Save your energy for what you care about. Stop wasting energy on things that don’t make a difference in your life. Put energy into the things that matter to you. Stop doing things for other people just to make them happy if it makes you miserable. It’s never a bad thing to stand up for yourself. Speak up, stand up for yourself, and be assertive. The only way for you to be happy is to stop doing things that make you unhappy.

Ever since my hospitalization in August, I feel slightly fatigued almost every day. It’s not debilitating fatigue where I just lay in bed all day, but it’s enough that I notice it. But with feeling fatigued, it just makes it more important to save my energy for things that matter and that I care about. With the little energy I have each day, I can’t expend that energy for things that are moot. Why should I spend my energy on something if it doesn’t make a difference to me or I don’t care about it? Find out what things you truly care about and matter to you, or make a difference to you, and save your energy for that.

Stop wasting energy on things that don’t help you, such as spreading gossip, spending massive amounts of time on social media, mindless scrolling, going down rabbit holes of checking on people that hurt you in the past. Your energy is sacred. Stop wasting energy on things and people that make you feel bad or you don’t care about.