Our daily lives are dominated by a long list of obligations, and often these obligations touch on the different spheres of our lives.
Professionally we must commit daily to our different places of work, there are deadlines that one must meet, there are submissions that need to be done and there are meetings that must be conducted.
As a companion or friend, one must expand themself and address the needs of a friend or companion, one must have a listening ear, one must be sympathetic, one must be empathetic, one must be understanding and accommodating. All these things are emotionally demanding, they require one to be present in the moment.
As a member of family, one has tons and tons of responsibility and expectations, one is expected to be loving caring, supportive, present, understanding. After a long day one must partake in meaningful conversations, one must be a problem solver, a planner, a participant within the family structure, again one has to be present.
With all these obligations and expectations, are you taking care of yourself? Are you putting aside time to address the needs that you have? How do you refill your mental void? How do you address your tiredness? How do you meet your innermost desires and needs? How do you fulfil yourself so that there is something left?
Do not neglect you, take the time learn yourself, take the time to learn what you need. It is so easy to overlook these things without considering how important they are. Not taking care of yourself can have devastating consequences to you as person, it can lead to feelings of being unfulfilled, feelings of unexplained sadness, feeling of doubt, feelings of being unsatisfied, feelings of depression and even thoughts of suicide.
Put time aside for yourself, develop yourself, pamper yourself, love yourself. Don’t give what you do not have!