Full and Fun Life

When people ask how my summer is going, I say "busy".  It's true I've got a lot going on - I'm clerking, and planning events, and writing a book, and caring for my grandsons, AND we have a large home project under way.

But all of that stuff fits into my waking hours with a some kind of ease and flow. The busy-ness I sense is an illusion: I have lots of free time for chatting and playing games. And any tasks I don't complete will roll over to the next week of summer with no major consequences.

I'de like to ban the word busy from my vocabulary and replace it with "full and fun". 

Agenda: 

1. Read "Present Moment Awareness"

2. Ponder use of my time

3. Shibashi

Simple Time

In November everything slows down, and I try to remember to be more aware of time flowing; to find the right tempo for each activity; and to transition calmly. Advent will bring a wealth of activity, so take time this week to savor the changing season. Remember, as Waverly Fitzgerald says in Slow Time, that time is "much more fluid and mysterious than I had imagined."

Agenda:

1. Read "The Power of Less"

2. Simple holiday decluttering

3. Simple projects list

4. Love meditation