i like the whole line of thought you have goin here becasue i too have done some musing along these lines recently. I wish that you could time travel while retaining knowledge and memory of what lesson you learned. I believe that yes, mistakes and pains are VERY good lessons and contribute to ones overall character. i feel that i have lived a very rough life, and feel that i have learned a lot from my experiences. That doesn't mean however that i dont wish i could change things. There are some things that i would change without thinking twice, but i wouldn't want to lose the knowledge or wisdom that i gained from the experience, so i guess theres a trade off

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maybe a time travel notebook where you srite things down for yourself to read when you arrive at your destination in time? Then you could read what you wrote and learn from it. Maybe you could record exactly what time you originally left from, to allow yourself to travel back if you really manage to botch things...