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Ah, Mastery... What A Profoundly Satisfying Feeling When One Finally Gets On Top Of A New Set Of Skills... And Then Sees The Light Under The New Door Those Skills Can Open, Even As Another Door Is Closing.

Young Women Who I Think Do The Best Job Of Balancing Family Life And A Big Career Start Businesses Or Work For Themselves. That's The Best Way Of Being In Charge Of Your Life.

Sex And Older Women Used To Be Considered An Oxymoron, Rarely Mentioned In The Same Breath.

The Work Of Adult Life Is Not Easy. As In Childhood, Each Step Presents Not Only New Tasks Of Development But Requires A Letting Go Of The Techniques That Worked Before. With Each Passage Some Magic Must Be Given Up, Some Cherished Illusion Of Safety And Comfortably Familiar Sense Of Self Must Be Cast Off, To Allow For The Greater Expansion Of Our Distinctiveness.

Journalism Today Is Obviously In A Major Transition. Going To Journalism School, Learning How To Write, Working Your Way Up In A Little Paper In Decatur, Georgia And Then Moving To Atlanta And Then Maybe To New York: It's Just Over. You Have To Have A Whole Other Set Of Skills Now. You Have To Be A Videographer, You Have To Do Social Media. You Can't Do A Long, Thoughtful, Insightful Piece If You Don't Have The Time To Do Reporting, Particularly Reporting Around Somebody Who Doesn't Want To Be Known Or An Issue That Doesn't Want To Reveal Itself.