Daily Prompt

What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain?

No Pain, No Gain.

Pain is tuition. Learn from yours — and from everyone else’s. Theirs is free; yours is not.

While you’re young, mistakes are cheap and foolishness is still legal tender. Work fast. Ask the silly question. Err loudly. Show your sharp edges.

The cost of a mistake is lowest now. The information gained is highest. And the licence doesn’t renew.

Know when the window closes. It closes quietly — and the ones who miss it are still spending a currency that expired.