That was an interesting read. At first I suspected it might be about ignoring one's own physical/mental well-being in order to be more productive, but it's more nuanced than that. I feel like the message is encapsulated by the following lines towards the end:

> My brain felt slower, so I couldn’t worry as much about the future. I couldn’t multi-task too well, so I just made my way through one thing at a time. I was too tired to be irritable with my kids and partner.

and also by this line in the comments:

> this is a very real first-hand account of the joy of giving yourself permission to focus

I've noticed in the past couple of years that my anxiety levels decrease significantly when I get ill. I put it down to a combination of internalising that the office is not that important, and being too tired to ruminate on negative thoughts.

The trick now is to practise bringing that into my normal every day mindset. Turns out it's very difficult!