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A CERTAIN AGE, THEN POOF. THAT’S IT?

August 9, 2025 by

“As a culture, we tend to let people disappear at a certain age,” said Dustin Hoffman. What’s that feeling you get when you hear someone start with, “As a culture . . . ?” They’re talking about something you ought to know, or it’s something you don’t know and feel suspicious about. I side with […]

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FINE WHINE FROM CHEKHOV’S DOG

December 22, 2024 by

“Why are we worn out? “Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? “Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle […]

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NEW IDEA? TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

November 9, 2024 by

A new idea is not something to fear. You might hear something different, but not too different? Then give it a try.

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IS THE NEW BURN OUT THE SAME AS THE OLD?

May 19, 2021 by

I asked about burn out from someone who knows: My wife. Why does she know about burn out? She’s lived with me for three and a half decades. She knows the drill. What’s the thing about feeling burned out, I asked? Being tired was her response. I didn’t take it personally. However, that wasn’t the […]

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