Hey guys, welcome back to Thicken Thin with me, Katie Balotti.

I am not going to lie to you all.

I have been having a hard time this week getting back into the swing of things, getting back

to the grind of working and getting organized again.

It's been really difficult as it is every year, but I feel for some reason, my social media

feeds have really prioritized new year, new me type of content, which I hate the new year

new me, like Montreux situation, concept, whatever you call it, you know, I hate that because

I feel like it's, it sets a lot of pressure on the person to become, to reinvent themselves

and to do all of this very quickly.

And I feel like near resolutions are even very tough for me to wrap my head around because

I feel that often they are abandoned because there's just way, way, way too much pressure.

After the holidays, it's very hard to kick yourself into high gear after being off for

a couple of weeks or even longer than that in some situations.

So I just feel like the pressure needs to dial back considerably because I am feeling

the stress.

I'm very empathetic, I feel like that's like a TikTok buzzword right now, but I am a very

empathetic person.

I do feel the emotions of those around me.

And when I'm on social media and I'm sensing the stress that people are feeling in setting

these resolutions, the fear that they won't be able to complete them, like all this stuff,

I'm just feeling all of these things and social media has been terrifying to me the last

couple of days because it feels like everyone around me was able to bounce back from the

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