I’m an eternal optimist. Always have been. Always will be.

My mother hardwired it in me, and please believe, the circumstances weren’t always rosy. When faced with adversity, she’d turn to me and say, “You either believe you can or you can’t. You’re right either way.”

I took it to heart.

I began my journey in journalism at the turn of the century, just in time to experience its complete transformation, mostly wrought by the internet. While one of my early bosses spoke of “opportunities and challenges,” most of my coworkers served up side-eye long before there was an emoji.

I was an on-call agate clerk then, a true art form that’s headed the way of the dodo, and I accepted every opportunity and challenge with a smile on my face.

Even in today’s world, where every one appears to be unde

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