It is a tricky business to know when you should set goals and objectives in order to achieve a focus, and when you would be better off dealing with the acceptance and management of your current reality so you can later step into new directions and responsibilities with greater stability and clarity. Only you will know the answer to that, and only in the moment.

It was helpful to be able to call a lawyer...it turns out, that not only did they help me, but they really helped the whole community.

I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

You can do anything, not everything

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.

Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.