Say yes to everything and you’ll have no room left for the one thing you were waiting for.

Full weeks have no capacity for anything unplanned, which includes the thing you have been hoping would come up. Agreeing to everything looks generous and works as a way of avoiding choices, because a diary already committed never has to decide what matters. The cost shows up as the no you end up giving to the one thing you wanted.

Look at next week, find one thing you agreed to without wanting it, and get out of it now rather than on the day. Leave an evening with nothing in it. Space is what lets you say yes to something that has not happened yet.