Saying No- The Impact "No" Can Have on Your Health
Yes- of course I can add more shift hours. Yes, I can go out to a dinner and say yes to friends, when I know I need to stay in and study. Yes, I will lend you a bit of money. Yes- I will tolerate you speaking to me this way. Yes, yes, yes. We live in a world that thrives on the word yes. We fear letting down the people we care about, or even sometimes the people we don't care about. People pleasing is associated with the word yes. However, what if we re-framed our mindset of always having to be the most-liked and honored what we felt in the moment. This is definitely not to say it is best to be selfish at all. Saying no and standing our ground is about becoming a better, more confident version of ourselves. Think back in your life about all of the times you said yes, when it really burdened you. Personally, I have worked on 2 hours of sleep, failed an exam or two, or experienced burnout from saying yes. I have dealt with bosses being unkind to me and staying in work situations too...