CTL-IX-0020
“I overpromised again and now I'm drowning.”
Overpromising is a form of living outside your bounds — and the drowning feeling is the cost. You can't undo the commitments made, but you can address them honestly and stop adding more.
Your Practice
List every open commitment. Rank them by actual importance. Then contact anyone affected by a lower-priority item and renegotiate honestly — a short, direct message is better than silence. Going forward, wait one day before saying yes to anything new.
The Architects
“Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.”
— Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography