You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way.
“If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.”
“You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!”