@lonniemitchell_: before you slow down it seems like everything gets faster, louder and you don't know wtf to do with yourself but it's all part of the process and the process is a lot easier when you have someone to walk you through it who has also walked it💙 how many resonate? 👇1️⃣ You feel restless when there's nothing to do. You sit down to relax and suddenly remember 17 things you could be doing. sitting on the couch without being productive becomes a personality crisis and you pick up your phone 248 times even though you know it didn't ding. 2️⃣ You get more emotional than you expected. Things you used to brush off suddenly bother you. You might find yourself crying, getting frustrated, or realizing how much you've been holding in and how much you want to scream and punch something. the post rage for all the b.s you put up with is real. 3️⃣ You don't actually know what you enjoy anymore. When so much of your time has revolved around responsibilities and everyone else...you have not idea what YOU like when nobody needs anything from you. 4️⃣ You start noticing how much you've been tolerating. The relationships, the expectations, the constant yeses, the things you've convinced yourself aren't a big deal. You suddenly have a lot less patience for shit that doesn't feel good and then have guilt about it...and cue #2 again 5️⃣ You feel guilty for doing absolutely nothing. You know how much you do. logically you know you deserve to chill tf out...but thr guilt kicks in..."but I should/could" be doing... Here's something I've learned: When you've spent years measuring your worth by how much you accomplish, how much you can handle, and how much people can depend on you... it sucks the ever living life out of you and you're not meant to just live or chase an imaginary trophy for who sacrificed or abandoned themselves rhe most or who can handle the most 💩 we're not meant to live...we're meant to feel Alive You get to have goals AND enjoy the damn life you're building.

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