Daily writing prompt

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

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I do. And for years now, I have worked on checking the impulse of saying yes to anything and everything. But really, how often can we do it? There’s this constant nagging in the mind (or the heart), which makes you keep thinking about that “no”.

And then, more often than not, you end up saying “yes” – or “yeah, okay, I’ll do it, give me a while.”

Actually, the problem is we were never conditioned to be okay with being disliked. We were never said it was okay to disappoint people – or not meet each and every expectation from others. We never learned to prioritise ourselves.

No wonder it takes us so much of thinking, guilt, and courage to utter a simple “no”.