A Moment of Growth:

I can& #39;t say I wasn& #39;t warned- but we learn things when we learn things what can I say?

I am about to return to work after taking time to deal with a persistent health problem I have ignored (everything is much better now). As long as I can remember... (1/)

ppl have told me I care WAY too much about what others think (esp at work) and how they feel. There is virtue in caring about others& #39; feelings... but every thing in balance, right? The flipside low self-esteem/self-confidence and an disproportionate weight to others& #39; opinions (2/

More recently, but in a similar vein, I& #39;ve been told countless times at work to "say no", "speak up", etc. Yet I have often been awake at 3am concerned if I made a wrong move in my career I could ruin everything I& #39;ve worked for. Meanwhile- I sit in admiration of others..... (3/)

and there seeming ability to not allow other ppl& #39;s anger, sadness, comments, or hangups affect them. They don& #39;t care! Naturally my thought-life has been a veritable sprint toward burn out- and I could no longer ignore that my health and well-being were suffering...(4/)

A colleague+friend advised me to take some time off and get better. I started to tell her why I was hesitant to take a leave and it hit me like lightning.... everything people said/knew about me I finally saw in myself (what can I say I am a slow learner LOL... (5/)

So here& #39;s some Joe Logic: Let a health problem fester to avoid the REMOTE possibility that a physician and a health scientist will look down on me for taking some time off to deal with a health problem (don& #39;t try to make sense of it- you& #39;ll just get heartburn). So please....(6/)

Please learn from me-

1- Listen to ppl when they talk of self-care on here (and everywhere) so you don& #39;t devolve from being ambitious to having approval addiction

2- I& #39;ve read 7 Tweets in this thread and at least I& #39;m not as bizarre as Joe

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