The Prologue to the Prologue

Life lessons I've taken in thus far:
1. You only get one opportunity to notice a new haircut
2. Always buy the yellow properties in monopoly
3. In every person's life, there are 10 moments that define their path, 7 choices that are critical to their being and 5 people that are pivotal to who they are.
So as I leave you to evaluate every detail of my youthful existence, I would like to encourage you to keep the third lesson in mind, as one day, when your body leaves this earth, there will have been 10 moments, 7 choices and 5 people that made you the person you were... And if you can, buy the railroads too

"Dear reader, welcome to the past: A Painfully Long but Equally Enthralling Prologue to the Year 2020"