The Hidden Cost of Being the Responsible One
The Hidden Cost of Being the Responsible One There’s a version of you that everyone admires. She has it together. She handles things. She doesn’t collapse. She doesn’t call people crying at 2am. She figures it out. She moves forward. And somehow, even when she’s running on almost nothing, she keeps showing up for everyone around her. Here’s the part no one told me... Being that person is unnatural. And it’s exhausting. Not just tired. Not just stretched thin. A specific kind of exhaustion that comes from being strong for so long you barely remember what it felt like to not be the one holding everything together. You’ve been capable for so long that people stopped asking if you’re okay. Because you always are. Because you always figure it out. Because that’s just who you are. But is it? Or is it who you had to become? The “Good Kid” Pattern I was what people call a good kid . I used to think that was a compliment. Good kids don’t make trouble. Good kids don’t require much. Good kids man...