07/24/2026
Some people become the person everyone calls.
They remember the appointments.
Find the missing information.
Answer the family questions.
Solve the work problems.
Help other people decide what to do next.
Nobody is necessarily asking too much.
But the questions keep coming.
Eventually, being dependable can become constant availability.
Sometimes the deepest rest is not sleep.
It is knowing that, for a little while, nobody is waiting for you to decide, fix, remember, arrange, or respond.
Today’s new *Simplify on Purpose* Reflection tells the story of a woman who spent three quiet days away from the life in which she was always the person who knew what to do.
She did not return home with everything solved.
She returned with one important recognition:
A ringing phone is a request—not a command.
For Three Days, Nobody Needed an Answer from Her
Read the Reflection here:
https://oakhollowcabins.com/simplify-on-purpose/