at some point, I stopped apologising for being unresponsive. There are too many things demanding my attention & I can’t keep up with everyone all the time. How quickly I reply isn’t a measure of how much or how little I care about someone. It’s simply the reality of my capacity.
You know that pit of anxiety you feel within you? so dim, yet still there. It makes you know you wont sleep right that night because your subconscious is gonna be busy with something