I really like this post. I feel similar to you, I wish I had found Steemit and crypto sooner, but I am sure glad I am here now.

To answer your request about what we have learned in the past two years / wish we had known... well, I had an accident almost 2 years ago and had a head injury that changed my life. Because of how sick i was for so long, I realized a lot of good things about myself when I recovered. But, I still struggle with some things. I wish I had known, for example, that I am as capable as I am. I have only just recently been starting to feel truly confident in my abilities. So I downplayed them a lot and had a lot of anxiety around my future.

Now I am feeling much better, and I probablty had to go through a time of huge doubt and see myself get through it, in order to really understand this, but here I am. I just think If i knew it sooner I would have been that much more ahead, but its okay too. Like you said, its important to not dwell on the past, and focus what we are doing now, and make use of what we know in this moment. That matters most.