The Bad Also Rises

"Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary." - Doreen Virtue. I know that some people in my life cause me more stress than anything else in my life. Finding a way to set limits with them while still maintaining a relationship with them can be near impossible. But it can be essential to maintaining personal and professional relationships . If you don't create boundaries with people, it can affect your stress levels and cause undue drama in your life. In your personal life, without boundaries, you may be left with no one to lean on when times are hard because the people around you are too critical and don't want to simply listen. And in the professional context, without appropriate boundaries, you could be miserable in and out of work with your boss asking you to stay late with no pay or calling you in when you have a day off. Allocating boundaries is indispensable and has jaw-dropping implications for a reason. Boundaries are guidelin...