surrealmuse

practicing active meditation with my djembe drum



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  1. 1. REMINDER: take more time for what is important
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  2. 2. Practice active meditation by practicing my djembe drum
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  3. 3. Update to Wordpress 2.7
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  4. 4. Design a wine tasting book
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  5. 5. Design/create a planner for work
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  6. 6. Create a new painting every month!
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  7. 7. Plan & schedule a photo shoot
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  8. 8. write a letter to my best friend back home
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  9. 9. write 100 reasons why I love my husband
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  10. 10. define an evening ritual...maybe even a weekly series...
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  11. 11. practice my drawing skills
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  12. 12. Review my finances on a weekly basis
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  13. 13. learn more about Tantric Sex
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  14. 14. 43things TEAM PROJECT: embrace housework as a spiritual practice
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  15. 15. 43things TEAM PROJECT: support fellow artists in their artistic projects
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  16. 16. do 100 situps a day
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  17. 17. master the art of small talk
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  18. 18. clean out my car
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  19. 19. take a ceramics class
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  20. 20. participate more often at illustration friday
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  21. 21. sketch a dragonfly
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  22. 22. change out my ipod music selection
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  23. 23. transfer my photo gallery on my website to desktops available for download
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  24. 24. comment on 10 blogs
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  25. 25. blogtip three people
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  26. 26. Special order herbs from Ritchers
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  27. 27. Paint our entry way & kitchen
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  28. 28. Run a 5K
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  29. 29. Get a fence!
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  30. 30. Take a road trip to Coral Castle
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  31. 31. Attend a sky watching event at MOSI
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How I did it
How to design & create my own planner/journal
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
organized


How to discover models for my artwork
It took me
12 months
It made me
accomplished


How to reconcile Quicken and organize paperwork as I go
It took me
5 days
It made me
accomplished


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design/create a planner for work
Pages 9 months ago
  • Monthly Calendar
  • Monthly Goal Sheets
  • Monthly/Quarter Task List
  • Special Projects List
  • Special Requests
  • Meeting Agenda pages
  • Contact List


Plan & schedule a photo shoot
Fairy Forest Shoot 9 months ago

Once spring arrives and the trees come back to life, we’re planning on taking a fairy forest shoot. Here’s some of the elements we’ve discussed for the photo shoot:

- Fairy wings (of course…we’ve got plenty!)
- Glitter
- Fake Tattoos
- Interesting outfits (still have to decide on mine)



Practice active meditation by practicing my djembe drum
Practiced three new drum rhythms tonight 13 months ago

I’ve been working up a storm this week so tonight I sat down to practice three new rhythms on my djembe drum. At first, I was very tense. All the frantic energy from the day came out. It was so bad that I even thought that my drum was out of tune at first!

But after awhile, I got into the groove. I relaxed and became aware of my breathe, of how my hands hit the drum. It was a very wonderful active meditation.



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