selfish and selfless

自私与无私

anything goes with emma chamberlain

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2025-05-18

50 分钟
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[video available on spotify] this past weekend i found myself with a dilemma. i had a lot of work to get done. and then, two of my loved ones asked me to hang out. do i choose to be selfish and get stuff done? or do i neglect my work and spend quality time with my loved ones? this really brought to my attention how challenging it is to choose between selflishness and selflessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • This past weekend, I found myself in a little bit of a dilemma.

  • Okay, let me paint the picture for you.

  • So the week leading up to last weekend was really busy.

  • I had a lot of work to get done.

  • And I'll be honest, I only got about 50% of it done.

  • So that left me on Friday evening, incredibly stressed,

  • incredibly stressed, knowing that I'd have to work over the weekend.

  • And that's something I try not to do because, you know,

  • I try to maintain a level of work-life balance.

  • And in theory, I'm my own boss and I can take time off whenever I want, which is an absolute luxury.

  • But I do hold myself to a certain standard.

  • And so there are times when I have to work on the weekends, you know,

  • whether it's because there's deadlines or because I didn't meet my own expectation.

  • You know, it happens.

  • And so Friday evening, I knew, OK, this weekend I'm going to have to work.

  • And that's totally fine.

  • But it's a little bit of a bummer, but it's totally fine.

  • But it'll make me feel good to do that.

  • Right.

  • Ultimately, the decision to work on the weekend was for me to make me feel good,