The Shocking Truth About Self-Sacrifice: Are You Mistaking It for Kindness Without Even Knowing?
Here are eight things you might be doing without realizing it—things that don’t actually make you kinder, just more exhausted.
1) You apologize for things that aren’t your fault
Sorry. It’s probably one of the words you say the most, even when you have no reason to.
Someone else makes a mistake? You apologize. Plans fall through? You apologize. Someone treats you unfairly? Somehow, you still apologize.
You’re not trying to take the blame—you just want to keep the peace. But constantly saying sorry for things outside your control doesn’t make you kinder; it just makes you responsible for things that were never yours to carry in the first place.
