Would that be a blessing or a curse to you? Discuss...
I guess I'll throw myself out as an example. Going active army straight out of high school was both a blessing, and a curse. There's a lot of things to hate, but for me it was the same shit that almost everybody in hated about it, and complained regularly. People either over; or underestimate my abilities because of that experience alone, but I don't think I could trade the experience of getting to meet so many different types of people on a coworker basis.. Skateboarding believe it or not has lead to some interesting aquaintances as well..
So I don't think I could trade that just for the ability to erase a few mistakes I might've made along the way,