You can manufacture confidence — You want to do so many things that seem beyond your reach. Sometimes they look near impossible. Acting “as if” they are already here will take you much closer to your goals. …

If I Go Missing… — The suggestion to be drunk and tan in Hawaii sounds like a good way to avoid reality. My 17-year-old son pictured it for me. I’m not entirely sure why maybe it just sounded funny. Hawaii is paradise. A stark contrast to the cold cruel winter when I must live in…