I am a student governor at my college, which basically means we chair on the college corporation and assist in decisions with disability policies, equality policies, accounts, etc...

Now just recently, I have been very busy. But my fellow student governor (and 'friend) Job (yes his name is Job lol.) has been putting me up for all these things.. Last week he volunteered me for a committee I don't have time to chair, but I couldn't turn it down... This week he has agreed that we will give a presentation at an opening evening.

I don't know when the open evening is, where it is, etc.. He hasn't even sent me the presentation so I can prepare, and it's on Monday!

How do I tell him to back off?


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Don't bark with cake in your mouth.

Just express yourself and your feelings about the situation as a whole. Tell him you simply don't have the full time to commit to everything he's volunteering you for. Surely he'll understand that, or just ask him to back off for a while while you get your priorities straight; then you can start adding on things like that. :/ You can't really add things to your schedule, especially if it's stressing you out, right?? Drop what you can now, and go back to them when you're capable. :)

Hopefully this helps a tad bit, if not, I'll continue to help :)

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Maybe I'm your Mr. Right,
Baby, maybe I'm the one you like,
Maybe I'm a shot in the dark,
And you're the morning light.

You basically just need to tell him that you are already full to your neck and trying to be on another committee isn't going to work for you. You have your own agenda and he cannot dictate it. You basically just need to say that "I cannot take on any more commitments, I have too much going on right now and I'd really appreciate it if you didn't volunteer me for stuff. I still love you though." Just make sure you don't sound pissed or he might take it differently than if you mentioned how you still like him as a friend.

You don't want to tell him to back out of your life, that'd be mean.