Point 13, ironically, reminds me of one of the best bits of writing[1] I ever did. I somehow lost an entire near-complete draft[2] of an article, so I had to write it again from scratch. It came out much, much better than the original.

1. https://csswizardry.com/archive/

2. A fact I am embarrassed to admit in present company. I still can’t remember how it happened.