The High Cost of Mental Exhaustion: Why Your Peace Matters More Than You Think

Ever feel like you're trapped in a never-ending cycle of notifications, deadlines, and demands? You're not alone. The constant bombardment of information—from alarming headlines to social media feeds full of opinions—has somehow become our normal. But at what cost?

Peace isn't just a nice-to-have luxury—it's the most valuable currency in your life. When we sacrifice our mental well-being to keep up with external expectations, we lose touch with ourselves. We say yes when we mean no. We overcommit. We burn out. And then we wonder why we feel so disconnected from our own lives.

What's draining you right now? That relationship that leaves you anxious? The job that fills you with dread? The social media accounts that make you feel inadequate? Whatever it is, ask yourself: is it worth the price you're paying? Because if something costs you your peace or sanity, it's simply too expensive.

You have permission to set boundaries. To unfollow accounts that don't serve you. To decline invitations when your soul needs rest. To walk away from conversations that deplete you. There's profound strength in choosing yourself, wisdom in saying no, and power in protecting your peace. You weren't put on this earth to be everything for everyone—you're here to be whole for yourself first.

The world will always be loud, demanding your attention through frightening headlines and never-ending to-do lists. But you get to decide what deserves space in your life. Take a moment to check in with yourself. What are you holding onto that's costing you your peace? Let it go. The things truly meant for you won't destroy your spirit to maintain them. Protect your peace like the precious resource it is—because nothing else matters if you lose yourself in the process.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Bagel Shop Update
• 0:33 Peace Is Too Expensive To Sacrifice
• 1:49 Your Peace Is Essential Currency
• 3:31 Setting Boundaries and Choosing Yourself
• 5:06 Closing Thoughts and Weekend Wishes

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey everyone and welcome to this episode of the Michael Noon Podcast. I hope you're doing well. It's Thursday, kind of a little close this week but with the new office here at the shop, a little bit of time, good staffing, so I'm able to try to keep it going. Like I said, I missed a few weeks here and there, which was so never done that before, but got busy. The bagel shop's doing well. It's getting bigger. People seem to enjoy it. It's great. So I got no complaints. But here I ran downstairs, I'm in the office, I'm ready to do my podcast.

Speaker 1: 0:27

But look, I want to talk about something today. It's really important because there's so much going on, there's so much noise, there's so much craziness, there's so much everything. I want to talk about the fact that if something's really costing your peace or it's costing your sanity, it's way too expensive to be dealing with. I mean, right now there's a lot of noise in the world. Right now you're probably feel it. The second you wake up your phone is buzzing, your feed is full of opinions and scared headlines, and there are deadlines maybe in your own life looming, there's people needing things, and then there's a to-do list. Everything is just never ending and never ending right. It's just constantly being bombarded. It's exhausting and somehow we've normalized it. But here's the truth and we all need to remember this If it costs you your peace or your sanity, it's too expensive. And I'm not talking about in the financial sense. I'm talking in the terms of your energy, your mental health, your sleep, your presence, your life, and that's what we're going to talk about today. Again, the world is loud, it wants your attention. Again, you're constantly bombarded with the demands for us to focus on it. Everybody wants our attention. Again, those notifications headlinesarded with the demands for us to focus on it. Everybody wants our attention. Again, those notifications, headlines, emails, conversations, expectations. There's always more to do, more to prove, more to catch up on.

Speaker 1: 2:13

But when we live in response to the noise, we lose the ability to listen to ourselves. And when we lose that, we start making choices that feel misaligned. We start saying yes. When we mean no, we overcommit, we burn out. We wonder why we feel lost, disconnected. We start saying yes when we mean no, we overcommit, we burn out. We wonder why we feel lost, disconnected from our own lives.

Speaker 1: 2:29

See, the thing is, your peace is currency. It's probably the most important piece of currency in your life. We measure our lives in hours and paychecks, with social media likes and milestones, how we compare to others, but what have we started measuring in our peace? Just ask yourself what is really draining you right now? What's the real cost of this relationship you might be in that's not so good, that job you're in that's probably not making you happy, that habit you're doing or that commitment that maybe you don't want to be doing? Are you sacrificing peace to maintain something that isn't even good for you? Because, again, your peace it's not a luxury, it's a necessity, and your sanity that's not optional, that's your foundation and the thing is you don't have to carry everything. What I want you to do is I want you to understand that you don't have to hold on to everything. Right, you can unfollow accounts that make you feel less than you are. You know.

Speaker 1: 3:23

Again, getting off the social media. Say no to plans when your soul needs a rest. Say no to plans even if you're worried about how others are gonna take it. At the end of the day, it's all about you, how you're gonna feel. Walk away from conversations that leave you anxious or just draining. Set boundaries. You know that. Make you know that make you whole again with people right. Like some people, they demand too much. They suck the life out of you. Set those boundaries. There's really a lot of strength in choosing yourself. There's wisdom in walking away and saying no. There's power in protecting your peace. You're not here to be everything for everyone. You're here to be whole for you and then maybe those people in your life maybe your wife and your kids and your family that are there as well, but not for everyone.

Speaker 1: 4:12

Okay, so here's what I'm asking you to do Take a moment, breathe, check in with yourself. What are you holding onto that's costing you your peace? And is it worth it? Spoiler here, it's probably not. So put it down, let it go. Don't get sidetracked by things that don't matter in the long run. The world is asking too much of you already, especially a lot of the nonsense, the garbage, the BS, bylines, the headlines, everything trying to get you to click on it. Look at it, get it, suck you in, scare you to death. It's not worth it, because the things that are meant for you, they won't destroy your spirit to keep them Again. So if it costs you your peace, your joy, your sense of self, if it's too expensive. Make space for quiet, for stillness, for being and protect your peace like it's the most valuable thing you own, because, honestly, it is All right, everybody. That's all I got for you today.

Speaker 1: 5:07

Again, I appreciate you sticking with me, tuning in, being here with me. Every week we're heading into a weekend. Like I said, everything seems to be going well here, just keeping busy. I'm glad you're still listening with me, as always. Share with your friends. Family Give me that like on the Apple podcast. Family, give me that like on um on the apple podcast. Uh, you know little comments, love to hear from you anyway, and, as always going to this weekend, I got another beloved for you.