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'''Bronnie Ware''' (born 19 February 1967)<ref name="goodreads">{{cite web |title=Bronnie Ware |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5229434.Bronnie_Ware |website=Goodreads |accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> is an Australian writer and songwriter best-known for her writing about the top deathbed regrets she had heard during her time as a [[palliative care]] nurse.<ref name="tg-2014">{{cite news |last1=Khaleeli |first1=Homa |title=Writing Top Five Regrets of the Dying has brought me to tears |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/nov/16/writing-top-five-regrets-of-the-dying-has-brought-me-to-tears |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="abc-2012" /> She first shared the insights in a November 2009 blog post, "Regrets of the Dying".<ref name="archived-blog-post">{{cite web |last1=Ware |first1=Bronnie |title=Regrets of the Dying |url=http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html |website=Inspiration and Chai |accessdate=31 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310205804/http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html |archivedate=10 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="GLP">{{cite web |title=Bronnie Ware: Beyond the 5 Regrets of the Dying |url=https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/bronnie-ware/ |website=Good Life Project |accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> The blog post was widely shared worldwide and by 2012 had been read by eight million people.<ref name="tg-2012">{{cite news |last1=Steiner |first1=Susie |title=Top five regrets of the dying |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2012}}</ref>
'''Bronnie Ware''' (born 19 February 1967)<ref name="goodreads">{{cite web |title=Bronnie Ware |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5229434.Bronnie_Ware |website=Goodreads |accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> is an Australian writer and songwriter best-known for her writing about the top deathbed regrets she had heard during her time as a [[palliative care]] nurse.<ref name="tg-2014">{{cite news |last1=Khaleeli |first1=Homa |title=Writing Top Five Regrets of the Dying has brought me to tears |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/nov/16/writing-top-five-regrets-of-the-dying-has-brought-me-to-tears |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="abc-2012" /> She first shared the insights in a November 2009 blog post, "Regrets of the Dying".<ref name="archived-blog-post">{{cite web |last1=Ware |first1=Bronnie |title=Regrets of the Dying |url=http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html |website=Inspiration and Chai |accessdate=31 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310205804/http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html |archivedate=10 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="GLP">{{cite web |title=Bronnie Ware: Beyond the 5 Regrets of the Dying |url=https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/bronnie-ware/ |website=Good Life Project |accessdate=31 January 2019}}</ref> The blog post was widely shared worldwide and by 2012 had been read by eight million people.<ref name="tg-2012">{{cite news |last1=Steiner |first1=Susie |title=Top five regrets of the dying |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2012}}</ref>


In 2012 Ware expanded her blog post into a book memoir, ''The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing'', which was translated into 27 languages.<ref name="abc-2012">{{cite news |last1=Moulder |first1=Anna |title=A beautiful time for Bronnie |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/10/3607606.htm |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=ABC New England North West NSW |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 October 2012 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="tg-2014" /> In 2014 she published a second book, ''Your Year For Change: 52 Reflections For Regret-Free Living''.<ref name="tg-2014" /><ref name="metro-2015">{{cite news |last1=Caster |first1=Yvette |title=The five most common deathbed regrets |url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/02/25/these-are-the-five-most-common-deathbed-regrets-5079525 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Metro |date=25 February 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2012 Ware expanded her blog post into a book memoir, ''The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing'', which was translated into 27 languages.<ref name="abc-2012">{{cite news |last1=Moulder |first1=Anna |title=A beautiful time for Bronnie |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/10/3607606.htm |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=ABC New England North West NSW |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 October 2012 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="tg-2014" /> In 2014 she published a second book, ''Your Year For Change: 52 Reflections For Regret-Free Living''.<ref name="tg-2014" /><ref name="metro-2015">{{cite news |last1=Caster |first1=Yvette |title=The five most common deathbed regrets |url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/02/25/these-are-the-five-most-common-deathbed-regrets-5079525 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=Metro |date=25 February 2015 |language=en}}</ref> After having her first child at 45, Ware wrote another book, "Bloom: A tale of courage, surrender and breaking through upper limits".<ref name="ofkin-2017">{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Kylie |title=In The Company #13: Bronnie Ware on having the courage to live a life true to yourself |url=https://ofkin.com/company-13-bronnie-ware-courage-live-life-true/ |website=Of Kin |accessdate=31 January 2019 |language=en-AU |date=10 October 2017}}</ref>


==Top five regrets of the dying==
==Top five regrets of the dying==

Revision as of 11:27, 31 January 2019

Bronnie Ware (born 19 February 1967)[1] is an Australian writer and songwriter best-known for her writing about the top deathbed regrets she had heard during her time as a palliative care nurse.[2][3] She first shared the insights in a November 2009 blog post, "Regrets of the Dying".[4][5] The blog post was widely shared worldwide and by 2012 had been read by eight million people.[6]

In 2012 Ware expanded her blog post into a book memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, which was translated into 27 languages.[3][2] In 2014 she published a second book, Your Year For Change: 52 Reflections For Regret-Free Living.[2][7] After having her first child at 45, Ware wrote another book, "Bloom: A tale of courage, surrender and breaking through upper limits".[8]

Top five regrets of the dying

The top five regrets expressed to Ware by people nearing death were:[6][9]

  1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
  2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
  3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
  4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
  5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

A 2018 study reached similar conclusions, finding that people were more likely to express "ideal-related regrets", such as failing to follow their dreams and live up to their full potential.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Bronnie Ware". Goodreads. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Khaleeli, Homa (16 November 2014). "Writing Top Five Regrets of the Dying has brought me to tears". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b Moulder, Anna (10 October 2012). "A beautiful time for Bronnie". ABC New England North West NSW. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ Ware, Bronnie. "Regrets of the Dying". Inspiration and Chai. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Bronnie Ware: Beyond the 5 Regrets of the Dying". Good Life Project. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b Steiner, Susie (1 February 2012). "Top five regrets of the dying". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  7. ^ Caster, Yvette (25 February 2015). "The five most common deathbed regrets". Metro. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ Lewis, Kylie (10 October 2017). "In The Company #13: Bronnie Ware on having the courage to live a life true to yourself". Of Kin. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ^ Ware, Bronnie (7 January 2018). "Regrets of the Dying". Bronnie Ware. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  10. ^ Davidai, Shai; Gilovich, Thomas (April 2018). "The ideal road not taken: The self-discrepancies involved in people's most enduring regrets" (PDF). Emotion. 18 (3): 439–452. doi:10.1037/emo0000326. Retrieved 31 January 2019. In her book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Bonnie [sic] Ware, a palliative nurse, compiled the regrets most often expressed by patients nearing the ends of their lives (Ware, 2013). Although anecdotal, her observations are in line with our hypothesis. The most commonly cited regret mentioned by Ware's patients was, "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me."
  11. ^ Pawlowski, Agnes (8 June 2018). "The most haunting regrets aren't about the things we've done, research finds". TODAY.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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