I started smoking, thinking that it would help me lose weight. I wasn’t able to quit until I was in my 40s.

The most stupid thing as a teenager, was never doing anything stupid as a teenager, lol!

I was one of those sickeningly responsible kids and the peacemaker in my family, so I was constantly stressing myself out over this or that and doing the dreaded “right thing” all the time. It was incredibly stupid because I didn’t allow myself to just be a kid – I did that when I was around 30 actually… and man! I made up for it with bells on, trust me! 😂

I drove in reverse around a university satellite campus at night with my friends on the roof of the car. Definitely would not do it again.

I did a lot of dumb things with those friends that were much less dangerous, would do most of that again.

So many, many choices.

I think my all-time dumbest came when I was about 22, so it doesn’t fit here. In my teens…probably driving drunk at speeds up to 100mph on the mountain roads up above Pasadena with the headlights off at night.