OttaviaBologna, IT
I have decided to be unavailable on Thursday evenings and nobody has died.
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Fabian The list on the fridge is a very good idea and I am stealing it.
Tuesday 21 January 2025
What did you say no to this week, and how did it go?
Saying no is a skill and it is exhausting. How did it land? — asked by Wren
BodilÅlesund, NO
Said no to a family thing on Sunday and it went completely fine, which was not the disaster I had scheduled.
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GwendaEbbw Vale, UK
Put the heating on rather than being stoic about it.
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GwennoPwllheli, UK
I have decided to be unavailable on Thursday evenings and nobody has died.
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HarriSwansea, UK
Bought myself the good coffee. Small, deliberate, effective.
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QuinGuildford, UK
Bought myself the good coffee. Small, deliberate, effective.
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PamSouthport, UK
I let a bad week be a bad week rather than making it mean something.
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NylaNairobi, KE
I am proud of something that has nothing to do with any of this, and I am going to leave it at that.
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TabbyMargate, UK
I noticed I was speaking to myself like a disappointed manager and stopped mid-sentence.
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Osric Your pharmacist sounds like a good one. They are the most underused people in the whole system.
PatrickLimerick, IE
I stopped apologising in an email and it took me four attempts.
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AnnaAthens, GR
I forgave myself for the three-day delay on the injection, eventually, at about the fourth attempt.
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RunaAarhus, DK
I stopped apologising in an email and it took me four attempts.
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CoralieMarseille, FR
Rang my mother because I wanted to, not because I ought to.
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DaraAthlone, IE
Nothing. I have been brisk with myself all week and it has not helped.
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BessLouth, UK
Told somebody they had helped me. They had no idea.
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Dora I did exactly the same and felt awful about it. You have done nothing wrong.