What are your 3 top priorities this week?
Daily | August 11th, 2008
The Law of Attraction says that where you put your focus is where you get results – positive or negative. So why not focus on what matters most to you. Priorities first. Focus second.
Carrie says: This week I will be on holiday on Hornby Island – a piece of West Coast paradise.
1. Be creative. Write, get ideas, do crafts and some photography.
2. Be in movement. Mountain bike with all the boys and keep up. Run on the beach in bare feet. Do yoga at sunrise.
3. Be present. With my family, friends, nature, and myself.
1. Be creative. Write, get ideas, do crafts and some photography.
2. Be in movement. Mountain bike with all the boys and keep up. Run on the beach in bare feet. Do yoga at sunrise.
3. Be present. With my family, friends, nature, and myself.
Danielle says: This week I plan to
1. Nourish our business. Invite new contributors to the site.
2. Nourish my kid. Line up extra curricular stuff for fall. Karate or piano or sculpture for rug rats…
3. Nourish my bod’. I’ve been delaying a nasty dental procedure (I am extremely difficult to freeze, and have a phobia of anesthetic.) Must get second opinion and figure out holistic options to support the whole process.
1. Nourish our business. Invite new contributors to the site.
2. Nourish my kid. Line up extra curricular stuff for fall. Karate or piano or sculpture for rug rats…
3. Nourish my bod’. I’ve been delaying a nasty dental procedure (I am extremely difficult to freeze, and have a phobia of anesthetic.) Must get second opinion and figure out holistic options to support the whole process.
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August 11th, 2008 at 12:17 am
1. Have protein instead of cake for breakfast.
2. Pack for move at end of month.
3. Act on my intention to work out when I wake up in the morning.
August 11th, 2008 at 1:13 am
1. Meditate each morning to focus my intention.
2. Chase the muses with a net, forcing them to stay and play until I’m on the right track.
3. Settle myself and the flat after a month of overseas visitors, including beginning work on my Style Statement. (!!)
August 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am
1)Be kind to myself as i get over a brusied heart and stop trying to ’snap myself out of it’.
2) Eat only when hungry and not because i’m sad/anxious/bored/everyone else is.
3) Finish writing an article about my recent travels to Istanbul.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:36 am
1. Get the word out that I have a rental space available for someone. Flyers, word of mouth, attend support group.
2.Attend the sale of our flip house and get that check!
3.Dust this house from top to bottom – purge a box or two of clutter while I’m at it.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:17 am
1) like Liz, I have some travel writing to do!
2) get caught up on backlog of extra laundry resulting from two sets of house guests followed by a humid spell in which things were taking extra time to dry! (We don’t have a dryer.)
3) get mostly finished with late-summer changeover in patio garden; replace tomato plants, which are finito, and haul containers and dirt around when it’s not too hot out . . . .
August 11th, 2008 at 3:50 am
1. Connect with a friend who I have not spoken to in over a year.
2. Pay more attention to what goes into my mouth. Ask the question, “am I really hungry / thirsty”. “Does this taste delicious?” If no to either answer, I should not eat / drink it.
3. Get through my to-do list.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Liz – big love to you! The heart is the hardest part of the body to heal, but bruises fade.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:39 am
My priorities focus around “cherish:”
1. Cherish time spent with family.
2. Cherish my own time, I do not need to let others make me feel guilty that I can’t spend every day with them.
3. Cherish time spent with friends, laid-back time, not all-over-the-place-doing-something-every-10-seconds time.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Study, study, study for my travel agent certification.
Finalize all details for traveling to Bali in September – shopping for gifts, hotel reservations, buying paints for the artist in Bali to create my tshirt designs, etc.
Call Big Brother, Big Sister for details on their program to possibly become a member.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Be certain that I am spiritually nourished by studying the Bible by myself and in the “congregated throng”.
Keep my business on track by making a LONG list of phone calls.
Pay the bills without panicking and know that the wealth will come.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:02 am
1. Finish collecting money from nurses and doctors I work with for a surprise 50th birthday present for a work colleague. I met her in a cafe yesterday about 20 miles from where we live (complete surprise) and found out she was raised in a the working class beachside suburb. While we chatted I could see over her shoulder the canvas mounted print of the boat sheds found at the other end of the beach. Brought it for her on impulse after she left. Kismet!!!
2. Facilitate 2nd discussion about healing on Thursday
3. Enjoy any sunny days (open up house and let in fresh air) and the full moon on Saturday. Winter is nearly over in NZ.The sun is higher in the sky
August 11th, 2008 at 5:02 am
I plan to meditate and do yoga everyday. I nee to de- stress a bit.I also plan to have fun and not take myself too seriously. And I will try to take a walk in the woods as often as possible. And write and be more creative, things just keep popping up. I think I should plan to not have a plan and that`s it,really! Or rather, I plan to be happy, at peace and productive. The end:)
August 11th, 2008 at 5:21 am
1. Put closure on activities that don’t support my current priorities.
2. Write.
3. Connect
August 11th, 2008 at 5:23 am
First of all, Danielle I am with you on the tooth thing. Same here. I send good thoughts to you all day on this issue. For me, it’s a real personal, lonely little horror show. One thing I do every morning is say out loud, “I am so happy and grateful for my healthy and healing teeth.” Last time I went in, things were actually better than usual. Good luck.
1. Set up my classroom
2. Begin prepping my AP curriculum for the first term
3. Rewrite my novel for clearer voice
August 11th, 2008 at 5:41 am
First of all, Carrie, enjoy your holiday.
I, too, will be on holiday on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I’m writing a novel about a court reporter who hears something off the record that changes the face of the case that is based on the Eastern Shore, where I spent 25 years. I plan to be in the moment to make the book authentic, be in the present with my family, and breathe, breathe, breathe….
August 11th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Spend a day with my daughter who lives out of town and so we don’t see one another very often.
Spend time with my friend going to see ‘Mamma Mia’.
Visit with my priest to talk about Restorative Justice Week in November when I’m doing the homily.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:47 am
This week I start three weeks of holidays(leui time that I have to use up or I lose them says my employer. I have 6 more weeks to use up by March 31sy/09.) So since I got this time off by working hard I decided to do three things this week that are pure pleasures or will result in pure pleasure.
1.Knock one thing of my “I Never Have Yome To Do That list!” – clean my home office. This will result in the pleasure of not facing my messy office that makes me shudder evberytime I enter it – or pass it! Can’t wait to get it finished.
2. Say “No” to three requests I don’t really want to do – with no guilt and a big smile. Quicly followed by….an inner “ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh” that just makes me grin.
3. Read several books for just pure enjoyment – nothing for connect to work or connewcted to my career choice….so I am giving myself an afternoon in a bookstore – or maybe three bookstores. And take my time choosing the books – A guilty pleasure. Then each morning will head off to a favourite spot – a favourite cafe – a bench by the beach – my favourite chair -perhaps in bed till noon – go to my library I visted as a kid and get that old feeling of excitement back – about words and stories that bossted my love of knowledge and words. Read to my heart’s content!
Life is good!
Cheers!
Mini
August 11th, 2008 at 5:56 am
My 3 Priorities this week are all about my son and his transition to kindergarden this month.
1) Be “chill” and acknowledge what is my anxiety and what is his, and move intelligently from there.
2) Be totally present and spend more time with him engaged in play while our schedules are still less nutty.
3) Be open to all the emotions that are rising and falling are break-neck speed.
Luckily, although the focus is on my son, the opportunity for self-growth and knowing are still present.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:59 am
1. Get organized
2. Stay focused
3. Don’t loose sight of my goal
August 11th, 2008 at 6:02 am
1. Do a house purification ritual to get rid of negative energies in the house
2. Do a detox to get rid of all the garbage in my body
3. Get my Style Statement done!
August 11th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Writing, sculpting, and re-modeling my office.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:38 am
1. Focus and efficiency at work.
2. Schedule kitchen re-model
3. Guilt-free couch potato while watching the Olympics
August 11th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Beautifully put.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:43 am
1. Empty the garage in preparation for our move.
2. Contact and/or visit a few more rental communities.
3. Finish reading Madame Sarah (it’s begun to drag a bit).
August 11th, 2008 at 6:45 am
1. Focus on faith, and what it means to truly have it
2. Continue weeding out items that don’t fit my style statement
3. Write
August 11th, 2008 at 6:53 am
I write Thank You on the bottom of all my checks…even the bills. It has turned my thinking around when it comes to bill paying.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’m doing the guilt-free Olympics watching myself!
August 11th, 2008 at 7:16 am
1. Remember to take my medications
2. Book my vacation
3. Forget him . . .
August 11th, 2008 at 7:18 am
1.Finish the extra paperwork so I can renew my license.
2.Cope with difficult family members who will visit Wed-Thu.
3.Trust.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:23 am
1) Complete the excercises in my Joyful Business workbook.
2) Frame my Camille Pissarro prints I purchased in St. Thomas 7 yrs. ago.
3) Finish the article I’ve been writing about for my column in the Hudson Valley Connoisseur magazine. My deadline is Friday!
August 11th, 2008 at 7:25 am
This is my first day as a participant of your site. I ‘found’ your book last Friday and it was the last copy on the shelf of a small book store. I was intrigued and have since checked it out on line and have ordered a copy. It’s one of those things that presents itself to the ‘ready student.’ I am looking forward to indulging myself in it, vs. in the decadent, chocolate brownies I baked last night while watching the Olympics until the wee hours of the morning. I am suffering from the chocolate decision today and am deciding which neighbour is going to be the recipient of the remaining brownies this morning.
I need to really pay attention to what I’m doing to my body. I am 61 years old and need to do better. My life is upside down at the moment, and eating is how I respond to stress. I recognize this but don’t always make good decisions when it comes to food. I am ‘good’ for a few days, and then just cave.
As a free-lance writer and home-decor scout for various magazines, I spend a lot of time sitting. I am not athletically inclined but enjoy walking. I”m just not very motivated. I tend to procrastinate and then it’s often too late or I get too busy. I need to make a strong commitment to get into shape, which means not only strengthening my body but also my resolve to do so. I know all the cliches’ and excuses. If anyone has news, tips or a harsh/kind word that serves to motivate me on yet another Monday morning, I would love to hear from you. Or does it work that way? Being brand new, and having just received my first Daily Q&A, I haven’t taken the time to check out everything. Typical of my impatient self, to just push forward and hope it works out as I go along. HELP!!
August 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am
1. Enjoy fully my five days away in Spain with my brother…
2. Take stock of the last two years working in Morocco…and elaborate an action plan for the next year ahead and what I want to achieve…
3. Be confident that this break in time and space will provide guidance and be open to messages from the universe…
August 11th, 2008 at 7:32 am
What a great idea! I pay most bills on-line now so I am limited only to more personal items, but I love that idea and intend to pass it along. It’s a great way to reinforce your ‘intention’ – and who knows, perhaps it will apply to the “law of attraction’ and will come back to you in ways you don’t anticipate. Linda
August 11th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Love #1
August 11th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Brenda,
A trip along the Hudson River is an intention of mine with my husband. Any suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated. We live near Toronto, Ontario.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
1. Help my two-year old settle into her new daycare two days a week. This is a big emotional shift for us both!
2. While daughter is at daycare, go to the gym for the first time since my son was born 11 weeks ago.
3. Enjoy every second of summer with trips to the waterpark, barbeques and cooking with the herbs growing in my garden.
3.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:40 am
1. Exercise, it’s been neglected too much lately.
2. Do some hard thinking about a couple of things
3. Do my best to remain happy and not let ridiculous things bother me.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:47 am
1)Prayer/meditation on my heart
2)Research about ashrams
3)Get off book for play
August 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am
1. finish packing my house so I can start moving into my new space this weekend
2. do my best at work, and know that even though not absolutely everything has been completed to the ideal that can be imagined, my best is amazing.
3. allow my body to rest. Even in this hectic work and move time, especially in this hectic time, going to sleep at an early time, and allowing myself at least an hour in the morning for relaxing ‘me time’ is so important. Allowing myself to rest will give me the strength to complete what I need to do.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Focus on healing my body.
Laugh with my friends.
Get plenty of sleep.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:55 am
1- My health: buy a new pair of rollerblades.
2- Finish up my summer courses.
3- Toss more stuff that no longer serves where I am in my life.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:01 am
1.eat broccoli (heard a news segment about all of it’s health benefits on a radio program yesterday)
2.set 3 goals for each day to accomplish (today they are to mow my overgrown yard…or get my son to do it, take back some movies I rented, go through bills/mail after work)
3.exercise! walk/run 30 minutes in the mornings (or evening if I don’t get it done in the morning like today) and lift weights twice this week on lunch break.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:11 am
1. Shake this nasty chest infection I’ve had for the last week.
2. Plan our next three months.
3. Cook dinner at home every night this week.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Tell me about your detox process!!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:22 am
1. Spend as much time with my son who is home from the NAVY before he goes on a Submarine.
2. Exercise daily for my health!
3. Pray with my family, it is so powerful & uplifting!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:27 am
1. Welcome my intuitive female back like a lover I have wronged.
2. Ask everything in my home if it is coming with me on my journey. If not, bravely let it go.
3. Go with the flow and speak from love
August 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
1) Get back on track with the exercise program my personal trainer set up for me… it has fallen by the wayside – see #2…
2) Welcome hubby back from Calgary & exercise compassion & sensitivity towards his delicate situation & pick up the slack with our 2 boys (ages 5 & 3) (hubby has been in Calgary for 6 days cleaning out the contents of his parents estate – he’s only 41 yrs old, and they both passed away within 22 mo’s of each other
3) Be present & in the moment at my fathers 70th Birthday party on Saturday!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Decide whether I’m going to buy black college football tickets for Generation HOPE mentoring program…I’m low on money but the trip would expose them to positive images of success/college graduates.
Plan my birthday party-yeah I know it’s in November so what, I told yall I’m a planner…I really really really want to have my party at a skybox at one of Chicago’s sports venues…..but who has that kinda $money$ (please send them my way…the people w that kinda $)LOL
Orientation for school- Argosy Univ is on Thursday….and I started preparing my bookbag for school…I’m so EXCITED & NERVOUS…like what should I take to a doctorate program? Do I get a 5-subject notebook or take my laptop or tape record the lecture? You should have seen me on the floor of my office last night….taking out pencils and putting them back inside my bookbag…..I don’t know WHAT TO DO!!!! Is this a good sign of things to come? Nervousness can be good, right?
August 11th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Thanks, Liz… I too am getting over a bruised heart and need to be kind with myself and let the grieving process take its course. I’d just like to be “over it”. Yet, it’s better to grieve well and be able to move on in a sense of wholeness. If grief isn’t allowed to take its course, it’ll come back later in some form. Mature, gentle friends are crucial. Your 1) has given me courage so thanks for sharing it.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Welcome Linda!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:40 am
This week I will:
1. get rid of this lingering cold
2. find a playmate for my baby
3. finalize the next issue of Orange Life
August 11th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Hi Linda, I believe that figuring out your “fitness style” will help you to discover what actvities you would enjoy and what will will strengthen & nourish your body. There are so many activities out there to choose from I’m sure there is something, and probably many things that are just right for you. Thankfully fitness can be achieved from creative as well as athletic pursuits. Have you ever thought of “challenging” yourself to try different things ….. say a sampling of a wide range of activities. Invite enthusiastic friends to join you and perhaps by taking a less structured or committed approach you might think of fitness as “play” instead of a regime or program. Discovering your Style Statement will certainly bring clarity to your understanding of what you love and why. Welcome to C&D Q&A!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Let’s see… Top priority, get mid-month finances (bills, deposits, savings..) taken care of, spiritual daily commitment back on track, and be at the gym everyday without failurenot necesarily in thias order. They are all important.
That ought to be easy enough…
Cécile
August 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
It’s always nice to be welcomed – thanks Marn
August 11th, 2008 at 8:56 am
My daughter’s name is Shannon, so when I saw your name it made me smile. You made some very valid points and I’m going to see about making it more ‘play’ as that suits me. I am really looking forward to the process of finding my ’style statement.’ My book is coming via mail so it will be a few ore days. I”m very excited about all of it and look forward to the daily Q&A. I also hope that I can be an inspiration and/or mentor to others from time to time, as I’ve acquired some wisdom through experience and desire to learn, in my 61 years on the planet.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:07 am
This week I plan to:
1. Reclaim an hour each mid day, just for me. It might be just to eat lunch, exercise, draw or responding to C&D’s Q&A.
2. Organize my fundraising campaign for “Cycle for Life, Celebrate Life” …a 4300km ride for the cure. Halifax – Austin Texas in October, with my 19 year old daughter….I can hardly wait!
3. Enjoy spending time visitng family and friends that are visiting from the West Coast.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:22 am
this week i intend to
1. be kind, loving and generous to my body.
2. clear some clutter from my plate.
3. authentically connect with someone different every day.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:34 am
LOVE LOVE LOVE this
August 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I grew up in the HRV and of the many things to do/see I suggest that you go to Beacon, NY (east side of hudson). Great little town with a BIG art community. The DIA is there and the town has so many charms. We take the train up from NYC and it makes for a gorgeous transition from city to “country”. Enjoy.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am
1. Prepare for the arrival of our Au Pair from Germany
2. Pick all the veggies that are going to waste in our garden
3. Make a dental appointment and doctors appointment for my 5-year-old who will start Kindergarten in a few weeks
*BONUS ONE
Try to find some time to spend with my husband, whom I have not had enough time for lately
August 11th, 2008 at 9:49 am
This week I am also going on holiday!
1. Be in the present. Enjoy our friends. Laugh.
2. Leave my worries behind me as far as what I need to get done back at home,
3. Try to not worry about our son (he’s staying with the Grandparents!) and thoroughly enjoy some quality time with my husband.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Be patient
Think through what I have to say and do
Breath and listen
August 11th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Hi Linda,
Well, I’m no expert on detoxing, but here’s how I try to help my body to dispose of things it no longer needs: apart from drinking a min. of 2 liters of water/fruit juices (I know, I should do this every day, but I don’t) I only eat fruit and veggies and homemade soup for a week. I also found this detox drink in the health store, you mix it with water or fruit juice and drink it on a an empty stomach (I’ve never used it before, so can’t really tell you yet if it works) and I take nutritional supplements which contain acidophilus and biphidus to help my intestines. Hope this helps
August 11th, 2008 at 10:06 am
1. Work more on my own website and try to finally get the new one up rather than use the excuse that the shoemakers children have no shoes.
2. I, like Carrie, need to get creative and write more in my blog.
3. Take time for myself and my well being. Meditate, restore, and revive.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:09 am
1. Stay caught up on business invoicing, phone calls and coaching group materials for the week.
2. Write next issue of my newsletter.
3. Pray / Reiki myself and my day first thing each morning so that my time, energy and actions are guided by Spirit.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:21 am
1. collect shells with my sons along the shores of long beach (tofino, bc)
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2. write in my journal each day of our holiday (after my morning run and yoga) – ps. pack running shoes!
3. complete draft copy of ebook outline (12 Weeks to Joyful Balance for Helpers, Healers & Leaders)
4. enjoy my friend’s company who is visiting from hong kong and joining our family vacation
5. give my honey a massage in the sunshine
6. breathe with awareness at least once a day
7. write the thank you notes from jackson’s birthday party
8. practice the art of limit setting and go back to “my top three priorities for this week”
August 11th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Welcome Linda! If motivation to exercise is a problem, have you tried tricking yourself? I down-loaded Robin William’s performance onto my iPod and went for a stroll. It was so funny that I didn’t want to stop. (May have had a few odd looks as I walked along giggling to myself like a lunatic…) Before I knew it, I’d walked for nearly an hour!
August 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am
1. Focus on our business: get clarity and direction.
2. Focus on my family: go on a date with my husband.
3. Focus on self: finish the painting I started five month’s ago.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:54 am
1. Get the kids school ready for school on Thursday.
2. Not slack on my first week of half-marathon training.
3. Get the photography for my book finally finished.
August 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
BONJOUR!!!!
Mes amis!,
I did it; I did it!!! Come up with my Style Statement… This has not been easy… mind you…But I am elatedx;
OK. Sophisticated/Sacred UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Unbelievable……
What a revelation!!!
Merci, merci, merci!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cécile
August 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
1 Start getting house in shape for my wedding. Which is one month away.
2 Get back to walking every morning.
3 Be present in the moment not dwell in the past or worry about the future.
August 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Yep! It sounds like a good idea if the wedding is a month away!! What needs to be done? Where climate are you in?
August 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This week I have got to focus on my business;
1) Update my website, new blog entry and post a big summer sale
2) Promote my business; new postcard, google adwords Ad
3) Brainstorm about new creative avenues for selling locally, maybe Purse Parties!
August 11th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
oh boy, only three?
1. clean and organize my work space
2. be diligent with my physical therapy exercises
3. get my budget done
and i’m stealing carrie’s for my trip to cape cod with my family at the end of this month!
August 11th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
That’s what I said!!!! lollollol Cécile
August 11th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
1. practice great love through allowing other to be exactly as they are and enjoy them.
2. listen well. to the earth, to its creature, to the spirit.
3. manifest joy. with so much to be thankful for, we must take the time to do so.
August 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Good wishes well received! Thank you!
August 11th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I’m currently doing the Wild Rose detox – love it. I do it twice a year.
http://www.gaiagarden.com/products/detox_and_cleansing_kits/39500
August 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
This week I will -
1. Make something each day. A skirt a bookmark.
2. Take many walks with my puppy.
3.Call my grandmother.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
1. “Brain dump” and capture my to-do’s.
2. Update my budget!!!
3. Set appointments for web project.
Danielle: I’m with you on dental stuff. Have you considered acupuncture for anesthesia? A friend of mine had a root canal done with a pin left in by her acupuncturist. Didn’t feel a thing.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Good for you for taking this well earned rest and not being pushed into working and giving it up!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
1. Empty the ironing baskets.
2. Sort the filing cabinet
3. Learn to make ice-cream
?can I have a 4th? – Work on my Style Statement!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Congratulations and well done!!!!!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Believe it or not I have a friend that’s just as funny, so long bike rides and runs go by rather quickly! Good company does help with workout motivation.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
1. Get as many bills paid as I can
2. Get the girls to Karate and swimming on time (we’re always a bit late!)
3. Get the plans drawn-up for a new kitchen
August 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
1. Remaining calm and relaxed as I get back into work from being out of town.
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2. Intentional, present living.
3. To love on and acknowledge my husband, partner, and friend. (Just in case you were wondering, they’re all the same person.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Oh Cecile how lovely to hear this. A view of Biscayne Bay (is that the right spelling) and Sophisticated Sacred. Is that blue paint you are proposing to use in your apartment Sophiticated Sacred Blue.
Are you walking and holding yourself just a little (or alot) differently. Is there a smile playing about your mouth as you walk along the pavement. Marvelleux Femme!!!!!!
August 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I’m easily fooled so thanks for the great tip.. haha
August 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I was considering water and juice, fruit and veggies, so the soup would be helpful too. Starting fresh tomorrow – thanks.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Thanks for the ideas… I’m thinking fall will be a good time.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
1. Celebrate my son’s 42nd Birthday!
2. Practice of Sadhana at 4:30am on Wednesday morning.
2. Set my morning and evening intentions visually and lovingly
August 11th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
1. To keep up with my slow but sure weight loss (1 lbs/week).
2. To finally tackle the spare bedroom and clean it out so we can do our home renovation and extend our bathroom to include fireplace, chandelier and much more storage.
3. To live each day to its fullest and like Andrea Devis to act on my intention to work out when I wake up in the morning…
August 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
1. To chill and be present – I thought I was so enlightened but extreme circumstances presented themselves and I discovered that I, too, can become a wreck
2. To take control of the little things that help make life nicer – like organizing the utensil drawer, and thoroughly scrubbing the bathrooms, and decluttering
3. To stay healthy by continuing my karate training and my diet (which is more of a commitment to elegant eating). I read this book called the Martini Diet and the only rules are:
Eat only the very best
Eat slightly less of the very best
Eat the very best only at mealtimes (imagine Jackie Onassis eating Cheezy Poofs in her car or in front of the TV… not likely)
I have lost about 3 pounds in 2 months – not stellar, but I was thin to start with. I just like the concept of food being a ritual.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
1. Exercise in the a.m.
2. Be there for my child, who begins first grade
3. Get through business meeting in the middle of nowhere (and not any attractive/idyllic middle of nowhere, either)
August 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Good luck with #1! I find that it’s helpful to start small. My former breakfast of choice was Super Chunky peanut butter rolled into a white tortilla (my adult rebellion following a childhood filled with organic pb from the local co-op). Now I eat spelt bread with Peter Pan (the irony of that isn’t lost on me) and feel quite virtuous.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Yes! I made an appointment with a legendary acupuncturist today! Thanks for the reminder that pain-free is possible.
xo
Danielle
August 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
YEAH!!!! I can’t wait for the wedding! I still want to be the flower girl though. Your #3 goal is a tough one for us. Lets put our big girl pants on and do it!!!
August 11th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
This week I plan to…
1. Call my brother.
2. Evaluate my shoe collection in light of my style statement.
3. Send encouragement notes to the teenage girls I went to camp with this summer.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Well, it has been a very long couple of days for me gals (and guys). So here it goes.
1. Help my husband and doctors find what is wrong with his heart so that they can fix it, and he can come home to us. We really, really, miss him.
2. Do my best to enjoy the phase-in activities with my son at his school.
3. Prepare for my surgical cunsultation on Friday, (possible full hysterectomy; praying, hoping, wishing for partial. I’m too young).
I’m not looking for pitty, so please don’t anyone get that impression. The question was asked and I answered. It did feel good to get it off my chest though. Carrie & Danielle I love this site!!!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Wow, I love your #3. We are implimenting a self-esteem group at my sons school, and that is a fantastic idea. Thanks!!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
1. Kick butt at my new job
2. Get lots of sleep so I can kick butt at my new job
3. Maintain my yoga practice despite new work schedule
August 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
No pity…only ten thousand wishes for your highest good.
xo
D
August 11th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Eat better. Have more fun. Read Austen.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:48 am
BONJOUR Jennifer!!!
Oui, correct spelling of the bay. I am walking tall and smiling to myself… quietly… I woke this morning fifteen minutes earlier to meditate… steaming cup of coffee in hand… and a subtle smile… The blue I have in mind is actually a grey that looks like blue when on the wall. I have a trick: I use a shade darker than the other three walls on the wall you see as you enter a room. It makes it look deeper, and larger… All my linens are cream, so my bedrooms are soothing… Oh, I also have white orchids abd seashells (lerge ones) as accessories.. Peaceful, don’t you think?
It is ALWAYS so very nice to hear from you!!!
Cécile
August 12th, 2008 at 6:50 am
BONJOUR! and Merci!!! It’s like making a huge discovery about yourself, and it’s so exciting, and just plain wondferful… I now understand my passion for the water and the need for order in my surroundings… If I were to find a new companion, I know now what I must find!!!!! I am dancing for joy!
Cécile
August 12th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Oh my dear. I didn’t realize how much female-body-part issues were preying on my mind until after I had my full hysterectomy. It felt as though the biggest weight was lifted off my shoulders and was remarkably freeing . . . I wish the same for you.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I am so curious about the process you used. I would imagine the 80% sophisticated was in your dress style and it cetainly sounds like the delicious way you decorate your apartment (is that the right word). How many floors up are you? But I would imagine you are looking with wide eyes at everything in your life in the light of sacred 20%. Of course you would have orchids. Tell me about the music you love. I love to hear you have big shells. Take the time to REALLY appreciate yourself in the light of this beautiful revelation. Breathe it all in, Take all your senses on a journey and hold the new insights about yourself. find a space to create an altar to your style statement and change what you put there regularly. Just 3 to 5 things that connect to your sense of the sacred.
Take yourself (on a pilgrimage perhaps!) through all the components of your life see Page 89 of Carries and Danielles book. I beleive this can take months and is never in one sense complete.
May a new companion come into your life and be a blessing to you. Lifes richest abundance be yours.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Hi Jennifer!…
Well I went through the book, reading all the differebnt definitions and writing all that I considered to mean the same. synonyms. Same way with “What doesn’t work.” Looked carefully at what objects would appeal to me and compared them to my place’s contents… The hand… My art…My accessories… I started doing introspection. I KNEW that I felt intense calm when I withdrew into a world of Soundscapes, or New Age or Classical music… soft, not strident.. My soul reaches incredible heights when I hear certain pieces by Bethoven… Love long flowing robes, and am very, very fond of sculpture that has a soulful meaning, and contemporary black on white ink sketches… My most loved on has a splash of terracotta on the face of the figure that matches the walls… I also like to have lerge corals in the bathroom window sills because I can see the water from the windows… and in the evening you see the silhouete of the coral against the night sky… Yes I am still reading the book and fine tuning my statement. And I must admit that I am walking differently… is that possible?
Thank you from my heart for your beautiful reply. And may life’s richest abundances be yours as well…
Cécile
August 13th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Bonjour Jennifer!,
I forgot to answer that I live on the 9th floor of a ten-story building where there are four units to a floor. Mine has an Eastern view: the ocean, the sunrise… and a Western view the Bay amd the sunset, which is breathtaking,phenomenal…short of unbelievable.
I fell into thos apartment by the gRrace of God., An elderly gentleman was ina hurry to sell to join his grown children in California and practically gave it away. My taxes are very, very, reasonable. The drawback? The electric bill, because it gets so very hot even with the windows open it’s very hot. But in the “Winter” when it cools off it is delicious… Must cross the pond and come visit…
Cécile
August 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am
* Organize & begin packing for our vacation to Puerto Rico.
* Must clean the tornado of a bedroom.
* Give time to myself for yoga & meditation.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Good gracious. Let’s see:
1. Move toward completion on my new website, which means MAKING A DECISION AND LIVING WITH IT.
2. Write up consultation notes for two of the most beautiful and haunting manuscrips I’ve ever been privileged to help bring into the world
3. Buy the medium format camera I’ve always wanted–to remember these precious years in Hawaii. Today as my son talked to his favorite plumeria tree in the middle of a rainstorm, I realized digital just won’t do it.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:45 am
1. To finish the current draft of my very first play this week.
2. To stay grounded and not let my mind drift off to a very handsome young man in my life.
3. To go through all my magazines, ideas, cuttings etc and get my thoughts organized and in some semblance of order.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I too want to be more attentive to what goes in my mouth. Your questions are a powerful guide, thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Thanks, I had a wonderful holiday. Enjoy the moments!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I went to Mamma Mia with family (twelve females) we loved it!!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Me too, watching the mens triathlon right now!!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
What is your Joyful Business workbook?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Hello Linda. Danielle and I often ask ourselves “What brings you joy?, How do you want to feel?” Perhaps these can be a be starting point for moving your body. From my experience it takes about six weeks to feel a shift in your body, patience and perseverance needed!
August 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
May you dance with joy forever!
August 18th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Food as a ritual is lovely. Have you heard of Alice Waters? Her cook books are rich with the experience of food.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Blessings to you and your family.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I actually have not heard of her, but I will look her up. I am a celiac so my diet can be kind of lame, and I have found that by focusing on the experience of food, my diet seems more interesting. (I still occasionally pout about not being able to eat pizza, licorice, and birthday cake).
August 18th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Thanks Carrie. I’ve started reading your book and I am enjoying answering the questions. You suggest that I ask, ‘what brings me joy’ and ‘how do I want to feel?’ I am finding myself unable to answer at the moment. I’m so tired I’m dizzy and need to get myself to bed. I can give this more meaningful thought before replying … Linda
August 19th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Morning, Carrie. It’s a tool I purchased this summer that’s designed to help entrepreneurs market their business. It offers a non-traditional approach based on the Law of Attraction principles. The author is Laura Howard West. The program provides numerous supports to keep you motivated such as conference calls, incredible graphic organizers that really keep you focussed, information for starting business success circles, a lovely scented ‘joy candle’, and much more. Since beginning my business there are 3 tools that have been the most valuable to me: Law of Attraction principles, The Joyful Business Guide, and Style Statement book. The Joyful Guide is a perfect match for my ‘Comfort-Creative’ soul. Check out the following links: http://www.CenterforJoyfulBusiness.com, http://www.JoyfulBusinessGuide.com, or http://www.CafeEntrepreneur.com. Enjoy!
August 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Thanks Brenda for the info!!