The Business of Commitment

If I’m honest, these are my commitment-killers: competing desires, time constraints, people pleasing, distractibility, and addiction to the superfluous stuff(a technical definition, of course) ofthe market. I know the truth–I can’t do everything, everywhere, with everyone, all the time–and yet, how often do I sacrifice my commitments on the altar of spontaneous desires? How often do whims distract me from the things I’ve already said yesto?

Tell me I’m not alone.

I haven’t written here in som...