Go-to guy

When you’re the “go-to guy” meaning you’re always there/ dependable….where does the “go-to guy” go?  I feel like I am the go-to guy for SO many….but I don’t have anyone to go to and lately all these requests are so exhausting and I’m being stretched in so many directions that I’m losing me in the mix…but I can’t say no….if I say no…others would be left stranded and in some instances it’s life or death.  What happens to someone that makes them the “go-to” and others the “don’t go to”?  I was listening to a recent discussion between colleagues about a similar topic and they simply said you just need to set boundaries … but that doesn’t work.  Am I supposed to tell the family member I can’t take them to chemo, or the ER, or to their scan?  Am I supposed to tell me child I can’t play because I’m so damn tired?  Am I supposed to tell my job no but if I do others will suffer?  I get setting boundaries but what if you literally can’t set those boundaries because it could cost others their life?

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July 20, 2022

I definitely understand this feeling myself and I could tell you what you probably know deep down already, so I won’t. I have begun reading No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert Glover, so hopefully, I can get some ideas for both of us, because it has really sucked being pissed off at the people you are there for when they seem to care less about you and your occasional needs. I hope you can get a handle on it, but there is being there and being a pushover, I totally understand.