something that was not a mistake, but is now a mistake

Saying yes to almost every request I get for an article, lecture, etc. I don’t remember the last weekend I simply had free without something hanging over me. It’s tiring.

I’m booked pretty solid through October, and I think after that will change my default answer to “no” rather than “yes.” It’s just always so nice of people to ask, and I well remember the long student years of never being asked to do anything, so there’s always an impulse to seize every opportunity. And I do have plenty of energy for multiple simultaneous tasks, but it would be nice to be a little less tired and a little less fully booked.