what are you carrying that isn't yours to carry?
sometimes you can feel the weight of something that was handed to you without anyone asking. someone else's guilt, someone else's worry, someone else's unfinished business. and you just kept holding it.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write a short list of the things that feel heavy right now. don't overthink the list, just let it come. then look at each one and ask, honestly, is this mine? some will be clearly yours. but some, when you look closely, belong to a parent, a partner, a friend, a situation you were pulled into but didn't create. circle those. for each one, write a line about how it ended up with you. you're not putting it down yet. you're just noticing whose name is really on it.
- write about a responsibility you took on because nobody else would, and whether that silence was a choice or a habit.
- think about a worry you carry for someone who doesn't seem to carry it for themselves.
- ask yourself what would actually happen if you set one of these things down, and write the honest answer.
for anyone who has been told they're the strong one, the reliable one, the one who holds it together, and who is quietly getting tired.