A while back I wrote:I've had many, many failures in my life.  (Hm, maybe I should write a blog post about that.)This is that post.  I'm writing it not as a lament, but rather because I've ended up in a good place in life despite my extraordinary track record of failing at just about everything I've ever tried.  If my younger self had heard these stories he might have had a less stressful life knowing that even a long string of failures in specific endeavors doesn't necessarily translate to fail...