July 1, 2012

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Posting for June 2012



This month, I felt like I was making a great deal of progress on my missions.  I am learning the power of repeated, focused, small actions.  I am not going to be able to write a novel in one session, like Kerouac did with On the Road.  (Which it is alleged, he may not have done…)  I am not going to be able to get in shape in one weekend.  But I can do a little bit every day.  I have “known” this as logical.  However, right now it is beginning to integrate as deep wisdom.  Water type change: slow and permanent.  I also started several existing missions, and developed three new missions.



Complete, one-time events:                    18     Same as May

Complete, annualizes events:                          9       5 less than May

Exceeding expectations:                            22      12 more than May

Making progress:                                          16      5 more than May

Needs improvement:                                       5        5 less than May

On hold/have not started/not created yet:        31      10 less than May

Air:

1. Write a novel (0/1) 

      I have joined a writer’s group that seems to be fairly productive.  

1. Free-write three times a week for a season.  

I have been free writing as part of my work with the writer’s group.  I am doing it on my fifteen minute breaks at work.

Self:

1. Work out three times a week for a season changed to working out 1001 hours

So I have been going to yoga.  I have gone 6 times for 15 hours. 

1. Go to Doctors: Find a physician and get an annual physical every year. Find a gynecologist and go for annual check-ups.  Go to the ophthalmologist, and get new glasses.  Go to Dentist for checkups and cleanings three times a year. During the course of the list, I combined these.

I have not had any check-ups this month. 

1. Restart Therapy and continue until therapeutic goals are met.

      6) To be determined…

7) To be determined.

Knowledge:

1. Read 50 books for the entire period of this list.

ff)       The Girl Who Played with Fire;       Steig Larsson

gg)       The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest;   Steig Larsson

hh)      The Thief Lord;        Verlyn Klinkenborg

jj)        The Opposite of Fate;                       Amy Tan

kk)      The Lady Queen: the Notorious Reign of JoAnna 1, the Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily;            Nancy Goldstone

1. Read 5 relationship books a year.  
2. Read 10 non-fiction books a year.

1. The Opposite of Fate;                 Amy Tan
2. kk)      The Lady Queen: the Notorious Reign of JoAnna 1, the Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily;        Nancy Goldstone

1. Read 10 classics a year.    
2. Watch 10 foreign and 10 classic films a year.

I did not do anything about this.

Radiance

1. Honor the pledge I made to do one “happy making thing” a week for an entire year.

1. The Architecture and Wine Tour through Art Deco Buildings in Detroit, with Nick
2. The Goose Poop Riggatta
3.  Trivia Night with Nick
4. Bowling with Ruby

1. Listen to spiritual prompting to hone my aspecting skills. 

Ancestors and Descendants

1. Write Allies book. (0/1)
2. Write a Children’s book.  (0/1)
3. Visit family graves.
4. Write letters to Ruby, to tell her how fabulous she is.
5.             I have decided to go on at least four history tours of the Detroit Metro Area. 
   

1. I went on the Wine and Architecture Tour of Art Deco Buildings in Detroit. 
2. I went on the Eastern Market History Tour. 

Fire

1. Have nails done every other week.  Have toenails done every three months

Once again, I have not been able to schedule this into my life.   

1.  So this month, we had a fire at work.  It reminded me of the importance of adequate first response.  So, I decided to get recertified for CPR and First Aid.   

Pride

1. Whiten Teeth. 
2. Have a facial 4 times a year for the duration of this list. Follow skin care regimen for the entire length of this list.  
3. Wear Makeup when I go out at least once a week for a year (9/52)

Stayed off of the wagon.

1. Lose weight and keep it off for the duration of this list.  (10/60)

I did nothing on this from August to December.  But I started Weight Watchers, in January.  It is not going as quickly as I would like.  I also notice one “bad week” of too much eating out and drinking, can negate many weeks in a row of weight loss.

Law

1. Clean my room one time a week, including bathroom. Do two loads of laundry a week.  

I have had the income to hire a cleaning lady to assist with this.

1. Organize my closet and keep it organized...Still doing this too.  Give away clothing I don’t wear in a season.
2. Volunteer with a political group once a Month
   1. Nash Bash.  My friend Jim Nash has had an annual barbeque fundraiser called Nash Bash, every year, to fund his County Commission Campaigns.  This year, Jim is running for County Water Resources Commissioner.  I cannot imagine a better person for this role.  I have wanted him to do this for years.  He is a stellar environmentalist and knows more about riparian law than anyone I know.   
   2. The Vagina Monologues at the capitol. 
3. Clean out LaCochita, so that I can join a car pool. 
4. Something to be determined. 

Truth

1. Post to blog once a month.

I posted twice. 

1. Write a poem a week.  (3/143)  
2. Express how I feel about people; use the words “I love you!”  

Deity

1. Pray every day for a month. 
2. Go to a summer and a winter camp.   
3. Listen to deity for the next mission. 

                  Listening…

1. Heck, I will give the Gods two missions…

                  And still listening.

Water

1. Add 1 contact to Linkedin a week. (10/143) 

                  I am still doing this. 

1. Buy one CD every other month. 

I bought three CD’s this month, from Gladriel.

1. Scale back the temperature of the water I use for showering, and shorten the length of the shower...   
2.  I bought a bucket when I went to search for a father’s day gift.  It is a 10 gallon square bucket that fits nicely in my bathtub, and has a pour-spout. 
3. Water household plants once a day for a month.
   

Passion

1. Create a BOS. 

• I started this during the community created ritual of the Spirit Class during EoM 201

1. Go on a Sierra Club or Audubon outing once a month.

Sierra Club goes on break over the summer.  So I went on a walk with Nick.

1. Sew a blanket or some other project.
2. Volunteer for a community service organization once a month.
   1. I helped pour beer for a Fundraiser with Exemplar, the local chapter of the Exchange Club. 

Wisdom

1. Write letters to myself, have friends send them to me.  (0/36)
2. Try out for Jeopardy

      = I tried again, and had technical problems.

1. Research and write family tree.
2. Research and possibly start PhD program. 

I have been calling the folks.  I think that I will be laid off again at the end of the year, So now I am researching the possibility of going to get my PhD. 

1. Learn elementary American Sign Language. 

Blessing  

1. I have decided to make one of my missions helping at least 5 other folks on their missions. 

I have had two people ask for assistance. 

1. Post to 5  gratitudes every week. 

I didn’t write any in the month of June. L

1. Something to be determined. 

Fey and Spirits of the Land

1.             Listen to the messages of the Spirits of the Land
2. Fill my birdfeeders.

I am back to doing this.

1. Place offerings for the Fey

We placed offerings for the Fey at Litha.  I am now putting them outside my house. 

1. Re-join my CSA and remember that I too and a Spirit of this Land.

More visits to the Farmer’s Market.

Earth

1. Pay off credit union loan, credit card debt, and personal debts.
   1. Credit Union Loan:
   2. Discover-
   3. Capitol One-
   4. Mr. Hoffman
   5. Dr. Strong
   6. Colleen and Brian
   7. Storm
   8. Loan to Myself
   9. Jason and Matt-Paid them off
   10. Discover Again
   11. LOC Again
   12. Capitol One Again
2. Start paying rent again.

I paid rent again.  I paid rent on time each month since my last post.

1. Start saving for a new car. 
2. Put away money for every goal accomplished for the vacation fund.…I have not updated my mission since August, so I have not done any accounting for the mission. 
3. Brand new Earth Goal to be determined…

Power

1. Renew my passport. (1/1) 
2. Something to be determined.

Liberty

1. My paper is still unfinished.
2. Find the next job.  Keep said job.

This week, my manager suggested that my temp-co-workers and I re-apply for unemployment benefits in order to be eligible to utilize both the past three quarters to establish a claim, as well as the next two quarters, in order to establish a claim next year. 

1. Start retirement saving plan, at next job. 

1. Transfer existing IRA plans, and re-start contributions
2. Something to be determined. 

Grace

1. Go on vacation with my family once a year. (1/3) 
2. Go on vacation with my friends once a year.
3. Travel internationally.
4. Something to be determined.

Time

1. Buy a watch. 
2. Get into the habit of checking daily planner once a day.  
3. Buy a Bedroom Clock.
4. Compliment time, when she is my ally. 

Center/ Spirit

1. Re-Build altar.  (1/5)  

                  I’ve tot ally stalled out on this.

1. Re-establish daily practice of sitting and making Kala.  Do this consistently for a month.
2. Do yoga 1001 hours.

I went 6 times..

82)Something to be determined.

Sex

1. Hug one person, every day for a year. 

Still loving hugs!

1. Read at least one sex book a year.  
2. Ask a partner what a good sex challenge should be.

This one was a one off, but I may decide to do it again…

1. Dating Myself
   1. Pagan Picnic
   2. Litha, celebrate Freyr and His Sword.
   3. Glardriel’s House Concert
2. To be determined.

87) To Be determined

Love

1. Open a match.com account.  Continue to use OkCupid at least once a week.
2. Continue to cultivate healthy and fun relationships.

            Still happily dating.  I went to munch.  It was fun. 

1. Ask my loved ones what a good love challenge should be.
2. Something to be determined.

Devotion

1. Talk with family members every day; in person, on phone, e-mail or social networking site.  For a month (30/30)  I’ve extended this to a year.   
2. Call two friends a week for a month.  (8/8)  I’ve extended this to a year. 
3. Host anniversary party for my parents. 
4. Something to be determined. 

Mystery

1. I am leaving all of these blank so that Mystery may speak. 
2. Something to be determined. 
3. Something to be determined. 
4. Something to be determined. 

Dedication

1. Create list. Be brave enough to post this list! 
2. Follow up on list at least once a month.