Okay, you get a do-over; you're growing up again, 6-21 years old; what do you advise yourself to do differently and why don't you do that now?

I would have spent more time with my stepmother, just talking with and trying to get to know her. She's deceased now so not an option but I also spent 15+ years in my "room" (safe inside my womb :-) so my other advice would be to go out and meet people, talk to others, take risks meeting people.

I'm reading a book, Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi, "and other secrets to success, one relationship at a time - How to Build a Lifelong Community of Colleagues, Contacts, FRiends, and Mentors." This semester I'm taking a face-to-face course that requires I go out of town for a week and give speeches, etc. and I graduate with my second BA this semester too so when I get finished (early May) I think I'll start concentrating on getting "out there" and join a few things, take some "fun" local community college courses and find some social "risks" to take?