Protect yourself from yourself

Don’t wear yourself out.

Seriously. It just isn’t worth it to gain praise or even self-affirmation. Work hard, but know your limits.

(This comes from a continual battle with migraines.)

Related

attention awareness behavior belief change choice contradiction control creativity death desire ego empathy fear forgiveness freedom goals growth happiness identity individuality insight knowledge language life love nature pain perspective politics power present psychology purpose rationality reality reason responsibility self society stress time truth value work