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I've been very future-focused lately. Even more so than usual.
There are layers of reasons for that. I'm fasting during the day, and fasting is hard. It's tempting to think about how I'm going to feel when I get to eat dinner in a few hours.
I'm away from my husband and my home.
Read MoreThese days, when I go more than a couple of days without sitting down to write, I feel a little bit off.
It's as though I forgot to take my vitamins or apply sunscreen. I can live without these aspects of my routine, but I prefer not to.
That's how powerful our habits can become: For better or worse, we don't feel like ourselves without them.
Read MoreWhen I was growing up, a friend’s house had slightly pink, soft lighting in the master bathroom.
Her mother said that she wanted the forgiving light so that she didn't have to feel bad every time she looked at herself in the mirror.
Another friend said, "I would want the lights to be bright so that I could fix things and look better."
Ah. To be sixteen again. Some things you can't fix, child. But this points to a divide:
Read MoreIn the food court of Concourse A at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, there is a guy who is really good at his job.
Not only does he keep the napkins stocked and the seating area tidy on the busiest of days, he will even approach travelers to clear their trash when they are finished with their meals instead of waiting for them to take care of it themselves. Pleasant but not overly friendly, he conducts himself with brisk efficiency. No energy is wasted or misdirected.
Read MoreIt's ironic that, as I work with adolescents to prepare them for future education and their eventual career, they may well be headed for a field or profession that doesn't even exist right now.
Most of what I do for a living was beyond my imagination when I was thirteen, whether because technology had not yet made it possible or simply because of my own ignorance of the existing possibilities.
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