Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude to would-be writers: “If you’ve never written a book and you’re going to tell somebody you want to write a great book, all right. Read this and know what a great book is.”

Another go-to recipe for sleep: glutamine and physician-prescribed probiotics (vary the brands) before bed.

I have never been shy about seeking wisdom from others to pour fuel on my fire.

Parenting Advice Laird and Gabby, married since 1997, have very close and affectionate relationships with their three kids. I’ve observed them over and over again. There is a lot of physical touch, and the pervasive feeling is one of warmth. It’s lovely to be around. The following parenting tidbits are taken from different points in the conversatio

Magnesium threonate is more of a GABA inducer, therefore it improves sleep.

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Lift a kettlebell or dumbbell to your collarbones (think front squat). I weigh 170 pounds and use 30 to 60 pounds. I hold the kettlebell “horns,” but Donnie prefers to support it from underneath. Keeping your legs straight (no bend at the knee), walk your butt cheeks—left, right, left, right—across the floor. I typically go 10 to 15 feet. Reverse d

So your existence, my existence, is just infinitesimal. It is like a firefly blinking once in the night.