My husband [Doonesburycreator Garry Trudeau] used to joke and call it the revolving door.
There goes Jane, she’s out and, oops, she’s back again.
That’s truly the story of my life.
In 1989, I marched out the door at theTodayshow and came back in as host of NBC’sDateline.
That didn’t last long.
I was opposite Oprah!
And for sure, I thought TV was over for me.
Those four years were the sitting-on-the-couch years.
I learned a word recently"reify, which is to make an abstract idea concrete.
Over the years, I’ve become an expert at reification.
You get an idea, you develop it, you do it.
My son Tom would see me sitting on the sofa in the years when I wasn’t working.
Until then, I had seen myself as lucky.
I was saying yes to opportunities, which I do recognize as a strength.
OK, things aren’t working?
Make something happen, Jane!
Another line that stayed with me came from actor Michael J.
Which is when Michael interrupted and said, Conserving your energy for what?
Little did he know how much those words meant.
Twenty years ago, I became bipolar after being treated for a pernicious form of hives.
It would have been easy to say, I’m going to sit things outbut what for?
I have been diligent about staying on the medications that help me.
I double-check I get lots of sleep.
