How To Stick Up For Myself Essay

Growing up as the only child I had to stick up for myself. Besides my immediate family, I never had anyone to stick up for me. Knowing that I was the only child, it would be common sense to stand up for myself. Throughout the years of my life, there were certain situations in which I wish I had the guts to stick up for myself. Though I am still young, life is still a learning process that I have to accomplish. The goal that I want to achieve is to stop being fearful and the strategies that I plan to execute are to speak up on situations that I see unfit, stop being a yes woman, and attack challenges that may seem hard.
Two years ago, I was hanging out with a friend and we would go out and have fun like normal ladies in their twenties. She didn’t have a car so I would always pick her up and drop her off. The one thing that annoyed me was that she never offered to help with travel expenses. I really didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to get in an argument. Most recently there have been modifications in how I approach certain situations. I would pull that person to the side and talk to them one on one without a big crowd. Then, I would say what is on …show more content…
When someone asks me to go out I do not hesitate to say yes; especially when there is a lot of work that needs to be done. For instance, when my friends ask me if I want to go out to eat, I say yes, but I know I have a lot of work to do. There are many ways that can stop me from being a yes woman. One thing that could work is to just say no. I know there is a lot of work that has to get done on my part, but I tend to brush it off. I do not have to go to every social gathering. Another way that it could be handle is to reschedule for a next time. I do not have to say no all the time, but I can reschedule to go out on another time when I am not busy doing work. I now know my limit to when I go out and it works out for the