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In ‘No’ man’s land, there’s time to rest: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Updated on: Jan 20, 2024, 23:07:12 IST
By Charles Assisi
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PREMIUMStarlight, in The Boys, is a fictional superhero, and even she has trouble saying no. A key battle she fights, early on, is over the absurd skimpiness of her costume. A lot changes, including the costume, once she finds her voice in the plot.
Starlight, in The Boys, is a fictional superhero, and even she has trouble saying no. A key battle she fights, early on, is over the absurd skimpiness of her costume. A lot changes, including the costume, once she finds her voice in the plot.
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In our culture of glorified busyness, saying no can feel like a personal affront, or failure. Learn the skill anyway. You deserve the benefits of it.

Towards the end of 2023, I put a much-delayed personal project into motion. I decided to practise saying “No”.

Declining a request has never come naturally to me. It has often just felt “wrong”. But I’ve been told that this is a foolish way to engage with the world, because if I don’t prioritise myself, who will?

While I could hear the merit in that argument, the truth is, I just couldn’t do it. Not that I hadn’t experimented with

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