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Here's literary critic Edmund Wilson's form-letter for turning down requests from strangers. As Tim Ferriss notes, Wilson wasn't a hermit or antisocial, but he maximized the time he spent socializing with the people he liked by not letting strangers gobble up his time: Edmund Wilson regrets that it is impossible for him without compensation to: read manuscripts< contribute to books or periodicals do editorial work judge literary contests deliver lectures address meetings make after-dinner speeches broadcast; Under any circumstances to: contribute to or take part in symposiums take part in chain-poems or other collective compositions contribute manuscripts for sales donate copies of his books to libraries autograph books for strangers supply personal information about himself supply photographs of himself allow his name to be used on letter-heads receive unknown persons who have no apparent business with him. The Best Decline Letter of All-Time: Edmund Wilson (via Making Light)     

If someone seems to be taking too much of an interest in your private affairs then you must tell them to get lost. You may have to say it more than once, and more loudly than you would like, before they get the message

Why are you making such a simple situation so difficult? Whatever the reason you need to realize that, at the moment, you are your own worst enemy. Try looking at life from a more positive perspective today

Today's Venus-Mercury link in the most creative area of your chart urges you to do something of an artistic nature. What is it you enjoy doing more than anything else? Then make time for it in your busy schedule

This week's tornado in Oklahoma hit close to home for Carrie Underwood. The Sooner State native has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to help with relief