When I was a kid, bored at my mom’s boyfriend’s condo, I started to draw hexagons. One within another on graph paper. Then it became an...

I was just about to add some additional major costs to my business and not really analyzing why .. until I realized I was just...

When my dad visits, he wants to start our “to-do” list immediately. He is like the energizer bunny. Immediately he wants to: - work on...

As summer is coming to a close, and I’m at the end of completing many of my admin tasks, I’m thinking hard about what comes next….....

I remember being bored a lot as a kid. I would say to my grandmother, I’m bored. Grandma Darling would say back, “Hi Bored; it’s nice to...

Most aspiring actors, when they move to LA, want to see if they can make it. They arrive with little money. They get a job serving tables...

When we moved to Texas, I quickly learned folks who prospect for oil are called Wildcats. They are excited to explore. They keep digging...

Growing up, I wanted to be average. I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted long, pretty highlights in my hair. I was the only kid...

It’s hard to make a big decision. “Especially when people want to avoid discomfort as much as they can, and most people will seek...

Growing up, I felt inadequate and insecure because I wasn’t rich. This feeling of being ashamed started when: - I attended Beverly Hills...

Back when I was a teenager, I rode my 10-speed bike to the grocery store and to my doctor’s appointments. I scheduled my own...

It was the summer of 1991, and I just graduated from high school. My mom bought an RV and gave up her apartment in Beverly Hills. My...

On our plane ride back from Rome, I started to watch the new Top Gun: Maverick movie. Halfway through I already know how this movie will...

Starting out in marketing my business, I tried everything. I was an expert editor for Nerdwallet I did a weekly news program on money I...

Last Friday was the most unusual day for me. It started with: - a walk with a friend, - a coffee with a friend, - a lunch with a friend,...

Attending my husband’s law school reunion brought back painful memories of my Harvard Business School reunion. Reunions suck unless you...

Inflation, Debt Ceiling, Layoffs! But there is beauty in the chaos. And it's the Taylor Rule. I’m here as a friend to help explain....

- Woody Allen After a terrible night’s sleep, worrying about everything possible: kids, money, the stock market, I woke up at 4:30 am and...

I loved walking to work in NYC. I loved my job at a hedge fund. We lived on 68th and 3rd and the office was on 48th and Madison. On Park...

Growing up in New Canaan, CT, we were middle class. It was a time when we wore tube socks and velour sweatpants. My parents were...