BEWARE VACUUMS

This week, we post a new personal growth tip or inspiration drawn from a recent Daily Dose of Happiness mailing.

Beware the vacuums...the human vacuums, that is.

There are people around us who are always taking.  They suck up our time and our energy, and they never give anything back.  They are vacuums.  Don't mix them up with people who are simply high energy and high interaction, taking much and giving much.

The vacuums can leave us with very little once they've sucked it all up.  If one of your close friends is a vacuum, watch out...you might already know what I mean.  You have to set some ground rules, most importantly to firmly say "no" when you don't want to go along with one of his or her plans.  That does not mean saying "no" all the time, unless you want to, just setting some limits and some boundaries.

Take control.  Switch off the vacuum.

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