Someday I will write a post that summarizes all the wisdom I've acquired in my life

But not right now.

Meanwhile, Theodora Goss has already done it, in this post.

The item that struck me the most was: Everything you want to accomplish takes longer than you want it to take.

That's very true. Everything I've accomplished in life has taken much more work than I thought it would. Every year I've been writing (from day one), I've thought, "Oh,…