Pleasing Others

Is it too late to have another New Year's Resolution? I feel it too often where I try to please others as if I live for them. The things I do, the things I sacrifice, the decisions I make, revolves too much around the people that I try to make happy. And when I do otherwise, it affects me way more than it should. Especially when I know I won't get anything close to a sacrifice in return. (When I should ever need one.) I wish to live and breathe for myself? Because it definitely feels like the more you give, the more they expect, but the less they appreciate.

“You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.”

-Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook.