Ryan Lear on WNYC and we'll end the show today with a conversation about

regret and inviting your phone calls. The premise regret isn't always a bad thing.

The question how have you learned from regret and how have you let it inform

your life? 212 433 WNYC. Why do we ask? Well a recent article on Vox explores this question, these questions, in a really

interesting way. It takes insights from the story of a couple who divorced in their

20s and then reunited more than 30 years later amid their regrets.

Quote, forming a healthy relationship with regret means learning to look at in the face. The piece reads,

regret can quote, clarify a disconnect

between who we are and who we want to be,

and it can show us how to change.

The piece is called what you can learn fromret, and it's author Charlie Lock,

is a freelance writer who often focuses on youth and also focuses on elders whole lifespan.

Charlie, welcome back to WNYC.

Hi Brian, thanks for having me.

And listeners, we invite you in.

How have you learned from regret, who has a story, how have you let it grow or mature in your relationships your work life or anywhere else in your life

212 433 WNY, who has a story about learning from regret.

212 433 9692.

And so Charlie, for most of our listeners who haven't seen your article, you take some

lessons about regret from the 50-year story of this relationship shortly after Peter and

Shana Leighton got married,

Peter picked his bags and moved out of their home

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