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<strong>I have a plan for <a href="http://www.halfwaytonormal.com/?p=472">the Love List Project</a></strong>—at least for the time being.

In the next month or so, I'm going to stop writing a Love List post every Friday, and will instead move the project to its own tab here at Halfway to Normal. You'll be able to access all Love List posts, find links to posts others have published on their blogs, and we can continue to update and support one another in the comments section there.

As we move toward that transition, I'm eager to hear from more of you. I've already invited some people to write guest posts; their perspectives have really added depth and breadth to the project. <strong>Now I've decided I'd also like to include some interviews. Being asked questions, directly, always makes me think more about the "why" and the "how" behind the day-to-day "what."</strong> It helps me connect the dots, and see the bigger picture more clearly.

And that's the kind of clarity I'd like to see around our Love Lists. <strong>I don't want them to just be lists that make us feel warm and fuzzy. I want them to be action items—guides that help inform how we live.</strong>
<h4>Let the interviews begin!</h4>
I have already lined someone up for next week's interview: A woman who was making important life decisions based on who she is and what she loves, long before she started keeping a Love List.

But <strong>here are some questions for you to ponder</strong>, too. If you feel like responding to just one or two questions right here in the comments section, I'd love that. If you feel like you have a bigger story somehow tethered to your Love List, please let me know, and I will get in touch with you.

<strong>OK. The questions:</strong>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Think back to a time when your day-to-day life was markedly different in some way than it is today. What made it different? How did you feel about it? What did you enjoy/not enjoy about it?</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Can you think of any pivotal moments, when you knew you had to change something negative or claim something important to you? What happened in that moment, that made it pivotal?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. Even though you probably weren't creating a formal Love List at the time, when you look back, when were major life decisions impacted and driven by what you love most in life? When did you find yourself setting aside what you loved?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. What does your life look like today? Better, worse or just different? What's responsible for making it better/worse/different?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. How does compromise come into play? (What have you given up, and what have you gained? How do you know you're making the right choices?)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">6. What kinds of things have been showing up on your Love List these days?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">7. How might you make real changes in your life, based on what you love?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">8. Do you have any wisdom or advice to share with others?</p>
<strong>Thanks for your involvement in the Love List Project. I can't wait to hear from you!</strong>