A reminder to take care of ourselves

Today, I heard someone whom I am not that close to has a mental breakdown. Probably my heart is a bit cold, but I didn't feel anything. That said, I felt relieved that at least someone was alerted and was doing something to help her. 

Reason for breakdown: Most probably due to stress as things are not going well.

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It's quite sad to hear that, and it's even sadder to know that lots of people are facing stress from practical issues (studies, work, supporting loved ones, trying to meet expectations). Indeed some of them are unavoidable such as being the support for your family. 

Some problems are not meant to be solved. Whenever we do something, a big question should come to mind: Is it worth it? 

If something is not worth doing, or if nobody cares about it, then why should we overstress ourselves? Is it truly for the "great" objective, or is it because of our personal pride or bad habits (e.g. for completeness / for rigour)?

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It is good to set goals, but please don't be overstressed even if we don't hit them. At least we tried. At least we learnt something. At least we took the first step, and that was definitely decent. At least we know the smaller steps we could achieve.

Everything can be important, because humans can always oversell the value of anything. But nothing beats health. Your loved ones probably need u more than the concept/material that u are chasing for.

Please take care of yourself whenever u can, especially in difficult times~

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