There’s the Yes to experience.

There’s the Yes to responsibility.
When I first announced my week of Yes, some people suggested this would be a good time for the kids to ask for a dog. They were right, because that’s a Yes to experience. Somehow the Yes to experience feels like the younger, more carefree person I used to be.
Someone else suggested it would be a good time to eat all the candy I've been raking in through my check mark system
And then there was the final suggestion.
The one that I had to stop and think about. What if someone asked me to do something big, something like run the school auction? In the spirit of Yes week, would I need to say Yes?
Adding another thing to my ever-growing list of chores seemed anti-Yes, so I did what all good spin artists do: I simply reframed the issue.
If I said Yes to an additional responsibility well within my comfort zone, wouldn't I actually be saying No to learning something new? Of course I would!

Of course, there are all kinds of indulgences, but the one that came to my mind, a week before Thanksgiving, was the eating kind. Could I, should I, say Yes to caloric free-for-all? Is that in the spirit of saying Yes?
Next week The Fulfillment Project tackles a weighty issue.
3 comments:
Thanksgiving comes once a year - say yes and enjoy!
Caloric free for all, no prob! But the school auction? And that a-dor-a-ble puppy??? Sadly, no...
Excited for the next post!
It's not as easy as it first sounds, is it?
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