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nina's avatar

Learn to say “No!” just not to your mother.

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Valerie Vandeveld's avatar

me reading this alone from the restaurant reservation i refused to cancel because one day im not going to be able to go to dinner alone on friday at 5 PM

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amy's avatar

oh this is the 24/7 mood, so so grateful to live a life so full, but so so tired

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

right

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emily north's avatar

as someone who also has the yes disease- you can always say no to me 🫶🏻

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caitlyn's avatar

Oh how I resonated with this. I literally had covid all week, back to back lectures and labs, exams this Monday I’ve been studying for, interviews, gahh the list continues. I also have been terrible about making subscribers pay for my writing. Why are we like this.

Love your letters. Love you. You (we) deserve to say no and know our worth 🤎

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

LOVE YOU !!!!!

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izzy's avatar

it’s just like the front bottoms said. all i want is to want nothing

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

no exactly i told sam about the lyric u sent me i love it so much

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Leonarda Komen's avatar

loveeee!!! I need to do Too Much right now because then one day I’ll be able to pick my kids up from school instead of the babysitter. STUNNING!!!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you :)

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chavonne's avatar

this was so real !!!! so much beauty in the chaos but so much chaos to create beauty

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Rizn Alkemy's avatar

I really resonated with this on a deep level... Although I'm still at the struggling beginning artist stage, so my "complaints" – I mean, counting my blessings – are probably just me complaining, lol. But I don't know why reading this made me feel a little better than I did before. Thank you for sharing your voice, story, and experience.

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you for reading :) be easy on yourself !!!! xxx

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Gabby & Jackie's avatar

I couldn't resonate with this more - I feel like coming back from summer has felt amazing but also so overwhelming to the fact that I could cry. I, too, was chatting with my dad about this and how I am OBLIGATED to say yes to things because I love my friends and I can't imagine not saying yes. But does it really matter? I need to re-evaluate. My friends don't love me because I come to every event and am a "yes" person - there is so much more to our friendships. Sometimes I dream of moving to a town where it's hard to travel from and I only have a couple of friends. But then would I be lonely? WHAT IS THE HAPPY MEDIUM?!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

"there is so much more to our friendships" YES!!!!! couldn't agree more, be easy on yourself <3

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Kendra Mase's avatar

I get this so much. When I opened up this to read my bf looked over and went, "What's happening there?" And I quickly had to tell him, "She isn't eating the frog literally!" Learned a new definition today.

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

LMAO i love this

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Sabrina's avatar

I am currently in architecture school experiencing similar fatigue. Sometimes it feels like drinking coffee, and reading my morning Substack subscriptions is some of my only downtime. Thank you for posting :)

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you for reading !!!

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n 🇮🇳🩷🏳️‍🌈💃🏽🔊🗣️'s avatar

thank you thank you thank you for reminding me that this is not just a me thing (and get well soon)

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Rena's avatar

Angelina please say no😭I promise it will be okay

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

hahahahaha i know !!!!! this is a dramatized lament <3 thank you everything is like way more than okay xoxoxox

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Janet Bess's avatar

Love your writing, thank you for making it free. Life should not be about work, and yet somehow it is

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

🤍

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anastasia k's avatar

loved this!!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you !!!!

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