“Why didn’t you rest?” the doctor asked.
“It wasn’t on my list,” I answered.
It was 2009. I was 40, a self-employed creative, busy with travel and kids—and I had just fainted.
The doctor was frustrated. “You need a list to rest?”
He kept me in the hospital for a few days, just to make sure I did.
Lying there, it became painfully clear: if something wasn’t on my list, it didn’t happen. If rest wasn’t on my list, what else was missing?
So I set out to create a list that took care of me. I had always been someone who wanted it all in life. I just needed to adjust my list to make room for:“Why didn’t you rest?” the doctor asked.
“It wasn’t on my list,” I answered.
It was 2009. I was 40, a self-employed creative, busy with travel and kids—and I had just fainted.
The doctor was frustrated. “You need a list to rest?”
He kept me in the hospital for a few days, just to make sure I did.
Lying there, it became painfully clear: if something wasn’t on my list, it didn’t happen. If rest wasn’t on my list, what else was missing?
So I set out to create a list that took care of me. I had always been someone who wanted it all in life. I just needed to adjust my list to make room for: