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I’m thinking about expectations. Other people’s for me, mine for other people and mine for myself. Sometimes I think I’ve made my expectations clear, only to be disappointed–is my disappointment someone else’s fault or my failure of clarity around my expectations? Yeah. The latter. Dang. No one can meet meet our expectations if we’re not…
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I guess I’m not done talking about the “hard stuff.” And that’s okay–seems like a meaty subject! Today’s hard stuff is stuff you don’t need though–it’s not the things you should do or want to do, but can’t seem to like I wrote about here. What if, today, you decided that the hard stuff was…
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It’s been a while since I posted my progress with Danielle LaPorte’s The Desire Map, and I thought I’d share my findings on my Core Desired Feelings–first though, more of the process. We can’t just get to the Tootsie Roll center! As a re-cap, Danielle LaPorte’s premise is: it’s not the actual goal we want–it’s…
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Sometimes our starting here really means finishing there. Starting starts with an ending of something else—I think that’s in a goofy commercial, but it’s true! When you finish something you’re honoring the place/the creativity/the source of its beginning. I am still learning this, but understanding that I am honoring something larger than myself when I…
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Have you ever thought to yourself, I need to change how I do things? Stop reacting to things, maybe have some preemptive things in place? Maybe, just maybe stop slogging through the day by rote. And then you thought about making some of those changes, maybe looking at self-help books or programs or friends and…
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Do you ever find yourself doing things because that’s the way they’ve always been done? Because that’s how you were trained (either for a job or for life). Because when you moved in, your spouse, partner, BFF already had the ugly couch in front of the window, and even though you couldn’t actually open the…
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Small adorable child looking at my locket, opening it and seeing the words inside: Why do you have this in here? Me: Well, I have the word “attention” because I need to pay attention. Mother of small adorable child: You?! Really?! (said in a far too sarcastic voice!) Hmmm. Perhaps I need to do more…
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I was going to wait to write about the Desire Map until I had gotten to the actual figuring out of my core desired feelings. (and because, apparently, there is still some resistance showing up…and it’s taking me a freakin’ long time to do this!) So. I’ve read the 1st part (Book One: The Theory)…
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Regret is a four letter word dressed up as a 6 letter word for a non-stop bad Halloween party. Remember that party, where that guy kept following you around? And you did everything to not talk to him, but there he was. Yeah, that one. I’m here to tell you that regrets are not necessities.…
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A long, long, l o n g time ago I decided to start reading The Fire Starter Sessions and The Desire Map and The Happy Hour Effect while also doing the accompanying Life Map … as things like to happen to stop us from doing stuff, especially when we try to do ALL the stuff…
