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I put together the weekly USA TODAYs Best-Selling Books list. Whenever I am asked what I do for a living, I invariably get the exact same follow-up question: What should I read?

But I have a secret weapon in my back pocket: The list.

Every weekI see what books make the list. Some titles flash on the list briefly while others slowly simmer, building an audience over time. It's the books that slowly simmer that resonate most with readers emotionally, intellectually or culturally. These are some of the books I recommend.

The latest book I would recommend is a self-help title that tells it like it is.

The book has sold more than 8 million copies and been translated into 43 languages.After debuting briefly at No. 29 on our list in 2016, it fell off for three months then climbed back, returning to the top 50 in March of 2017and remainingever since.

Originally pitched as a book for millennials, its influence has extended well beyond. One of the really surprising things is how universally embraced it has become, Manson told USA TODAY,and that was very unexpected and pleasantly surprising. I think it taps into something universal.

Author Mark Manson(Photo: Maria Midoes)

Mansons approach in "Subtle Art" is direct and honest.The advice heoffers is simple and critical, without being condescending."When you read a self-help book, it is like you are reading the author's greatest-hits album. Nobody can relate to that, explains Manson. Instead of filling the book with the highest moments in my life, I wanted to fill the book with the lowest moments.

So he wrote abouthis girlfriend leaving him, a close friend dying and his parents divorcing. I wanted to make a point to leave them unresolved, saidManson. In lifeyou dont resolve that stuff. You suffer. And then, as time goes on, you suffer a little less and you learn a couple of things from it, and thats it. There is no secret. The whole point of the book is that you have to figure it out for yourself.

'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson(Photo: Harper)

Manson noticed that in most of the countries where the book has resonatedthere had also been some political crisis or controversy. I think there area lot of people that are identifying with that more negative viewpoint. But he also concedes the book's popularitycould be tied to the technological state of ourworld.

Thanks to the internet, we live in a world where we have access to almost everything and everyone at any time. As a result, we ask ourselves "what is worth paying attention to and what is worth caring about? Those are fundamentally philosophical questions," says Manson. "We are all online all day every day and exposed to so much stuff that we need to devote filters to know what to care about. And that fundamentally is what 'Subtle Art'is about. Itshow do you create that filter for yourself?

Manson's pragmatic and philosophical approach has been influenced by others. Not a huge self-help book fan himself, when asked what one he would recommend, Manson recommended his favorite,"The Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck.Originally published in 1978,"It is all about how choosing the less comfortable path is what is healthiest for us."

Manson's most recent book, "Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope" was released in May of this year.

"Get Over It!" by Iyanla Vanzant. The author has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and as host of Oprah Winfrey Network's "Iyanla: Fix My Life." In this book, according to the publisher, Vanzant reminds us that "anything and everything we experience is a function of what and how we think."

"Ego Is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday(Photo: Portfolio)

"Ego Is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday. The writer and blogger writes that while most of us think the main impediment to a successful life comes from the outside world, it is actually, more often, ourselves that get in the way.

"The Four Agreements" byDon Miguel Ruiz. The basic four agreements the author tackles and expands upon in his book are be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions and always do your best.

"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Chroniclinghis life in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, the neurologist and psychiatrist focuses on how one's mindset affects one's future and finding meaning in almost any circumstance.

"Daring Greatly" by Bren Brown.Manson has often recommended this book to others. Subtitled "How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, , Love, Parent, and Lead"Brown writes that vulnerability is not a weakness, butperhaps our greatest strength.

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For as long as I can remember, Ive been that person obsessed with all things self-help and productivity. Ive read self-help books with a notebook in hand, dutifully working my way through the exercisesbecause there are always exercises involveduntil I got bored and another book caught my eye.

When it became my job to sift through, write, and edit productivity content, I began to view any new productivity book with a dose of skepticism, alongside cautious optimism. Part of my skepticism arose out of its repetitive nature. Anytime a book claimed to provide a novel solution to inbox zero or procrastination, I generally found the same advice over and over again.

But I also realized another less-obvious theme that irked me. The narrative that many productivity books touted often left me feeling stressed, unsure of myself, and inadequate for not being as productive as they claimed I can be. No doubt the glorification of work and obsession that Americans have with quantifiable achievementsplayed a huge part. But I also questioned whether part of it was because many productivity books were intended for (and written by) young affluent white men.

It turns out Im not alone in feeling this way.Jason Shen, cofounder of esports and gaming analytics company Midgame (and a Fast Company contributor), also observes that much productivity advice rests on the assumption that an individual has the flexibility, privilege, and freedom to structure their life and how they work. He gave the example of writing shorter responses to cut down ones email time. It may be acceptable for men to do this, says Shen, but a woman who chooses to be curt in her communications may face backlash.

In a recent article for the New York Times, Smarter Living editor Alan Henry unpacked how the success of productivity hacks is highly dependent on a persons privilege. For example, a woman or person of color who chooses to set boundaries around emailing after hours might not be seen as organized or productive, but are instead viewed as unmotivated, lazy or disengaged.

Cassandra Lam is the CEO and cofounder ofThe Cosmos, an online community that organizes events, retreats, and book clubs for Asian women. She sees mainstream productivity advice as generally targeting white, college-educated millennials with access to a Chase sapphire credit cardnot so much the person who is living at the poverty line, or the person who didnt go to college. Melanie Santos, a wellness entrepreneur, writer, and speaker, agrees. Right now, I feel like most [productivity] articlescater to mostly millennials, white males, someone working in an up-and-coming company.The things that affect my environment are totally ignored.

These narrow assumptions mean that mainstream advice doesnt often apply to a significant segment of the population. Sometimes, they can perpetuate stereotypes (like the example Henry provides) or do the opposite of improving productivity. For instance, telling a sleep-deprived single parent to get up earlier to meditate and exercise may be frustrating at best. And if they were to follow such advice, they might find themselves more tired and less productive than before.

At its core, Lam believes that most mainstream productivity advice centers on one problematic tenet, and thats the idea that wellness and productivity is a personal problem that one can optimize or solve with a tool or app.It doesnt challenge or question enough the structures and systems that are in place.These articles are a Band-Aid, when we have cultural forces that have normalized and glamorized the way were living right now.

Lam discovered the futility of mainstream advice when she was an overworked management consultant, living out of a suitcase and working long hours. I really began questioning, why am I working so hard to survive, and why am I working so hard just to be at my job? When youre in an environment where everyone seems to be doing just fine, you begin questioning whether its you that is the problem. At The Cosmos, Lam and her cofounder Karen Mok lead conversations around what it means to thrive as Asian American women. Because productivity advice is often framed in the context of personal responsibility, Lam says, it often ignores the cultural pressures and conditioning that certain groups have to contend with when it comes to taking control of their lives or advocating for themselves.

Speaking of her experience as an Asian American woman, Lam believes that the struggle within her community has never been about finding the time to get everything done. We have the opposite problem where people are burning themselves into the ground, she says. According to Mok, what Asian Americans really need are resources and spaces to have conversations about what they need to do to stop burning out in the workplace.

Lestraundra Alfred, a personal trainer, nutrition coach, and host of the podcast Balanced Black Girl, believes that in the context of entrepreneurship, theres a narrow definition of what it means to be successful and productive.Most advice, Alfred says, tends to center on achieving financial growth.I dont think theres enough conversations around work-life wellness integration and teaching the everyday person, [who] maybe doesnt want a six-figure business, says Alfred.Everyones definition of success looks a little bit different, buttheres a narrative that if you arent striving to be your own boss or living a four-hour workweek, then theres something wrong with you.

While Santos says that she is starting to see more and more productivity adviceaimed at women of color, she is somewhat troubled by just how much of that advice centers on dealing with emotions at work. Theres an assumption that women of color are emotional, she says, and thats the barrier that they face when it comes to improving productivity. I dont know if thats positive. Why is there an assumption that were not productive?

At the end of the day, productivity advice is often written by (and for) people who are obsessed with getting more out of their day. As a result, this advice often speaks with that audience in mind. Shen doesnt necessarily see this as a problem, but he does challenge people to think about why they feel the constant need to achieve. Is it because youre genuinely excited to do more, or is it because you feel an expectation to be maximally productive? For immigrants, Shen said, the feeling that you have to be successful is very intense. Your parents took tremendous risk to allow you to be in a better place. Theres a certain amount of guilt that if youre not maximizing what they provided for you, youre letting their effort go to waste.

Mok acknowledges the pressure that drives a lot of the people she works with, but cautions that for Asian Americans there is a danger in continuing to perpetuate the model minority myth. Thats why its important to have nuanced conversations around wellness and productivity that balances those pressures and realities, she argues, while acknowledging that the prescribed model of success isnt always conducive to ones mental health and ability to thrive.

For Alfred, the key to having these conversations is to expand the voices that dominate the productivity space. Not only from people of different genders, ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic groups, but also people across a range of industries who have different thought processes. For example, Alfred says that she often struggles with the organized, analytical approach that experts tout as the gold standard of productivity, and it can be helpful to hear from people who may not be naturally productive but have found a system that works for them.

Having those kinds of representations, Alfred says, can go a long way in dispelling the myth that hard work is all it takes to be productive. Not everyone has the same 24 hours, she points outs. Things like having to take care of a family, having to have multiple jobs to make ends meets to be in the same place financiallythose things factor in how much time you have.

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(WJCL) - Bluffton Self Help works to serve neighbors in need providing food, clothing and education to folks in the Lowcountry.And now theyre able to reach even more people thanks to a generous gift from the community. According to feeding America, theres about 35 million Americans facing food insecurity everyday, and thats no different here in our community," says Kim Hall, Executive Director of Bluffton Self Help.Bluffton Self Help serves 5,200 people each year helping families in the Lowcountry put healthy food on their tables.Now theyre able to serve those who cant come to them through a new mobile food pantry generously donated by Palmetto Electric Cooperative and the Belfair Charitable Fund.We could not do what we do without our supporters and without our community. We are 100% funded by this community, and we depend on those who help us. And were so grateful for their generosity and for being part of the solution," says Hall.The meals on wheels will travel to neighborhoods and rural areas where theres a need making the nonprofits services even more accessible to folks all over Beaufort County.It is one of the wealthiest counties in the state, but its also the most expensive county to live in in the state, and so we know that about 40-50% of our neighbors right here live paycheck to paycheck and are probably one paycheck away from crisis, living at or below that livable wage," says Hall.This mobile pantry will also be used for food drives to stock the shelves of Bluffton Self Help.You can track where the van will be for food collections or distributions here.

(WJCL) - Bluffton Self Help works to serve neighbors in need providing food, clothing and education to folks in the Lowcountry.

And now theyre able to reach even more people thanks to a generous gift from the community.

According to feeding America, theres about 35 million Americans facing food insecurity everyday, and thats no different here in our community," says Kim Hall, Executive Director of Bluffton Self Help.

Bluffton Self Help serves 5,200 people each year helping families in the Lowcountry put healthy food on their tables.

Now theyre able to serve those who cant come to them through a new mobile food pantry generously donated by Palmetto Electric Cooperative and the Belfair Charitable Fund.

We could not do what we do without our supporters and without our community. We are 100% funded by this community, and we depend on those who help us. And were so grateful for their generosity and for being part of the solution," says Hall.

The meals on wheels will travel to neighborhoods and rural areas where theres a need making the nonprofits services even more accessible to folks all over Beaufort County.

It is one of the wealthiest counties in the state, but its also the most expensive county to live in in the state, and so we know that about 40-50% of our neighbors right here live paycheck to paycheck and are probably one paycheck away from crisis, living at or below that livable wage," says Hall.

This mobile pantry will also be used for food drives to stock the shelves of Bluffton Self Help.

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Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Its Monday, Oct. 21, and heres a quick look at the week ahead:

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Major League Soccer will be in Sacramento on Monday for a major announcement alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Darrell Steinberg. Sources have previously told the Sacramento Bee that the city is expected to be awarded the leagues 29th franchise.

The 2019-2020 NBA season begins on Tuesday with the Los Angeles Lakers facing off against the L.A. Clippers in Los Angeles. (The World Series will also begin on Tuesday, but the Dodgers are out, so who cares?)

On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Financial Services Committee about Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency.

On Thursday, the Golden State Warriors will have their first regular season game at the new Chase Center in San Francisco. They will be playing against the L.A. Clippers.

Also Thursday: The Los Angeles Philharmonic will have its centennial concert, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the philharmonics first performance.

On Saturday night, Grand Park and Self Help Graphics will present a traditional Noche de Ofrenda (night of altars) ceremony at downtown L.A.'s Grand Park. The Da de los Muertos event will feature a large-scale community altar and more than 30 smaller altars produced by artists and community organizations. The altars and art installations, which are curated by Self Help Graphics, will remain on view through Nov. 3.

And now, heres whats happening across California:

TOP STORIES

Southern California was back on fire watch over the weekend amid winds and warm temperatures, with Southern California Edison warning of possible preventive power outages. Los Angeles Times

After Newsom bans pot use in limos and for hospital patients, cannabis advocates are angry. Newsom led the campaign to legalize marijuana in California three years ago but has since angered some in the industry. Los Angeles Times

L.A. STORIES

The nightlife outlaws of East Los Angeles: Club Scum, a monthly party that embraces punk and drag, is a distillation of the fringe-friendly gay underground on the Eastside. New York Times

Learning Spanish at a Boyle Heights hair salon reminds columnist Steve Lopez of what he loves about L.A. Los Angeles Times

Want to own a piece of Blue Line history? Some classic Metro signage from the soon-to-be-renamed light rail line to Long Beach will be up for auction this week. LAist

A sampling of Metro signs from the Blue Line retired by the agency.

(Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

They came to L.A. to chase a Hollywood dream. Two weeks later, they were homeless. Columnist Nita Lelyveld talks to the young couple from Detroit whose journey began with great hope. Los Angeles Times

The center of the NBA universe has shifted to Los Angeles, as the Golden State Warriors reign is challenged by the Lakers and Clippers. New York Times

Speaking of the Lakers and Clippers: Who will win the battle for Los Angeles? Los Angeles Times

A man sprayed demonstrators with bear repellent during a scuffle between supporters and protesters of President Trump on the Santa Monica Pier. Los Angeles Times

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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Gov. Newsom promised unprecedented action to solve Californias housing affordability problem. But nearly all of his highest-profile initiatives have stalled or failed. Los Angeles Times

Modesto is investigating its city manager, city attorney and a councilman after the city clerk made allegations against them. No one will say what the allegations are. Modesto Bee

San Francisco voters will weigh a $600-million affordable housing bond, the biggest in city history. San Francisco Chronicle

San Gabriel Valley cities will soon be able to band together to seek local, state and federal funding to build housing and fund services to reduce homelessness across the region. Pasadena Star-News

CRIME AND COURTS

The city of Sacramento will probably be sued over an April incident in which police officers placed a spit mask over a 12-year-old African American boys head while they detained him. A video of the incident went viral internationally. Sacramento Bee

California is bracing for a deluge of child-sex-assault lawsuits under a new state law that allows victims more time to report allegations of abuse and to take legal action. Los Angeles Times

Orange County residential care homes will pay $1.1 million in back wages and penalties to 66 workers in a federal lawsuit settlement, as experts cite widespread abuses in the industry. Los Angeles Times

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. warned that power shut-offs could continue for a decade. California officials dont like it. Los Angeles Times

Marin County health officials are scrambling to identify medically fragile residents before the next PG&E emergency power shutdown. Marin Independent Journal

A sprawling homeless camp has overrun a public trail in west Santa Rosa and become the latest flashpoint over government response to homelessness in the area. Santa Rosa Press Democrat

CALIFORNIA CULTURE

For those in search of seasons: Fall colors are almost at peak in Big Bear Lake, two hours north of downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times

Does a Forever Marilyn statue with an upturned skirt belong in the #MeToo era? Some women say no. Desert Sun

Du Tu Le, the beloved Vietnamese poet who came to U.S. as a refugee, died at his home in Garden Grove, leaving behind 77 volumes of poetry one for each year of his life. Los Angeles Times

Can Bakersfield take tourism lessons from Clarksdale, Miss.? A columnist wonders whether the town thats become an essential Mississippi Delta Blues pilgrimage site can offer a blueprint for drawing visitors to the home of the Bakersfield Sound. Bakersfield California

Wine caves are apparently a thing on the Central Coast. Here are five of the best underground experiences from Santa Maria to Paso Robles. San Luis Obispo Tribune

CALIFORNIA ALMANAC

Los Angeles: sunny, 91. San Diego: sunny, 85. San Francisco: sunny, 74. San Jose: sunny, 81. Sacramento: sunny, 87. More weather is here.

AND FINALLY

This weeks birthdays for those who made a mark in California: TV personality Kim Kardashian West (Oct. 21, 1980), the late writer Ursula K. Le Guin (Oct. 21, 1929), actor Jeff Goldblum (Oct. 22, 1952), Rep. Brad Sherman (Oct. 24, 1954), rapper Drake (Oct. 24, 1986), former Rep. Mary Bono (Oct. 24, 1961) and singer Katy Perry (Oct. 25, 1984).

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In 2009, Tyra Banks, known for her long, sandy blond lace fronts, appeared on the first episode of the fifth season of her talk show wearing her natural hair, slicked back. I felt like I needed to solve this mystery, she told the audience. Ive worn weaves and wigs and pieces and clip-ons and clip-outs and clip-downs and arounds since I was 17, 18 years old.

All of this spurred conversations, which continue today, about the ways black people are showing up in professional settings, and what is acceptable.

Girlfriends was important in more ways than one. Rea Ann Silva, who invented the Beauty Blender, was the head makeup artist and spent hours cutting sponges to achieve a flawless foundation finish.

The show was shot in high definition, which was rare at the time. Ms. Ross would dress herself and do her own hair, waking up three hours before call time to let her hair air dry. So, end of Season 2, I started to realize that Joan and Tracee looked the same, she said. Same clothes, same hair.

The experience prompted Ms. Ross to want to start a hair care line in 2008, the year Girlfriends ended. But not everyone thought she had enough credibility, so they offered alternatives. A manager suggested a line of wigs; someone else suggested a TV show on hair. Ms. Ellis tried teaming up with a beauty brand, but she got herself out of the deal when it didnt go in the direction she expected.

Although Ms. Ross was lauded for her natural hair, she noted that Girlfriends was still at the beginning of a larger natural hair care movement. In the early years of Girlfriends, Ms. Ross attended the Essence Music Festival, a series of events and performances at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans that started in 1995. It has been called the mecca trip for black women, a trip all should take.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (Microsoft Photo)

Another day, another cloud-related acquisition for Microsoft.

The tech giant has purchased Mover, an Edmonton, Canada-based cloud storage migration startup. The deal helps Microsoft bolster its Microsoft 365 file migration capabilities.

Our goal is to help customers move to the cloud with confidence, Microsoft wrote in a blog post. Today, we offer several options to support cloud file migrations, including FastTrack and offerings from trusted Microsoft partners, as well as the SharePoint Migration Tool for migrating content from on-premises SharePoint sites and file shares to Microsoft 365. Mover will enhance these offerings with proven tools, plus more self-service options over time.

Founded in 2012, Mover describes itself as one of the fastest OneDrive and SharePoint document migrators in the world, providing migration from more than a dozen cloud service providers into OneDrive and SharePoint.

Security, file fidelity, and transfer accuracy are core tenets of our company and we take pride in our reputation, Mover co-founder and CEO Eric Warnke wrote in a blog post. Moving forward, well bring our deep expertise and migration technology to serve Microsoft customers. This acquisition will ensure that customers making the move to Microsoft 365 have a seamless and cost effective experience.

Mover had raised $1.5 million to date, according to PitchBook.The company lists 70 employees on LinkedIn.

This is Microsofts12th acquisition of 2019. It made three other cloud-related acquisitions in recent months, swooping up Blue Talon in July, buying jClarity in August, and buying Movere last month.

The companys cloud services generated as much revenue as all its other businesses combined, including mainstays like traditional software licensing and hardware, for the first time last quarter.

Microsoft spent $9.1 billion on 20 acquisitions in its 2019 fiscal year, which ended June 30, buoyed by its$7.5 billion GitHub deal. GeekWire research shows that 2019 ranks as Microsofts third-biggest year for acquisitions, both in the number of deals and in spending, since 2003.

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BY BLAINE HOWERTON

We are all painfully aware of the frantic pace of modern life. But have you ever come off a weekend, so jam-packed with leisure activities that you feel as if youve worked straight through from Friday night to Monday morning? It may be that you drove yourself to recreate at your usual pace of work so perhaps without even realizing it, it was as if you worked through the weekend!

In Italy in the 1980s local residents of small towns as well as large cities recognized that if something wasnt done to address current trends something precious was about to be lost their way of life over centuries in their enjoyment of a midday meal during the work day. Their concern helped launch the Slow Food Movement.

Perhaps not so well known is another trend Slow Recreation and if I am just imagining this movement, well, then lets start one!

The staff atNorth Forty Newsworks hard to find ever more comprehensive ways to advise our readers of all the great things going on in your own community as well as the communities around you. We believe this is of value in helping you learn more about our State of Colorado that you were either lucky enough to be born in or smart enough to choose as your home going forward.

But in addition to rest and renewal, we need an ever-improving ability to respond to the demanding and often lightning-fast changes we must navigate in our work life, sometimes in our communities, and on occasion, through the demands of our families. Right-paced recreation and travel can both restore and inspire us but not if we go about our leisure activities at the same frantic pace that our careers might demand.

So I am suggesting something that has appeared in various guises in self-help books such asThe Artist Wayby Julia Cameron. The Artists Date is not the exclusive domain of people who consider themselves in the arts we are all the artistic creators of our own life. If youre single you can embark on this adventure as originally intended. Choose a place youve never been, go there on your own with a notebook and just be present moment-by-moment, soaking in the sights, the sounds, the fragrances or perhaps the odor of the place. Its the newness of the occasion and your total focused attention,minus any technological intervention, that can help introduce you to aspects of yourself you didnt even know existed but were there all along you might be amazed at who you meet on an outing like this YOU!

If you are in a relationship or a parent with family, you can still benefit from this IF you make it a point to plan to see ONE place that is new to you and your family and you plan to make that excursion at a leisurely pace no drill sergeant waking the kids up way before they usually do on a Saturday.

Hold a family meeting before the weekend, propose where you will take your family to see if they approve if not, propose option number two.

Once you have a destination (and that can be a nearby place youve just never gotten around to seeing) plan a festive breakfast, either at home, or in a restaurant and especially with little kids, create excitement around the event. Plan to begin the day at a reasonably slow pace before you set out. You might limit photos to just ONE group shot so that your cellphones are tucked away and turned OFF during your excursion.

The idea is to take back the weekend and possible day trips to a more leisurely pace (it might feel like putting on the brakes as you come off your frantically busy week but youll get better at it over time).

Slow Recreation will reward you in surprising ways in addition to recharging your creative energies, you may discover positive traits of your family members that otherwise might go unnoticed in the speed of modern life. But most important of all, you will come away refreshed, relaxed, and more prepared for what lies ahead and in a world changing at an ever-increasing pace, thats a very good thing!

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My head is in the clouds right now. I took a heavy sleeping aid about half an hour ago, and wooh, that stuff hits fast and hard.

The sleeping aid has become necessary some nights. I dont know how to sleep when my phone keeps buzzing, buzzing, buzzing. I pick the buzzing thing up, and its a mom saying her son is dying and she needs my support. Its a stranger asking for advice because all transplant centers have rejected him. Its a person stuck in the hospital, unable to sleep and feeling suicidal.

I read your column about addiction and

I follow your blog, and what you say about anxiety hits me

Youre such an inspiration. Can I ask your advice?

You up? Something bad happened

How do I sleep? Turn the phone off, sure, but then there are people out in this broken world with no one to speak with. Its all on my shoulders; Im the only one with the experiences that will help them, plus the heart willing to share those lessons.

Ah, did I forget to mention how easy it is to lie to myself in the middle of the night?

I have a messiahs complex rooted ironically in self-loathing. Lung transplantation gifts one not only with new life, but the burden of survivors guilt. When I laid awake all night during transplant recovery due to my pain, not others I strategized ways to give back to the world. Transplant gave me 3,000 life debt points and I have to pay back each and every point, and then some.

Once recovered, I launched myself into helping. I gave away vast sums of money, volunteered days to serve the homeless, mentored high schoolers, wrote self-help blogs and this column, gave car rides to all who asked no matter the circumstance or distance, spoke at events, etc. Little drips of dopamine to make me feel like a good person.

Alas, nothing has driven away the guilt of surviving when people Ive deemed far better than me pass away without their second chance at life.

Im a type 2 on the Enneagram, so I have really loved to help and thats no secret. Its always, Go ask Brad, he loves to help. I find gratitude when my bank account runs low, Ive met incredible people who are homeless, the high schoolers I mentor are my hearts joy, writing is my passion, the best talks are during car rides, and speaking isnt so scary now. But despite the joys found in caring for others, Ive neglected to care for myself and thats a big problem.

How do I help people effectively when I am exhausted? How do I help people empathetically when Ive become nearly desensitized to death and suffering by facing it daily? How do I help people lovingly when I get pangs of people-fearing anxiety each time I see a Facebook message preview? How do I help people appropriately when boundaries are so easily made murky by guilt-tripping? Its all falling apart.

I grew up admiring a CF blogger. I respected how he seemed to care for all who reached out to him. Despite his advanced lung disease, he made helping seem effortless. Years ago, though, he posted a message saying he was giving up his blog. It was all too much. He needed to focus on himself and his family. I didnt understand how someone could thrive in helping others, but then drop it all, seemingly out of the blue.

Didnt understand.

As a person with a crippled immune system, I must practice self-care for energy and health. As a person surrounded by death, I need the space to process and grieve. Right now, I dont afford myself those things. In my work with youth, do you know what lesson I teach most frequently to anxiety-stricken high schoolers? To rest and care for themselves. Ha.

I am making progress. Im distancing myself from Facebook and rarely checking messages. Ive unfollowed loads of CF and transplant accounts on Instagram (sorry) so my mind can think of matters beyond my disease. I said no to helping people four times this month so far that might seem insignificant but its not. Its not. Oddly, the world continued its rotation upon hesitantly uttering the words, Sorry, but I cant

Im realizing that while loving others is beautiful when done in healthy ways, a trick to kicking back at survivors guilt is to love myself, too. Im more than a servant. I am a person of skill and passion and love and, and, and. I am a person who did and does deserve a second chance at life. So did the other people, but I cant hold myself responsible for the Fates who acted against others.

Wow. Did I just help myself?

Man, this sleeping aid is strong. Time to sleep.

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The Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center continues its successful "Lawyer in the Library" program through a collaboration with Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.

On the fourth Thursday of every month, volunteering attorneys will be available for 15-minute meetings to assist Gail Borden Library goers with legal coaching, document review, referrals to other community services, e-filing court documents, and legal questions.

The free, walk-in program does not require registration. It will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Grove Room at the main library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.

Since this collaboration between libraries began in March 2019, over 72 self-represented litigants have been aided by 19 local attorneys who have generously donated their time.

The next "Lawyer in the Library" will be Oct. 24 and Jan. 23.

In October, volunteering attorneys Kevin McCarty of Bolz & McCarty, LLC, Kimberly Crum Klein of the Klein Law Group, P.C. and Lawrence Lobb of Drendel & Jansons Law Group will be assisting library-goers with their legal questions.

Library-goers attending the walk-in program should bring any paperwork relating to their legal matter. A law librarian and an Illinois JusticeCorps Fellow will also be on hand to guide people through resources and to assist with e-filing court documents.

For information, visit http://www.kclawlibrary.org or http://www.facebook.com/KCLawLibrary/

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'Lawyer in the Library' returns Oct. 24 to Gail Borden Library - Chicago Daily Herald