Browsing through LinkedIn - that pseudo-social network with a business twist to justify daytime doom scrolling - I came across a picture of a mid-career couple sipping Cabernet. The accompanying post went something like this:

Date night? It’s way more than that! It’s our quarterly meeting to ensure we haven’t strayed from the path we both agreed on years ago, a way to hold each other accountable to our documented Life Plan. The Plan helps us realize what we want life to be about.

We’ve all experienced it. In one of our social feeds, somebody posts a story, makes a statement, or takes a position that is not only contrary to ours, but contrary to our understanding of the facts. Bam! Time to jump in and fix it!
I have a foolproof approach to success…

A narrowed mind is an incurious mind, unable to roam freely. Yet creativity needs this freedom; it wants space to frolic, to welcome the muse on her terms. Given that stress-free living is beyond our reach, how do we free this space?

It began with her annual physical, prompted by a side comment - almost an afterthought - to her doctor. “I plan to cut back the amount of wine I drink.” Linda’s target goal of only one glass per day must have exceeded her doctor’s recommendation - clearly one of them is more in tune with recent medical guidelines.