I Have Learned A Valuable Lesson

It's not your obligation to listen to people's rants. Sometimes you need to be away from toxicity. It's okay to be happy. It's okay to choose yourself. You don't have to be guilty for limiting your time with them or choosing to cut contact. Set boundaries. It's okay.

You can help when you have the energy. You can listen when it won't feel like forcing yourself to hurt or to take a stab because you're worn down too. If you're feeling happy and they message you to rant, it's okay to ignore them or say no because you want to keep feeling positive about life. It's okay if you don't want to listen to them anymore. Choose you. You deserve to be chosen too.

People like coming to me. But these days, I am very much aware of the people I want to keep listening to. When I feel I've given enough and the ranting gets redundant, I too could decide that I don't want it anymore. It's not my job to solve their problems for them. I am important too.

Learned this from https://www.developgoodhabits.com/negative-people/