Things for when you think it’s too late

How to free yourself from “unlived life” regret and begin anew

There are moments—admittedly, not my finest and full of appreciation—where I regret the life I’ve lived and long for other lives I could have had.

In my unlived life, instead of interviewing novelists, I wrote a novel. Instead of reading poetry, I wrote poetry. Instead of watching plays, I directed and starred in them. Instead of focusing on how other pe…