What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.

I think the most well-adjusted people live in the present with an eye toward the future - I'm not among those.

It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true.

Nothing is ever perfect. It is what you make of it.

For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.

This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated.