Practical exercise
Write three graceful no scripts
You will draft three graceful no responses for three real situations from your life right now. The point is to have the words ready before the moment arrives, so the chest does not freeze when the request lands.
25 min·starter

Now try it
Write three graceful no scripts
Stretch
Use the second script in real life within ten days. Use the third within twenty. The aim is three real graceful no exchanges in a month, not three perfect scripts.
Goes into your portfolio
The Google Doc graceful-no-scripts with three scripts, the actual sent message and reply, and a three line reflection at the bottom.
