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Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill

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for Tuesday, December 23rd. All right, we are

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officially in that everything is urgent and somehow

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also emotional zone of the season. So today's

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advice is about staying kind without becoming

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everyone's unpaid stress sponge. Here's your

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practice for today. Use the phrase, I can do

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that, or I can do this. but i can't do both it's

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one of the gentlest boundary sentences on earth

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no drama no lectures just clarity examples i

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can help wrap gifts tonight or i can run the

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errands but i can't do both i can stay for an

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hour or i can stay and help clean up but i can't

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do both i can take this on Or I can keep my evening

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free so I'm rested tomorrow, but I can't do both.

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And here's the secret. Boundaries aren't walls.

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They're directions. They tell people how to love

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you without flattening you. One more tiny goodwill

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move for today. When you feel rushed, slow down

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one small action on purpose. Close the car door

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gently. Wash your hands slowly. Take one unhurried

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breath before you answer a question. That little

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pause keeps you from spreading the holiday frenzy

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virus to everyone around you. That's your daily

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goodwill for Tuesday, December 23rd. You're allowed

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to be helpful and have limits. That's not selfish.

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That's sustainable. Talk soon.