i am reminded of peter gabriel’s song “big time.” i am molting and shedding my skin. i do this. it’s my nature. not only have i become fully aware of it, i like it. i have built some coping strategies that may not exactly mesh with my new lifelong strategies. therefore, i’m designing new coping strategies based on a combination of well-tested theory and empirical evidence. the context for my use of the word “theory” here should be clear, but in case it’s not, i’m very specifically referring to theory in the context of the scientific method. i would like to report on the results in a future post or a series of future posts. may it be!