Today was a pretty emotional day for me. I wasn’t necessarily crying but my heart felt very heavy. What is a girl to do in this moment? Call her grandmother of course. So after a short crying/venting session with my grandma I was given some of the best advice I have received in a long time.

You cannot carry the weight of someone else’s decisions and you can only help someone so much, sometimes you have to let them learn on your own.

I know this may be common sense for most people but for me a person that is a true empath and feels deeply for other people, I tend to take on a lot of emotions from other people. Leaving me to spiral and be unwell .

As a growth moment for me, I have to learn how to not take on everyone else’s baggage. All I can do for my own mental health is be there for people when I can. If I do not have the capacity to help then that is ok. I do not have to fight everyone else’s battles for them.

I have also learned that I cannot compare my situation to anyone else’s. I am a human living for the first time and I do not know exactly what I am doing but I am learning day by day how to become a better person. I know though, that I am growing into the person that I want to be. Everyday I fall more in love with myself. Thats bad I know but still, I do enjoy being around myself.

Although I have to learn a healthy balance between isolation and alone time. I tend to fall into moments when I am literally only by myself for weeks on end. I dont really count work as being around people considering I have to go there.

Ok I am doing ranting. If you have gotten this far leave a comment on a topic that you want me to rant about ❤