"Surviving is about keeping your wits when everything is falling apart, " she says.

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As the date approaches, everything is falling into place.

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Or it could be that everything else around you is falling.

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But sleepiness is dangerous and bad for health--leading to everything from falling asleep while driving to, in some studies, increased risk for obesity.

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What is the passion that will help you keep going when everything around you appears to be falling apart?

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The smart money is on the U.S. falling over the fiscal cliff for a short period of time before everything gets ironed out at some point early next year.

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