I'm also adaptable, and learn about each intersection.

For those left turns where I have to end up on the right, I'll align myself right, and tend to head straight towards oncoming traffic, then take a sharp left. That allows traffic to move around me to the left in the intersection.

One left turn dumps me onto a median strip, so I align left then with a green light, cut across the incoming traffic lane (if clear), again getting out of the way of traffic as soon as possible.

I detest the inability to trip lights, but I try as hard as I can to do it, while also waiting for a "hole" in traffic.

If the only "vehicle", I'll stand over the light trigger if visible behind the crosswalk. The greatest danger is probably left turning traffic from the cross street (which I would watch). If a car comes up behind me, I might move forward into a lightly used crosswalk, hoping the car behind me pulls far enough forward to trigger the lights (here in Eugene, they'll sometimes stop 20 feet behind me and miss the triggers, so I may have to wave them forward).