Confession: I regret spending extra on diamond clarity. Anyone else think carat size matters more?

I messed up. Spent $1k extra for VVS1 clarity… and guess what? NOBODY notices. Not my BFF, not even my gemologist uncle. Meanwhile my coworker’s 1.5ct SI1 lab diamond gets all the ‘OMG’s. Am I the only clown who over-indexed on clarity? If you could redo it, would you downgrade clarity/color for a bigger rock?