List everything you’d like to say yes to.

This post is for all my fellow, Olympic-caliber list-ers out there.

So, here’s the question: What are all the things you’d like to say “yes” to?

It might be an invitation from a friend—or it might be an invitation from within your head and heart.

Make a list.

Try turning your thinking brain off here and just write. No limits or targets. There’s no prize for the one with the most.

Now reread them. What’s been on that list for a while? What’s new?

Any surprises?

And what would you need to say “no” to to make space for those “yeses”?

List those too.

Huh. Interesting, right?!

(Many of us read these weekly questions and reflect in the moment and then maybe again at a stoplight or when we’re falling asleep. These lists, in particular, benefit from real, live writing. So grab a pen and scrap of junk mail and get scribbling!)