Here are 5 things you may regret at the end of your life, from a nurse who works with the dying.

This list made me make a change to my work routine immediately

A palliative nurse named Bronnie Ware from Australia spent a significant period time counselling the dying in their last days and what she discovered, about their final regrets, moved her so much she felt obliged to share them with the world.

While you may be expecting to hear about skydiving, more sexual encounters or buying more stuff, the top 5 regrets of the dying are far more simple than that. In fact, they are regrets that already plague most of us on a daily basis.

Regret #1: I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

"This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it." — Bronnie Ware

Regret #2: I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

"This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship. Women also spoke of this regret, but as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence." — Bronnie Ware

Regret #3: I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

"Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming." — Bronnie Ware

Regret #4: I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

"Everyone misses their friends when they are dying." — Bronnie Ware

Regret #5: I wish that I had let myself be happier.

"This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again." — Bronnie Ware

We tend to forget that life is happening right now and before we know it, years and years have gone by, sometimes decades.

This is your life, no one else. So live it with passion, tomorrow is promised to no one.

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