Life demands a lot of you. Being a student, an employee, a leader, a girlfriend, a friend, a roommate, a director, and a role model begins to take over the joy of just being. Of course, all of these things are the best but if you don't balance your life with your responsibilities, it starts to become a black hole of commitments.

You stress cry a lot.

You scream in your pillow.

You begin to stop doing things for your health.

You are tired. All the time.

You aren't sane. You're insane. Not in the good way.

How is it that all of these hats you wear, all of these positive roles that influence others' lives, begin to make you feel crazy? It's called being a yes man.

Saying yes isn't a bad thing by all means. But, like anything, too much of a good thing becomes bad.

So finally, I began to toughen up and say "no." This simple choice changed my ways immensely and I'll tell you why. I started to feel free, like there were no chains holding me down. I felt like I could manage my time how I wanted to. I began to feel like I was in complete control of my life, what I did with my time and how I lived my life.

I love everything that I do in my life, I really do. But by making this simple change, I began to think of the things in my life in a positive way. I transitioned from the "I have to" mindset to the "I get to" mindset. Now that, my friends, made me a happy camper. Something like saying "no" can make saying "yes" that much more enjoyable.

It's your life. Spend it how you want to. You don't owe it to anyone but yourself.