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"Hello. My name is Christina, and I&amp;#039;m a compulsive sayer-yes to things. Got a committee that needs to be chaired? I&amp;#039;ll do it. And a subcommittee of that committee that needs a general secretary to take minutes? I&amp;#039;ll do that too. Oh, and yes, I am free on Friday mornings, and would love nothing more than to volunteer in Max&amp;#039;s classroom. What is that you say? You need a snack mom this Saturday for the soccer game? Why, certainly. And someone to help the coach at practice? This Thursday evening? Yes, I can do that too, though I&amp;#039;ve never played soccer. And you need this project done when? Next Monday. Why yes, I can meet that rush deadline too and take on the next assignment. Yes. Of course I can. Yes. It is 6 am and I am bone tired. And is it any wonder? I don&amp;#039;t know how to say no. I&amp;#039;m usually the first one to sign up when I get an email with one of those doodle polls. Before I know it, I&amp;#039;ve volunteered for something. I need help. It has been suggested to me that I practice saying no, which is neither my first nor my natural response. So I&amp;#039;m trying out a new phrase, &amp;quot;Let me get back to you,&amp;quot; which seems like much more of a mouthful than the Yes I&amp;#039;m used to saying. Do you have this yes-disease too, reader? What are your strategies for dealing with all the opportunities, paid and unpaid, that pop up in your life? Or would you like to get back to me on that? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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