Say no to Pam

Creating boundaries around your schedule

I know myself well enough by now to know that I’m garbage at deciding on time commitments on the spot. Maybe it’s some residual people-pleasing tendency I’ve yet to rid myself of, but I have a hard time saying ‘no’ to my lovely scheduler at work when she calls.

Which means I overbook myself for shifts at my casual job and then I get annoyed when I’m exhausted. I blame this partially on ‘hustle culture’ where it feels like if I’m not too busy, then I’m not making the most of my life. But it’s precisely because I’m too busy that I can’t enjoy this part of exploring a potential new career.

By setting some arbitrary restrictions (factoring some thought about minimal monthly income needed), such as x amount of shifts per week, rough total number per month, I free myself from the individual decisions. Basically, Pam calls, I tally up in my head if I’ve met these quotas, if yes, then I decline the shift offer, if no, then I go ahead and see if the times are feasible.

Tada! Decision fatigue-free bliss.

Pam is an amazing lady and not gonna lie, I still feel bad each time I say no to her, but this helps.

Give it a shot if are similarly inclined to me.

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-S