As Chicago mourns the passing of movie critic and Illinois son, Roger Ebert, and the world of politics, Margaret Thatcher, and the entertainment world, Annette Funicello, I came across a bit in Lilly Pulitzer's obituary in the Washington Post that caught my eye.
After having three kids in five years, she had a nervous breakdown and while in a mental hospital in NY recovering, a doctor told her she had to get a job. He apparently told her, "you are not happy because you are not doing anything," she recounted to The New Yorker in 2000 (clearly she had plenty of help). She said she always gave the same prescription to her friends, if they were bored, she'd open one of her stores in their town.
“I don’t know how to explain what it was like to run my business, the joy of every day,” she told Vanity Fair magazine in a story in 2003. “I got a kick every time I went into the shipping department. ... I loved seeing (the dresses) going out the door. I loved them selling in the shop. I liked them on the body. Everything. There’s no explaining the fun I had. "
I need to find something that makes me feel that way. The joy that my children bring me is amazing, but as I always knew I would, I need to find and have something that is mine. I am looking at a new consulting project, which will likely be full time for several months, but I'm wondering if I need to do something different. You know something risky, that really stretches me and gets me out of my comfort zone.
After having three kids in five years, she had a nervous breakdown and while in a mental hospital in NY recovering, a doctor told her she had to get a job. He apparently told her, "you are not happy because you are not doing anything," she recounted to The New Yorker in 2000 (clearly she had plenty of help). She said she always gave the same prescription to her friends, if they were bored, she'd open one of her stores in their town.
“I don’t know how to explain what it was like to run my business, the joy of every day,” she told Vanity Fair magazine in a story in 2003. “I got a kick every time I went into the shipping department. ... I loved seeing (the dresses) going out the door. I loved them selling in the shop. I liked them on the body. Everything. There’s no explaining the fun I had. "
I need to find something that makes me feel that way. The joy that my children bring me is amazing, but as I always knew I would, I need to find and have something that is mine. I am looking at a new consulting project, which will likely be full time for several months, but I'm wondering if I need to do something different. You know something risky, that really stretches me and gets me out of my comfort zone.
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