"If I knew what I know now"

     I have lived my life with much regret. I have a lot of things that I want to change or erase. So, today I write some examples of my regret.

     First, when I was a junior high school student, my table tennis club left good results at a regional tournament, and we went out to play to celebrate our victory. My parents gave me some money to hear that we won the game, so I went out with satisfaction. We had lunch at a restaurant, and went to a game center nearby, and the incident happened. As you know, in a game center, there are “UFO Catchers”. At that time, I had never played “UFO Catcher”, and my friends played it easily, at least it looked easily. So I decided to play it. But it was not easy for a beginner, of course. A premium seemed to fall, but only seemed to fall. The premium didn't fall, and the money my parents gave me was lost in vain. If I had known that UFO Catcher was not an easy game, if anything, it was a difficult game, I would have stopped my play within bounds. Ah, my money doesn't return.

     Second, when I was a high school student, I was a studious pupil. My academic record in the high school became better than that in the junior high school. I studied harder because I was glad that as I studied more, my academic record improved. I spent the first grade and second grade of my high school student life only studying. But unexpectedly, in the third grade, I had exhausted my enthusiasm for the study. At that time, I couldn't study hard as I did previously. But if I stopped studying, my friends didn't stop because it was the time period for entrance exam. So I had nothing to do but studying. As a result, I wasted my school life. I didn't know that my school life was only once. I didn't know that there were important things as well as studying. I didn't know that nothing would change in the college if I studied. If I had known these things at that time, my life would have changed dramatically.

 

     Third, after I graduated the high school, I went to a phone shop because my cell phone was old. I had used it for three years. A shop assistant recommended “Smart Phone”. I planned to buy a feature phone as I used previously, but I wanted smart phone. So I asked the price of smart phone. The answer was “it costs more than six thousand yen a month.” I was surprised to hear that. The price was three times higher than the price of my feature phone. I was worried which one I should buy. At last, I decided to buy a feature phone. Cheapness was justice. But I regret my decision now. In the university, my classmates make contact with each other by using the application “LINE”. And in some lectures of the university, they call the roll on the Internet, but I can’t attend with my feature phone. If I had known that smart phone is indispensable for a university student, I would have bought it.

     I have lived my life with much regret. I have a lot of things that I want to change or erase. But I live my life pleasantly. I will continue to do my best.