So today we were going with my mom and meeting with the videographer for the wedding. Before that, we were headed to my aunt's house for a "belated" Chanukkah party.
Party was great. I made good food choices and got some nice gifts. :)
The videographer looks like he will do a very nice job for the wedding. He's young, but knows the business very well. I like that.
On the way home I realized that my lack of sleep last night was REALLY catching up with me. I had so much energy yesterday I couldn't fall asleep. I stayed up reading. I finished my book and looked at the clock and it was 5 am! Woah!
So, with the lack of sleep and the late day, I decided to make this day my recovery day. And it's a good thing I did. I ended up falling asleep after Jon made dinner at 6:00! I slept until about 12:30 am, woke up, brushed my teeth and promptly fell back to sleep!
Earlier today Jon and I had a discussion about a friend of ours. I'm really worried about him. He's been making some decisions about his life that are worrisome. While Jon and I are equally concerned, I think, my emotional investment is more, in some ways. I feel guilty or responsible or something and it makes me sad/frustrated/angry. I don't really know how to get a handle on the feelings, lately. I guess it just sucks to watch someone not realize or see the mistakes they are making.
I suppose that's how my best friends felt when I was about to get married to my ex. They were silently screaming at me to see what they could clearly see. Actually, one of them was loud and clear and finally just had to walk away since she couldn't sit and watch me destroy myself (and my ex was quite a phenomenal asshole to her so it would have been detrimental for her to hang out with him, too).
Luckily for me after he was out of the picture, she and I reconciled. As horrible as it was to lose her, I realize why she had to do what she did. And I will ALWAYS be grateful for her being honest with me about why.
I am a coward. I should take a tip from my best friend and talk to this guy. But I feel like he's so down and out right now that the conversation would just add to the "badness". I don't see a good way to talk about this without it coming off crappy and preachy. Yet, I don't see a way to cut off from him without consequences.
I don't want to have to walk away.
I'm stuck in the middle of my emotional feelings about this one. It feels like I'm enabling if I physically help and it feels like I'm abandoning if I don't. I'm trying to, once again, find the balance of supporting without enabling. It's a really fine line! I kinda suck at it, actually. And, today, I pretty much fell apart in tears about the whole thing. I guess I can just encourage the good and discourage the bad and wait until he sees the situation for what it is, not what he thinks/hopes it is. And, honestly, I don't believe anything I could say WOULD make a difference.
It still sucks.
But I'm still working to take care of me, and that includes recognizing my successes as well as my not-so-successes (i.e. failures). I'm human.
Today's Goal: Get my water in - Fail (only got about 50 oz)
Tomorrow's Goal: Do my workout routine
Calories consumed: 959
Workout:
Cardio = None (recovery day)
Strength Training:
50 push-ups (did these earlier in the day)
Ali, your friend's journey is HIS journey, not yours. I believe that unless he's putting himself or other people in physical harm, leave it alone. You can't know what lessons await him by going through this--lessons he has to learn and things that he has to experience. You have your own lessons and experiences to tend to right now anyway :)
ReplyDeleteBecky, you're right on about this. My biggest worry is that he is going to cause himself harm, though, it would be inadvertant. I absolutely agree that my focus on him is not helping my focus on me. And, truly, someone "telling me" the best way was never as life-changing as experiencing it first-hand. So, yes. I am stepping back and providing the support I can without losing myself emotionally in the process.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the really true perspective. :)