Can you cut back and thrive?

Stopping, eliminating, and otherwise subtracting can feel like failure. That’s not necessarily true.

Not mine. I don’t do plants.

There are things in life you do not control. The weather tends to dominate this category for me. I also don't control how other people respond to me, nor do I control how the management team takes care of the building in which my apartment exists.

I struggled with that last point this year. I started with a positive attitude. …