All I can say is yes, yes, yes. I don't have young children, and am retired, but I still feel guilty if I want to just read, or take a walk, instead of working on poems or essays, putting away laundry, etc. I think you have captured what so many women feel. Thank you my friend, for writing these words.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing this, Valerie. I think this pressure is something we all feel just in different ways at different points in our lives, as you say. good to know we're not alone <3
All of this resonates SO much. I have resisted reading some of the books you mentioned because I feel like I’m already living so much of them, and honestly, I’m afraid they will make me too enraged. But this work of prioritizing myself (higher up than last place) is one I’ve been chipping at from different angles over the past six months or so. Thank you for writing about how complicated and necessary it feels.
Thank you so much, Violeta! I HEAR you on not wanting to engage this b/c then you really start seeing it everyehwere. Yes to prioritizing yourself. Thank you for reading and telling me this. It means a lot. <3
All I can say is yes, yes, yes. I don't have young children, and am retired, but I still feel guilty if I want to just read, or take a walk, instead of working on poems or essays, putting away laundry, etc. I think you have captured what so many women feel. Thank you my friend, for writing these words.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing this, Valerie. I think this pressure is something we all feel just in different ways at different points in our lives, as you say. good to know we're not alone <3
You've written my biography, including debilitating migraines. At 84 I'm still learning to say NO. Thanks!
ha! and ugh, I'm so sorry you also have debilitating migraines, Susan. I'm glad you're still working on NO. A powerful word.
All of this resonates SO much. I have resisted reading some of the books you mentioned because I feel like I’m already living so much of them, and honestly, I’m afraid they will make me too enraged. But this work of prioritizing myself (higher up than last place) is one I’ve been chipping at from different angles over the past six months or so. Thank you for writing about how complicated and necessary it feels.
Thank you so much, Violeta! I HEAR you on not wanting to engage this b/c then you really start seeing it everyehwere. Yes to prioritizing yourself. Thank you for reading and telling me this. It means a lot. <3