Silverleaf
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"Just breathe"
So, it has been a while since I was last here...but, as 2023 starts I feel ready to come back to this space.
I felt that 2022 was a brutal year for me:
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I felt that 2022 was a brutal year for me:
- I got Covid and spent many months recovering from that
- Being the emotional punch bag for my mother slowly took it's toll on my mental health (Asian Tiger mother with a streak of narcissism in case you're interested)
- My job and the hours I did led to burnout and being sent home from work towards the end of 2022
- Burnout led to many hours contemplating and in some cases leading to self-harming in a multitude of different ways
- A husband that stepped in to support me
- Seeking professional help
- Moving further away from my mother
- Starting to move my body and look at my nutrition to aid my recovery from burnout
- Learning to put down boundaries and say 'no' to things that I don't want to do
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