Today’s post is just a small tip. I call it an “I Want” list. I use it to figure out my true feelings on something.

Start a list in a notebook or app– you can do it like a traditional list or like a paragraph. Title it with whatever your subject is.

Start every line with “I want” or “I don’t want” and then finish the sentence. (I have also done variations like “I like,” etc.)

When you run out of things to write, go back through and get more specific on each sentence as necessary. Write until you run out of things to write!

For example, I made an I Want List for the direction in which to take my blog. My first entry was “I don’t want to make an email newsletter.”

Another example: I made an I Like List and wrote down “I like queer history.” When I went back through, I wrote down an additional entry to expand upon the first: “I like watching queer history videos on YouTube.”

This is a VERY simple exercise that has proven extremely useful to me. I hope it is for you too!