You're listening to the Girl Nextdoor podcast. I'm Erica and I'm Kelsey. We're two former next door

neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting you to come

on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey friend. Hey friend. So today's episode is all about personal

policies. Maybe those things big and small that you just

always or never do as a general rule and as something you've pretty consciously made a choice about.

So this is related to boundaries, which are my favorite. I think it's one of your superpowers.

I do enjoy a boundary. And it's kind of related to saying no, but it's also about

choosing how you will approach something ahead of time so you don't have to decide every single

time it comes up or debate. It's just really more about knowing yourself and what works for you

and sticking to it. So first off, let's talk about why we even need some personal policies. What are the benefits

to even having them? Let's preach for a minute. Okay. Well, just as you alluded to, I think it's

really about identifying your values, both big and small, and helping ensure that you live them

out, kind of giving you like guide rails even. I think a personal

policy can also be this objective as in not emotional thing that can help you make the best

decision for yourself, especially in those situations that could get emotional or that

like deal with other people or you might suddenly find

yourself in a situation or put on the spot and you can fall back on this personal policy

because you've already decided. I think it really helps you avoid the unfund situation of

agreeing to do something that you don't actually want to do.

We've all found ourselves in that situation.

And finally, I think it's just another great example of a high five to your future self,

which you know we love.

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