I... said.... NO!!

My life is about pleasing others- but who can please both God and man? Not I.

Yesterday I finally said NO to someone when I really needed to. You ever make the mistake of saying something that actually invites someone else to say something? Well, I did this. I was talking about wanting to do something that made more money- as every does, and this guy at work was like, "What are you doing tomorrow?" and I was like, "Nothing" when in reality I am ALWAYS doing something. Time is precious. So, I acquiesced to this invite to participate in a meeting to hear about some selling of something, and later I was like- "What in the world? Eddo, you can't sell ice water to people burning in hell" and so I called and said I couldn't make it. Well, never do that, just tell the person no up front, don't let them suck you in- cause later- later they will find a time when you are available and pinpoint you until you give in. Yesterday, this same guy was like, "Do you have just 4 minutes?" and I was like, "Okay" but I really didn't. So I listened to this phone call for 4 minutes about selling and it was a really nice speech, but I wasn't interested, and when the guy asked me, "What do you think?" I said, I think "no" it doesn't sound like something I would be interested in. Like a good salesman he said, well, you don't have to sell, you just hand them a cd or a video- and then they come back if they are interested. But me, I don't even like to do that- I like keeping my friends my friends, and keeping my work life separate from that- mixing the two is never fun- not for me anyway.

So, to all of you I say- NO! It feels good, better than I thought it would- it was almost as much fun as saying YES.