A possibly unpopular boundary that I've needed to set for myself: If there is an emergency or an issue of urgency, please don’t call me first. Call who needs to be called- police for crime, fire department for fire, ambulance for a medical emergency, plumber for a leak, therapist for urgent counselling, etc. (To be … Continue reading Honestly. Please, don’t.
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Give Yourself a Chance.
How often do you greet a new idea or invitation with "I can't..." or "I am not good at..." I feel like we sometimes use these sentence beginnings to get ourselves out of a potential commitment that we don't want to participate in... WHICH IS FINE... but could we not use better language to communicate … Continue reading Give Yourself a Chance.
Save Yourself.
Save a part of yourself for yourself. Always. You don't have to give every single ounce of yourself away. I once lived under the delusion that I owed everybody everything. I gave 1000% of my effort, energy, and attention to everything because I thought I was only as good as what I gave to the … Continue reading Save Yourself.