Remember you always have freedom of choice.
The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.
Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway
The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.
A lot of professionals are crackpots.
I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.