The Shape of Enough: How chronic illness taught me what my money is for

As this new life has taken shape, I find myself settling around an understanding of “What is my money for?” My money is for creating a condition where the shape of my body can be honored. For me, that has meant freedom: freedom from the constant pressure to override my body’s signals, and freedom to organize my life around what helps me thrive. It is the freedom to rest when I need rest, to care for myself without justification, and to recover capacities that had been crowded out by survival.