Shonda Rhimes

And they were like, it's going to be this intimate gathering of just other women writers.

And I couldn't get there.

I was so stressed out about the whole concept of it and what it would mean.

I literally couldn't do it.

And it was going to be something wonderful.

I know I was going to miss something wonderful.

I literally couldn't make it out the door.

It's that kind of thing.

I was saying no to dinner parties.

I was saying no to going to events with friends.

I was saying no to going anywhere alone, anywhere alone.

I was saying no to traveling.

I was saying no, I mean, you name it, I was saying no to it.

Afraid to make a move.

Like absolutely afraid to make a move because, well, for me, I'd been saying no so long at a certain point, I didn't even know how to say yes.

It felt like uncrazy.

It felt unfathomable that I would suddenly just say yes to something and leave the house.

And I think for other people, that's true in many ways.

Like you said, download the application to nursing school.

I think there's so many people who are like, I wish I could be this or I wish I could do this, but I can't.