Why does nobody talk about the apology letter you owe yourself after 14 months of saying yes to everything

Jason Lewis · 2026-10-19T02:05:04.008863+00:00

Last spring my sister asked me to watch her dog for a weekend and I said yes even though I had a work trip, then I kept a list on my phone of every favor I couldn't say no to and it hit 47 by August. What tipped me off was my friend Dana saying "you look tired every time I ask you for something" and I realized the letters I never sent were to people I'd quietly started to resent. If you've caught yourself keeping score on favors, what finally made you stop and write it down?

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