As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere.
Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.
I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.

