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I think you probably lost sight of what you were going to gain/lose there. On the gain side: you probably got a personal satisfaction. I hope that was worth it, because that's pretty much it on the gain side. On the losing side, instead, I think lots of people have brought up things. I would add another thing: dwelling on the negatives, specially with negative people, has rarely brought me anything good.
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