I'm 31 and the one thing I wish I knew was the utter and complete lack of limitations on you as a younger person. Crazy, right? Let me make a metaphor. Imagine

I'm 31 and the one thing I wish I knew was the utter and complete lack of limitations on you as a younger person. Crazy, right? Let me make a metaphor. Imagine boxing (or MMA if you prefer). Life is like that. Your entire life, you train and train to get ready for your fight in life. You learn the basics. You learn the proper way to throw a punch, dodge, etc. Then you're let out to compete! But there's a trick no one tells you about. Once you hit 18, you can sign up for any fight you want. Any weight class, any rules, any thing at all. Now, that said, you have to be able to compete at that level, or else people will be far less likely to ever take you seriously again... But yeah. You can really do ANYTHING. Especially those first few years. Because after that? You'll probably have debt. And then you're fucked until you're about 50. Had I been more aware of this, I'd have finished a novel far before now (as I've currently not). I'd have printed my own comics, too (I've not). I was a dumb (average) kid, in that I bought into "the way things are done", having been raised that way. I spent far too many years of my life and too much money, trying to do things the way I was taught they were done. I regret so much, and I never realized it until I hit my late 20s. Eventually it got through my skull that there is rarely a "one way" to do anything worth doing. Just be as capable as possible, and do as well as you can. Most people? They're pretty eager to help. But remember, those basics are important. You have to know your craft. You won't knock out the champ on a hope and a prayer.