This week’s issue is going to be shorter than normal because I was out of commission for most of last week.
Last Sunday, I checked myself into the hospital because I had really bad headaches for almost a week. Doctors ran a battery of tests and found something, but everything turned out okay. They released me after a couple days and I’m more or less on the mend.
If you’re concerned, thank you – but I’ll keep my medical history to myself, haha. I’m feeling better and everything came back clear.
“Can I live in a way that I look forward to looking back?”
Last week I shared my book list – which included actor Matthew McConaughey’s memoir, Greenlights. One of the lines he wrote came to my mind while I was laid up:
“Can I live in a way that I look forward to looking back?”
I don’t mean for this to sound flippant, but one of the most surprising things about that experience was that I was really calm and at peace with my life, even if I got the worst of news. I saw the concern on the faces of my family and friends, but I wasn’t really scared of getting bad news. If it was the worst of news, I felt okay with it.
Obviously I’m grateful I was cleared, but that feeling was a gift.
The real heartbreaker was a friend telling me her 10-year old daughter overheard I was in the hospital… and cried for two hours. She ended up drawing a picture of me for a Get Well card.
(We had dinner this past Sunday and I promised her I would be around a long time.)
While I’ve been far from perfect, I felt those words generally rang true for my life: to live in a way that makes me look forward to looking back.
I hope that line from Greenlights encourages you in some way this week.
A Few Other Updates
I’m feeling almost 100% again (lots of rest this past week) and looking forward to hosting a two-day “Expert to Author” Intensive later this week and a VIP day early next week…
Then I’m off to Boston for a private AI workshop for my first trip of the year.
If you’re in my mastermind or part of You Are the Brand Academy, I look forward to seeing you on our calls this week.
Finally, while I was laid up in the hospital I only now realized that several of you have been responding to my newsletter emails! I apologize for not responding – my system was sending replies to a different place so I didn’t see them.
All these months I felt like I was just writing into the void and wasn’t connecting with anyone through my content, haha.
If you responded to any of my emails, I apologize for not getting back to you. I will start chipping away at responses – I really do appreciate hearing from you and other readers.
Sorry about that!
Let’s make it a great week and I’ll be back next week, fully inspired, with my more normal writing.