Stop Waiting Until You're Empty to Set a Boundary What if the problem isn't that you're not doing enough—but that you've spent so long doing everything, you've forgotten where your limits are? Stop Waiting Until You're Empty to Set a Boundary The toys are everywhere. The kitchen isn't finished. There's still laundry. Someone needs dinner. Someone needs a bath. Someone needs you. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, you're trying to work, think, breathe and hold your own