👌🏻🙌🏻 Who else feels the stain to strive? And the pressure to go go go. But I’ve learnt the hard way that exhaustion DOES NOT prove your passion but that your priorities out of whack.
I used to push till I had nothing left - to the point of getting shingles and then a few years later, adrenal fatigue 🤦♀️ (still struggling with this one).
I was doing it from a place of passion and persistence, just wanting to make a difference in the lives of others...
BUT I wasn’t valuing myself.
I wasn’t seeing that for me to GIVE the best of me, I needed to BE the best of me - and that required REST and prioritising myself too.
There is no shame here.
We’re all figuring out how to give from a place of being full not empty.
And how to forge our own path, instead of following the destructive burnt out path of our culture.
Exhaustion is not something to strive for. It is NOT a badge of success.
Rest and fun are essential to living well. They were not meant to be added luxuries, but core building blocks to a healthy life.
👉🏻 How can you redefine what success looks like?
👉🏻 Are your priorities out of whack? How can you prioritize rest and play in your life?
👉🏻 Have you been neglecting yourself? Remember, we can’t give out of an empty bucket.
Let’s be courageous to go against the grain and live full lives marked with rest and play.
💜Ruth x
Seek to be Whole
Infinite Worth & Value
Perfectly Imperfect
Better Together
Be Kind to Yourself
No matter what you're facing right now, remember, you are MORE THAN ENOUGH! Whether you feel like you're failing (been there), don't know your next step, heartbroken, struggling to feel ok, overwhelmed, confused, hurting, empty or full... Nothing changes the fact that you have intrinsic worth and value. NOTHING! It's who you are.
Collect Moments
Choose Joy
Today I will C H O O S E J O Y!
Today, let's not dwell on the past or worry about / wish we were in the future (anxiety breeds when we stop here too long).
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Let's instead be in the present! Be in the moment. Right here, where you are. See what's REALLY happening all around you (not what should have, could of, would be).
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Joy is found in seeing what is right in front of you (there is always good things all around you, sometimes we're just too focused on past / future to see anything else. So take off those lenses and enjoy really seeing xx
