I’ve been asking myself this question since my friend, mentor, and investor, Brad Feld, released his book, Give First last summer. I like to give the same kind of support to others. I genuinely enjoy being generous. However, I have a tendency to over-give.

The idea of publicly talking about STDs is terrifying to me. Yet I’ve learned through this Imperfectly Honest journey that talking about hard-to-talk-about topics saves lives.

I’m realizing that, at the age of 44, I’ve never actually learned how to be sad, or how to admit that I’m sad.