The Summer of Saying No: Why Protecting Your Energy Isn't Selfish
June arrives and the invitations pile up faster than you can answer them. Here's a grounded way to decline plans, sit with the guilt, and keep some of summer for yourself.
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June arrives and the invitations pile up faster than you can answer them. Here's a grounded way to decline plans, sit with the guilt, and keep some of summer for yourself.
We forgive ourselves a January slump but summer burnout blindsides us. The hidden drains of the season, the one boundary that fixes most of it, and when flatness is worth a GP visit.
Most weekends fill with plans, social commitments, household tasks. A monthly weekend deliberately scheduled with no plans (or minimal) restores