内容摘要：Diamond traders crowd a market street in Surat, India, on April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Diamond traders crowd a market street in Surat, India, on April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

, deciding he could survive without extra income. If people from the news show texted him after-hours, he let them know he wasand where else to call.

Setting boundaries at work, and in life, can be tricky. Many people find it difficult to say no, especially to a manager. Some get a sense of satisfaction from being needed or pleasing others.But learning to turn down a request or invitation is essential for, experts say. And as with any new skill, drawing boundaries gets easier with practice.

and organizational behavior, along with other workers, shared strategies for setting limits.Adding tasks to your calendar may seem counterintuitive if

is the goal, but can provide more control over your time.

Bobby Dutton, the founder of event production company GBM6, uses a technique he calls “aggressive calendering.” He schedules the task he’s most likely to procrastinate on, such as handling contracts and invoices, for every Monday at 2 p.m. To keep his calendar from becoming overloaded, he also books time for recurring routine tasks like making coffee, walking the dog and eating lunch.She noted that she has lost some of her events, saying that disproved arguments that she can’t be beat.

Hernandez is expected to perform well, particularly in the triple jump, in which she has a personal best of over 41 feet (12.5 meters). That is more than 3 feet (1 meter) short of a national record set in 2019. She’s the fifth seed in the long jump but ranked much lower in the high jump.California’s state championship stands out from that of other states because of the number of competitors athletes are up against to qualify.

More than 57,000 high schoolers participated in outdoor track and field in California during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations. California had the second-largest number of high school outdoor track-and-field athletes, only behind Texas.Of the 12 high school athletes who have set national records in the girls triple jump between 1984 and 2019, eight have been from California, according to the national sports governing body.