I awoke this morning angry at (and terrified by) all the obligations that I feel this week. The requests people make of me that they do not even realize are unreasonable and that I cannot tell them are unreasonable because, to them, they make perfect sense. They just do not realize how tenuous my hold …
Those who know me agree that I am one of the most organized people that they know. I have replied, when they say that, that I am organized because I am lazy: I do not like the time that is wasted by searching for things that aren’t where they should be; or doing work over …
After spending a week in Boston on work, I popped off the Amtrak in New Haven to pick up one of my teenaged nephews so he could stay with me for the weekend while his parents were out of town. When we got on the MetroNorth, it was pretty empty. A few stops later, it …
Over the weekend, I set our toaster on fire. I wanted to eat a piece of matzoh but the only matzoh has been open for awhile and was a little stale. “Aha,” I thought, “I can fix this by toasting it.” Good idea, bad execution because I got distracted and left the room. Several minutes …
Do you compare yourself to others? In a conversation last night, we were talking about how we sometimes invalidate our opportunities. Perhaps we’ve learned that if we enjoy it then we should give it away because others deserve it more than we do. My mother taught me this by giving things I wanted to my …
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