I'll give a little bit of my background, kind of a context for my reflections on the industry, so you can take them with a grain of salt, share some anecdotes from banking during the debt boom, and then also give a few tips, or steps that you could take today, if you're interested in it.
So much for my reflections in response to some of the points that have been raised.
Referring to the Japanese word kaidan, which can mean scary story or staircase, the production "is a metaphor for my reflection to the staircase of human ambition," as Ms. Garnica described it in her program notes.
With each fragment of living up there, I stand in front of the "mirror," waiting for my reflection to tell me what feels right, what needs tailoring, what to discard.
For some of my reflections on the state of chess today, see the March 23 , 2018Chessbase interview and December 4, 2018 CNBC Squawkbox.
When I haven't been in front of my reflection for a while, I forget what my age looks like.
(For more, read my reflections on death in "Lessons from a Medina Graveyard").
In early 2011, I wrote a feature for the Guardian sharing my reflections on the life-threatening illness cystic fibrosis (CF) as I counted down to my 40th birthday.
Except, possibly, for my own reflection staring back at me, fish-mouthed in terror, as a masked axe killer slowly approaches from behind.
For some reason, my reflection in the mirrored surface of the wardrobe — barefoot, with tousled hair — seemed incredibly funny.
Not quickly, not broadly, and usually not for very long, but my reflection in the monitor screen did occasionally grin back at me for a second or two, and that was unusual.
