themselves to my mail but by the time I checked my mail over the weekend I didn't have a single piece of mail in my mailbox. What really makes me mad at myself is that there was something small I had ordered some time ago that was finally delivered by USPS to my mailbox and that was amongst my missing mail."
## [395] "I didn't follow up on a phone call about getting my car inspected and had to find another place to have it done, taking time out of my Saturday."
## [396] "My in action this week was not going to the grocery store to get more stuff for my lunches. I’m negative outcome was that I had to eat fast food which is bad for me and hurts my stomach."
## [397] "I didn't practice using the abacus enough with her during the week because we weren't assigned any math work."
## [398] "I didn't spike the drink of a lady who struggles with alcoholism when she had previously asked my help in breaking the habit."
## [399] "I slept in last Sunday when I had meant to wake up and go to church, because I had only just started going."
## [400] "I did not act when I thought my nephew was not feeling well, so then he ended up having to deal with a sickness of seemingly greater magnitude than if I would have gave him medicine."
## [401] "Again, I cannot think of a situation as described above."
## [402] "A friend of mine needed help w/ several items around the house, however I wasn't able to come over to help for several weeks due to other plans. I kind of felt bad about this as he needed help."
## [403] "I didn't mow the lawn last week. Now the grass is extra tall and is going to clog the lawnmower and cause issues."
## [404] "I put off the staining for 1 day as the weather was calling for a good day the next day and I figured I could do it then. It didnt turn out as planned so now I have lost another week."
## [405] "The inaction I am thinking of is when I only worked a half of day on Friday and just came home and did nothing. I came home and just took a nap. This made me feel very lazy and worthless."
## [406] "did not go to supply store to buy chicken supplies"
## [407] "I did not interject into an employee's poor work product so as not to upset them. The work got poor feedback from our manager, and that would have been avoidable if I had said something."
## [408] "I do other gig work online and I blew off a couple of sites that I usually do daily. As a result I made less money last week."
## [409] "My son was late for school. He doesn't drive and this was a late start day for my kids, but I didn't wake him or ensure he was getting ready."
## [410] "At work, a member stepped out of line and I did nothing to correct their behavior"
## [411] "The inaction I took this week that led to a negative outcome was allowing several days to pass prior to me contacting my insurance company and my doctor for follow up treatment."
## [412] "Well, I should have checked the fuel gauge before leaving home and thus make my first priority to go to a gas station."
## [413] "Not signing up for a class in time and now it is too late."
## [414] "During my grocery trip, I wanted to get some ham from the supermarket deli. After waiting a minute, no employee came to help me, so I decided against ham and just bought ground beef instead."
## [415] "I had a coworker come in during state testing. she interupped the class and was annoying."
## [416] "This HIT is very fitting for me right now, I had a tough week at work last week and one reason why is because I had to call out from work. Two days I stayed home, kind of mental health days as I was not physically ill. When I returned to work, a lot of my co-workers were upset with me (even though they didn't know I wasn't ill) and one of them yelled at me over a miscommunication and now I have an extra lunch duty (I am a teacher) added to my already hectic daily schedule. That totally caught me off guard and I know it is because they were all mad at me for being out, since I work with two of the most challenging kids in the entire school and when I am not there, no one can handle it (understanding my desire for a mental health day?!)"
## [417] "I didn't clean up the crumbs on the ground in the house after the kids ate. This resulted in ants coming into the house."
## [418] "I forgot to water some of my seedlings so they did not make it to planting."
## [419] "I didn't work on a project at work that I need to work on and finish"
## [420] "For inaction, I failed to mow my yard, for good reasons (my health), but it still overloaded a close relative. He mowed both my yard and his, and hurt his knee somewhat for all the work."
## [421] "this week my daughter told me her eye was hurting I brushed it off as allergies instead of calling the doctor, which I did do 2 days later but I should have done it sooner because it was pink eye."
## [422] "Standing by the wayside at work while the supervisor let other people do whatever they wanted to do."
## [423] "I didn't answer a question that my spouse asked. This caused her to get angry due to me shutting down in the past when I would be depressed and upset home balance."
## [424] "In the past week, I realized I was way behind on training. I need to further ahead in training to prepare for every outcome in the future."
## [425] "I forgot to take the trash to the curb to be picked up. I was having a bad day and I just forgot it. It was very full and my co-worker had to pull the boxes out and separate them for later disposal so we sould have room for the bags that we will accumulate over the next week."
## [426] "I failed to put a bag of bird seed in the garage, which upset my wife who is concerned that the bag of seed may result in moths in the house."
## [427] "I waited to long to send a letter in that I needed to send in to the bank"
## [428] "I did not finish all of my chores around the house, while others felt overworked by all that they did."
## [429] "Not weeding lawn killed lawn"
## [430] "Not communicating to my husband what I wanted when he started building our coffee table."
## [431] "Similar to the previous example. I was also inactive because I chose not to do my actual work."
excl_iin_pastweekinactresdes <- c("I ordered an oven, and when it came, it did not fit in my countertops. I had measured but obviously not accurately enough. I had to scramble to organize bringing someone in to cut the countertops and my family has been without an oven or stove for a week.", "I got to keep my grand daughter. We had fun and she has no rules when she stays with me.", "I don't have one. Nothing negative happened to me.", " wish you the very best wishes as you prepare for your interview as well as when you ... Tell me about yourself? 2. What are your major skills? 3. Why should we hire you? ... If you have more skills than the minimum ones required, you can briefly ... This question gauges whether you have thought about how your career will ...", "I can't think of one.", "Whoever found my watch didn't turn it in.", "Becoming a responsible person means being able to consciously make decisions, conduct behaviors that seek to improve oneself and/or help others. ... Therefore, we can define a responsible person as one who accepts the results of the decisions he or she makes inaction by the negative actions.", "I ran around a big lake and scared an animal into drowning in it on accident.", "For me inaction is the best outcome. When we live in a society which is so consumed by hate where everyone is wrong the best action is inaction. Seriously how many Karens do we need? Hate met with hate begets violence. So I would regret more the violence which hate brings. Looks at our cities raging with hate. Everyone hates. Let me pose this, in all my years I've learned that hate is easy but love is hard. There is a reason the Bible teaches us to love our neighbors. Because hate is so easy. Inaction is sometimes the best way forward.", "I honestly have had nothing negative in the past week, it has been an amazing week.", "The manger and I was the only one that showed up for work.", "I did nothing this week by not taking action that led to an undesirable outcome.", "Nothing has happened in the past week. I have not had any instances in which i failed to act and it resulted in an undesired outcome.", "Having a bad interaction with one of our department heads", "Again no I am not wired to think in a negative reaction because of my inaction", "I cannot think of something I did not take action against this week", "Again, I cannot think of a situation as described above.", "I had a coworker come in during state testing. she interupped the class and was annoying.", "I do not have one for the past week")
datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes <- datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactresdes %>% filter(!(pastweekinactresdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekinactresdes))
#Study 5 Past Week Responsibility, excluding irrelevant, incorrect, and no responsibility responses
#Set up the table
tablestudy5respst <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres)
tablestudy5respst
##
## 1 2
## 183 237
#Run Chi-Square test
chisqstudy5respst <- chisq.test(tablestudy5respst, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5respst
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: tablestudy5respst
## X-squared = 6.9429, df = 1, p-value = 0.008415
#Count action and inaction frequencies and no. of participants
inaction5respst <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres)])==1)
action5respst <- sum((datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres)])==2)
n5respst <- length(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres[!is.na(datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekresdes$pastweekactinactres)])
#Calculate z score
z.score(action5respst, n5respst, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 2.586135
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action and inaction
propaction5respst <- prop.test(x = action5respst, n = n5respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propaction5respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: action5respst out of n5respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 6.9429, df = 1, p-value = 0.008415
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.5164935 0.6109126
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.5642857
propinaction5respst <- prop.test(x = inaction5respst, n = n5respst, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinaction5respst
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: inaction5respst out of n5respst, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 6.9429, df = 1, p-value = 0.008415
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.3890874 0.4835065
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.4357143
#Calculate Cramer V
observed5respst = c( inaction5respst, action5respst)
expected5respst = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivecramerrespst <- cramerVFit(x = observed5respst, p = expected5respst, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivecramerrespst
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.1286 0.03333 0.2238
#Transform the counts into percentages
inaction5_respst_perc <- inaction5respst/n5respst * 100
action5_respst_perc <- action5respst/n5respst * 100
observed5respst_per <- c(inaction5_respst_perc, action5_respst_perc)
#Code adapted from https://community.rstudio.com/t/inserting-error-bars-on-a-percentage-graph/54337, for bar plots
#Responsibility short-term plot
DF5ResponsibilityST <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 = c(rep("Action", action5respst), rep("Inaction", inaction5respst)))
DF5ResponsibilitySTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(51.64935, 38.90874),
Upper = c(61.09126, 48.35065))
DF5ResponsibilitySTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityST5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 51.64935 61.09126
## 2 Inaction 38.90874 48.35065
Study5_ResponsibilityST_Plot <- ggplot(DF5ResponsibilityST, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityST5, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityST5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5ResponsibilitySTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Short-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.13, 95% CI [0.04, 0.21]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "56.43%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "43.57%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Responsibility long-term plot
DF5ResponsibilityLT <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 = c(rep("Action", action5resplt), rep("Inaction", inaction5resplt)))
DF5ResponsibilityLTerror <- data.frame(ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 = c("Action", "Inaction"),
Lower = c(51.51911, 39.31970),
Upper = c(60.68030, 48.48089))
DF5ResponsibilityLTerror
## ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5 Lower Upper
## 1 Action 51.51911 60.68030
## 2 Inaction 39.31970 48.48089
Study5_ResponsibilityLT_Plot <- ggplot(DF5ResponsibilityLT, aes(x = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5, fill = ActionInactionResponsibilityLT5)) + labs(y = "Percentage Experiencing Stronger Responsibility", x = NULL) + geom_bar(aes(y = (..count..)/sum(..count..)*100)) + geom_errorbar(aes(ymin = Lower, ymax = Upper), data = DF5ResponsibilityLTerror, width = 0.2) + coord_cartesian(ylim = c(0, 100)) + geom_hline(yintercept = 50, linetype = 2, colour = "black") + theme(legend.position = "none") + ggtitle("Study 5: Long-Term Responsibility") + theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) + theme(axis.title.y = element_text(size = 7)) + geom_richtext(x = -Inf, y = Inf, label = "*V* = 0.13, 95% CI [0.03, 0.23]", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 0.77, y = 10, label = "56.15%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk") + geom_richtext(x = 1.77, y = 10, label = "43.85%", hjust = 0, vjust = 1, fill = "cornsilk")
#Combine above plots of Study 5
Study5_RegretST_Plot + Study5_RegretLT_Plot + Study5_ResponsibilityST_Plot + Study5_ResponsibilityLT_Plot
#Study 5 Change from Action to Inaction vs Inaction to Action Responsibility
datagmr_excl_iin_res <- datagmr_excl_iin_pastweekactresdes %>% filter(!(pastweekinactresdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekinactresdes & lifegr8inactresdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8inactresdes & pastweekactresdes %in% excl_iin_pastweekactresdes & lifegr8actresdes %in% excl_iin_lifegr8actresdes))
tableresp <- table(datagmr_excl_iin_res$pastweekactinactres, datagmr_excl_iin_res$lifetimeactinactres)
tableresp
##
## 1 2
## 1 90 95
## 2 98 147
observed5chan_resp = c(98, 95)
#Calculate chi square
chisqstudy5chan_resp <- chisq.test(observed5chan_resp, p = c(1/2, 1/2))
chisqstudy5chan_resp
##
## Chi-squared test for given probabilities
##
## data: observed5chan_resp
## X-squared = 0.046632, df = 1, p-value = 0.829
#Calculate Cramer V
expected5chan_resp = c( 1/2, 1/2)
fivechancramer_resp <- cramerVFit(x = observed5chan_resp, p = expected5chan_resp, ci = TRUE, conf = 0.95, type = "perc", R = 1000, reportIncomplete = TRUE)
fivechancramer_resp
## Cramer.V lower.ci upper.ci
## 1 0.01554 0.005181 0.1606
#Calculate z score
z.score(98, 193, p = 0.5, correct = TRUE)
## [1] 0.1439632
#Calculate proportions and CIs of action to inaction change and inaction to action change
propacttoinactresp <- prop.test(x = 98, n = 193, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propacttoinactresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 98 out of 193, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.046632, df = 1, p-value = 0.829
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4377797 0.5774610
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.507772
propinacttoactresp <- prop.test(x = 95, n = 193, p = 0.5,
correct = FALSE)
propinacttoactresp
##
## 1-sample proportions test without continuity correction
##
## data: 95 out of 193, null probability 0.5
## X-squared = 0.046632, df = 1, p-value = 0.829
## alternative hypothesis: true p is not equal to 0.5
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.4225390 0.5622203
## sample estimates:
## p
## 0.492228
#Transform the counts into percentages
acttoinactresp_perc <- 98/193 * 100
inacttoactresp_perc <- 95/193 * 100
observed5respchan <- c(acttoinactresp_perc, inacttoactresp_perc)
#Study 5 McNemar tests for Responsibility
#Chi square
mcnemar.test(tableresp,
correct = TRUE)
##
## McNemar's Chi-squared test with continuity correction
##
## data: tableresp
## McNemar's chi-squared = 0.020725, df = 1, p-value = 0.8855
library(exact2x2)
#Odds ratio with CIs
mcnemar.exact(tableresp, conf.level = 0.95)
##
## Exact McNemar test (with central confidence intervals)
##
## data: tableresp
## b = 95, c = 98, p-value = 0.8856
## alternative hypothesis: true odds ratio is not equal to 1
## 95 percent confidence interval:
## 0.7232626 1.2988133
## sample estimates:
## odds ratio
## 0.9693878
Summary:
We failed to replicate study 5 regret, stronger responsibility for action in both short-term and long-term.
#Age summary
summary(datagmr$Age)
## Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
## 18.00 33.00 42.00 43.94 54.25 89.00
sd(datagmr$Age)
## [1] 13.61748
#Gender distribution
table(datagmr$Gender)
##
## 1 2 3 4
## 408 566 8 6
We thank Qinyu Xiao and Adrien Fillon for comments and suggestions on the RMarkdown.
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