Things I've learned over the last few weeks:

If you listen to French jazz or Duke Ellington on headphones while walking through a city, you will feel like the star of a Nora Ephron movie.

Being at the Met from opening until 3:30 is too long.

Cookie dough is delicious for three bites.

Finding my way to one of the best spots for Italian pastry in the North End, and then getting a great picture of the cannoli on IG, was more satisfying than actually eating it.

Reading a great book (Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan) reminds me of what my writing teacher in Jan Term would repeat:"Show, don't tell."

Good comedies are hard to come by. Lady Bird was wonderful-clever lines, pathos, real mix of characters. Set it Up was cute in parts, but silly overall-and the real star was New York scenery.

It's an internal fight for me sometimes to not just give in to "good enough" for the sake of having something finished. There are times when things do need to be done the right way-even if it means speaking up or waiting for completion.