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Dear Carol
"Dear Carol, I'm exhausted"
Dear Carol,
I love my friends…but sometimes I just want time to myself.
- Exhausted
Dear Exhausted,
I hear you. I’m a big fan of parties—and of solitude. If you have a friend who wants to hang out Saturday and again on Sunday, you don’t have to be with her all weekend. Don’t shout, “That’s too much!” Say, “Let’s get together Saturday, but on Sunday I have to finish my paper/help my mom/visit my grandfather/do my volunteer work.” You can’t be everywhere at once, so if you miss one adventure, there will always be others. And we all need time to rest and regroup.
Carol Weston is the author of 16 books, including Girltalk, Ava and Pip and Speed of Life, a novel about a 14-year-old girl who writes to an advice columnist. Carol's audiobooks are on Spotify. More at carolweston.com and on Instagram @carolwestonnyc.
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