Today is my officially and personally declared Fresh Start day, when I look forward with delight to whatever comes next. My year plus of redefining myself as a cancer survivor is now over. From now on, survival is just the baseline; every day is a glorious new offering at the open buffet and I'm going to dig in with glee, yes, even to stuff that looks like work.

On the subject of starting fresh, I was interested to find this article about what happened at Samsung ten years ago when its leader decided to make a drastic improvement in product quality. He began with a version of ritual purification, an ancient tradition in Korea, in which about $50 million worth of existing inventory was smashed and burned. Hmmm. There must be clutter in my office that would make a good bonfire.