We want to climb the ladder, get that corner office, and
bring home the bacon. All of this while
wanting to have a spouse, watch your kids recital, and go to SXSW. It’s impossible. No, it’s not impossible to have it all, but
it’s impossible to think you’re going to get it all if you leave nothing for
yourself. I’m 28 years old and my career
has been quite lucrative until now, and I don’t see that changing anytime
soon. There’s been times when I’ve
worked 10+ hour days, slept 4 hours, and skipped my lunch break all to get
ahead and stay ahead. Then one day, my
body stopped me. I couldn’t seem to
sleep enough, couldn’t stay motivated at work, and was not trying to be clever
with office politics. I realized then, I’m
too young to be burnout. Somewhere along
the way, taking a mental day or a vacation become taboo. It became that the person with the most
vacation and sick leave built up was a great worker; ideal worker. WRONG.
How can you give your best to the world when you’re not taking care of
yourself? How do you think you’re going
to be fresh and charismatic when you don’t take care of yourself? You can’t give the world everything when you
have nothing left to give.
I believe wholeheartedly that the person you need to take
care of the best is yourself. Normally I
do a list of some sort, but I wanted to provide you with two letters. I’m kinda going rouge here:
