Over-giving usually starts as kindness and ends as resentment. The middle is where you forget you were a person before you were useful.
Today, return to that earlier version of you — and ask her what she actually wanted to give, and what was extracted.
“I am allowed to receive at the same volume I pour.”
Sit with these three questions
- Where am I giving to keep someone, instead of giving because I want to?
- What would change in my life if I gave myself the same energy I give him?
- What is one thing I will stop doing this week without announcing it?
This is 1 of 28 prompts from the journal.