I used to spend a considerable amount of time going over things that had happened. Replaying situations in my head and thinking: why didn't I do this differently, why didn't I say this or that instead etc. A futile exercise and one that often filled me with anger, regret or guilt.
I still do that at times, but I like to think that I got much better at accepting what was and moving forward. And realizing that I cannot change the past and try to focus on making changes in the now. That's also what I am trying to instill in my team at work: mistakes happen. I am not happy about it either. But what really matters is to understand what went wrong, take responsibility and work towards not repeating the mistake.
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