Risk & Business Magazine JGS Insurance Risk & Business Magazine Winter 2017 | Page 11

A WORKAHOLIC’S LESSON
him to bed. My husband and I began to
question if we were going to be able to
sustain the marriage, or what was left
of it.
It all became too much, and in early
December, I went to a hotel’s 22nd floor
balcony and called my husband saying I
couldn’t do life anymore.
On December 14, I was hospitalized for
severe depression and sent to a mental
hospital for six days. They took my
shoelaces, my hairbrush, my hardcover
books, my hoodie sweatshirt, my
shampoo, and yes, my coveted iPhone.
It was exactly how it’s portrayed in the
movies, unfortunately.
NOT HAVING
ANY
ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY
FOR SIX
DAYS WAS
ANOTHER
ONE OF THE
BIGGEST
BLESSINGS
AND LESSONS
FOR ME THIS
YEAR.
I highly recommend everyone reading
this to do a technology detox, and
often. And not just your phone—all
technology.
So, where am I today? Today, I’m in a
lot of counseling and working with
doctors to find the right combination
of medicine to fight depression and get
me back to full capacity. I’m working
to mend and understand personal
relationships and continue to remind
myself that I don’t have people’s lives
in my hand like a surgeon. I’m selling
software, not trying to save a person’s
life. Perspective, people. If you start
thinking this way, I promise you’ll start
evaluating life differently. I know I do.
Here are the most important lessons I’ve
learned this year after love and loss:
Hug and call your family members
often. You never know when it’ll be
your last time. Sometimes unexpected
layovers happen for a reason.
Work can wait. On your deathbed