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Bronnie Ware (born 19 February 1967)[1] is an Australian songwriter and author best-known for her work about deathbed regrets expressed by patients she had cared for as a palliative 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]

Top five regrets of the dying

The top five regrets expressed to Ware by people nearing death were:[6][7]

  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 had similar findings, finding that "ideal-related regrets" were more likely to be expressed, such as failing to follow their dreams and live up to their full potential.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Bronnie Ware". Goodreads. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Ware, Bronnie (7 January 2018). "Regrets of the Dying". Bronnie Ware. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Pawlowski, A (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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