Do you always feel drained of all your energy?
Are you constantly giving your time and attention to others?
Do you often say yes to everyone and no to yourself?
Reflect on whether you have established proper boundaries in your life to allow yourself to give your love and support to others without overextending yourself in the process.
This quote by Anna Taylor displays the importance of setting solid boundaries with the people in your life in order to maintain a healthy balance between your relationships with others and yourself.
However, I can understand and appreciate the difficulty standing up for yourself can bring at times, especially if it causes a negative reaction in another.
We don’t intentionally want to let other people down or cause any negative tension with others. But by not setting proper boundaries, it may lead to being taken advantage of because of the inability to say no.
What usually happens when you can’t say no and are constantly giving away your time and energy beyond what is comfortable for you; those people are never truly satisfied. Enough is never enough and they will always want more because they know you are willing to accommodate them.
It’s funny because the only people who usually get upset when you finally set those boundaries are the ones who benefited from you not having any to begin with. A key point to remember is no one can ever do or say something you don’t like unless you let them.
If you feel drained all of the time because you are giving everything you got to everyone else and not allowing time and energy for yourself, how you can be the best version of you?
So if you are constantly saying yes to everyone and want to establish proper boundaries to allow for you own self-nourishment or if you want to create stronger boundaries, what can you do?
A great start is to make a list of all of the times or situations that you said yes when you would have preferred to have said no. What was the situation and who was involved?
You may discover that it is a specific person you have trouble setting boundaries with or maybe there are certain situations or requests. Only by uncovering what is going on can you then adjust your behavior appropriately.
It is also vital to remember that it is ok to say no. The world will not stop spinning by you saying no. Life will not cease to exist because you choose to honor yourself in that moment. And just imagine the feeling you will experience by acknowledging your self-worth. Empowering!
Now it’s your turn.
How does this quote inspire you?
Tell me about an experience where maybe you said yes once, twice, or even ten times too often when you would rather have said no for whatever reason that may have been for you. How did it make you feel?
Have you been able to establish boundaries in your life? Or is it something you are still working on?
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