I don't have enough time or energy to list them all, so I'll try to narrow it down to one thing. Hopefully.
Besides my weight and living healthy, which it seems everyone these days struggles with, I struggle and have struggled with making people happy. For years, I have worked hard to try to make others happy, usually at the expense of my own health and well being. Hear me out- There's nothing wrong with making others happy and helping others. That's what we all want for ourselves and for others. For most people, that's what their job requires- helping others and making others happy in some way, shape, or form.
The unhealthy part is when trying to make others happy takes over your life and consumes you, stresses you, causes sleeplessness and anxiety and grey hair (which I don't mind actually) and hosts of other crappy things. The key thing to do is what is right and to make yourself happy. Yes, you will still have stress in life, but you can't let it dominate you. My dream of being a teacher came true but cost me my happiness. I worked so hard at trying to be the perfect teacher that it caused me to lose sight of so much- my health and happiness. My mom keeps asking me if I will ever go back to teaching and I say no. But I also said I would never live in Florida and I did, so yeah. I'm not ready to go back into education because I burned myself out and I'm totally afraid to get burned again. But I don't regret it.
I'm just working on being happy and healthy for me not for anyone else right now. It's a daily struggle, but I'm working on it.
What are you working on in your life to make it better?
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