Week 2: Chapter 1 — The Demands on You Are Real

1.Lysa acknowledges upfront that the demands on women (and people in general) are genuinely overwhelming — she isn't suggesting we imagine it or toughen up. Why is it important that she validates the reality of those demands before offering a solution? How does that validation affect your willingness to keep reading?

2.She describes how the accumulation of small yeses can crowd out the things that matter most. What are the small, seemingly harmless yeses that have quietly accumulated in your life? Make a list if it helps.

3.Lysa uses Proverbs 4:25–27 — "Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you" — as a framework for keeping focus. In practical terms, what does it look like to keep your eyes "straight ahead" when demands are pressing in from every direction?