My wife is an Optometrist (an eye doctor) and has a practice she started at the height of the economic doom and gloom in October 2008. Since she began, she has dealt with uncertainty in the economy, hiring problems, surprises by competition and the day to day chaos of running a small business. As her practice grew, she noticed an interesting phenomenon every now and again: Patients crying in her chair. And it wasn’t a result of eye drops. For […]
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It was Saturday morning at home. I was sick with an awful cold, lacking sleep because of my painful herniated discs acting up all night and just feeling tired and exhausted still trying to recover from the holiday parties. Got my 6 year old daughter ready for piano lessons, took her to the first birthday party, made lunch for the 3 year old, start the laundry, etc. It was a crazy Saturday. Aghhh….”Calgon, take me away” …wait, am I allowed […]
Read moreGoing back into the city this morning after yesterday’s earthquake in New York, I asked myself a question: Although the tremors were quite brief, in times of sudden possible crisis and chaos, what helped me feel a little bit better? I thought about that question as I got on the bus today at 6:45am for my usual commute to the city. My mind began to wander but as I entered the building where I work, coffee and bagel in hand, […]
Read moreDo we really need to spend a thousand dollars on renting a super slide for our backyard for a 6 year old’s birthday party? This summer, I’ve been to a lot of kids parties and older adult parties. It used to be that the older you got, the more money you have, the less time you have left on this planet and so you partied in style. Not these days. It feels like the most expensive and outlandish parties these […]
Read moreDo we really need to spend a thousand dollars on renting a super slide for our backyard for a 6 year old’s birthday party? This summer, I’ve been to a lot of kids parties and older adult parties. It used to be that the older you got, the more money you have, the less time you have left on this planet and so you partied in style. Not these days. It feels like the most expensive and outlandish parties these […]
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