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Category: Life

  • Saying Yes Is Scary

    Sometimes I dislike the term “people pleaser.” It can be just as hard to say “yes” as it is to say “no.” Especially when you are a quote-unquote “people pleaser.” You are constantly evaluating and psychoanalyzing what you are saying “yes” to. Am I being too selfish? Am I making the right choice?   Is that…

  • The Necessity of No

    Saying no is really difficult and really important, but sometimes it’s hard to know when to say no and when to just tough it out or deal with it. Calling all people-pleasers or conflict avoiders like me — this one’s for us. We don’t want to start an argument or let someone down, so we…

  • 5 Things I Learned to Say NO To

    As a recovering people pleaser, I have had to learn how to say no to certain things, oftentimes the hard way. Today, I will be sharing 5 of those things that I have learned to say no to, and still have to remind myself to say no to in my day to day life.  Late…

  • Lessons Learned from “No”

    I’ve always been a people pleaser. In college, I worked at a Christian summer camp and had a boss who would constantly tell me to say no. To be funny, I would tell him “No” when he asked me to do something, but really, I did say yes, a lot. Almost to the point of…

  • A Week In My Life

    I’m going to take Abbi’s approach and talk about some of my favorite things that happen in a normal week for me, but also tell you about today (Thursday), because it really was a cool day. I’m a missionary now, a ceramics artist, a writer, and a social media coordinator for a local pregnancy center!…

  • A Day In My Life

    Since Elizabeth, Katelyn, and I live in 3 different states, we do not get to see each other in our day-to-day lives and therefore rely on texting and the occasional FaceTime to learn more about each other’s lives. I hope you enjoy learning about our different lives as much as we enjoy chatting about them…

  • A Slice of My Life

    When we decided that this week, our theme was “a day in the life,” I thought it was such a neat idea. Then I got stumped. I kept thinking how most of my day revolves around confidentiality and privacy. Not something that I can very well show you. As I thought about what to write,…