In my city, there is a small restaurant that has a waiting list for brunch just about every weekend.

Theoretically, they are missing out on business as the wait gets longer. I stopped by one day at the height of the summer season. Upon finding out that it would take 45 minutes to be seated, I shook my head.

“See you in November!” I said with a smile. They laughed. I left.

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When I was in high school there was no social media. There wasn’t even email.

So how did I maintain relationships with the kids from other schools that I met at music camp? Or my friends who went away to college and elsewhere?

We wrote letters back and forth. Actual letters, on paper.

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What do you say when someone new asks where you’re from?

Such a simple question has many possible answers.

The answer to the question is slightly different depending on where you are. For example, if I were asked this question in a foreign country, I would say that I’m from the United States.

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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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Suppose I wanted to write an entire album of songs inspired by Reddit posts.

(I am picking this idea at random, but it’s kind of awesome, actually.)

One option is to think about it and obsess about it, then tell everyone that I’m thinking about it and ask their opinion or advice.

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