This is like the last couple years of life's lessons for me, all compressed into a handy, bite-sized package.

*chuckle* Many of those were finally finished learning over the past couple years, but they are all things life has been trying to teach me _forever_.

And they can be very, very difficult to stick to. I suspect strongly that sometime in the next couple years, "I can't date people who don't know themselves well enough to stand up for what they want, if they believe it goes against what someone else wants" will be something I have to spend a lot of time reminding myself of. We'll see.