With More Clarity I can say No

When you know how much you have to do in a certain amount of time, it gives you the power to say No.  When someone asks you if you can help with something you will know what you have on your plate already and you know if you can handle it.

We all want to help.  That is good.  But we all can't do everything.  We need to know our limits so when we say yes we can follow through.  We can be someone that others count on to get the job done.  Because when we say yes to something we know we can handle it.

Through the process of a weekly review, in box management and next action lists that are current we will know what we have already on our plate, then we won't feel guilty when we don't pick up something new.  And that will lead to less stress and fewer moments of being overwhelmed!  Yay!

Less Stress means more Yes

I said yes this morning.

I said yes to my 7 year old son. 

I said yes to a Lego building competition after school. 

That would not have happened 4 months ago.  I would have said no very quickly because I had 20 more things to do before me left for school.  And the very thought of all those little pieces would be too much to handle.  Let alone wasting all that time when so many things are left undone. 

But I had a clear head this morning.  I was in the middle of blow drying my hair, but I was making progress.  I had 10 more minutes before we left for school.  We were busy but we weren't frantic.  And I was able to say yes. 

I think that is big difference for my kids.  I told him right then to write it down and put it in my In Box.  (Now that my In Box is relevant again!)  He was satisfied.  And I was pleased.  And that is one step to a happier family.