The most powerful thing you can do right now is lock in and actually change your life. Not talk about it. Not plan it. Do it. The comeback you are capable of is not just for you. It sets a standard for everyone watching and everyone who comes after you.
Reading as a child also makes you good at understanding context. Give me a word I’ve never seen before and let me read the sentence around it. There’s a good chance I’ll figure out what it means without ever looking it up.
Growing as an artist is realizing the people you thought of as magically born with elite talent and insight into art beyond regular human understanding are indeed just regular humans who worked reaaaalllly hard for reeaaalllly long
Underrated life advice: get better at recovering fast. You're going to fail. You're going to get rejected. Make bad calls. Lose money. Embarrass yourself. Whatever it is, the goal is shrinking the gap between falling down and getting back up. Master the art of starting over.