ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ʙᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴀᴠɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ
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ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴍᴇ. ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ.
It’s always possible to be respected by yourself. Healthy eating and small steps of discipline have worked for me.
ɪɴᴅᴇᴇᴅ. ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ.
ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ 50 ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟɪꜱᴛ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ. ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘʟᴏɪᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀx ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ɪꜱʟᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴀɴᴄᴇ. ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴏɴʟʏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴏᴜᴛɪɴᴇʟʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ɪɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇ 2021.
ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ ɢɪʀʟ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ʀᴀɪɴʙᴏᴡ ꜰᴇꜱᴛɪᴠᴀʟ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ" ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴅɪꜱᴀɢʀᴇᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴍᴇ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴏɴ ʙᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇ.
ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴡ.
I’m guilty of taking on more than I can handle. It’s definitely a balance of learning what’s healthy. You can do it!
Buddy, I don't know you and you don't know me yet here we are.
I am an empath and it hurts me to see you hurting.
You can never have full control of whatever happens around you but you do have the power to control how you feel about it.
Don't rationalize. Assimilate, introspect, feel - but, in conscience with clarity. Practice, work hard, on yourself - like you do with your trade already.
We're about the same age and not long ago this book changed my life: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
I believe it can change your life too, if you read it the right way.
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