It's Okay to Say No

{a wonderful quote from Steve Jobs via}

You always hear stories about people with serious commitment issues.
You know the ones that can never say those three simple words - "I love you."

For me, it's different. Instead of struggling with those three words, I struggle with just one.
One word. Two letters. And you wanna know what that word is? -- "NO."

I have the WORST time saying "no" to people.
I have this tendency to say "yes" to everyone and everything, which is extremely frustrating.
No matter how many things I have on my to-do list, I think to myself...
"Oh come on, one more thing isn't going to hurt you."

But as I'm looking at my to-do list today, I'm realizing this is a problem.
Not only have I said yes to "one more thing" but I continue to do it over and over again.
That "one more thing" has now turned into "ten more things".

For the two weeks, I've felt overwhelmed, behind on emails, and drowning in to-do's.
I've been drained of all my blogging inspiration and I haven't had time to do much at all.
When Skye offered to help me out, I immediately wanted to say "no" to her.
Not because I didn't want the help, but because of who I am.
I knew I had to say "yes"...but just how could I do that?

I've always had this need to control everything and to do everything myself.
Thinking that no one else could possibly do it as well as I could and it's not worth it.
But let me tell you something, it IS worth it. 
Letting go sometimes is the best thing to do.
Here's what I'm learning this week...

It's okay to say "no" to things, in order to say "yes" to others.

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