For me, this wasn’t a good week to be bipolar. I run my own business, and one of my income streams dried up. Not good. Now I have to figure out how to make up the short-fall. 

You think I have problems? Yesterday, I was talking to the guy who patched up the back porch to the apartment I live in. He once had a thriving construction business. Then a contractor failed to pay him to the tune of two million. So, here he is - age 65 - tool belt back on, fixing porches.

One thing about life,...