Just Say No…To Overload

Just Say No…To Overload

I am still learning the art of saying, “No.” It comes naturally to some. Some people are asked to take on responsibility, and after considering the task or job, they politely say, “No thanks.”
Maybe they blurt out, “No, I’m booked solid!” before the description of the job starts attractively, or often times, unattractively unveiling before them.
If I am asked to take on a new role or responsibility, my active imagination automatically kicks into gear, picturing myself doing the job. I ponder, I rearrange, I organize, until the job becomes my own. All of this happens while the person proposing the job is standing before me wondering where I went inside my blank stare.
It could have been the migraine-type headache I had last night, but I just wasn’t feeling the part of Dance Docent for the kindergarten class. Sure, it sounds like fun, all energetic and smiling type of work, but my head and stomach just weren’t up to the idea today.
I was finished visualizing myself and all the k-tots bouncing along with “do-si-do” and “grab your partners.” Just as I was about to commit, my true friend, energetic and radiant as she is, stepped in and said, “Don’t take on any more.”
Thank you, friend, and thank you God for your Divine Intervention through her. I enjoy teaching sign language once a week. I enjoy working with my kids and spending extra hours on everything else I do. It is okay, and even better, not to be in charge sometimes.
Head and heart happy, I walked to my car with a little extra bounce in my step. I will have to thank my buddy for helping me say, “No.” I can always go to the gym along with the class and dance along, right?

Love,
Diane