𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫?
Do you make commitments and later you realized you are trapped in this problem you put yourself in because you couldn't say "no"?
𝘕𝘰. Two powerful letters.
The horror for people pleasers.
I see this happening over and over. We don't want people to think we don't care about them, so we offer our help, even if we are at capacity.
While you are taking care of all these people, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
If you are feeling overwhelmed right now, I want you to stop.
❋𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯...
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❋𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵...
➼Remember who you are.
➼Why you said yes.
➼You don't have to give in your 100%.
𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧.
➼Acknowledge the feeling.
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵?
➼Can you create a mental note to not put yourself in this trouble again next time?
Whatever it is, just know, you have the power to answer:
"𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵" 𝘰𝘳
"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶"
and don't be afraid to say no.
People can handle lots of "no"s.
Put yourself in first place and do what you can. You got this.
