Busyness isn’t a trophy.
It’s a tax on people who never learned to say no before yes escaped their lips.

Your week feels shredded because every “sure, I can” slices another minute off the clock.
Meetings metastasize.
Favors breed.
Your workday ends with the vague shame of promises half-kept.

This isn’t a motivation problem.
It’s a permissions problem: you keep granting everyone else keys to your agenda.

Want the lock?
Here’s how it starts:

Most requests are innocent. Your acceptance is the crime.
Stop blaming pushy coworkers and clingy friends.
The burglar isn’t them - it’s your flimsy door.

Now it gets uncomfortable, but this is where the shift happens:

Here’s how to shut the door without looking like a jerk – and without explaining your life.