I clearly need an audience. Duh. Yet another fun fact about me that took more than three decades to realize. Who says life isn't fun. I'll put aside the sob stories this time, but you can let your imagination run wild on trauma triggers. I find most people boring. There goes the other 50% of my readers. Don't get offended, I'm well aware that I'm way more extra, edgy and unpredictable than most of the people out there. With all its good and bad. I dedicate this post to explain that to you. Not that I owe you, but consider it as charity. Free old-lady-wisdom. You're welcome. I was raised to always look up to everyone around me and assume that they know and do better. Ironic, because I was always labeled the smart one in the family, but apparently only in situations when it could be used against me. No reader, no sob - bear with me. It took a disgustingly long time to convince myself that not (literally) everyone is better than me in (literally) everything. Then...