Whenever I’m challenged in some area—sleep, mood, work, creativity, focus, relationships—I find it incredibly helpful to look at rhythm. Before I had children, I liked to think of myself as a “free spirit,” easygoing, unbound. Until panic would hit. I got through college and my early work life with all-nighters, fits and starts. But once I had a baby and a toddler, it became clear to me that there can be shackles in ‘freedom.” It’s like that line from the song Desperado, “Freedom? Ah, Freedom. That’s just some people talking…”