when I say this (without the kids,) everybody jumps in to reassure me that I’m not boring as if it’s self-deprecating. so without doing that… lol

I’m glad you’re feeling healthier - from my perspective, it seems like you’re traveling in a good direction.

I suspect we'll look back on this time as an important pause/time of reflection and hope we will all be better off having come to terms with boring. I know I have personally been focusing on "the details," generally, which I never had patience for before. not sure if it's made me any more serene yet but it feels like growth lol