As long as I can remember I have held myself to unachievable expectations. I have cared way too much about EVERYTHING. I NEEDED to be known as likable, friendly, the life of the party, and smart (to name a few things). All of this made me a perfectionist, procrastinator and fake at the end of the day because I was constantly morphing to be who I thought other people needed me to be.

When postpartum depression hit, I realized (several months in) that caring about everything was going to kill me. I was exhausted from constantly trying to be the perfect mom, daughter, sister, friend and person I thought I needed to be. I was having frequent anxiety attacks wondering if I was doing right by Harper and by everything else in my life that had come before her.

I knew I needed to let some shit go, but I didn't know how. Thankfully I found 2 books that really changed my perspective on caring about things. I would highly recommend you read both of them (I listened to the audiobooks), but I'm going to give you a cliff notes version of what I learn from each of them that really helped me only care about the things that really mattered to me at the end of the day.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: https://amzn.to/36g8M8S
the Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: https://amzn.to/3q38IjW