how to get over mistakes we made?

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I made bad, impulsive choices twice in my life and they lead me to disastrous consequences I'm living now and I feel will shape my life forever (I'm living in a city I don't like, attending to an university I'm not proud of, with people I can't connect, it took away almost all my drive to study – and for a large part of my life I wanted to be at some kind of academic career). I can't fix it, even if I move back to the city/university I want to study, it won't be the same thing... so I guess I need to learn to deal with the frustration... but how do this?

I think all my life I'll look back and figure out how my life would be so better – it's primary related to education, but goes beyond this: the people who used to study with me were much more friendly and open and nice to me, so I guess I would have a better social life there as well, and most of them are in very good career paths. In contrary, the people I'm studying with now just remember so much the people who used to bully me when I was in basic education.

I just wish I was more mature when I was 17 years old :/

I see. It is hard to climb especially after you no longer have people that you think can relate to you. But I think you can pull something off, their side to you that I think many people may like. Just try show that a bit more.

Are you passionate and interested in many things?

I used to be, but honestly in recent times I just became apathetic towards everything

I'll be honest it sounds like you could be depressed as feeling down and pessimistic as well as losing interest in many things is a symptom of it. I went through that awhile ago. Do you think that could be you?

put more emphasis on the present and less emphasis on the past.

a psychologist could help. although plenty of psychologists are conceited.

some mistakes can't be fixed completely.

some mistakes can't be fixed at all.

but, in any event, move on with your life.

likewise, if you were not to have made the mistake that you said you made, then the situation might not have been as good as you imagined.

and your current situation might have good things about it, that you did not notice yet.

for example, 4th year undergrad, i flunked out Structural Engineering.

however, my cousin got a BS in Aerospace Engineering. 10 years ago. and he has been unemployed or grossly underemployed since then. he has never been an aerospace engineer or anything of the sort.

so. yes, you could say i made a mistake. or plenty of large mistakes. flunking structural engineering. (fine).

but even if i were to have gotten that degree, maybe i still would not have gotten to be a structural engineer.

or maybe if i got that degree, it would've made me overqualified for more jobs.

furthermore, maybe not being a structural engineer is not as bad as i foresaw it to be.

well, 4 years ago I dropped my life and moved 1,000 miles away. i don't particularly regret doing it, but if I didn't do it, the "what if" scenario would continue to run in my head over and over, and i'd regret not moving. so, damned if i do, damned if i don't. what matters to me is i'm here, so i'm going to focus on moving forward and getting the best quality of life i can for myself, regardless of how positive or negative my decision was.