Today we are going to discuss saying ‘NO’ to more things so that you have the space and energy to say ‘YES’ to things you value and want. And of course this will include action you can take today. That’s right, you can get started changing your life right now.
In this episode you will learn:
Saying no to things can be really freaking hard! But when we say no to some things it gives us the space to say yes to other things.
When I first started my business, I said ‘YES’ to everything and anything. Most of it for free. When you have skills like mine (yoga, Ayurveda, stress management, coaching) you get asked to do a bunch of stuff for free. I want to serve. I love helping. And so I said ‘YES.’ What happened? I was spending time and energy on things that were not furthering my actual goals. I was depleting myself. And most of the time I was doing it for people who didn’t truly value me or what I offered. And I was doing it all for things I did not have to do.
If you were to ask me what the most important thing is in my life, I would answer with (like many of you): “The health and happiness of myself and my family.”
That’s the driving force. That’s the purpose. That’s everything! And yet I was actively making decisions that worked against that! Every freaking day.
And of course I have specific definitions of what that means to me and my family. One of those things is that I bring in an income to support us. And when I was saying ‘YES’ to all of these things that took up my time and energy but didn’t lead to an income, I was saying ‘NO’ to this main purpose of the health and happiness of myself and my family.
I had this realization several years ago and I put it on a post-it note above my planner desk - “The health and happiness of myself and my family.” And when I make plans, if it doesn’t fit into that broad goal and what it means to me, then I’m not doing it. This includes work, clients, people I spend time with and let into my life, activities, and behaviors.
Am I perfect at it? Ha! I’ll say ‘NO’ to that. But it is something I use to check in with how I’m spending my time.
Things that are distracting you from your purpose or goals. It’s so easy to get lost in the day-to-day activities of our life that we might lose sight of our life’s purpose and larger goals. If your life is anything like mine, there are probably some things that you can start saying ‘NO’ to today.
When you work through these questions you will discover so much.
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