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Nothing I've done, as stupid as it might have been, has resulted in me having a worse life altogether or has destroyed/heavily negatively altered anyone else's life. It was stupid of me to move to a different country in a far away continent so young and without knowing how important other people's company was in my life (and, more importantly, without speaking the language fluently enough to feel comfortable enough to crack jokes and make friends!), I flunked out of uni, my visa expired and was massively depressed... but then I joined the army, became a national, God helped me find my now wife and my wife helped me find God. I would do it again, no hesitation.

The one thing I do regret is losing touch with one friend from my army days. I simply forget to reply and then months later I feel embarrassed to do so. I have somewhat changed my ways since, and he was married so it's not like they didn't have each other, but I still feel a little bad about that one.