Is This Mine to Carry? How to Tell the Difference Between Responsibility and Over-Responsibility

Somebody in your life is stressed right now, and somewhere between hearing about their problem and hanging up the phone, it quietly became yours. Not because they asked. Not because it was assigned to you. But because your hands were already reaching for it before your brain had a chance to weigh in. If you are one of the women who carry a lot, there is one five-word question that can show you just how much of your exhaustion was never actually yours: Is this mine to carry?