Wednesday Clarity

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week, then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective.

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Read "The Achievement Habit"

3. Writing themes and passion plan

4. Beingness routines

Pool Day

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week, then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective.

And today we are going to the swimming pool!

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Read "The Achievement Habit"

3. Writing themes and passion plan

Hump Day

We saw Bob Dylan last night!

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week, then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective.

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Read "The Book of Doing and Being"

3. Brainstorm for Nature-Culture

4. Writing themes and passion plan

May First Quarter Moon

Tonight is the First Quarter Moon; we are one-quarter of the way through the moon cycle. The moon is waxing - getting larger - until it's full again. Now is the time to remain flexible, use my obstacles as fuel for growth, and show full effort for priorities.

I use this May quarter moon's energy to create strength. I will remember to exercise, eat well, rest, and get healthy, and also, keep up my mental strength for the things that matter. 

Agenda: 

1. Read "That Clear and Certain Sound":

2. Journal queries

3. Make a full effort plan

4. Writing themes and passion flow plan:

Boot Camp Bump Day

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week, then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective. 

I’m also taking part in a resilience Boot Camp this week and today my goal is to define a narrative for what I need from my community.

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Read "Perspective"

3. New narrative for community

4. Writing themes and passion flow plan

5. Gratitude meditation

Wednesday Perspective Shifts

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week, then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective. 

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Read "Perspective"

3. New narrative for the future

4. Writing themes and passion flow plan

Earth Day

Today is Earth Day! The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970, and it still remains a big event in the environmental movement. Interest and participation in Earth Day has increased and spread around the world, with millions of people taking part. 

My plans for this week have taken a giant turn, so today I am regrouping and working to not let this turn derail me. I'll use my Mid-week Bump Plan to defeat the hump that often makes me feel stuck: A plan to help me build momentum and preserve the goodness of the week throughout each of the five days, so that I arrive at Saturday feeling fulfilled and content.

Agenda today:

1. My bump plan

2. Ongo journal

3. New narrative for worry

4. Writing themes and passion flow plan

Flexible Friday the 13th

I feel new energy arising, and I want to maintain this flow. I'm working on good habits, daily walks, and getting to my house chores with regularity. I'm working on shifting my natural resistance towards presence, effort, and follow-through (integrity) in order to build trust.

Today I want to give attention to flexibility, that ability to go with the flow and shift my plans and expectations so that we can all feel at peace and calm, and have fun rather than conflict. It's just another aspect of easing my resistance - and also the resistance of those around me.

Agenda:

1. Read "Perspective"

2. New narrative for flexibility

3. Writing themes and passion flow plan

World Day of Prayer

The World Day of Prayer takes place every year on the first Friday in March. Women in the United States and Canada first formed this event after the devastation of World War I, when they were convinced that world peace was tied to world mission. Each year, Christian women from all over the world join together to plan and organize events, and suggest a theme and focus.

This year the theme was set by the women of Nigeria:

I Will Give You Rest: Come

Matthew 11:28-30

At a time when people worldwide are carrying heavy burdens, our Nigerian sisters offer profound insights into finding rest in God. Through their exploration of different kinds of burdens - shame, systemic oppression, religious persecution, poverty and despair - the writers help us understand both the weight of human suffering and the depths of divine rest. Their work shows us that true rest isn't just about physical relief, but about transformation through God's grace and community support.

Agenda:

1. Devotions
2. Beingness 

3. Earth Action

4. Read Matthew 11:28-30

5. Prayer for the Poor

6. Prayerful Action

7. Read "Perspective"

8. New narrative for building trust

9. Writing themes and passion flow plan

Drive and Commitment

I'm fully committed to my Nature-Culture project. That means I have let go of caution and am involving myself wholeheartedly (brain, body, and soul) to the service of this project that I love. I'm taking a vacation from my usual way of being, and stretching my whole self beyond the way I’ve always done things.

I am also engaging hyper-drive; I am manifesting my courage, harnessing the power of productive obsession, and engaging slow passion, a kind of simmering energy that keeps me focused on my priorities.

Agenda:

1. Read "The Art of Simple Living"

2. Love cycle

3. Four days of passionate flow

Days of Passion

I began a Slow Passion Project last July, working to SLOW DOWN and GO WITH the FLOW, and INVOLVE MY WHOLE SELF in my Nature-Culture project. It went pretty well for a while, and now I want to recommit and reignite!

Agenda:

1. Read "The Art of Simple Living"

2. Clarify my passion plan

3. Ongo journal

4. Four days of passion

5. Flow plan

St. Nicholas Eve

Tonight is the eve of St. Nicholas Day. Nicholas was born in Lycia, which is now part of Turkey. Legend says he was a kind and generous man, who protected the poor and did many great deeds.

In Holland St. Nicholas is called Sinter Klaas (he is the original Santa Claus). Children in Holland leave their shoes by the fireplace on this night, and in the morning they are filled with marzipan and small toys. The Dutch give simple gifts tonight, but they are often accompanied with riddles, or wrapped in deceiving ways, such as a small box nested inside larger boxes, or something hollowed out with a gift inside.

Agenda today:

1. Joy of Giving meditation

2. Journal queries

3. Days of passion

4. Donate to Toys for Tots

5. Make small gifts

6. Make pfeffernüsse

7. Deliver gifts

Gratitude as Celebration

Gratitude is the celebration of needs met.

1. Ongo journal

2. Love meditation

3. Days of Passion

Enough

What is enough? My days become a blur, and I can't catch up with my intentions. I can't make enough progress with my attention, my patience and equanimity, my wisdom and growth. My projects don't get done - where is time going?

Agenda for today:

1. Ongo journal

2. Days of Passion

3. Abundance journal

Water-wise

My focus of study this month is water, and becoming wise about it. Water-wisdom is concerned with planting to conserve water, but also with awareness of the water all around and within; we are water! 

Agenda:
1. Ongo journal

2. Love Meditation
3. Water-wise plans
4. Next steps for my wildlife garden
5. Days of Passion

Arriving

We arrive in St. Paul in about 4 hours, at 8:30 in the morning, and will pick up a rental car, then drive around a bit. We will probably look for a park to sit and drink coffee in, and perhaps a place to eat lunch, maybe an art museum or gallery, and check in with family. Then at the earliest possible moment, check in to our hotel and take naps!

I did manage 6 hours of sleep last night, but it wasn't great.

Agenda Today:

1. Read "The Earth Keeper's Handbook"

2. Ongo journal

3. Days of Passion

Nature-Culture Brainstorm

I'm making slow progress on my big passion project, writing a book about Nature-Culture. The research of a new topic - water, drought, and pollution - has been slow work. I've only made a dent and it's soon going to be time to move on to air!

Agenda Today:

1. Read "The Earth Keeper's Handbook"

2. Compassionate Observer practice

3.

 Five days of passion

Obsession Reboot

My big passion project (to write a book about Nature-Culture) has been ticking along in a chaotic and underground manner. Now that I'm done with clerking and my big event, and our home project is well under way, I want to get back into the turmoil of obsession!  

Agenda Today:

1. 

Read 

"Brainstorm"

2.

 Five days of passion

3. Outdoor preschool brainstorm

Third Quarter moon of August

Today is the third Quarter moon. This waning moon energy is yin - quiet, internal, heart-driven, intentional Being-ness. At this phase we can ease off a bit on actively pursuing goals, slow down, go within, and attend to inner work, renewal, and self-care. This isn’t a moment for starting new projects but for finishing up old ones, making peace with the past, and preparing for a fresh start at the next new moon. 

Agenda Today:

1. Love meditation

2. Read 

"Brainstorm"

3. 

Review my passion plan

4. Ritual for Release and Realignment

5. Meditation and Evaluation Journal

6. Monthly journal brainstorm

Third Quarter Moon of July

Today is the third Quarter moon. This waning third quarter moon energy is yin - quiet, internal, heart-driven, intentional Being-ness. At this phase we can ease off a bit on actively pursuing goals, slow down, go within, and attend to inner work, renewal, and self-care. This isn’t a moment for starting new projects but for finishing up old ones, making peace with the past, and preparing for a fresh start at the next new moon.

Agenda Today:

1. 

Read 

"Brainstorm"

2. 

Review my passion plan

3. Five days of passion

4. Meditation and Evaluation Journal

5. Monthly journal brainstorm