6. I can listen to my body well
In America, burn-out is very much a thing. Working moms push themselves to the breaking point, men and women both put in way too many hours at the office. It’s normal to go and go and go until you physically collapse. It’s how we’re wired in the States.
My friends joke that I’ve got a “European disposition” because I refuse to do that to myself.
Because of my anxiety I have to listen to what my body needs. If I push too hard, I’ll collapse and I know it. So I get the right amount of sleep, I eat fruits and vegetables, I get up and move around, I call in sick when I am sick, because I’m anxious enough without letting a ridiculous idea of a “real work ethic” send me over the edge.
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