Perhaps. I won't try to claim that I'm above such thoughts; the fact that we're having this discussion in the first place is likely evidence enough that I'm not.
At the same time, I wouldn't change what I chose to do if given the opportunity to do it all over again, even given advance knowledge of those "better" paths' existence. The final result of my actions wasn't half as clean as I would have liked, but ultimately I succeeded in doing what I set out to do. I can't really complain if I was able to see what amounts to the completion of my life's work through to the end.
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At the same time, I wouldn't change what I chose to do if given the opportunity to do it all over again, even given advance knowledge of those "better" paths' existence. The final result of my actions wasn't half as clean as I would have liked, but ultimately I succeeded in doing what I set out to do. I can't really complain if I was able to see what amounts to the completion of my life's work through to the end.