[hannah]

I can't say I've learned these lessons completely yet but...

I'd take things slowly only adding one thing at a time to observe how my body responds, rather than throw a million things at high doses at myself.

I'd record EVERYTHING I was doing, so I could remember what formula was being used when I was at my biggest points, instead of assuming that was the new normal.

I'd be more frugal, and focus on eating really well and being healthy and reducing stress before adding any herbs/pumps/etc.

I'd be more gentle and loving towards my body, and not let seeing a prettier or bustier girl send me into a spiral of jealousy and self hatred.

Thank you for contributing, I really regocnize myself in nr 1, 2 and 4 !  I think the beginners can really learn from the things beeing written here, and recognizing myself in this is quite relieving.
And edit: I think imback, that we will never completely learn these lessons, because we constantly change over the years ourself as well, it would be hard to only focus yourself on nbe in life. I i.e stopped with some lessons I learned back in my nbe-past bc you keep trying new things to later come back to the same, and it stays an experiment..