If I were a doctor, skipping would be my number one prescription.

The line playfully reframes a childlike, seemingly frivolous activity—skipping—as a serious form of medicine. By imagining herself as a doctor, Adams borrows the authority of clinical prescription to argue that joy, movement, and lightness are not optional extras but foundational to well-being. The quote suggests that health is not only the absence of illness; it also includes buoyant energy, emotional release, and the kind of embodied play that adults often abandon. Its humor underscores a critique of overly solemn “self-care” culture: sometimes the most effective intervention is simple, accessible motion that reconnects the body with pleasure.