The Chronic Canceller

Overview

You have every intention of showing up. You RSVP with genuine enthusiasm. And then the day arrives and suddenly your couch has developed a gravitational pull that NASA should probably study. You're not flaky — you're just consistently optimistic about future-you's energy levels.

Strengths

• Excellent at protecting your energy when you actually need to
• Self-aware enough to know when you're running on empty
• Never the one dragging the group to something nobody wants to do
• Genuinely enthusiastic in the planning stages of everything

Weaknesses

• People stop inviting you because they assume you'll bail anyway
• Confuses 'not feeling it' with a legitimate reason to cancel
• Your reputation is 'fun to plan with, impossible to pin down'
• Missing out on your own life one cancelled plan at a time

Tips for Growth

• Only commit to things you'd say yes to if they were happening right now
• Showing up at 70% is better than cancelling at 100% every single time
• Your friends plan around you — cancelling affects more than just you
• Future you is not a different person with unlimited social battery