Just say no

Our stress mostly comes from saying yes to things that our gut knew we should have said no to.

Saying yes doesn’t mean saying yes to one thing, but much more:

You denied your own better wisdom for a second.
You hate yourself after for knowing better.
You dread it every day till the day arrives.
You hate yourself even more showing up.
You need to take time to decompress after the thing.
You feel guilty for days after that putting yourself through it.
You vow never to do it to yourself again.
You then break previous vow and did it again.

So much stress.

All from just a split second decision of yes, when it should have been a no.

No, without having to explain, without saying why, without saying sorry, is a completely acceptable response.

Say no. It’s a complete sentence.

Just say no.