The Joy and Relief from Saying No: How I Learned to Stop Worrying When Turning People Down
4 min readAug 4, 2019
A few weeks ago, I got a request:
Your aunt’s birthday dinner is next next Monday. Are you going?
-Mom
Not thinking much about my busy schedule, I instantly reply, “yes.” After all, it didn’t seem like it’d take too much time away. Perhaps 1–2 hours at most?
