Having a near-death experience taught me how to live better

After an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured, Georgina Scull spoke to people around the world facing death - and discovered the regrets they want us all to learn from

I'm not sure I ever fully appreciated my life until I nearly lost it. In fact, I'm sure I didn't. On the surface everything was good. I was married and living overseas with our two-year-old daughter. There was food on the table and a roof over our heads, but it felt as if I was drifting - constantly waiting for my real life to start. And then, at 37, I had an ectopic pregnancy, which ruptured and I nearly died.

That was 10 years ago. It should have been the start of my second chance. The jolt to get me going. But, I'm afraid it wasn't. I was alive, but I still wasn't really living. I still seemed to be stuck in all the things I hadn't done over the years, rather than enjoying all the things that I did. As the days and weeks passed, my regrets just grew.