Last week, over the July 4th weekend, our family went to see the new movie “F1.” It was a delightful film, with all the feel-good elements of a redemption arc, and yes – lots of very, very fast cars.

But my husband and daughter almost went by themselves. It was my husband’s birthday on Tuesday, and he said, “Let’s go see this movie.” Yes, of course, let’s go… then Thursday morning comes and I find myself feeling anxious. I have a lot of work to do — writing and editing the book, and getti...