Why that last 1/2 Adderall will save my butt today

I've been saving it. I guess you'd say "for a rainy day," or "in case of emergency," and today I found myself thinking, "If I don't get a new prescription for Adderall very soon I am going to lose my mind." Then it occurred to me: I finally have my appointment tomorrow. Yes, my "shrink" who is the only person in my world authorized to give me a prescription for said controlled substance, was so hard to get in to see, and

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Saying yes, Mr. Pie fun & general life goodness

Dear Blog Readers,

I am fine. And I am still saying "yes" to really fun, interesting projects.

It's funny the amount of direct email responses that last blog post about relearning to say "no" has generated. It also occurs to me that I needed to say hello before some of you became even more alarmed that I said "no" to the wrong person and I ended up in a dumpster somewhere.

No worries. Not in a dumpster. Just having a week with lots of personally and professionally interesting things in it. Plus I got to have a date with Mr. Pie last night, and that's never a bad thing. In the picture here, you might say he was claiming Qdoba

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The art of learning the assertive "no"

When you agree to try most anything, you truly do like people, and are intrigued by many projects, you may - like me - later find yourself trying to back-pedal when you realize that, once more, you should have said no.

I'm working on this in my career. As a creative freelancer, it's pretty easy to become excited when someone suggests they'd like to hire me to do x, y, or z. "Hmmmm!" I'll find myself thinking, "I never

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