I fractured my finger.

If you’re about to start feeling bad for me—don’t. I injured myself in about the stupidest way you can imagine, and now I’m living with the well-deserved consequences.

To be fair, this didn’t happen yesterday. This happened in December of 2025 (four months ago from the time that I’m writing this). I gave myself time to heal and I decided to make a concerted effort to see what I could learn from this situation. Of course, I already knew that smacking a wall is not a good idea, but what other less-obvious lessons could I learn from the experience?