This morning I turned on the TV to the movie Yes Man (2008) with Jim Carrey. I’d been wanting to see it, so I set it up to record tomorrow and I’ll review it later (if it deserves it). I only watched about 15 min of it (BTW, I love Zooey Deschanel), and I, OF COURSE, started reflecting on my own life.
I used to be a Yes Woman. I really really believed that every opportunity was golden, and it would open up doors to new and better ones. I had the “why not?” attitude. I followed a very wise advise I got from a little life book: "Show up." That’s how I ended up always taking even a little bit of action in all my bold ideas. But ever since I started the MBA (3 years ago, as one of my "Yeses"), I have not felt very "Yesy." In fact, I’ve felt like saying “No” most of the time. It even made it into my new year’s resolutions list for 2009: to start saying No, so that I don’t overextend myself with commitments and feel so overwhelmed all the time.
I want to be a Yes woman again… but I can’t do it while I still have classes at night, and so much on my schedule. I think Yesdom is for people who have the time and some money to spend. I used to be one of those people…
Well, August will come soon enough, and the MBA will be over. I’ll get my time back and fill it with any kind of stuff. I guess we’ll have to see what’s next for this temporary No Woman.
ina