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thepeacefulgarden

For the sake of your mental health, let yourself be unreachable sometimes.

thepeacefulgarden

Yes! Ignore the work calls/texts/emails that arrive on your day off, or after you've clocked out for the day. Say no to manufactured urgency. And remember, lack of planning on the part of anyone at work, even (especially!) your boss, is not an emergency on your part. Take a day every now and then where you don't use social media. Turn off your phone at dinner, or at least don't bring it to the table. Go on a vacation every now and then someplace where cell phone signal is spotty at best. Let the family drama go to voicemail. It doesn't mean you don't love or care about your family. Manufactured urgency has no place in the workplace, and even less place in the family.

wordsoftheheartandsoul

You can't take them with you. You must leave the former versions of yourself behind. The version of you that is stuck in your mind - the version of you that was the most vulnerable. The version of you that was so overwhelmed and filled with so many emotions that you experienced numbness and lost the ability or desire to speak. The version of you that just wanted to be seen, heard, and understood. The version of you who needed to be healed, supported, and loved by the exact type of person you are today. The past versions didn't know then what you would become. They did the best they could, learned from each test, and never gave up. Their weakness led to your wisdom. Their struggles led to your strength. They had to think, react, and be all that they were then, so you could learn, heal, and become exactly who you are now.

Morgan Richard Olivier - the healing you hear