From my notebook, in late November:

“Whatever happens, happens. Failure happens. Live with it. The point isn’t that you’ll never feel melancholy. The point is that you remind yourself it’s temporary, and force yourself to stay on track.”

From my notebook in August:

“A lawyer turned politician? How boring! I want my biography to jump off the page.”

Note: That last sentence originally came first, but I switched it for this weblog.