"What if I had just..." — your brain's favorite sentence.
Your Roman Empire is the MISSED OPPORTUNITY — the door you didn't walk through. The job you didn't apply for. The person you didn't tell. The city you didn't move to. Your brain is a parallel-universe machine, constantly running simulations of what your life would look like if you'd chosen differently at that one specific moment. It's not exactly regret — it's curiosity mixed with longing, a deep fascination with the version of your life that almost existed. You're haunted by potential. Not what you had, but what you COULD have had. The good news? This makes you someone who takes future opportunities seriously. The challenging news? You might never stop wondering.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou torture yourself with alternate timelines where you were braver. but you weren't. and you still haven't forgiven yourself for it.