Never Retire

Never Retire

What if you never retire? I was listening to a group of people talk about retirement the other day. They were dreaming about the day they’d be done with work. And then wondering what they’d do to stay engaged. How they’d avoid boredom. What might give them purpose. I...
Before The Clay Hardens

Before The Clay Hardens

Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time.  Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning. —...
When The Music Stopped

When The Music Stopped

“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I...
You Are Not Your I Am

You Are Not Your I Am

What’s one of the very first questions you get asked at a networking event or evening social? “So, what do you do?” And you answer: “I’m a… .” Could be teacher, accountant, dentist, custodian, artist, wealth advisor, coach,...
Handcuffed To My Bed

Handcuffed To My Bed

Would that it were so! That might have been interesting. But alas… it was not my bed… I was handcuffed to work that was sucking my soul. I loved law school. The reading, the research, the classroom, the debates, the arguments. All of it. But within months of...