Life is full of annoying little paradoxes.
I've written often in this column that in order to get the changes you want, you can't just talk about it, you have to take action. At the same time, action for the mere sake of action is a very seductive trap. We fool ourselves into thinking that we are accomplishing something if we are doing something. The danger here is that we can wind up like the mouse on the treadmill, running fast and working hard and getting nowhere. You're so ambitious for a juvenile.