STOP INVENTING FAKE FLU SYMPTOMS. START LIVING YOUR LIFE.

Does your heart race when your phone rings? Do you obsessively check the "Yes" box on RSVPs because you're terrified of disappointing people you don't even like? Have you ever Googled "how long does food poisoning last" just to make sure your excuse for skipping happy hour sounds medically accurate?

You are paying the Lie Tax-the exhausting mental cost of maintaining a polite fiction-and it is bankrupting your peace of mind.

We have been conditioned to believe that our time is a public resource. We act as if every request-from a wedding invitation to a pushy salesperson-is a subpoena that requires a defense attorney to settle. We think we need a valid reason to say "No."

Here is the radical truth: You don't.

No Excuse Needed is the permission slip you have been waiting for. It is a tactical manual for the burnt-out, the nice, and the overly accommodating. It dismantles the "Mandatory Illusion" that keeps you trapped in obligations you hate and hands you the shears to cut the strings.

Inside, you'll discover:

• The Math of Misery: Why telling the truth ("I won't be there") is actually kinder and more efficient than a "Soft Yes."
• The J.A.D.E. Technique: How to stop Justifying, Arguing, Defending, and Explaining yourself to manipulators.
• The Art of the Irish Exit: Why ghosting a party isn't rude-it's a public service.
• The "Solution Boomerang": Why giving a specific reason (e.g., "My car broke down") always backfires, and what to say instead.
• The 5:00 PM Hard Stop: How to escape the cult of "performative overtime" without getting fired.
• Scripts for the Spineless: Word-for-word responses for everything from nosy relatives to weekend emails from your boss.

Stop treating your life like a negotiation. Stop apologizing for your autonomy.

You do not need to be sick to take a break. You do not need to be busy to want solitude.

"I don't want to" is a complete sentence.

Scroll up and click Buy Now to stop making excuses and start making time.

About the Author

Sasha Blackwood is a recovering people-pleaser and a former gold medalist in the Martyr Olympics. After spending a decade inventing elaborate medical emergencies just to get out of Tupperware parties, Sasha realized that "No" costs nothing, but lies cost everything.

Now an advocate for Radical Autonomy, Sasha writes guides for the exhausted, the over-committed, and the socially anxious. When not writing, Sasha is likely sitting on the couch while the doorbell rings, happily doing absolutely nothing about it.