Relationships
draw boundaries
set limits
To draw boundaries means to set clear limits about what you will accept or allow.
Hear it in real life
Can your colleagues call you at night?
Only in an emergency; I draw boundaries around my evenings.
I had to draw boundaries around my free time when work became too demanding.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: make boundaries around my free time
Say: draw boundaries around my free time
"Draw boundaries" is a natural way to describe setting limits.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
draw boundaries around something; draw boundaries in a relationship
Your turn: say it out loud
I had to draw boundaries around my free time when work became too demanding.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
draw boundaries
set limits
“I had to draw boundaries around my free time when work became too demanding.”
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