My Aimless April

Wasting time is underrated

Summertime, Mary Cassatt, 1894

I am one of those people who always has a plan. I make plans for my plans. I don’t think we’re born thinking about service and success—all we hope to achieve—but I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t.

My idea of success has changed dramatically over the years, shifting from something outside of me, defined by others, to som…