Perhaps the worst part of reaching one's middle years (which, I suppose, at 41, I have done) is all one's mistakes seem less forgivable, and one cannot dwell in self-pity as one did in one's younger days. One can try, but it won't be at all cathartic; it merely suffices in making one feel stupid for still attempting self-pity at an age when one should know better than to try to get away with self-pity.
If I had any advice for those in their 20's it would be this: Hurry up and get it all figured out; in a couple decades it won't be any easier, and you'll be far more aware of tricky it is to figure it out.
The clock is ticking…
But I have figured it out. Self-pity is great when no one else will pity you.
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