Yes: I have decided that what I really need is what is often called a “retreat”. I need to put an end to the feeling that I really should drive myself with greater energy and purpose. What I need is, quite simply, to stop, and allow a sense of priorities to emerge in an unforced manner. Often in the past I have done this by taking a remote cottage somewhere, and secluding myself there for a week. These periods have always been of great benefit. Following my bout of covid I believe that what I need is a period of physical repair as well as personal reconstruction. It might not be possible to find the opportunity for spatial isolation, but in one way or another I have to devise an opportunity for the kind of personal reassessment I have experienced on previous occasions. I’m working on it.