{"id":1067094,"date":"2022-02-05T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/?p=1067094"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T20:27:19","slug":"stop-apologizing-for-having-to-take-care-of-yourself-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/daniell-koepke\/2022\/02\/stop-apologizing-for-having-to-take-care-of-yourself-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Apologizing For Having To Take Care Of Yourself Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tc_intro\">\n<p>A poem from <a href=\"https:\/\/shopcatalog.com\/people\/daniell-koepke\/\">Daniell Koepke<\/a> on the importance of remembering to take care of yourself the way you take care of others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to be productive to be worth something.<br \/>\nDoing more doesn\u2019t make you better or smarter or more<br \/>\nvaluable. And taking a break doesn\u2019t make you lazy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"healing from generational trauma, self-sabotage &amp; toxic relationships with KOTA THE FRIEND\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2vBqsu6Xf4?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It makes you human. No one can endlessly<br \/>\nwork without needing time to decompress.<br \/>\nNo one is always going and doing and creating.<br \/>\nEvery person needs quiet moments and slow days.<br \/>\nDays when you don\u2019t have energy to do anything<br \/>\nmore than just exist.<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019re allowed that. You\u2019re allowed to rest.<br \/>\nYou\u2019re allowed to slow down and breathe.<br \/>\nTo have days where you aren\u2019t working<br \/>\ntoward some greater purpose or plan.<\/p>\n<p>Resting is productive in its own right. You can\u2019t be successful<br \/>\nif you\u2019re running on empty.<br \/>\nAnd you can\u2019t give the best version<br \/>\nof yourself if you\u2019re constantly neglecting your self-care.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s strength in being someone<br \/>\nwho honors what they need to cope and survive.<br \/>\nStrength in honoring your seasons and giving yourself<br \/>\npermission to shed everything you\u2019re carrying<br \/>\nfor a moment so that you can bloom at a later time.<\/p>\n<p>You deserve to rest if you need it. You deserve to have days<br \/>\nreserved for doing nothing. Even if other people with your<br \/>\nsame struggles did more. Even if you \u201ccould have\u201d pushed<br \/>\nyourself a little harder. Even if you took a break yesterday.<br \/>\nWhatever you manage to do today is enough.<br \/>\nNo matter what, you\u2019re enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shopcatalog.com\/product\/daring-to-take-up-space\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full_bleed wp-image-1067099\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=384,512 384w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=640,853 640w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=1024,1365 1024w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=1536,2048 1536w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=1140,1520 1140w, https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/daring_to_take_up_space_daniell_koepke.jpg?resize=2048,2731 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This poem is from page 19 of Daniell Koepke&#8217;s book <a href=\"https:\/\/shopcatalog.com\/product\/daring-to-take-up-space\/\"><em>Daring To Take Up Space<\/em><\/a>, published by Thought Catalog Books.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem from Daniell Koepke on the importance of remembering to take care of yourself the way you take care of others. 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