Maybe trying to please everyone is a habit. Maybe you just want to make everyone happy. Maybe you feel others opinions and needs are more important than yours. No matter the reason, it’s extremely tiring to put everyone else’s needs before your own when it’s causing you to drain your precious energy.
Have you ever noticed in the past that even when you think you’re doing what someone wants you to, it’s never quite right or not enough? When you subordinate your own perspectives, thoughts and ideas to someone else’s, you lose your sense of self, and after all that giving, you actually end up with nothing. Is it time to start thinking about what you need for yourself?