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#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: Why learn something new–When you’re already running on empty?

Post category:The Importance of Lifelong Learning

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: Why learn something new--When you're already running on empty? Here’s a question many highly sensitive people and introverts quietly ask themselves—but rarely say out loud: Why would I try to learn something new when I already feel depleted? When your emotional, mental, or physical energy feels stretched thin, the idea of growth can feel like pressure. Another thing to keep up with. Another expectation. Another reminder of everything you don’t have the energy for. But what if learning something new—the right way—isn’t about pushing yourself at all? What if it’s actually about reclaiming a small part of yourself that exhaustion has taken away? Learning, for sensitive souls, doesn’t have to be loud, public, productive, or impressive. It doesn’t have to lead anywhere. It…

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: What if I don’t need more positivity–just real optimism?

Post category:Self Awareness

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: What if I don’t need more positivity—just real optimism? For a long time, I thought optimism meant pretending things wouldn’t go wrong. As a highly sensitive, introverted person, that never felt honest—or safe.So I called myself “realistic.” Careful. Prepared. What I didn’t realize then was that I was spending a lot of energy worrying in advance. Optimism finally made sense to me when I stopped trying to convince myself that things would go right. Here’s the shift that changed everything: I didn’t stop worrying by assuming things would go right.I stopped worrying when I trusted I could handle them if they didn’t.That’s when optimism finally made sense to me. That kind of optimism isn’t naïve.It’s grounded.It says: Life may be hard sometimes—and I…

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: Do you need some realistic ways to start the New Year?

Post category:Inspirational Information

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: Do you need some realistic ways to start the new year? As a highly sensitive, introverted person who has lived with social anxiety most of my life, I’ve learned something the hard way: Big, bold resolutions often feel like heavy backpacks I’m expected to carry all year. I start with hope… and end with exhaustion. What’s helped me more is an old New Year’s tradition shared by Dear Abby, inspired by Al-Anon, called “Just for Today.” Not a plan to fix everything. Just a compass for this one day. Here are the ones that still guide me: Just for today, I will live through this day only. I won’t brood over yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I won’t demand that I solve my…

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: What I’ve Learned About Getting Through the Holidays

Post category:Stress

#HighlySensitivePeople #Introverts: What I’ve Learned About Getting Through The Holidays If you’re highly sensitive or introverted, the holidays don’t just bring lights and celebrations. They often bring reflection—and weight. Unfinished goals.Too much noise, too much food, too many expectations. Here’s the unconventional truth I’ve learned from living this season many times as a sensitive person: The problem isn’t that you’re doing the holidays wrong.It’s that you’ve been taught to override yourself. Let me share what’s helped me navigate this season differently—and more honestly. Past Regrets As the year comes to a close, many of us naturally look back at what didn’t happen. The goals we didn’t meet.The changes we hoped to make.The version of ourselves we thought we’d be by now. For a long time,…