26 June · Your time belongs in the conversation.

Anger

I resent being expected to adapt at the last minute.

A little room to breathe.26 June

Anger

“[Y]ou should be able to stop and go on, and follow this way or that, as the freak takes you …”

Robert Louis Stevenson — Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, 1881Walking Tours, opening paragraph (excerpt; opening capitalization marked)Read the source ↗

Your time belongs in the conversation.

Last-minute changes can leave you carrying the inconvenience of someone else's decision. You can recognize that plans sometimes shift while still asking for notice, a different arrangement, or permission to decline; flexibility doesn't have to mean unlimited availability.

ONE SMALL STEP

Say what the change affects and what you can realistically offer.

A little room to breathe.26 June

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.