Email from a professional networking site I've never heard of: "Hey, do you recognise the person in this photo? If so, please follow this easily trackable link and leave a comment on their profile!"
The photo: [selfie of a guy I sat next to every day for four years in high school, in a context which suggests it was scraped from personal social media rather than deliberately posted as a professional profile photo]
Me: "No, officer, I've never seen this man in my life."
Your soul knows. It will let you know when it's time to distance yourself from people who no longer align with you mentally, emotionally, physically, or energetically.
If you're lamenting the fact that you used to be able to shoot through a 500-page novel in like a day when you were in middle school and now you can't, it's worth bearing in mind that a big part of that is because when you were in middle school, your reading comprehension sucked. Yes, mental health and the stresses of adult life can definitely be factors, but it's also the case that reading is typically more effortful as an adult because you've learned to Ponder The Implications. The material isn't just skimming over the surface of your brain anymore, and some of the spoons you used to spend on maximising your daily page count are now spent on actually thinking about what you're reading!
Most relationship taught me the more chances you give someone, the less they value you. They aren't afraid to lose you bcoz they know no matter what, you won't walk away. Never let anyone get too comfortable disrespecting you. Love yourself & choose distance over disrespect.