4. Top Ten Most Significant Conversations in Your Life

1) Discussing with Laura, my best friend, what life is all about and why we are here, with Depeche Mode blasting in the background in the 80’s.
2) Chatting with Mrs. Giammanco, my high school teacher, who told me I was her best student but didn’t deserve a top grade because I never worked hard at anything.
3) Visiting my dying grandfather and having nothing to say.
4) Feeling lost after college and talking to my dad who told me that he didn’t leave his house for a year in his 20’s because life was daunting.
5) Yelling at Laura about her selfishness hysterically in the toilets of a bar in Sifnos, Greece after she kissed George (who I had liked!)
6) Talking to my Editor-in-Chief about needing me to manage the magazine because he needed to get operated and treated for cancer.
7) Asking what sign Alistair was and after telling me “Pisces” asking him if his feet hurt.
8) Telling Emanuele that I would not be able to promote him.
9) Talking to my mother about falling in love with Alistair and having her accept the situation without judgment.
10) Talking to Annabelle about how important it is to be generous and giving in life.