No Is a Complete Sentence
Boundaries protect your time. Investments protect your security. And both give you room to find yourself.
Somewhere along the way, we were taught to grind, grind, grind, and then we've earned the right to rest.
Here's what nobody tells you: by the time that "someday" shows up, you're too tired to enjoy it. You don't give yourself permission. You've been running so long that you don't even know what soft feels like.
This week on The Rich Friends Show, I answered three questions from my rich friends. Every one of them comes back to permission.
Your time.
Last week, we were on the road in the RV after a golf tournament. The whole crew was there: my husband, our son, his friend, and both dogs. By the third morning, I caught myself rushing to make my husband's coffee before I'd done anything for me. No meditation. No walk. My whole day was off.
He never asked me to do that. I crossed my own boundary.
So I told him: I'm going to take care of me first, and then I'll make your coffee. He said, "Okay, no problem." Nobody died waiting on that coffee.
Boundaries aren't only about other people. Sometimes the person you need protection from is the one who keeps volunteering.
And when something doesn't line up with what I've got going on? I say no. And I let no be a complete sentence.
Your money.
Think about a hotel. Who works the hardest? Housekeeping. Who gets paid the least? Housekeeping. Who makes the most? The owners, who are having conversations, building relationships, and hiring people to do the hard work.
The harder you work, the less money you make. The less you work, the more money you make.
So look at the money you've already set aside. Is it working for you? Or are you still working for it?
Yourself.
When my children grew up and moved out, I felt lost. Nobody was calling. Nobody needed rescuing. My whole identity had been taking care of everybody else, and I didn't know who I was without it.
So I started trying things. I started riding with a motorcycle club. I joined a line dancing group and started traveling with them. And I found out that the woman I was looking for had been there the whole time. She was just buried under everybody else's needs.
Your question this week:
If no one needed anything from you this Saturday, no texts, no calls, no emergencies, what would you do?
Sit with that. Then go do it.
Soft doesn't mean small.
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