Life often feels like a sea of choices, yet strangely, most of them seem invisible. We drift, letting things happen to us, swept along by the current—sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. But every once in a while, we need to stop drifting and start choosing, consciously and purposefully. After all, don’t we all want some sense of control over our lives?
Years ago, I watched a movie called Yes Man, a comedy with my childhood favorite, Jim Carrey. He plays a man who’s stuck in a loop—doing only what’s necessary, saying no to everything else, and slowly losing his spark. Then, after attending a seminar, he’s challenged to say “yes” to every opportunity life throws at him. That decision changes everything. From the moment he opens himself up, life takes him on an unexpected, extraordinary ride.
That movie stuck with me. Not because we should all blindly say yes to everything, but because it holds a deeper truth: most opportunities won’t reveal themselves until we lean into them. Action creates momentum. Possibility follows movement.
You don’t need to be a “Yes Man” to live more boldly, but you do need to engage. As Naval Ravikant put it so simply—what you do, where you do it, and with whom—those are the big questions worth answering.
My personal motto this year? Buy the ticket, take the ride. If something feels aligned with who I am and where I want to go, I try not to overthink it. I just go. Try. Do.
So, if you’re feeling stuck—start. Move. Say yes to the right things. Sometimes, that’s all it takes to shift everything.