Comments on: At the Height of My Career, I Gave It All up to Get Well https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Anna https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-694251 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:12:18 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-694251 Hi, very kind story. Would you know who did the drawings? Where could I see more?

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-672474 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:37:06 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-672474 In reply to Kristan.

Hi Kristan, That’s a great question. When I wrote this (originally posted January of 2018, so I wrote it late 2017), I remember IG being a safe space mostly free of worry for me. I was grateful to reflect on it, so thank you for the prompt. My strategy now is that I follow accounts that keep me close to the things I love (gardens and cozy outdoor spaces, useful and/or beautiful midcentury and eclectic home design, curvy body lifestyle and fitness, poetry, psychology), I follow my close friends, and then I follow a majority of accounts from BIPOC individuals who I’m humbly listening to and learning from while I do the daily work to make our world more equitable. That work is a large focus in my life and that’s reflected in what I consume in social spaces. I think the larger answer here is that I constantly adjust my social networks input and output consumption for my own mental health and where my life is, and is heading, and now, more than ever, needing to listen closely and carefully to our guts in regards to what we’re spending our scroll on. Again, just where I am today with this. Hope it helps a little and hope you’re staying well.

]]> By: Kristan https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-672455 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:50:50 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-672455 Hey Katie,
Can you explain the comment about Instagram? Why do you think it’s okay? I took myself away from Facebook and instagram a few years ago when my life go super busy directing my high schools play, but have been on it more and more during the pandemic and it is not my fav place to be. How is Instagram better?

]]> By: Alyssa Mottas https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-666242 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:56:35 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-666242 Thank You.
Kate, I have not gone through what you did (not exactly), but I do deal on a daily basis with anxiety. I stopped and read your article because of the picture, I am an artist trying to find my way back to my creativity. Every day is painful for me. My body physically hurts.
Every day is also exciting, terrifying, a struggle, a triumph, a journey toward my old self. Dealing with my anxiety but now getting SO into what I’m doing that yep, I forgot to drink, have a snack and unclench my jaw for hours too!
My husband and I got married last October 25, 2019.
I stopped working two months before the wedding and I haven’t gone back.
I hope I can reach your level of success, both with career goals and bettering myself.
You are inspiring, and that’s refreshing.
Thank you again.
(Deep Breathe Out)

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-637457 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:22:09 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-637457 In reply to Hanna.

Thanks, Hannh! I’ve found a regular meditation practice pays off exponentially.

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-637456 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:20:24 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-637456 In reply to Renee.

Thank you, Renee! Hope you’re healing up well.

]]> By: Renee https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-637105 Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:10:20 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-637105 This is a very interesting and important message to read. First, I’m glad you received the much needed help in a timely fashion. Second, your writing catches one’s attention, grabs on and holds you in place nudging you to finish reading. I love your illustrations as well. I’m a psych nurse who enjoys drawing, yoga and recently am doing therapy for a shoulder injury. You got my attention for a time. I enjoyed reading your words. Never stop writing but always take care of YOU. Bless you Dear!

]]> By: Hanna https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-619703 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:04:18 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-619703 In reply to Hanna.

especially about giving meditation a try- each time I do it I’m thankful and I feel better and I know daily practice will have huge benefits, but I have lacked the perseverance to make it a regular activity- maybe a reminder on phone will help.

]]> By: Hanna https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-619702 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:03:06 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-619702 love this, thanks!

]]> By: Casual Friday | Vol. 6 - Glisten and Grace https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-611053 Sun, 26 Aug 2018 04:21:02 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-611053 […] would you pay for wellness in life? Would you be willing to pay the cost? This 5 minute read from Wit & Delight will bring about reflection and clarity in your own […]

]]> By: Casual Friday | Vol. 6 - Glisten & Grace https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-579014 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:04:31 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-579014 […] would you pay for wellness in life? Would you be willing to pay the cost? This 5 minute read from Wit & Delight will bring about reflection and clarity in your own […]

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-578811 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:43:05 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-578811 In reply to CarmelitaM.

I am so glad you found that therapist and listened to your body. Cheers to legging go!

]]> By: CarmelitaM https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-578594 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:14:27 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-578594 Exactly. Everything you have written. The jaw clenching ended up being the root contributor to my chronic issues with neck, shoulders & headaches. I had TMJ and didn’t know it. One visit to a masseuse specializing in TMJ (warning: extremely painful massage) and everything released. Amazing. Letting go has been the most difficult process I have been through, but so worth it.

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-577085 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:41:31 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-577085 In reply to Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog.

It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the work we love. Thanks for reading and for your comment, Charmaine!

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-577084 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:40:41 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-577084 In reply to Amy.

Hi Amy, I can’t imagine the pressure of that. Props to you for all the work you’ve done! Thanks for reading and for the kind comments. It’s so reassuring to know we’re not alone.

]]> By: Kate O'Reilly https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-577083 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:39:20 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-577083 In reply to Mailinh.

Thanks for reading. It can be hard work to reset, but worth it in the end!

]]> By: Mailinh https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-575344 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:30:59 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-575344 Thank you for this post. For me, this is a reminder to take a step back and reset my work mode.

]]> By: Amy https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-575269 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:07:09 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-575269 This article really hits home for me. I’m a writer, too. I’m a ghostwriter, actually, so there is a ton of research in my writing and then, of course, the writing. Then there is editing. I started to have severe shoulder, elbow and wrist pain. My back began to hurt. I was ‘on’ all the time – constantly responding to clients who needed everything yesterday. I felt like I was always running behind, cranky with my kids and physically exhausted. I quit a few months ago. I still write for people, but I have cut back on that work and am less available 24/7. I spend most of my day offline. My health (mental and physical) is worth more than anything else. I am happier, calmer and 90% pain-free. Thank you for writing so honestly about an experience many of us have but think is isolated only to us. 🙂 Amy

]]> By: Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog https://witanddelight.com/2019/04/at-the-height-of-my-career-i-gave-it-all-up-to-get-well/#comment-575085 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:06:17 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25917#comment-575085 Health first, always. Thanks for reminding us of a very, very important message that most of us hustlers seem to (conveniently) forget.
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Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
http://charmainenyw.com

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