It was late summer in Chicago, the kind of afternoon that made me wish for sunset or a snap thunderstorm to break the humidity. I hadn’t reached full career-related burnout, but I could feel it coming on. I’d started to feel brittle, with small disappointments landing like …
How Will “Tomorrow You” Feel About You Right Now? Listen around your office long enough and eventually you’ll hear someone talking about “leaving a legacy.” Not a bad notion. I like the idea of paying attention to the impact of what you’re doing now and what you’re planning next, …
As their words got harder to understand, my girlfriend's laugh rang louder and louder, and her mother's grin got wider. Where had this gone so badly wrong? The mystery narcotic that sent us spinning into gales of numb, chaotic laughter? Cranberry sauce. It was the first Thanksgiving of our dating life. …