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Raw reflections from a recovering people pleaser.
Entries from my personal journal about people pleasing, with an appropriate amount of proofreading and edits.
2026-09-225 min readSay no without the essay.You don't owe anyone a paragraph. One sentence is a complete answer.2026-09-084 min readNice isn't the same as kind.Nice keeps the peace. Kind tells you the truth. Only one of them is doing you a favor.2026-08-256 min readThe yes that costs you a weekend.Every yes you don't mean gets paid for later, usually on a Saturday.2026-08-113 min read“All good” is not an answer.The two most expensive words in a people pleaser's vocabulary.
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You can't be genuinely close to someone while performing for them.
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