Know when to say no and when to rest. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself to make others happy. Don’t push yourself so hard that you risk burning out.
I know this from personal experience. I have a client who has been asking me to dog-sit the past two Sundays even though I have told her I need to rest on the weekends.
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I’m at the age now where I’ve started to see and feel my body needs more rest than it did 20 years ago.
None of us are how we were back then.
If others keep pushing and pushing until you feel you are about to burst, that is a sign you need to stop.
Start taking better care of yourself because no one else is going to.
See The Good would like to thank Amy for her guest post. Amy is a Florida resident and has been self-employed in the dog care field since 2006. She self-published a memoir titled “I Am Not Stupid” which is available through Amazon.com/I Am Not Stupid.
She can be contacted at artemple95@gmail.com or through her LinkedIn profile page: linkedin.com/in/amy-temple-34254a167.
Amy-thank you for your contribution to See The Good and for broadening the reach and depth of the site with your work.
I agree, I tend to want to save the world. It took me years, lots of money, lots of time, and a mountain of pain before I realized that I needed saving, and only I can save me. I must save me before I can save anyone. Sadly, only I noticed that I needed help. Now I know how to say NO! And I don’t feel guilty saying no. I also let them give me the reason to say no. Saying no really can save your life.
This is very good advice. I learned a long time ago that I cannot do everything others want me to do. For that matter, I can’t do everything I would like to do for myself! There is only so much energy in my body even if there are still 24 hours in every day. The problem is that my mind does not accept the fact that I am nearly 74 years old and that I can’t keep up with my 20-year-old self from long ago. So now I often nap in the afternoon. I usually get up when my body wakes up except on mornings when I have to be somewhere at a specific time. Sometimes I push myself to the limit, but I cannot keep doing that day after day without paying the price. So I let my body guide me in what I do or don’t do. It’s less of a struggle that way to do what needs to be done. And I don’t worry over not getting something done, either. I know it will get done at some point. It may not be necessary to do it this very moment, or even today. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Amy.