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4 Ways To Stop Putting So Much Pressure On Yourself
Stop being your own worst enemy
The pressure I put myself under sometimes cripples me.
Thinking about all my to-dos can make my mind go blank and my heart fall through my gut. I end up needing to sleep because I can barely function. Yet the rest is poor quality because I start remembering other things I haven’t done. I’ve spent far too much of my adult life in this toxic cycle.
Does this sound familiar?
The problem with ambition is we don’t know our own limits. Our views of success are warped by how we perceive others are doing.
Now through social media, we get to compare ourselves to role models who only show us their highlights. Rather than working out a sustainable pace of growth right for us, we use the most extreme examples as benchmarks. It can lead you to put yourself under the same intense pressure I have in the past.
You know this isn’t healthy. Here are four ways I use to stop myself from being my own worst enemy.
Memento Mori
Earlier this week, my building was literally on fire.
We’ve been having false alarms because of construction work, so I took an extra half minute to finish writing an email when the siren…
