You aren’t your worst choice. You are responsible for cleaning up after it.

Two true things sit side by side. One bad decision does not describe who you are, and treating it as proof of your character mostly makes you hide it. The mess it made is still yours to deal with, and nobody else will. Guilt is not the same as repair, and only one of them helps.

If something is sitting on you, separate the two questions: what you need to put right, and the story you have been telling yourself about what it means. Make a short, specific list for the first and start on it. Be as fair to yourself as you would be to a friend.