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When Your Inner Schedule Conflicts with Spontaneous Social Invitations

My Puerto Rican neighbors always invite me to stay longer when I stop by, but I feel rude accepting when I have a mental schedule, and rude declining when they're being generous with their time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Pre-planned time consciousness can make spontaneous generosity feel burdensome rather than nourishing.

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