Would it be right to say that you were dodging every bullet, rarely accepting (and contemplating) deliberative conclusions over intuitive ones (in everyday life), and that logic worked as a representative example for how this attitude is wrong?
What message to past self would accelerate the transition?
No idea what verbal message (rather than real-world action and result, as it happened) could have precipitated the transition, but reading about more examples like the one outlined in the post would definitely have helped.
Would it be right to say that you were dodging every bullet, rarely accepting (and contemplating) deliberative conclusions over intuitive ones (in everyday life), and that logic worked as a representative example for how this attitude is wrong?
What message to past self would accelerate the transition?
Yes, your summary is adequate.
No idea what verbal message (rather than real-world action and result, as it happened) could have precipitated the transition, but reading about more examples like the one outlined in the post would definitely have helped.