I should have cared less about my appearance and understood that my life, with all its messiness, was worth recording
I used to think that I shouldn’t have regrets – that if I lived life right, I’d always feel great about my choices. It was partly a sign of the times I grew up in, when the phrase “no regrets” was tattooed on countless bodies and when, in 1998, Robbie Williams sang about how “they don’t work”. But, over the years, I’ve come to understand that even a rich, fulfilled life has moments when we wish we’d done things differently.
My list of regrets includes wishing I’d let myself be photographed more during my younger years.
