{"id":20614,"date":"2019-10-03T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeybook.site.strattic.io\/?p=20614"},"modified":"2023-03-24T04:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:36:06","slug":"how-to-say-no-a-key-ingredient-to-time-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbb.dev.reliablepenguin.com\/blog\/how-to-say-no-a-key-ingredient-to-time-management","title":{"rendered":"How to Say No (a key ingredient to time management)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Akash J. Barman<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why you should say no<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the advice that you should get better as saying no.  But it\u2019s easier said than done. <\/strong>And it\u2019s absolutely necessary if you want to curate your time so that you are spending it in service of your own goals and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to time-management, we can either do less, or do what we\u2019re doing more efficiently. <\/strong>A lot of advice out there (my own included) is about ways that we can be more efficient and squeeze as much as we can out of each moment. However, the other side of the coin is the ability to say no to the things that don\u2019t serve us, so that we have the available time and energy to say yes to the things that do.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to get started, there are really only two questions to ask ourselves with respect to reducing what\u2019s on our plate: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) what am I going to say yes (or no) to in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) what am I doing now that I don\u2019t want to be doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Say No<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, first, let\u2019s talk saying yes, and saying no, to future obligations.  Most of us say yes without thinking about it a lot of the time.  We feel pressure to say yes, to be liked, to be helpful, because it seems like a good thing to do or something that we should<\/em> do. <\/strong> But we\u2019re not always thinking about our time and priorities, and that\u2019s often how we get stretched too thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do we decide what to say no to, and how do we ensure we don\u2019t say yes by default?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n