Coaching practices for How to Get Over Regret of Leaving a Job

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• I keep telling myself family comes first, but when I actually look at where my hours went this week it’s almost all work
• A few big regrets keep circling back because they never got an ending
• All I can picture is how much it’ll hurt if I try this and it blows up in my face, so I keep not doing it
• I already know this commitment was a mistake, but I keep putting off backing out because I’m terrified of looking flaky and letting people down
• I look at the big shape of my life

Practices that may help

1. Audit work hours against your stated priorities
   Compare how you actually spend your time this week against what you say matters most.
   The Regret of the Dying
2. Revisit and reconcile your significant regrets
   Name your regrets explicitly and work through them toward acceptance — not suppression or rumination.
   Life Review and Reminiscence Therapy
3. Weigh action regret against inaction regret
   Over a lifetime, the regrets that linger are usually the things you didn’t do.
   The Regret-Minimization Framework
4. Exit obligations gracefully and early
   When you realize a commitment was a mistake, exit cleanly before deeper entrenchment — not later.
   Essentialism: The Art of Eliminating the Non-Essential
5. Audit whether you are living your life or someone else’s
   Identify the places where your choices reflect others’ expectations rather than your own values.
   The Regret of the Dying
6. Name the values the regret is about
   Regret points at a violated value — make the value explicit.
   The Regret-Minimization Framework
7. Use regret minimization as a forward-looking check
   At 80, which will you regret more — stopping now, or having continued into a deeper hole?
   The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Escaping Bad Investments
8. Separate the sunk cost from the next decision
   What you already spent is gone — decide only on what happens next.
   Loss Aversion, Made Practical
9. Apply the regret minimization frame
   Ask “Which choice will I regret more at 80?” — people consistently underestimate regret for inactions.
   Status Quo Bias — Why We Stick with the Default
10. Treat your decision as more final than it is
    Mentally close off the "undo" option to stop rumination and increase satisfaction.
    Choice Overload, Made Practical

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