It's taken me this long to realise that even if you want to, you can't actually fix anyone's problems for them. You can't make them go away. You can't take them to a safe blanket fort in the clouds and keep them safe forever.

You can't solve people's problems, and you can't take them on as your own. Nobody expects you to solve their problems, and nobody expects you to drain yourself trying to help them.

Nobody expects you to put them before yourself.

It's a hard lesson for me to learn, but that makes it all the more important. You need to take care of yourself first before you can take care of anyone else, because otherwise you won't be able to take care of anyone, including yourself.

I need to remember this. I need to remember this.