Learning

I'm beginning to see that which I can do every day and that which I'm not all too crazy with and that which I want to replace on my list.

For instance, I have decided to actively play with Smokie for 30 minutes 5x a week rather than have a deep relaxation period 10 minutes per day. Morning Pages I'm not all too crazy about because I've never been able to get to writing the first thing in the morning, and I feel if that's "one of the rules" of doing Morning Pages I'd rather not. There's a lot of writing that I put on my list to accomplish every day and that is definitely going to change.

I want to succeed with a 101 list, but I don't want to get into it knowing I'm not going to accomplish it. It's not because I doubt myself, it's because I know myself. I know that if I'm not excited about something I won't follow through. And as I learn more about myself the more the list will evolve, of this I am sure

5 Days ...And The Countdown's On!

January 1st is coming up quickly! My 101 Things will soon begin! This is a list of things I'll be doing everyday. It's quite a bit, which makes me wonder if I may be changing a couple things. Although the only things I consider to be time consuming are the 10 minute deep relaxation, meditate 20 minutes, write a spiritual journal (although that would consist of 18 and 19 as well) this would probably take 60 minutes a day, The 100 words in freerice would take about 30 minutes -I'll time myself the next time I do this, write my 3 Joys in my "Ooozing Joy" journal, evening paper journal, writing 3 Morning Pages takes me about 45 minutes, sorting my bookmarks may take about 10 minutes a day (though I doubt that long -I can't imagine it would be one minute per bookmark). But, then again, I think I may be able to do these quite easily by managing my time more effectively. I can, and should, change my bedtime to 1:00-9:00 rather than 3:00-11:00, I'll be watching less TV, less ineffective computer time, aye, much can be rearranged.

HEALTH (10)
2. Daily deep relaxation -10 minutes
3. Take vitamins everyday
4. Drink an ounce of water per two body pounds everyday

SPIRITUALITY (80)
11. Maintain a spiritual journal (20)
13. Meditate 20 minutes a day (20)
17. Pray daily
18. Explore a different practice on www.spiritualityandpractice.com each month (daily journal)(20)
19. Explore the lesson plans found in Sonia Choquette’s Soul Lessons and Soul Purpose (1 lesson per two weeks, daily journal)(20)

CREATIVITY
26. Take a photo every day of the week

CHARITY (10)
35. Earn 1,001,000 grains of rice at WWW.freerice.com (1,000 daily=100 words daily)

HOME
41. Keep my house presentable for unexpected guests
42. Buy a plant and keep it alive for over a year

MONEY
66. Maintain a money log
68. Spend all my collected change, without adding to the collection
69. Save $1.00 a day for 1001 days

THE WRITTEN WORD (110)
72. Maintain a scrapbook in dedication to this list
74. Create a book of inspiring quotes and poetry
77. Write my 3 Joys everyday (20)
80. Paper journal daily for a year ( -evening)(20)
81. Keep a dream journal (15)
83. Write 3 Morning Pages every day (45)
96. Sort my computer’s bookmarks (10 per day)(10)

Add it all up and it's just under 4 hours, and involves a hellufalot of writing. I'll be writing about writing. And that's NOT what I want to do for the next 1,001 days. Revamping this list is therefor in order.

I also must say that this is definitely not my "Bucket List". If I let my imagination run wild, it runs big. My true Bucket List would include things such as being a space tourist (which costs ALOT of mula), spending a week-end in an old haunted castle in Scotland, have dinner with Tom Hanks. In reality, the Bucket List I have are mere dreams.

Then again, there's nothing wrong with simplicity. One can wring out much juice from life and definitely be content. There's beauty happening everyday, you simply need to open your eyes to it.

This is where the story lies -just what go I want playing in that arena? I need to open up to that which makes me open, stirs the juices, makes my eyes pop.

NOTE: 1,000 grains of rice took 10 minutes. I ended on level 28/60 today, my best level today was 30.

Daily Do's

Daily deep relaxation -10 minutes
Take vitamins everyday
Drink an ounce of water per two body pounds everyday

Meditate 20 minutes a day
Pray daily
Recite my Rosary nightly

Take a photo every day of the week

Keep my house presentable for unexpected guests
Buy a plant and keep it alive for over a year

Maintain a money log
Spend all my collected change, without adding to the collection
Save $1.00 a day for 1001 days

Write my 3 Joys everyday
Paper journal daily for a year
Keep a dream journal
Write 3 Morning Pages every day