Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.