DO AS I SAY, BUT NOT AS I DO…

We often take on responsibility for others more than for ourselves. Can you relate? We have so many excuses for why we can wait and others can’t, don’t we? It can even seem easier to be more caring about and for others than ourselves. 

– How often have you not told someone else to take a pause, but you kept going?
– Told them to take a break for a meal, but you kept going on empty?
– Told someone else not to answer emails late at night, but you do?

This is a bit tricky because when we care about others, it can seem easier to abandon ourselves because we feel good about being there for others. We have an honorable reason not to take care of ourselves, and we don’t have to deal with the guilt of putting up boundaries for ourselves.

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Originally published on May 29, 2023 at JeanetteBronee.com.