Do you put yourself first or do you allow other things in the way?
Anything. Work, clubs, social commitments, other peoples commitments!
So are you doing what you can for you that will allow you to help those around you like your family, friends, kids, etc?
I know the headline was quite clickbaity, but hopefully it grabbed your attention.
Us humans are actually pretty damn good at putting others wants and needs before our own, and sometimes to our own detriment.
I am not saying here that you need to be a selfish narcissist! I am pointing out that we can do something between being other people’s doormats and being an absolute Patrick Bateman!
We can put things in our calendars for us and treat them like a work meeting or a Drs appointment, as in, they are not negotiable!
And not just your exercise regime.
It might be lunch in the park with a mate on Thursdays, a coffee with a work colleague each week before going into work, reading 10 pages of a book each day, going for a walk on the weekend, playing D’n’D with your friends, picking up your musical instrument at the same time each night, playing Mario Cart with your kids, go to bed a little earlier to get the rest you actually need, the list goes on. This isn’t saying do all of these! But do what you know you need to be a better person for yourself and those around you.
The saying you can’t pour from an empty cup gets used a lot more presently, and it is so very cliche, but it is true.
If you are someone that keeps putting others first you may start to resent them, you will start to get tired, lethargic, even unwell.
And to rectify that it is as simple as blocking off your time and sticking to it.
Guard that gym time from everything!
Defend your coffee time with Colin from accounts!!
Read your book and switch the phone off!
Forget time and enjoy Mario Kart with the family!!
You just need to set these times aside to start with.
And there is no better time than to start now.
If you do it now, by Christmas it will feel old hand and you, you will feel so much better than yesterday each day!