How to eat sushi.
I like order. I like to know when things are going to happen and for how long. I like bento boxes, with their separate compartments for each part of the meal. When I'm feeling overwhelmed at work I clean my desk and organize my files. When I feel overwhelmed in life, I get stressed out about the little things I haven't done--I haven't opened the mail. I haven't balanced my checkbook in three months. I don't have a calendar. I don't write every day. I tell my friends, "I don't write every day." My friends tell me, "It's good to be in that habit, but you can't organize yourself into creativity."

I've been counting calories lately. It gives me something to be organized and obsessive about. How many calories in my usual sushi lunch? 390. How many calories in a spinach and cheese croissant? 250. 4 cashews and 6 almonds are 100 calories. This is not interesting. It's just orderly.