I was reading many of the comments on my previous posts, and it seems like many people struggle with the word "no". In other words, they may recognize when someone is not honest or even toxic, but fail at taking distance from them.
Looking of the obstacles to saying now, and asking questions I often find similar answers from people I've mentored. They idea is if you say no, the other person might not like you, or might speak badly of you, or something like that.
Those concerns are valid, but they lack a universal truth, and there is a saying that I like to remember people of often.
"Nobody knows the true key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody" - Anonymous
It's really that simple, there is absolutely no way you can do it all, make everyone happy and we have to learn to me comfortable with that reality. If we can't, then we will be mediocre at many of the tasks we take on, and will probably not succeed anyways.
The message I'm trying to leave you here is this:
It's Ok for you to draw the line, you can do so with respect of course, because above all you must always respect yourself.
Hope everyone is having a pleasant day
@chbartist