Years ago, I decided to make an album of original songs.

Because I wanted to be able to record at all hours of the day and night, for free, I chose to do virtually all of the performing, engineering, and mixing myself.

Hey, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney did it — why not me? Ha.

The album was my very best work, though still very amateurish.

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When I was single, I heard it and read it over and over. I saw it represented in movies and TV shows.

It was the idea that, if I worked on myself enough and learned to be "okay with being alone," I would be ready for a relationship, and the perfect mate (eww, mate - that word is the worst) would show up.

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A friend of mine has three beautiful children, including a newborn.

She already has a PhD, but now she's going for an MBA.

My friend also lives in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Understandably, this friend is a bit stressed out. But I'd be completely unable to offer advice to help her reduce the stress in her life.

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Why have some of the most wealthy and famous people in history been so miserable?

It's possible that they spent their lives chasing money or fame when what they really wanted was love, joy, freedom, or peace.

Maybe they wanted to be respected for their art, but all they got was admiration for their beauty. Life is rough, isn't it?

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The other day, I had a new project launching, plus double my usual number of meetings.

I also had been away. That meant that I had a bunch of bags to unpack, there was little in the way of groceries, and I stayed up too late.

I’m sure there are plenty of people who would be fine with all of that, but a lack of food and sleep easily throws off my equilibrium. I had to figure out what to do to make it work.

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