My youngest baby will be leaving the nest for college in 14 days. These last weeks have seemed to go on so long—more bitter than sweet. I want to drink in every moment, and at the same time, my daughter is sometimes pushing me away as she prepares. She is separating; and I, despite my deep intellectual support of the process, am somehow trying to hold on.

Have you ever forgotten what you did last weekend? Not to mention last year or a decade ago?

We literally run through our lives these days, barely integrating, or even remembering, the hundreds of experiences we have every week, month and year. Those experiences add up over 20 – 60 years, and there is a lot of unprocessed, unmined, gold!

This is a topic I feel passionate about. Rarely are the words, “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” said directly these days; however, the idea that we live by a different set of principles at work than we do at home is still around. It’s an excuse for bad behavior.