“Relationships seldom die of natural causes.

They are brought down by ego, neglect or incompatibility.”

Author unknown

“Stay engaged,” I repeated silently to myself. “Stay engaged, damn it!”

Years back, I worked at a job I dreaded. I lived for the weekends and felt my anxiety increase as I counted down the last fleeting hours of freedom each Sunday night. Each weekday my eyes would pop open around 4 a.m., and I’d lie in bed mulling over all the things I needed to accomplish – things I had little interest in accomplishing. Invariably, I would find myself in weekly meetings trying to appear interested in the current topic of discussion. It didn’t work. Ultimately, I was taken aside and asked that most dreaded of questions, &...

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