How to stop helping everyone else instead of helping myself?

Learn to say “no”.

I know how overly simplistic this is, but in times like those I find the phrase “you can’t pour from a cup that’s empty”. I struggle a lot to prioritize myself at all, and will drop my own stuff in a heartbeat to help someone else; but, this leads to burn out. I know undoubtedly when I’m burnt out I can’t take care of myself or others, thus it’s a lose-lose in the end. I try to remember this in moments I find it hard to find time for myself. You need to fill your cup before you can pour yourself into anyone else’s

I struggle with this too. It sounds ridiculous, but I try and think of doing things for future me like a different person. I try to work with this behaviour instead if fighting it because its not a bad thing to be good at helping people and im very proactive when helping others. For example, "future me would love it if the dishes were all done" or "future me will feel really great if I go to the gym now"