“Set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

It’s our birthday! This week’s edition marks the start of the 138th volume of this newspaper. Every year we reach this milestone with a sigh of relief. We made it another year, thanks mostly to all of you, our readers, advertisers and subscribers.
Birthdays and anniversaries are a good time for reflection and planning and goal-setting, personally and professionally. One of those motivational quotes has been running through my mind the last few weeks. Some…