When I was younger I could work all day at a physically and mentally tiring job (outdoor instructor). I would finish, swoop home and grab something to eat, and then go out kayaking again for another 3 to 4 hours.
I’d come home, eat some more (there’s a common theme in my life), shower, crash from a height into bed, wake early and go again.
Repeat and go. Charge!
I seemed to be indestructible, there was no need for rest.
Yet as I got older things took their toll a little more, energy levels decreased and injuries increased.
I began having to look after myself way way way more - doing yoga, meditating, eating better, sleeping well.
All these little tweaks meant even though I could no longer be full on all day and night long, I could still keep up when I needed to.
All of this is to say you probably need to invest in yourself a little more.
You’re not 21 anymore. You can’t get away with burning the candle at both ends.
But if you do take time for yourself - like the good stewards of the aeroplanes say: put your oxygen mask on first - then you have so much to give others.
Every morning make sure you start with a full tank.
Have a routine that means you nourish yourself. A daily Ascension meditation practice is a great way of doing this.
Then go out and serve others.
Otherwise you’re operating from a position of running on fumes: rush and hurry, scarcity, fear, worry, inefficiency.
And no body wins.
It’s not fun, it’s not effective.
It isn't selfish to make yourself the priority every morning.
It actually expands your ability to help others.
You can only help others by first helping yourself.
Make the time - you won’t regret it. - Arjuna