2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

Much can be learned about how to make good life decisions by finding out what people's biggest regrets are. The five biggest regrets are:

• I wish I'd dared to live a life true to myself, not what others expected of me.
• I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

Death and disease are unavoidable aspects of life. However, in the West, we've developed a delusional denial of this. We pour billions into prolonging life, most employed in our final years, but fail to value life. The most regrets of the dying are cited as follows:

• I wish I'd ha...

Now that the world is reopening once more and filling with real faces, not hidden behind masks or on screens, we hold their gaze for slightly longer, perhaps because eye contact feels like a new privilege. We are aware of how quickly the world can change.

When people are conversing online,...