Meghan, I've learned the thrill of saying NO, which isn't dissimilar from editing my life. For so long I've had to scramble for every possible opportunity that I got in a bad habit of saying yes even to things I really didn't want to do. I'm still kind of a pushover, but I'm getting better at it.
Thanks for your feedback, Chris. NO is quite similar to "editing." I have also been practising saying no, but I think I needed a different angle or entry point into the greater process. Editing can sometimes mean NO for me, though sometimes it's a compromise (this but not that). Or it's making a change to the way I'm doing something. In general, it needs to be a "hell yes" for me to even think about investing my time or any of my "editing" process into streamlining things into my life.
I call it “prioritising”. But “editing my life” sounds more interesting. Thanks for this.
I think I like it because it's a concept that resonates with me as a writer/editor in more nuanced ways.
Meghan, I've learned the thrill of saying NO, which isn't dissimilar from editing my life. For so long I've had to scramble for every possible opportunity that I got in a bad habit of saying yes even to things I really didn't want to do. I'm still kind of a pushover, but I'm getting better at it.
Thanks for your feedback, Chris. NO is quite similar to "editing." I have also been practising saying no, but I think I needed a different angle or entry point into the greater process. Editing can sometimes mean NO for me, though sometimes it's a compromise (this but not that). Or it's making a change to the way I'm doing something. In general, it needs to be a "hell yes" for me to even think about investing my time or any of my "editing" process into streamlining things into my life.