learning to wrench

I was once young and stupid. It lasted a lot longer than I'd like to admit. I didn't have help learning to wrench on my bikes. As a preteen I did some really stupid stuff. One of the first stupid things I did was tighten all the bolts on my bike as tight as I could. For some reason I couldn't turn the handlebars after that. LOL. Suddenly there was something wrong with my headset.

I also built my first wheel without instruction. I had help figuring out the spokes etc. But actually building the wheel was a disaster. The rim was curved. I took it to the shop and told them they sold me a bent rim