Past you made decisions with the info they had. Give them some grace; they got you here.

Hindsight adds knowledge that was not available at the time and then judges the earlier choice as though it was. The person who made it was working with less information, fewer options and probably more fear. Regret is often just the gap between two different amounts of knowing.

When an old decision surfaces this week, name one thing you did not know then. Ask what you would say to a friend who had made it, and use those words on yourself. Take whatever is useful now and leave the rest where it happened.