I said “no” – and it felt good! More of this, please… 

The world didn’t end when I pushed back on someone’s last-minute request at work. After all, they’d already acknowledged that I’d gone “above and beyond” (their words, not mine – but altogether true) for this project. One itty bitty cosmetic iteration at this point wasn’t gonna make or break the project – but it would’ve taken me over the edge on my already tight timeline with other projects in my queue.

So I chose ME! and my sanity instead of cray-cray…yay!

I guess I really am becoming a recovering people-pleaser. To God be the glory!

Cuz people-pleasing takes a whole lotta energy for not much of a return.

The empty pat on the back, the fleeting applause…and then you crave that “something more.”

I’m done with that. 

Join me…

Blessings, Kayren

“14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.”

(Psalm 34:14)

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