Until about two years ago, I always thought if you could potentially fit something into your day you should. Even if it inevitably led to misunderstandings and sprints to catch a departing train and headaches and panic over being late. I thought when someone said, “Can you go to the movies Saturday?” that, unless you’d be in another country or giving birth or at a wedding or funeral during the exact time the movie was showing–unless you literally could not go–the answer was yes, you could and therefore you would.  I figured out, finally, that that wasn’t always... (Read More ...)