One of the biggest lessons I’ve had to re-learn this year is to stop enabling one sided relationships. 😅 (I say re-learn because I’ve already been through this before and dealt with it, but old habits die hard especially when you have some pretty forceful people in your life; it’s easy to slip back to an old version of yourself) 🙃 A consistent theme for me this year was feeling tired, drained, exhausted and burned out. 🥵 Through sitting in the stillness, in the silence and reflecting; I’ve realised I GIVE out a LOT of my energy and I don’t RECEIVE any back. So no wonder I’m drained. 🪫 The relationships I tend to spend a lot of my time on, do not replenish me. I GIVE GIVE GIVE and they TAKE TAKE TAKE.. I’ve remembered, I am the source of my own suffering. I am the one enabling that unhealthy behaviour by showing up and saving the day for them over and over. I’ve remembered to stop fixing everybody’s problems. Just because I have the capacity and skills to do so, doesn’t mean I SHOULD. Over the past few months; I’ve been re introducing boundaries to protect my energy, and it hasn’t been easy. I’ve been faced with a lot of resistance, stress and drama but through it all, I stood my ground and didn’t budge. My energy is safer, I feel better and I have healthier relationships. I no longer participate in one sided relationships. 🫶🏼 I know for a fact it drains me, I know categorically my health suffers, I know full well if I focus a lot of time fixing other people’s problems, that my own problems get out of control, and 9 out of 10 times, those same people that I helped over and over, are not there by my side helping me fix mine. I choose carefully where I distribute my energy and WHO I give it to. 💫 Know your limits; because piss-takers don’t have any! #lessonsfromtheuniverse #lessonsoflife #lessonsfromfriendships #lessonsfromfamily #lifelessons #reflections #reflections2023 #energyexchange #energyexchangeisreal