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the new “New And Fulfilling” Goal for the first part of 2010 is now open and taking participants (and we’re already doing a lot of stuff!)

join us here and let’s jump start the new year! 3 years ago

October: street concert of Kool & the Gang
November: having a stop in Mexico City (flying from Cancun to Seattle) and organizing a few friends to meet me to eat tacos and ice cream
December: turning 15,000 days old! 3 years ago

...because I became quite ill in October, and subsequently spent until late January in the hospital.

Lots of new experiences (waking post-op with no pain meds due to a screwup with the morphine pump comes to mind, as does the whole process of adjusting to having an ileostomy—giving new meaning to the term “bag lady”), but I wouldn’t call ‘em “fulfilling” by a long shot. 5 years ago

YIKES ! There are still people doing the Fall 2007 Goal (news alert – October – November – December is in the past, mark this goal done!)

Why not join us on the January February March goal ? Want a team invite – just drop me a line by replying to this post!

Cheers! 5 years ago

Travelling with my girl friends again. It’s our tradition to travel somewhere new before the end of the year, at least once a year. This year we picked Rai Ley. We didn’t plan much about the trip and let it be spontaneous. We just found our own way to get and meet each other there becuase we lived in different parts of Thailand.

I love traveling alone to meet my friends at the destination becuase while I was alone, I had more chance to talk to strangers. On this trip, I met a German guy on the bus, we talked on the bus and we exchanged phone number when he left the bus. He texted me few times and wanted to visit me at my shop during January but I declined him and told him that I was busy and I had a bf. So, he texted back to say “no worries” and disappeared. 5 years ago

Was my new and fulfilling experience for December. What a gorgeous, mysterious, magical place! If I could, I’d go back in a heartbeat.

This was a great goal John. Thanks for the invite. I’m looking forward to what the next three months hold in store… :) 5 years ago

ummm. Wheres the one for January, February and March? 5 years ago

...was better than I’d imagined.

My plans of winter-avoidance came together in the end and I spent most of December in NZ. (A few days at the start were in Melbourne, catching up with friends)

Being back home is great. The food is awesome, people are friendly and I’ve enjoyed catching up with the rallies for Christmas.

But if I had to pick one experience out of the lot, it’d be the night spent in awe of the universe out under the stars chatting to someone I’d met about all sorts of rubbish. I don’t do it enough, but there’s something about the southern hemisphere sky that blows me away. That huge streak of the milky way, the southern cross, dozens of satellites, not to mention the numerous shooting stars.

Wow! 5 years ago

But I did accomplish this goal.

From starting a new business, to playing with my neice for the first time. It was an interesting 3 months to say the least, we’ll see what happens in the next three. 5 years ago

went sledding for the first time in years (!!!!) in december. i told my freind: “we parked near soldier field at about 10:30 at night and snuck onto a huge hill and sledded for about an hour and a half. and it was crazy fun. i can’t even explain. my ass hurts so much. it was great.”

i learned to begin to let go. i say begin because it’s a long road.

i began to full steam ahead sell my art (shows and online) and commit to it more fully.

i studied my ass off for my classes and actually got good grades (not bad, old man).

and i read everyone’s new experience in this goal and it very sincerely made me more awake and better for it. 5 years ago

This is definitely a challenge worth exploring…it gets you to think differently about your “routine” and helps you realize, or helped me anyway, that not everything has to be super serious or super big to be fulfilling. 5 years ago

Hi, Oct-got a job (I know not new, but fulfilling for my wallet)

Nov- Police Concert.

Dec- Got to tell my boss just how I felt about geting replaced by contractors to do my job. (Very very fulfilling.) 5 years ago

I have a bit of a tendency to expand the number of things I “need to do” & “want to do” to fill the amount of time that I have available. It keeps things interesting; but, unfortunately it usually has me burning both ends of the candle.

So, after a 3:30am visit to the ER on the morning of Christmas Eve for a back muscle spasm…I ended-up just taking the next few days easy & hanging out w/ my mom, without really “doing” anything. I have to say, even though it was physically imposed & a bit hazy from the pain meds & muscle relaxers in the beginning, it was really nice to just hang out, watch movies, and have long philosophical conversations w/ my mom.

Definitely new & fulfilling! 5 years ago

LOTS of new and fulfilling things happened over the last three months – and things go so busy I didn’t document them as they happened. (that’s good right?)

Making a difference. Volunteering at the soup kitchen (where we actually do spaghetti and meatballs) was new and fulfilling for sure. It even led to volunterring on Thanksgiving Day whereby a real Thanksgiving Dinner was made from scratch.

Expanding my horizons. I attended a workshop offered by a professional storyteller and came away with both new knowledge plus greater awareness of my storytelling ability.

Something for nothing. Keeping with my holiday tradition, I worked part time at Williams Sonoma for the run up to Christmas. The money is nothing, but a 40% discount is something fantastic! (and I got that awesome deal on my espresso machine) The other big benefit is that I got out from behind a desk – spending time on my feet was great – all you freelance types should definitly consider it. Heck, anyone who just bought a house and needs to furnish it should consider a position like this.

Eggs in many baskets. Pumping the money earned in the run up to Christmas into expansion has opened up several new categories for me. Expanding, and not having all my eggs in one basket has already made the post-Christmas season quite profitable.

New hair. I discovered that one of the members of my church has her own salon and have become a regular. Now Queen Latifah had espresso in her salon in Beauty Shop, Donna has merlot. Now I still bow to the queen, but but merlot wows me just a little more.

Blogging. I have been able to blog on a fairly regular basis, the blog has existed for quite some time, but now its become a habit : not really new but definitely fulfilling.

Let’s see what new and fulfilling things happen in January February and March ! 5 years ago

Okay…I’m way behind so I’m just going to post these all at once:

October – Instead of our usual Halloween-costumed outing to a nightclub, my friends and I enjoyed a quiet evening of each other’s company at dinner. It was very different from our past Halloweens, but it was still fun, just in an older, more adult way, I guess. :P

November – I baked a four-layer white chocolate raspberry cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting for Thanksgiving. I had never made it before, and it was even more special because I got to share it with my mom and my boyfriend’s family for the holiday meal.

December – I made homemade old fashioned chocolate ice cream with my new ice cream maker attachment. It was very good, very fun, and very fulfilling! :) 5 years ago

but lots of new and interesting experiences in December… I may not have put my foot out of the door with the intention of having a new and fulfilling experience but this goal has made me aware when I look back at the months; that I have indeed experienced many new experiences in my daily life… :) 5 years ago

Looking back over the past three months, at sharing this goal with over a hundred people, I have come to realize how nice it is to have a reason to post significant things that happen to us.

Admittedly, I am an inveterate optimist, but it really seems to have made a positive difference to most of us. We pay attention to our LIVES and notice details that otherwise may not be recognized as new and fulfilling experiences.

My Christmas was stressful because I took a vacation right in the middle of the season and never did catch up again, but I still took time to recognize and express gratitude for the blessings in my life, not the least of which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, whose birth we commemorate at this time of year. Painting a nativity on a shiny rock and giving it away in a gift exchange was new and fulfilling. Helping friends get into their new house as soon as we got back from Hawaii was new and fulfilling. Having all my girls home from college and my husband cooking Sunday breakfast for us was—well, it was sweet and fulfilling. Having a family who would cut out a hundred paper snowflakes to decorate the tree so I wouldn’t have to schlep all the boxes of ornaments down and who would pack said tree with the gifts we bought each other was definitely new and fulfilling!

So now here I sit with my black-eyed peas and I can hear my family’s noises ~ one is snoring, two are laughing, someone is singing, and I have the singular opportunity to type up a few of my thoughts. This is a new and fulfilling experience… right here, right now.

Happy New Year, Everybody!5 years ago

This morning I went to my first ever “sounding workshop”. Actually, she called it a “_play_shop”, which did indeed describe the essence of our gathering. As a group, our regular Nia class requested a special something for New Year’s Eve Day. We’ve all grown so close, I think we were all wishing to transition from this year to next together a little bit. Anyway, S was kind enough to arrange a lovely TWO HOUR playshop for us. She shared a beautiful poem about dance, facilitated a sharing circle and invited us all to state our intention(s) for the new year, and then led us in first Nia, then this sounding exercise. It involved breath, rhythm, yoga movement, tai chi, pulse, and vibration through vocalizing tones, all followed by a period of meditation. It is way beyond me to describe it well, but it was new, and fulfilling and so enjoyable. 5 years ago

Over a 4 day period, I spend the 22nd December, December 23, 24 and some of the 25 of December with my dearheart. It was very rewarding, new and fulfilling with for me to spend some time with my dearheart and his son.

I couldn’t have asked for more. I would have loved to ring in the new year with him, but he had already made plans with his son. Once again I am out of the loop that people I love are traveling in.

I will hold that wonderful day in my heart because it is all that I have. This new year will be harder for me, because I know that things will change in my life which will sadden my heart and cause it to be heavier.

Only with God will I be able to move foward.

sigh. . . 5 years ago

Looks like I squeezed in a new and fulfilling experience at the end of December. Sunday afternoon, I went to a friend’s art studio and had my portrait painted while in costume. I have pictures and a bit of a writeup here: http://mortonfox.livejournal.com/556658.html

It’s only the first of maybe three sessions, so it’s not finished yet. I’m looking forward to the next one. 5 years ago

I stepped up and away from a bad marriage. I moved forward on my own.
I spent time catching up with old friends and making new ones.
I found the true meaning of a family’s love and heart.
I found love and I wasn’t looking for it.

I found peace. 5 years ago

I noticed i did have something new and fulfilling.
I went into New York. (which i’ve done plenty times)
But this time I brought my camera.
And it wasn’t touristy pictures.
I can’t wait to get my professional photos developed!
I took pictures of christmas time!! 5 years ago

1. Went to the Muir Woods.

2. Met my friend Ellen. ate delicious food, while overlooking the Berkeley Bay.

3. Saw the sea lions flopped by Pier 39, in San Francisco.

I loved it.

Marking this joyously done. 5 years ago

I’ve pretty much failed at this… 5 years ago

...i’ve decided to quit my job next month. that is both new and fulfilling. i can’t wait to see the look on my bosses’ face 5 years ago

I did some things, but not exactly intentionally, so I don’t think of this as done. As well, it has none of the accompanying sense of satisfaction or accomplishment, so it’s getting marked not done. Also, I’d like to thank whomever suggested this goal to me. The most immediate benefit I got from it was being spammed with almost 200 emails about others’ efforts towards this. That’s pretty much the last time I take a group goal. 5 years ago

I did some things, but not exactly intentionally, so I don’t think of this as done. As well, it has none of the accompanying sense of satisfaction or accomplishment, so it’s getting marked not done. Also, I’d like to thank whomever suggested this goal to me. The most immediate benefit I got from it was being spammed with almost 200 emails about others’ efforts towards this. That’s pretty much the last time I take a group goal. 5 years ago

I guess completing my personal introspection/career course was a fulfilling experience, but frankly I was so shell-shocked afterwards my holiday sucked. I’ll feel better when the new year and the sorting and cleaning I’m finishing with it arrives and passes. 5 years ago

my new and fulfilling December experience.

I am happy I did.

My new books are just the thing.

5 years ago

So I feel kind of silly getting all mushy on the internet, but oh well. This fall I also began a relationship that is both new and fulfilling, so I thought its worth mentioning. :)

I also got to explore some new skills at work and I’m becoming a bit more social with my co-workers, (even though I’m still pretty shy there).

I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s entries abut this goal, and I’ve enjoyed thinking about my life and activities in these terms. I’m looking forward to more new and fulfilling in the first quarter of 2008.

Happy new year! 5 years ago