A cool guide to saying "No" to an invite. How are your 'no's usually?

It's okay to say no

Nobody is going to think less of you. Admitting when your plate is full is a sign of emotional maturity. When adding extra work - ask what will be delayed or sacrificed to make room for it.

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I'm not available." - Helps establish off-hours and personal time boundaries.

"I need you to help me." - Encourages teamwork and shared responsibility.

"I don't agree." - Clearly states disagreement while remaining open to finding a mutual solution.

"I understand you need my help, but I cannot work on this right now." - Balances empathy with personal ... See more

Author Grace Bonney on how to get better at saying no:

“The biggest fear most of us have with learning to say no is that we will miss an opportunity. An opportunity that would have catapulted us to success, or that will never come again. And most of the time, that simply isn’t true.

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I’ve found that the first part of learning to say no is learning to... See more

Hey there, Tim, Sorry for the slow response and thanks for thinking of me in this context. It has become pretty obvious of late that I’m trying to do too much, and so I started an experiment of not adding anything whatsoever to my “to-do” list, so that it wouldn’t get any longer. The result is that the items that were ALREADY on my “to-do” list onl

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"It lets me be nice to myself, cancel plans, change my mind, be tired, ask for things from other people, and know that I might have different needs from them. By that, other people have different needs from me, and I don't need to feel abandoned by them."