I hear clients say that when they tell me they’re intending to cancel a session.
And I wonder – do you really “have” to work late? Or are you just letting someone else’s desire or request come before your personal health?
And I wonder this authentically. I used to tell myself “I have to work late” all the time when I worked for non-profit organizations. “If I don’t do it, it won’t get done…we’re short staffed and I have to help…only just this once…if I say ‘no thanks’ will my boss fire me?” The versions of “I have to work late” are many. Ah, to think of all the missed dinners with friends; the missed sunsets; the missed times with my partner. One can not re-do, so I do not regret as much as use those experiences as motivation to not make the same choice again.
My practice (and suggestion) is: