How often do I say no to things that would interfere with my goals?
This question makes me think of the advice “you have to learn to say no.” Early on, that never made sense to me. I say no to stuff all the time. I’ve never had a particularly hard time saying no. But what I didn’t realize is I wasn’t thinking of the stuff that piece of advice is really aimed at. I was thinking of being able to say no to stuff that I didn’t really want to do. But what the advice actually means is “you have to learn to say no to things that you really want to do, but you shouldn’t.” Now THAT is hard. And that’s what the prompt question is getting at, I think.
It’s hard, but I try to be pretty strict about it. Not that my entire life is about my “goals” because it isn’t. But there is plenty of stuff that I would love to do, would have a good time doing, but would come at the cost of my ability to get my work done.
I’d say I’m probably…70% successful? Something like that. I’m not perfect. But I do say no more often than not, I think.
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Tiredness abounds tonight. It was a very, very busy workday. Coops got a haircut! That wasn’t part of my busy day, it was part of Liz’s, but still—he’s looking good. For me, it was writing in the morning, work literally non-stop from then until five, and then I managed another hour and a half of writing afterwards.
I was really hoping to catch all the way up today, but alas, it was not to be. Maybe tomorrow. We’ll see. Lots of stuff pouring in on the fly right now. Hard to gauge what the workload will be.
Joy gets her hairs cut tomorrow. She’s going to be so fluffy, just like the Coops. Night night.