2023 had a lot of difficult moments. It felt like a red letter year. My siblings and parents and dear friends had significant health challenges, some really wonderful people in our lives died and our hearts still ache about it.

You think they don't like you. You think they'll never hire you/invite you/pay you/respect you/listen to you/love you. You think they are too rich/too poor/too old/too young/too out of touch/too in the know/too trendy. You think it won't happen. You think you haven't put in enough work or haven't got the right training or don't speak the right language or possess the right charms…