Stop letting yourself wilt!
Hey everyone! So sorry I didn't post yesterday. I took a mental health day because I realized I was burning out.
I’ll be the first to admit I’m far from a perfect person. I have multiple flaws. One of them being selflessness. Which isn’t a bad thing on paper. In fact, it’s something that we should be encouraging more of in this day and age! I’m always looking to help out my family, friends and the people around me.
The problem is I have a tendency to be overly selfless because I struggle with establishing boundaries. I overestimate my limits and how much time I can give and end up biting off more than I can chew. And then I physically and mentally exhausting myself.
In this particular instance, I ended up saying “Yes” to far too many projects at once. I’ve been working on launching this blog and building a platform, while also trying to find funding to pursue grad school, while also pursuing multiple research projects at the request of my friends and family! So I ended up feeling exhausted, stressed and irritated and I couldn’t figure out why. Until Tuesday evening, it finally hit me - I was pushing myself too hard! I was stressing myself out trying to do a million things at once and getting mad when I couldn’t, and felt exhausted and stressed because I felt like I constantly needed to be working on something. I wasn’t allowing myself to rest or even catch my breath.
If you’re going to take anything away from this post, my fellow wildflowers, let it be this. Don’t give away so much of your nutrients to other flowers that you start to wilt. Always prioritize yourself and your needs first. It’s okay to say no. It’s okay to be a bit selfish.