Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenge. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Beltane: Bloom

 

Beltane May 1 - June 11: Bloom Where You’re Planted
Yoga, meditation, anti-inflammatory foods, gardening, composting (with worms!!), love.

Welcome to a truly Druidic Challenge.

Grounded. Like an errant teenager or an injured pilot, like the third prong on the electrical plug, this challenge I am grounded, or looking to get that way. Me, being me, I’m taking this as literally as I take everything else, and I’m looking to dirt and roots to help me out. Even my yoga sessions are on the ground, and meditation is definitely that way.
Nourish Flower and urban farm shares (including eggs!) start this week. Nearby farm vegetable delivery starts May 17. I need to make sure I have the fridge and tools prepared and waiting. Eating farm-to-table is a mindset more than an activity, and having the right structure in place makes all the difference.
Weekly vegetable delivery means weekly cooking. Last year was a wash with me having no motivation or energy. Truly, it was a sad year on the cooking front. Looking forward to this year in the kitchen.

Vermicomposting, the nerdiest druid thing to happen in the dirt. I’m super excited about this. I’ve wanted to do indoor vermicomposting for years, and am finally making this happen. I have the composter ready to be assembled, and lots of thoughts about worms. The composter isn’t large, but every square inch matters in this small apartment, so I’ll need to figure out where it will live and how collecting vegetable scraps and tea leaves will fit into the workflow.

Plants! Vivian wants to plant roses and lavender in containers on the rooftop terrace, and I want to have fresh herbs again, especially rosemary and basil, and possibly sunflowers.  Look for green thumb reports. :) 

Bask I’m kicking the challenge off with a session of sound bowl healing, one of my favorite activities. A second session is scheduled for the first week of June as well. The weather is warming up and there’s a couple free yoga sessions each week with an instructor I really like, so I’m adding those to the calendar, in pencil as my energy level allows.
Acupuncture and milk each week help me keep my glow. I have two passes for a salt float (similar to a sensory deprivation tank, but larger) that are like a deep meditation session, and I’ll add those where and when I can.

Love I get to see Vivian every other Saturday, still, and we are supposed to start adding in time on the following Sundays, as well as video chats on the Friday before. I’m looking forward to that.
Academic Housekeeping: I need to finish up the semester projects and send them off. I’ve been dragging my feet and will have them done and turned in by the end of zero week.


Sunday, October 18, 2020

Amazoning

My journey to this point has taken me into some hellish and dark spaces, a trap-laden trek encountering demons; at times there was a sea of despair. I have been stripped of so much along the way, walking naked through the dark without even the light of the moon. But I kept walking, and when I couldn't walk, I sat. Rest is not an admission of defeat. Over the challenges this year, I stood up and walked again, however slowly, a miracle in its own right. The demons are now familiar companions; there is no fear; there is no fight; I have no enemies.

I feel as though I'm on the other side now, and I barely remember how I passed through the obstacles, I only know that they are no longer in front of me.

Now it is time to move forward, walking and preparing for the future. The battles behind me weren't really battles at all -- they weren’t even really a fight. They were an origin story.

Now the real work begins, and it takes me back to my Ranger roots: it's time to suit up. My battle lies in the distance, and I go forth with love in the spirit of justice, knowing my true source of strength is the Company I keep.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

But You Laugh Inside, Remembering

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”


― Charles Bukowski

A woman with unruly hair and tape-repaired glasses smiles. The text reads "Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.”  ― Charles Bukowski"
Ever since joining the Druids, my approach to the Challenges has been to use the dates as bookends, identify the pieces of my life that are in play during that time frame. In the process, what I'm worried about or excited about, or fearful of always shows up, and those are the real challenges: to navigate my life peacefully and with contentment, mindfulness, and presence in the moment even when there is chaos, conflict. Goodness knows my life certainly knows how to bring it in heapfuls. 

In the past decade, but especially the past five years, there was so much to be overwhelmed by that there were days I had no idea what to do or which way to turn. In these moments I learned to be still and sit with the uncertainty. This is a magnificent tool and it continues to serve me well. 2018 was the darkest year of the lot, and I don't think I will ever be so beset again (or at least I hope not), but if I find myself in even that level of hell again, I know that the answer is to stop, breathe, and be in hell. Last year I survived the hell of 2018 only to find myself in the literal dark and suffering from a head injury that has resulted in a permanent TBI. I found myself physically off-balance and unable to read, a manifestation of spiritual imbalance and illiteracy. I was absolutely incapable of doing anything other than sitting some days, sometimes for days in a row. I learned to be non-productive, a lesson that was brutal -- you would think that it would be easy to simply accomplish nothing, but it almost felled me spiritually. I had to confront my inability to say "no," and to learn how to value myself for myself, irrespective of what I accomplish or produce or do. While I still have days of suffering and periods of imbalance, I have learned to value myself as a spiritual being having a human experience, and a frail one at that. As the days unfold with opportunities, I am learning to choose carefully and mindfully, opting for a few quality endeavors with built-in accommodations for my own care needs. Rest assured, my ability to get excited at each and every opportunity that comes along is not diminished. The lesson has been to learn to act in the belief that the Universe loves me and wants me to be happy -- there is no scarcity of wonderful things ready for me if I am willing to be available for them. This is so hard for me!

Anyone who has been part of this journey has gotten accustomed to the Court-date-per-challenge routine, and this challenge is no different. [For the record, I've been on this treadmill with my daughter's dad for over four years, and I know there's a day that it will end, but -- like being on a treadmill at a fast walk and having the power go out suddenly -- I have a feeling that it will be unsettling and weird and might feel like a bit of a faceplant.] The court date comes at the very end of the challenge this round, and her dad has already started with his annual autumnal tug of war. What is it with him and September? Anyway, I have learned well how not to play this game; my focus remains on healing my relationship with my daughter. All the rest is immaterial line noise.

The challenge starts out with classes beginning, a Writing workshop starting, and the commencement of my new position as an editor. Remember when I said the Universe had a million high-quality opportunities for me? It totally does. And now that I have an armload of them, it’s time to practice some of that balance and boundary setting that I spoke of, too. I can get panicky at new things that matter to me -- what if I’m not good enough??? I have (finally!!) begun to know that I am enough. I am kind and good and worthy of love and compassion. I am pretty good at what I do, too, when I stop shooting myself in the foot with panic. So there’s a weekly rhythm to be found, and if I let it unfold, the Way will open.

The first official week of the challenge I’m moving house, and that’s always a beast. I’m looking forward to it -- expect pictures, since I have no idea where everything is going or how it’s all going to fit. Maybe it won’t fit anywhere and I’ll go through another Druid-esque round of minimizing my earthly possessions. Stay tuned.

Through all the struggles, insults, and injuries, I have found that nothing matters except how we treat ourselves and each other. Thanks for being along the path with me. Having a place to be honest about everything is huge. Successes are all alike, and their universality makes them meaningless, in a way. Our sufferings and struggles are unique to us, though, and unique to a particular time in our lives; they individuate us, and in sharing them, we get to know each other. This is what community is for me. Thanks for being part of mine.

Some dates
September 14 Pack Sabbatical House stuff into Jeep
September 15 drive to Virginia; pick up new key. Unload the Jeep while I Wait around for the Cable Guy.
September 16 counseling with Vivian; communication counseling with Vivian’s dad
September 17 drive to North Carolina; clean sabbatical house, pick up Little Dog Tiu, pack the jeep of Very Last Things
September 18 Walkthrough of Sabbatical House; drive to Virginia
September 19 move stuff from storage.
September 21 Paper Due: Marriage, A History, Coontz
October 6 Paper Due: Becoming Dad, Pitts
October 16 Court

Every Week
Monday: The Republic
Tuesday: Demography of Families Response
Wednesday: Visit with Vivian
Thursday: Demography of Families article; 8 pm Writers Workshop
Friday: Enter posts for the coming week for the APA Blog; Republic response paper; 3:30 pm Philosophy accountability zoom
Saturday: Visit with Vivian; APA Posts
Sunday: Workshop pages


Sunday, May 3, 2020

Life is a circle

Life is a circle.
The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Challenge 36: Wow, August

Wow. The end of the last challenge went through my life like a meat grinder. Mediation Workshops, threats of nuclear war, Personal Relationship Crumbling, Charlottesville. Thank goodness I have the NF community and the habits I've built with you guys over the past few years. One of the things that I know is that we will do it together, and we will go farther than we ever could have imagined. 

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#Writing: After attending the Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop, I applied for and got accepted into the Queens University MFA in Creative writing. This means that I have to read and write every day. I started a scheduled structure, and stick to it mostly. I need to continue it so that it is a solid habit. First submission due: September 1. I also need to submit a piece to a contest or so, since it would be a wonderful thing to get a cash award, and the validation wouldn't be awful. But the writing is the thing. Feel free to check out my progress in my tracking spreadsheet (two tabs).  Also, I have a paper on American Exceptionalism to write that I got an extension on, and that needs to be swept up. #Writers Life

#Mediation certification: I took all the required training seminars last challenge, and will spend this challenge getting the required practicums -- observations and co-mediation -- taken care of. Hopefully the court certification will be finalized by the end of this challenge. #FingersCrossed. 

#Communication with Vivian. My daily calls with my daughter were suspended when we went to court on July 6. This hurts, and she was in tears over it. The appeal hearing was moved to the end of October (two challenges from now, I think, but maybe three -- this is how I measure things). I'm now limited to calling on Monday and Wednesday. I wrote her a Garden Report and included a garden word search along with the pictures I took and mailed it to her, and thus began a habit of mailing her something most days. Harvey mails some days too. It's our way to stay in touch now. I send a puzzle or coloring page or whathaveyou. And then I'm going to write my pen pal, who is in prison. #SnailMailRules

#Employment I interview for a position to teach GED classes at the regional jail. This resonates with me in ways that don't really make any sense, but in a very positive, contributory way. Part time. I'm thinking of it as a work-study component to the writing classes. #WishMeLuck

#Self-care 
  • Nightly sleep I need to take care of myself by making certain I'm getting enough rest. If I'm worn out and exhausted, I can't be a good student / parent / friend. I need to be in bed no later than 9 p.m. 
  • Daily Sauna or hot bath
  • Meetings A few meetings a week, especially on Wednesday, then therapy on Thursday and then the Friends Meeting every Sunday.
  • Water reestablish the habit.
  • Walking. My steps fell to hell as the office job progressed. I went from a ten mile a day habit to barely a mile, and lost the habit of walking thirty minutes every day as well. I'm hoping to put it back. 
     
#FinancialPlanning with the attorney: Financial worry is soul-crushing. Bankruptcy filing in Monday, August 14. #Acceptance leads to #balance. #Balance leads to #harmony. #Harmony leads to #peace.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Challenge 35: Hashtag


I don't have a clue when I last posted -- I know that the #BigHeavyWeight of it all wrapped itself around my shoulders on June 19 and I have been working my way through a bit of hell ever since. Anton Chekhov wrote that "Any idiot can handle a crisis. It's the day to day living that wears you out." And I've had about three weeks of living in that space. The good news is that I am brave enough to say I'm tired, brave enough to quit pretending all is well, brave enough to rest and to begin to heal. Another wonderful man once said "This is not the end, and not even the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning." #KeepSwimming

My employment ended on June 3o, the afternoon after a demonstration by a company that can do everything I do, only from India. I texted my partner that I was pretty certain that I was going to be outsourced, and sure enough, I was shown the door the next day. #MoreTimeToWrite.
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#Writing: After attending the Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop, I've decided to formalize my path as a writer. This is weird and vulnerable and scary for me. I need to keep a log of pieces that I have submitted (a New Thing That Just Happened on Monday) and pieces that need rework. I hope to have a submission, rework and new work every day, along with reading. Stay tuned. Feel free to check out my progress in my tracking spreadsheet (two tabs).

#Mediation certification: I will be taking the Domestic Violence and the Family seminar on July 21, and then the Family Mediation Training in Richmond in August (next challenge). I'm still waiting to make progress on the General Court observation, but it will come in due time. The Family Mediation Certification will likely come at the end of August (also next challenge). It feels good to have progress on this.

#Communication with Vivian. My daily calls with my daughter were suspended when we went to court on July 6. This hurts, and she was in tears over it. We go back to court in September (two challenges from now, I think, but maybe three -- this is how I measure things). I'm now limited to calling on Monday and Wednesday, which doesn't really make any sense, since the argument they presented was that I was inappropriate on the phone, so why would it be ok to be inappropriate two times a week? #MovingOn. When we were on the phone on Monday, we started talking about the garden and how it's coming along and she got a little sad. I said I could send her pictures, and she brightened up and said she would love that. So there it is, in the midst of the dark, the single star to guide me through. I wrote her a Garden Report and included a garden word search along with the pictures I took and mailed it yesterday. I'm going to write her every day, including a puzzle or coloring page or whathaveyou. And then I'm going to write my pen pal, who is in prison. #SnailMailRules

#Self-care 
  • Nightly sleep I need to take care of myself by making certain I'm getting enough rest. If I'm worn out and exhausted, I can't be a good student / parent / friend. I need to be in bed no later than 9 p.m. 
  • Daily Sauna or hot bath
  • Daily Meetings Reason 417 that not having a job is grand for me is that I get to return to my lunchtime meeting. It meets at 12:15 seven days a week, and I'm thinking of adding Saturday to the mix when my partner has overtime or a seminar. It fits perfectly after my writing workshop meeting at 9:30 at the local library, and then the Friends Meeting every Sunday.
  • Water reestablish the habit.
  • Walking. My steps fell to hell as the office job progressed. I went from a ten mile a day habit to barely a mile, and lost the habit of walking thirty minutes every day as well. I'm hoping to put it back. 
     
#FinancialPlanning with the attorney: Financial worry is soul-crushing. I recently read a report on the effects of poverty sapping nearly an entire standard deviation from a person's intelligence, and I can completely believe that. The mental peace that will come from financial clarity is huge. I have until July 31 to wrap this up, and am hoping that it will be done much sooner than that. It's only waiting on me at this point, so pester me for updates.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Challenge 34: Center


I'm coming into this round a bit worn thin. I don't think that the conflict is going to slow its pace -- last challenge saw the Whirling Dervish of Conflict speed its pace and extend its scope. The only sane response to insanity is more sanity, and in my case that means do less and center more. Elements in bold are the core target, with elements in italics being stretch goals.
Love > Fear
Stillness > Chaos

Mind 
Writing (this is in bold because it's a focus point for the challenge, a point where when things get into conflict -- and they always do at some point, because that's life for you -- I can touch back to what is central) 
  • Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop. I'm taking a retreat to focus on writing my memoir. For real. Week 3  
  • Class -- I'm enrolled in an online class, The Hero's Journey, for Summer term. It begins the week of June 19, so it will only just get included in this challenge.I'm super excited, of course. Bonus is that the classwork is advertised to be mostly readings and watching a film each week, with papers and discussion related to that. I think I can handle this, despite the burnout that threatened to overwhelm me last term.
Body
  • Nightly sleep I need to take care of myself by making certain I'm getting enough rest. If I'm worn out and exhausted, I can't be a good student / parent / friend. I need to be in bed no later than 9 p.m. I am hoping the meditation routine will dovetail with this.
  • Nightly Floss Routine - this only takes seconds, so it's not as though it is really hard or anything. I have floss and coconut oil  for oil pulling next to the toothpaste now, so it's kind of inevitable.

Soul 
  • Daily mindfulness
  • Daily quiet time
  • Nightly Meditation and reading of Faith & Practice
  • Weekly meetings & Connections :
  • Women's Meeting Monday
  • Home Group Meeting Tuesday
  • Letters Wednesday
  • Therapy Thursday
  • Sponsor Meeting Friday
  • Home Group Meeting Saturday
  • Friends Meeting Sunday 
  • Radio Interview / Essay weekly
  • weekly budget meeting with my partner -- Sunday

Bonus:
Financial Planning with the attorney: Financial worry is soul-crushing. I recently read a report on the effects of poverty sapping nearly an entire standard deviation from a person's intelligence, and I can completely believe that. The mental peace that will come from financial clarity is huge. I have the documents ready to deliver on May 26, and then we will have a strategy meeting to schedule. Hopefully this will all be complete by the end of the challenge, or shortly thereafter.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Challenge 33: Nourish

Nourishing Mind, Body and Soul

Mind 
Classwork (this is in bold because it's a focus point for the challenge, a point where when things get into conflict -- and they always do at some point, because that's life for you -- I can touch back to what is central) 
I'm enrolled in an independent study and an online class this term. At this point, I only have the papers left, but that's a huge piece (in the case of the independent study, it's the only piece.)
  • Posting on Tuesday for the Comparative Urbanism Class
  • Paper 1 for Comparative Urbanism
  • Paper 2 for Comparative Urbanism
  • Paper for Identity, Politics and Power in the 20th Century 

    Body
    Nightly sleep 
    I need to take care of myself by making certain I'm getting enough rest. If I'm worn out and exhausted, I can't be a good student / parent / friend. I need to be in bed no later than 9 p.m. I am hoping the meditation routine will dovetail with this.
    Nightly Floss Routine - this only takes seconds, so it's not as though it is really hard or anything. I have floss and coconut oil  for oil pulling next to the toothpaste now, so it's kind of inevitable.

    Soul 
    Daily mindfulness
    Daily quiet time
    Nightly Meditation and reading of Faith & Practice
    Weekly meetings & Connections
    • Women's Meeting Monday
    • Home Group Meeting Tuesday
    • Letters Wednesday
    • Therapy Thursday
    • Sponsor Meeting Friday
    • Home Group Meeting Saturday
    • Friends Meeting Sunday 
    • Radio Interview / Essay weekly

    Bonus:
    Financial Planning with the attorney
    Financial worry is soul-crushing. I recently read a report on the effects of poverty sapping nearly an entire standard deviation from a person's intelligence, and I can completely believe that. The mental peace that will come from financial clarity is huge.
    Also, a weekly budget meeting with my partner -- Sunday

    Saturday, April 15, 2017

    Challenge Wrap-up: Bloom

    The challenge format was really nice. It allowed me simply to focus on the elements that I wanted to be more attentive to, without getting hung up on the notations and tracking. This is a real difference from where I was in November 2012, when I had NoClueAtAll but I knew how to track stuff. I'm pleased. I like the increased awareness piece and the mindfulness that it promotes and reinforces. Through mindfulness, I am finding a path to increased self-care, self-compassion, and true serenity, both with myself and with others.
    • physical: This element saw increases to time in the sauna and meditation, a real ownership of the day's scheduling (including a near ditching of television altogether), and an increase in the regularity of meals. Also, that last week with the heart monitor was sheer force of will, and I'm glad I did it. 
    • emotional wellness: This element saw an increase along many fronts: The constant invitations to yet another round of tug-of-war with Vivian's father has lost much of its ability to upset and distract me, and, for this round anyway, was unable to derail me. Also, continued work with my therapist and readings has been huge. I'm not certain exactly what shifted, only that something certainly has, and that I feel more resilient.
    • educational balance: This element was challenging, far more so than I expected it would be. I have been very last-minute about the class, and scattered about the independent study. It's time to gather up the edges of my focus on this one. Fortunately, it's a salvageable situation.
    • financial fitness: Huge progress, mostly through excising the disease. I retained an attorney, met and did what I was told to do, went to court the first time, and stopped the bleeding.
    Success on all fronts. I'm not certain what my next challenge will be, but it will certainly build on what has been established here.

    Wednesday, March 15, 2017

    Challenge 32: Bloom

    Bloom

    My challenges are usually about measuring what I am going to do, and that’s all good.
    But this time I’m doing something a little different -- I’m going to report on what I do.

    I’m not interested in giving myself grief or being all judgey -- I’m interested in seeing what I do that is on-target, a check-in to see where I am at the habit level. I have a suspicion that it’s lots higher than I am giving myself credit for.

    So this time around, I am celebrating my successes. I’m looking forward to seeing how I’m doing with physical and emotional wellness, educational balance, and financial fitness. (See what I did there? That’s a 3+1 old school formula.)


    Friday, March 3, 2017

    This life is yours.

    This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. ~Susan Polis Schutz

    Tuesday, February 28, 2017

    Love > Fear

    Hey.
    Psst!
    Yeah, you.
    Do you want to know a secret?
    Come, pull up a chair, scooch it close; let me tell you what I know. It won’t take long, because it isn’t much:
    LOVE IS GREATER THAN FEAR.
    Let me pour you some tea while you think that over, because that’s it; that’s all I know.
    I have spent a lifetime looking for answers, thinking I found them, watching them crumble or dissolve or simply disappear. But not love; never love. And it’s possible that the Beatles were right all along, that love really is all you need.
    Now, I’m not talking about the kind of love when a seventeen year old boy kisses a sixteen year old girl on a summer evening. That’s amazing and all, but that’s not the universe-centering sort of love that I’m on about. I’m talking about the love that comes from the core of your body and radiates into everything, without end, beyond the outer edges of Kuiper belt, still going strong, without taking anything out of you, never depleting, only connecting and lifting you higher. That kind of love softens everything before it, warms everything it touches, breathes life and fresh air all around. And it’s ours, whenever we want it. It is there in the grass, in every argument, no matter how far off track we have gotten. It is there in the wind, in the rain, in cubicle farm.
    Take a sip of tea. Love is in there too, and if you feel for it, you can feel fear and hurt recede, melt away.

    This challenge is about living in love, that kind of love, every day, even when I’m angry or hurting. Especially when I’m angry and hurting.

    Join me, if you care too. It’s simple; it’s free. It’s not exactly easy, but what is that is worthwhile?
    Either way, enjoy the tea.
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    Sunday, February 12, 2017

    Challenge 31: Frost

    Frost, or Isa, the Rune of Ice

    Attention to small things gives us real results in large things.
    This is my Why, and the Tao is my Way. The Rune Isa indicates stillness and reinforcement, a great theme for me this round.

    I'm going with a 3x5 (+1) for this, three goals with five elements each plus one life goal.

    1. Act (daily elements) - keeping in action to sustain the healthy foundation. Improvements are bonus, a happy accident of continued use over time.
      1. Morning walk -- 20 minutes
      2. Steam room and sauna meditation -- 20 minutes
      3. Hydrate -- 2+ litres throughout the day
      4. Sleep - 9p.m. to 5 a.m.
      5. Journal
    2. Connect (daily elements) -- nurture and be nurtured by my community
      1. Meetings daily
      2. Call Paula daily
      3. Call Vivian daily
      4. Friends group weekly
      5. Monthly newsletter thought of the day
    3. Sustain (weekly / monthly elements)- these are the things that keep me centered and whole, no matter what life throws at me. And trust me, life has a wicked curve ball these days.
      1. Katrina - weekly therapy
      2. Greg - weekly acupuncture
      3. Sunday - weekly reset routine
      4. Erin - monthly yoga therapy
      5. Candy - monthly hair appointment
    4. Freedom -- leveling up on financial freedom is a huge deal for a reason. It takes a lot of willpower over time, but it reaps long lasting rewards.
      1. Assess the landscape -- so much has changed since October that it needs a thorough reevaluation (Week 0-1)
      2. Plan (Week 2-3)
      3. Execute (Week 4)
        1. Weekly
        2. Monthly
        3. One-offs

    Monday, January 9, 2017

    Into Action

    "Peace: to accept what must be.
    to know what endures."
    Tao Te Ching (Translated by Ursula K. Le Guin), #16

    Into Action: What Must Be
    There are simple elements that create the core of my world, and working with them, keeping them as my center and my focal point, allows stability to blossom, invites peace into my life from every angle, and ultimately becomes a life that holds me, refreshes and sustains me and those around me. For now, a list will suffice as I become mindful by writing the elements and feeling how they craft a whole, a life greater than the sum of its parts. Once I have written down the path that lies before me, I can graph it into a chart.

    What Must Be Daily:
    • Quiet waking - 5:30
    • Walking in the morning, before the rest of the day has had a chance to write its ways upon my soul.
    • Sauna and shower after walking
    • Going to work with a calm spirit
    • Reading in the tao
    • Writing in the journal
    • Working mindfully through the day
    • Quiet rest in the evenings - dinner & cards
    • Quiet rest in the evenings: Reading for class
    • Quiet rest for bedtime 


    What Must Be Weekly:
    • Women's Meeting - Monday
    • Acupuncture - Tuesday
    • Therapy: Heidi - Tuesday
    • Yoga: Tuesday
    • Therapy: Family - Thursday
    • Yoga - Thursday
    • Bake Cookies & Crackers -  Friday,  Saturday
    • Library - Saturday
    • Friends Meeting - Sunday
    • The weekly reset routine - Sunday
    • Gym - walk, swim, weights
    • Sauna
    • Quiet time - silent afternoon
    • Fire and television and early bedtime

    What Must Be This Month:
    • Yoga Therapy - 1/27
    • ✓ Register for Classes - 1/9
    • Project Development: Food Sales 1/9-1/31
    • ✓ Pay Off Credit Cards 1/2
    • ✓ Pay Off 2016 Medical 1/3
    • ✓ Reduce Legal Debt 1/4
    • ✓ Pay Fall Term Balance 1/5
    • ✓ Pay Spring Term Deposit 1/6
    • ✓ Buy Grain Mill, Pasta Press and Grain Flaker 1/1
    • Create brochure
      • Flours
      • Dry Goods
      • Snacks