What a very excellent piece of advice to yourself Nine.
Trust your intuition and listen to it above all else. You already know what price you pay when you don’t listen to it.
This last...Perfect for any time in life I think, but much more profound after having lived some. So good.
I don't know what all to say here I guess other than I urge you to frame this into a post. I htink many will get some benefit from what is essentially your life's experience wrapped up in words.
I might be psychic...Or psycho...It will change depending on who you ask. You should do the posts though. Sounds like a trilogy to me.