I personally have been through hard times lately (mental-wise). I’m not 100% fit yet, but I have committed hard-core into category 2. I usually am always happy and cheerful and I have plenty of spare energy to help others. But when I’m not in that shape, nothing but my close ones and I exist.
What i want to say is that I totally agree with you. When I’m fit I make everyone around me happy. And when I’m not I have to 100% commit into making myself happy again in order for me to make everyone else happy once more...if everyone followed this rule (while accepting me-time of others that need it) the world would be a different
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Curious, do you think if you focused on category 2 all the time (even when you are happy), could you a reach a more sustainable pace where category 1 stuff happened more easily and frequently? That, I think, is the hypothesis that I'm thinking through.
First I need one question answered. Why have you specifically said "physical needs" in category 1? I personally have kinda ignored that part and have envision mental needs for that’s what i help to heal.
So i have pondered about that a bit more. I think that i AM following the "ruling" of category 2. But as i said in reality I am happy vast majority of the time therefore that time to help others exists (but almost exclusively with the mental well-being of people rather than their physical needs.
That’s why I fully agree with you but my emotional rant may have misled you:). I am just weird due to the near permanent happiness - therefore categories 1 and 2 are kinda merged during the times when I am if you know what I mean.