At first glance, it looks like keyboard shorthand. Maybe a typo. But flip it around. Sound it out. Before all, before you.
It doesn’t mean “me first, and the rest of you can fight for scraps.” It means: Before I can show up for all of you, I must show up for me. b4allb4u
But here is the secret:
Putting yourself before all is preventative medicine. It’s acknowledging that your health—mental, emotional, physical—is the foundation for everything else. Let’s be clear: This isn’t narcissism. This isn’t “me against the world.” This is strategic self-preservation . At first glance, it looks like keyboard shorthand
is your oxygen mask. That morning workout? That 15 minutes of silence before checking Slack? That boundary you set with a toxic relative? That’s you securing your mask before the chaos of the day demands you save everyone else. 2. “No” is a complete sentence We are terrified of letting people down. So we say “yes” to the volunteer shift, the loan, the extra project, the late-night text conversation. We sacrifice our energy, our time, our sleep. Sound it out