Episode Summary
Lemons and lemonade. Messes and missions. Blah, blah, blah. Alas, when will there be enough lessons for this life? In this episode, Saya Hillman joins host Meg McKeen to discuss the power of curiosity - and list making - in times of uncertainty, how to make doing different, seemingly disparate things make sense in your life and career, and so many of those a-ha moments that happen when we're living our Life of Yes℠.
Episode Notes
Lemons and lemonade. Messes and missions. Blah, blah, blah. Alas, when will there be enough lessons for this life? In this episode, Saya Hillman joins host Meg McKeen to discuss the power of curiosity - and list making - in times of uncertainty, how to make doing different, seemingly disparate things make sense in your life and career, and so many of those a-ha moments that happen when we're living our Life of Yes℠.
noteworthy quotes
“If you are considering moving on making a transition, then I would just start with the simple question. Are you happy, and if you're not happy, list out the sources of your unhappiness and take it from there. And then keep listing making lists upon lists upon lists. And you're gonna have like, listen to me our sources of those light bulb moments, those aha moments like, oh, yeah, I didn't realize and this is connected to this, and this relates to that, and that bleeds into this.”
“Your a-ha moments are gonna just come from you realizing, wow, something about this situation seems really stupid.”
“Life of Yes℠ is knowing that you always have choice. Even when you feel like you don't have choice, you always have choice. So in those situations, do you choose to just sit there and let these negative occurrences completely derail you from what you want? Or do you eventually you know, get up and dust off your shoulders and continue on?”
meet saya hillman
Called “Accessible Oprah,” Saya Hillman has been blissfully self-employed since 2004 via her lifestyle business Mac & Cheese Productions℠ which brings joy to "adulting" and creates life ease and fulfillment through building connection: to others, to opportunities, and to self. Saya was one of Brazen Careerist’s Top Twenty Young Professionals to Watch, has been featured in Forbes and The New York Times, and is a TEDx speaker. She’s married to someone she met at one of her own events and has had a hand in countless others’ life leaps and lifestyle design.
Connect with Saya here:
Links & resources mentioned in this episode
Go down the rabbit hole with Saya Hillman’s Mac & Cheese Productions
Two of Saya’s (many) offerings mentioned:
Life of Yes℠ Sleepaway Camp - it’s the final one!
The infamous Adulting Kit
You can read Saya’s memorial tribute to her mother here
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