Yes! So true. Everyone else get to be lackadaisical about stuff but not me. I gotta make sure everything is PERFECT. No matter that what they were effectively doing was putting all the labor, literal and emotional on me. It wasn’t healthy. At all and I was a wreck by the time I hit my thirties.
Like they say about the oxygen mask, take care of yourself first. It's the only way you can be available to help others. Wishing you all the best on your journey, and glad you're feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed today!
YES! Honestly, that exact analogy, realizing that putting on my own oxygen mask first isn't selfish, it's necessary... that was when I started walking away from my life as it was back then.
It's a constant fight, isn't it? I used to be a perfectionist with my profession, but after seeing what people do to take advantage of that, nope!
Yes! So true. Everyone else get to be lackadaisical about stuff but not me. I gotta make sure everything is PERFECT. No matter that what they were effectively doing was putting all the labor, literal and emotional on me. It wasn’t healthy. At all and I was a wreck by the time I hit my thirties.
Like they say about the oxygen mask, take care of yourself first. It's the only way you can be available to help others. Wishing you all the best on your journey, and glad you're feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed today!
YES! Honestly, that exact analogy, realizing that putting on my own oxygen mask first isn't selfish, it's necessary... that was when I started walking away from my life as it was back then.
Thanks for the lovely comment! <3
I'm very glad that you have found/are still finding the life you want to live!
I like Kady's analogy with the oxygen mask. Makes a lot of sense.
Wishing you all the best on your journey!
Thanks so much! Yeah it’s an ongoing process, but always better than just stewing in my own frustrations lol
Glad you found your way. I had to give up some stuff too. It can be freeing. Yes?
Yeah it's just liberating to not use the things I love as a whip to beat myself up with.