I’m Putting Myself First

SG Buckley
2 min readMar 25, 2022

An experiment in happiness

Photo by Caroline Daniel

It’s what moms do. Putting everyone else first. The problem is that over time we’re exhausted from catering to others, and resentful over the lack of thanks.

I decided to do a little experiment:

For three days I would put myself first to see what happens.

Day 1

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SG Buckley

Writer, editor, parent. Former staffer at Quartz, WSJ and Inc. magazine.