You don’t always realize you’re building regret until the weight of it starts to settle in.

It doesn’t show up all at once. It creeps in.

A missed call here. A moment ignored there. A routine that dulls the edges of who you are.

Now that I’m in my sixties, I think about this more than I used to. Not out of guilt—but clarity.

Regret doesn’t come from making mistakes. It comes from repeating the wrong habits long enough to convince yourself they were harmless.

So if you’re looking to grow old with peace in your chest and not a lump in your throat, here are a few daily habits worth letting go of.