Listening to Dave Ramsey’s radio show, I got to the point that I could recite by heart all of his “baby steps” for getting out of debt and building wealth.

I could answer listener questions right along with him, and I rolled my eyes impatiently when someone talked about how they wanted to continue to use credit cards due to the points.

I wholeheartedly believed Dave’s message. I understood that if I followed his instructions exactly, I could get the promised results.

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One of the most accomplished people I know tends to think of herself as someone who doesn’t stick with things.

Where I see advanced degrees, she sees multiple aborted careers.

When I point to her array of creative works, she dismisses them as insubstantial

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A great deal of information is available to help you get started with a project or activity.

There’s a lot less information to tell you when to stop.

What happens when you’re no longer trying to overcome inertia to get started? What happens when you’ve got a different kind of inertia — that of the object in motion staying in motion?

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The thing that surprised me most when I went back to my old life for five months was how much I hated the commute.

After spending most of the pandemic in Maine, I went to Atlanta for a semester to close down The Little Middle School this past spring. Having spent years living in Atlanta, I knew what I was in for, but I was not prepared for the stress and dread I felt each day when it was time to hit the road each morning. Had I experienced this over the previous twenty years and just not noticed?

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