Three things I wish I had done sooner: go to grad school, identify how and why I relate to people the way I do, and also, I wish I had figured out how to dress for my body type long ago. I wish I had done all of this stuff in my early 20’s.
I wish I had stopped being a self-centered, reckless idiot, attributing it all to my “artistic temperament,” a whole lot sooner. Once I learned to apply logic to facts, and understood most people refuse to do so, I found life much easier. I wish I had learned earlier to give everyone the opportunity to prove who they are, to play life by the rules they select, and stop humoring or ignoring those who are taking others down with them.