Boundaries, what a wonderful tool to implement into your life. Setting boundaries is the fundamental step in truly respecting and protecting yourself and your emotional worth. If there is one thing I would say to my past self it would be to set boundaries and quite frankly, I do wish I had done it sooner.  I have to give credit to my psychologist who helped me with this simple yet profound realisation. I spoke with her about how I always felt so mentally and emotionally drained after interactions with certain people or after doing certain things for/with other people. She kind of half sighed and slouched in her chair, and quickly grabbed a pen and piece of paper. She drew three circles within one another and said 'this is the three types of self we have, you need to be careful with who you let into these circles' - ah huh, it makes sense. If we let those who do not serve us or help us grow into our 'circles of self' then of course we will feel drained and exhauste