Original Advice
“DO: Schedule solo time after emotionally heavy days.”
Book Solitude Like an Appointment
You soak up everyone else’s overflow and pretend you’re fine. You’re not. After big emotions, you run on fumes and glitter. That’s when you promise more and resent it later. Stop performing calm. Remove yourself. Leave the group chat unopened. Shut the door. Silence is not rude; it’s maintenance. Recovery isn’t optional when you’re built like a tide pool after a storm.
Your empathy is a magnet; it pulls nails and needles you never see. Structure protects softness. Put alone-time on the calendar the way you book flights: nonrefundable. Clear the noise so your own voice can return to full volume. No multitasking, no caretaking, no scrolling for crumbs. Let boredom scrub the panes. When the water settles, what’s yours floats back to the surface.
Cosmic Context
You’re mutable water: porous, tidal, psychic. Build solitude around heavy days to give your Neptune fog a shoreline.
Action
──────Put your phone on airplane mode for two hours.
✨ You are allowed to be unreachable after giving everything. ✨