I told the woman I’d first watched on TV as a kid that the older I got, the less nervous I was about failing in the eyes of the public. I was referring to playing the long game and how I’d developed a thick skin to some extent, with all the changes in my personal life and the attention I’d attracted. Having weathered countless storms over the years, emotional and financial, I never knew what was going to happen next. But I did know I’d survived and discovered that nothing could break me (unless something happened to my health or to my kids).