Reminder

By: Gabriela Yareliz

My old executive coach wrote to me the other day to check in. It was sweet. When she texted, I was feeling annoying, exhausted and in some weird raging PMS state. Something about that woman inspires me to set boundaries. Her sweet text jolted me (positively). When she texted to say hi, I remembered how poor my boundaries with work have been in the past months. Brutal. I remembered our sessions and the tools she always repeated to me (I need repetition). I decided it was time to take the marker out and draw lines. (My rage should have been a sign that this is what I needed). Sometimes, we forget to live a little.

Speaking of annoying and realizations— the other day, I was listening to a podcaster twist herself in knots to act like she is right about everything. It made me wonder— why are we so determined to be perfect? I find it refreshing when someone doesn’t mind being wrong. I mean, we will be wrong sometimes. It’s part of being human.

Today’s PSA: Don’t forget to live a little. Let us not forget to be human.