I used to allow toxic people into my life. Energy vampires who ridiculed & belittled me.
Life didn't get better until I cut them off completely.
Respect yourself and be assertive. Don't allow these types to drag you down.
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I needed to hear this tonight. Thank you.
Nice. That's the way forward.
Same
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Absolutely. Hard when it’s family but worth it.
I used to think it was kindness not to push back.
It isnt. Learning to push back without revenge is a key to becoming strong.
And even compassionate.
They are the worse. Leeches is what I call them. They leech off your energy, your happiness, your calmness.
It's a shame there's almost always somebody like that in any family.
Time is the most scarce asset we have; why spend it with assholes?
When I was a bit younger I did the same #[1], and I had the illusion of friendship with many such vampires. One day you wake up and realize that if you were down, sick with cancer, lost your job, went to jail, lost your house, 90% of the people in your life that you call “friends” wouldn’t show up for you even for a day.
Spend your time loving the people that love and uplift you, you’ll be much happier at the end of it all knowing you spent your most scarce resource on the right people.
Can't respect anything without respecting yourself.
I tried to make sure my daughter understood this at a much younger age than I finally figured it out. So far, so good. She's very discerning about the kind of company she keeps.
Hehe yeah, even if that leads to migrating… ;-)
Be careful of the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful of the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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I stay in the basement
Preach!
I used to allow Twitter and Facebook into my life
Life got better when I cut them off completely 🤙🏼
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Well said. Good advice.
🧡 you know your worth
Good for you friend 🫂
Don't share the secret life hack that improves your life by 10x for free, Mandrik. You have to wrap it in a $80/month newsletter or something.
The past three years or so have been eye opening in this regard …
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