Rules: PN23
The whole idea of the project is to say NO to everything and everyone, with a few exceptions, so that I can restore my soul and attend to my long-neglected needs. This will make more sense as the project progresses, and as I share details of how this project had to come to be so I could stay alive. Seriously, folks, my mental, physical, spiritual, and financial health is at stake, and I’m thankful that I can see that my healing is in my hands.
Here are the core precepts to the project.
I have a year to learn, heal, and grow from the experience I call Project NO. February 2023 to February 2024.
Instead of my default answer to invitations, delays, distractions, etc. being yes, it will be NO. First and foremost. If it is difficult to be so definite or it is a desired invitation, “I will consider it and get back to you” is a sufficient substitute.
The specific point of the project is to give myself time and space to heal and recalibrate after the past several years. It’s a time to care for those internal wounds and really give myself the allowance to release and restore after everything I’ve been through. It’s the unattended emotional gashes that were leading me to the edge of a mindfudge, and I want to extend the same grace, compassion, and mercy to myself as I extend to others.
The Project NO blog is a personal expression outlet for me and for me alone. I will not be offering a place for comments nor do I really want any. I am making this public as a means of accountability and in case my experience resonates with others I can’t see, but not so that I can be judged or even encouraged. If you really need to reach out, please do so via email or on my Instagram page. I will not be entertaining contact from any other modality.
I will post daily, seven days a week, highlighting at least one way I said NO to the world and YES to myself.
Lastly, and most importantly, I will persist.
I’m excited to create this, and I know the nuances of this project will change over the year, but that’s the way life and creativity are. We must have structure to guide the actions and outcomes, and we must be flexible enough to allow for adaptation both. And-Both. Again.
