Push for what I wanted. I took a lot of the options out of my plate by assuming that what people and institutions said were final, as if buying stuff in Walmar

Push for what I wanted. I took a lot of the options out of my plate by assuming that what people and institutions said were final, as if buying stuff in Walmart. But almost everything is negotiable, and you can almost always bend rules, create exceptions, etc. As Jack Sparrow says, they are more like guidelines. Relatedly, I would encourage myself to follow my gut much more. The trends I missed I did because I ignored my gut, not because I wasn't aware of it. Finally, I second the exercise comment. I think we are not thought well and early enough about how to keep our body in good physical form and avoid injuries.