I recently bought a book on the comic art of Dan Piraro. I bookmarked the page with this quote on it…

Quoth he: “Each of us is a product of the total of our experiences, be they conscious decisions or not, wise actions or colossal mistakes, amazing good fortune or hideous bad luck. In the end, the “what if” fantasies are little more than a party game. I am extremely happy with who and where I am now, and I believe my life today is a direct result of the lessons I’ve learned from the mistakes I’ve made…”

Ryan will use those writing blurbs someday…. and the experience will not have been wasted.