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55 year old you: "Damn ... I wish I'd taken the time to do more stupid shit before being stupid started to hurt so much..."
Trust me it'll just keep happening, learn to be kind to your past self.
For me it stopped happening. Then I started seeing my past self as better. That' s how I realised I peaked.
Put in other way - if you look back at yourself and see a dumbass, savour it. It means you are improving.
I don’t cringe at my past self, because I understand that I was working with the tools I had at the time, but I definitely don’t endorse my past actions or look at pictures of myself and think I look good.
I do think I look better than I realized at the time, but I did not know anything about dressing myself after 7 years of uniforms and I had no idea how to communicate with hairdressers. I still can’t get a good haircut, but that’s beside the point.
But he's a dick.
He didn't have a choice - there was already a Tom & a Harry.
Man, fuck that guy.
60-year-old me: still haven't figured it out.