Episode notes
What happens when your kids, work, partner, friends and everybody else get the best version of you — and you get whatever is left?
This week, Kei is talking about putting yourself first, setting boundaries, overcommitting and protecting your time and emotional capacity before you run completely empty.
Sometimes relationships need to be treated like subscriptions: somebody gets premium access, somebody gets basic cable, and somebody's subscription might need to be canceled altogether.
Kei also shares how she had to rethink the extravagant ways she showed up for other people's birthdays after realizing she wasn't giving herself that same level of time, planning, money and thoughtfulness.
Because if you're willing to give somebody else the best of you, shouldn't you get some of it too?
ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
• Setting boundaries around your availability • Saying no without needing a dramatic reason • Doing less when you've been overcommitting • Why your time is a premium resource • Putting something into yourself before everybody starts making withdrawals • Spending money on yourself without guilt
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE
Do something for yourself first.
Make your coffee first. Make your plate first. Take your quiet time first.
Just once, don't wait until everybody else has been served before you decide what you get.
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