Hana Kobayashi
3 min readFeb 16, 2021

3 things happened when I stop being a ‘Yes’ person

I was born and raised in Japan. Being nice and saying ‘Yes’ is definitely a normal thing there. I was so used to say ‘Yes’ even I’m not comfortable or reaching my limit because I didn’t want to look bad.

Even I didn’t want to hang out with this person I would say ‘Yes’. I felt dreadful and tired later on. I think this is an universal thing. With COVID is still happening, many of us are under pressure trying to…

Hana Kobayashi

Migrated to Australia. Passionate about financial independence, psychology, career and relationship.