I can't tell you how often I talk to people these days about setting boundaries at work. Modern work environments give you no signals about what is an appropriate amount of work. So the expectations just keep ratcheting up with no way to draw lines for ourselves.
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"I can't take that on right now. I don't have the bandwidth."
"I probably won't get to that until next week."
"I can't be responsible for this unless something else comes off my plate."
"I'm a bit overloaded. I need to talk about handing off some priorities."
"I probably won't get to that until next week."
"I can't be responsible for this unless something else comes off my plate."
"I'm a bit overloaded. I need to talk about handing off some priorities."
These are just some of the phrases you can use to make it clear that you are reaching your limit on work. Depending on your office culture, people still may not respond the way you would like. But you have to make people hear you when you say "no".
I use the term "drawing boundaries" very intentionally. People are going to push those boundaries. There is no universal advice on what to do here. It depends on many factors. Your role, your boss, what kind of company it is, how much leverage you have.
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