Week in Insights: Paving Your Own Path Forward

I’m Melanie Cohen, an editor with the Insights & Commentary team at Bloomberg Tax, and I’m taking over Week in Insights this week. These days, I’m known among my friends and family for how much I enjoy being active. I rarely go a day without running or taking a yoga class, and I’ll walk almost anywhere if it’s under 2 miles.

But growing up, I was pretty sedentary. I lacked the innate talent a lot of the other kids were praised for in PE class. Rather than being encouraged, I was chastised by my teachers for not being good enough. ...