My Advice to My Younger Self Is to Not Listen to My Older Self

Sure, she’s a lot smarter, but I’ll never become her if I listen to her

1981. Senior year of high school.

My mistakes and failings are legion. Red flags have smacked me in the face and I still ignored them. I let things and other people get the better of me. In my adult lifetime I have been stupid, thoughtless, gullible, careless, and cruel. In…