Use This Email Template to Part Ways With Your Book Club
Joining a new group or activity can be refreshing. This is one of the few opportunities for adults to make new friends and expand our social and / or intellectual circles; it pushes us out of our comfort zone and opens up new people and experiences. In short, it’s great – it’s not yet. After a while, this new book club, choir or kickball team may seem more of a chore than a fun hobby to you. You are constantly making excuses not to participate in activities and gatherings, and you are tempted to completely become the ghost of the group.
But returning to the topic of “we are adults,” it is probably best to let someone in the group’s leadership know that you are disconnecting. Maybe this will make room for someone else to join, and at least it will allow everyone else to start meetings on time, without waiting for you, wondering if you’re actually going to show up at this time. The problem is,Sedak continues to be right : Crushing is hard to do, even if it’s a book club. Here is an email template that will streamline the whole process.
Break of Commitment Email Template
We can’t resist a good email template, especially when it comes to a potentially awkward conversation. This is courtesy of time management expert Elizabeth Grace Saunders, writing for the Harvard Business Review :
Hi [Leader Names]!
I hope you are well. I wanted to tell you something.
In assessing my priorities, I realized that [group name] is not an area in which I continue to spend time.
I thought I would be able to attend more last fall than I could, and I do not foresee that I will be able to come more this winter. I wanted to communicate this directly so that you do not count on me to achieve your club goals.
Thank you for the opportunity to be part of the club. It was a good learning experience for me. I am so proud of everyone for their success. And I will return to the future if and when that is consistent with where I feel called to spend my time.
Have a good day!
Elizabeth
Yes, you can use this template even if your name is not Elizabeth, but I appreciate the fact that I don’t even need to change that part. Now start composing these breakup emails and gracefully leave your book club, which is now virtual and no longer a way to escape your partner and family for a few hours.