I Am Trying to Break My Bad Habits

I need to learn when to say no to people. I tend to over-extend myself because I am so afraid of disappointing others, they ask me to do something and I just can’t say no. This usually causes my plate to be too full for me to handle and even as I struggle under the load of my overstuffed plate… I can’t help but pile even more on top, because I just can’t say no when people need me. All my life, I thought I cared too much, about what other people think of me… However, I am beginning to think that there is only one person I can’t please no matter how hard I try. It doesn’t matter how many good deeds I do or how many people I help… it will never be enough to please myself. It isn’t that I need to do all these things to please others, I don’t allow my plate to become so full that I crumble under crushing weight of it because I want other people to like me… The reason I take on more burdens than I can handle is because I need to make myself like me.