Try this
- Write what you will do in the relevant situation, using an action you can actually take.
- Check whether the wording explains a limit or threatens a punishment. Remove consequences you do not intend or cannot carry out.
A worked example
“If we have not confirmed by six, I will make my own dinner plan. I am not asking you to account for your whole evening.”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
Do not send the boundary as a test whose real terms are hidden. If it affects a shared plan, make the practical consequence understandable before it occurs.