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5 min readDec 2, 2020

Some scholars believe that these people went on a tear through the region, destroying cities and committing mass atrocities during a particularly effective period of their existence.

The Sea People were raiders that would appear and terrorize cities in the region before vanishing again. They waged multiple campaigns against the Pharaohs of Egypt during this period. Multiple Egyptian tablets and inscriptions describe them as a warlike people who committed great violence. They said none could withstand their might.

The most interesting theory points to a new group of people that appeared on the scene during this time. They are described as the Sea People and they arrive with unparalleled violence and military superiority seemingly out of nowhere. Historians and archeologists have no clue as to their ethnicity, place of origin, or culture.

I don’t regret any of these attempts. But looking back, I do regret not doing three basic things while I pursued these ideas: investing in index funds, developing my writing skills, and building an audience. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not in a bad place financially, but I’d also be much wealthier right now if I’d acted on that list.I’ve spent the majority of my 20’s chasing entrepreneurial dreams, most of which have failed. I’ve invented a tool for bunk beds that only sort of works, hit two million followers on an Instagram account I’ve yet to monetize, and burned out trying to bring a cartoon character called Sunny the Golden Retriever to life.To be honest, if it wasn’t for my parents urging me to put money in index funds, I may never have learned what they were. The truth is I’ve been financially illiterate for most of my life, either because I’m right-brained and naturally apathetic towards numbers or because I grew up in a middle-class home and never felt the threat of poverty.

The truth is probably a combination of all three of these things or it could be something else entirely. The collapse was so utterly complete that getting any information from this time period is nearly impossible. What we have left are scraps of evidence that can be used to try and piece together plausible theories. But that is all they will ever be, theories.

A few months ago, I peeked at a retirement account I hadn’t thought about in years. What I saw shocked me. The $26,500 I’d contributed throughout the last eight years had turned into $60,000. That’s a $33,500 gain, all for clicking “Confirm Trade” a few times on a brokerage website.

The concept behind this is straightforward. Individual stocks can go to zero, but over time, the stock market as a whole always goes up. Rather than tracking individual stocks, index funds go up and down according to the entire stock market. So some years it may go down, and some years it may go up, but in the long term, it always goes up. That makes them a safe and potentially very lucrative investment.

Generally, dwelling on regrets causes depression. Ancient wisdom says happiness is found in the present. But I also believe there’s value in being honest about the things I wish I did — ultimately not for me, but for you. Because understanding my regrets just might help you avoid my mistakes.

The destruction of enemy cities and the mass slaughter of people is a common practice during this era that is often described in the Hebrew Bible. It is possible that the chaos, confusion, and violence committed by these mysterious Sea People was too much for the civilizations of the region to bear and the destruction and violence led to the unrest that unseated the great nations of the time.

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