Early Night
. With the way the world 🌎 has been lately, with trying to maintain balance in my life, working as much as I can utilizing what tools 🔧 & opportunities I have from home & having my Mother's health take a drastic decline. It all seems like too much...
If you are also feeling the pressure, the drastic heft of the weight of the world right now upon your shoulders, you're not alone.
To sum up our current situation in today's society, a quote from Shakespeare seems to fit the script.
" What a terrible Era in which idiots govern the blind" - Shakespeare
These last months, I've been actively online between side hustles, fundraising & social activism. A constant, endless loop.
My health has taken a plunder these last couple of weeks, hospitals 🏥, kidney infections, rounds of antibiotics. All while still trying to keep up.
At the end of the day, we're all human. We're imperfect. Perfection has no place in my life, so I'm unsure if it's the pressure of it all that's making me feel this burden like I'm never accomplishing enough.
No one is perfect, no one has a perfect pristine life. No matter what people show you online, those are of only a snapshot 📸 of an entire situation. 💯 The goal should be to keep pushing forward, to never stop trying, to never give up, give in nor stand down.
Today I'm calling it an early night for myself. I seriously need to shut off my brain 🧠, turn off social media, the news, stop ✋️ my butt from continuing to work more & just rest, sleep & attempt to recoup.
There's absolutely no shame in taking a step back from it all for a moment. As long as you get back in the game. The long fight continues up ahead, but it'll be there in the morning. Try to rest early & well as you're seeing this. Take a deep breath, focus on some positives ✨️ from your day, your week, your overall life. Then shut it all off for the night. Turn of the electronics, spend time with your family, do some self care because we ALL seriously need some extra TLC these days.
As for me, I'm unwinding with some ASMR, a warm cup of tea, my heated blanket & my doggos 🐶 in bed with me 💕.
We will get through all of this together 💜
- Salem
