Deep Dive Series: The Power of a Year of No
By Tana M. Mann Easton, Lead Efficiency Engineer
We did it Focus to Evolve readers! We finished an entire year of no.
Since the beginning of 2025, we’ve been focusing on the tiny, two letter word no – how to say it, how to think about it, how to feel about it, who does it well. The fact that I could do a deep dive series on this topic for an entire year shows that it’s a word that many of us have a hard time coping with and saying, so I hope that some of the tips shared have helped some of you cut out nonessential parts of your life in order to focus on the wild and precious priorities that make your particular life special to you. If you field a request for your time in the future that doesn’t feel quite right to you, feel free to come back and visit the 2025 posts on this blog to remind yourself of the plethora of ways that you can sidestep a petition that doesn’t feel in alignment with your values and priorities. Remember, these minutes are yours and they aren’t infinite. Use them wisely.
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Sincerely Yours,
Focus to Evolve Team