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The best advice I got related to this is that "it's not a competition."
I kept putting off taking care of my health because I wasn't as burnt out/sick/tired/as much pain as someone else. So if they were still moving forward I should be too, right?
No. I didn't need to wait until my chest cold was pneumonia because the chemo was worse for my friend. Or my limp wasn't as bad as their constant pain. Or I wasn't as bone-tired as them, I'll just chug some caffeine.
If you are breaking down, you are breaking down.
We don't expect a wooden bridge to hold under the same daily stresses as the Golden Gate. We fix them both as they meed repair. We don't wait until the Golden Gate needs repair to fix all the other ones.