Make a shift- Sweep out the “Guilt” from within
After many years of dwelling a life-in-guilty, I uncovered that all the guilt in my world was nothing but an outcome of over-exaggeration and over-thinking!! If you had asked me five years back about my " priority list " … it looked something like this- My old equation= Family (including friends) + Work + Chores + Other (including self-care) I was always tough on myself and the self-deprecating feelings like " I'm not doing enough for my kids/ partner/ parent /friends/job. What is wrong with me? " used to constantly nag me. I was full of self-doubts. I was the biggest critique of myself. The notions of self-gratitude were equivalent to selfishness in my life’s dictionary. After loads of ( bitter ) experiences, I found that this guilt trip is not personal to me. Most of us are suffering or have suffered from guilt at some point in life. The beginning of this infamous jaunt probably lies in our socialization. Across societies, we have been socialized for thousa...