Review my list weekly for support/inspiration

1. be the happiest person I know every day
Still top of the list. Good thing to aspire to each day.
2. —- SPIRIT—
Category heading. Encompasses all other goals. Need references and reminders to check in.
3. stay cool because this world might be an illusion
Yep, just when I think something is serious, I look at this goal and remember. Hmmmmm.
4. keep a gratitude journal
Absolutely one of the most productive goals I have. Reminds me to look closely at the world.
5. Review my list weekly for support/inspiration
I was doing this as the final entry on this goal. I’m up to 42 and I want more room. So good but bye for now.
6. Have a beautiful Big life, filled with happy people and wondrous places, by sharing my many strengths and talents for fun and profit! =)
It just makes me happy to read this goal.
7. Complete “The Artist’s Way”
Worth the work.
8. gather up the cheers and knit them into a little more gumption
Its OK to be strong.
9. —- FAMILY—-
More action is always in order here.
10. Make sure my children know how much I love them
Just need more direct action.
11. Buy a bottle of Jones Soda with Ru’s picture on it
I’m giving up. Its sad, but I think the time has passed.
12. live off the grid
Not possible. Maybe later
13. Create a container garden on my porch
An active goal. will work on it this week.
14. be like the ballerina in “Na Ponta dos Pes”
Its good to have an envelope to place the pain in.
15. —- HEALTH—-
Category
16. Be fabulous at 50
Only a few weeks left!
17. remember that life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out
This one also makes me feel happy when I read it.
18. 24hour what I want challenge
Ready set go.
19. lose weight using SparkPeople
Need space for goals. Will lose weight anyway.
20. improve my health
Yes.
21. quote Katharine Hepburn daily
Need to read a darn biography.
22. —- CAREER/SERVICE —-
Hmmm. Do I have a career anymore?
23. As a team put our heads together and come up with a viable use for Bottle caps for The TerraCycle Bottle Cap Contest
Reworking this.
24. Help Engineers without Borders on the La Pita, Nicaragua project
Latin night coming up!
25. Be environmentally aware and conserve water
World water day March 22
26. finish my degree
Still here. Darn it.
27. —- CREATIVITY—-
Catagory to keep
28. Make a stranger smile
Worth doing. I’m getting good at this. Its integrated.
29. Wear beautiful lingerie everyday
Well, not so important to me anymore.
30. list 43 artworks I love
Keeper
31. fingerpaint
Heck, what is the problem!!!
32. create an altered book
Off again
33. Use all the food I buy
Better. Can quit.
34. Make Physical Contact With 3 Different People Everyday for 90 Days
Could do better.
35. 2009: make a family dinner once a week
Not yet.
36. make my home so darn comforting that everyone who enters falls into a zen coma
Container garden on porch first.
37. 2009: Save Christmas money by Nov (0% saved)
Tiny steps.
38. track the pain in my side to see if its my gallbladder
Done. Its not.
39. The three must does for living in hawaii; see whales from the lighthouse, go to northshore when the giant swells come, surf naked
Next waves? Whales? Naked, ok thats probably the easiest of the bunch.
40. Learn to surf
OK. I found out that I can do this in the afternoons. After work. start next weekend.
41. HAVE A BAD TASTE SHIRT PARTY
Sounds doable.
42. Turn lights off on Earth Day Sat. March 28, 2009
And put up posters.

I’m going through my list this evening, wondering if I’m where I want to be and going in the right direction. Found this Kwanzaa prayer so I’m lifting the english translation and providing the link.

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/odu-ifa.shtml
Eji Ogbe
The Odu Ifa
Let us not engage the world hurriedly.
Let us not grasp at the rope of wealth impatiently.
That which should be treated with mature judgment,
Let us not deal with in a state of anger.
When we arrive at a cool place,
Let us rest fully;
Let us give continuous attention to the future;
and let us give deep consideration to the consequences of things.
And this because of our (eventual) passing.

Someone called Moose cheered me and she had a great way of organizing and making sure everything is in balance. The order of priority is a bit significant, but not so much. Of course the overall goal right now is to get adequate funds to keep my family in a home. I with that 43things had a way to do this and break it up visually a little more.

1. Make a satisfying career move in the direction of a good cause and a better quality of life
Got a plan. Includes other goals. I wish we could put subgoals in the goals.

2. make more money
Should probably move to #1

3. finish my degree
Add to daily plan.

4. be the happiest person I know every day
Having this here is always a good reminder for me. I think about it every day.

5. keep a gratitude journal
Need to be more active with this.

6. Help Engineers without Borders on the La Pita, Nicaragua project
Write letters this week.

7. Have a beautiful Big life, filled with happy people and wondrous places, by sharing my many strengths and talents for fun and profit! =)
Need to work on the “filled” part.

8. improve my health
Last week I spent lots of energy hoping for health again. Better but not totally.

9. Be environmentally aware and conserve water
Actually was asked to conserve water by the board of water supply this week. Our infrastructure needs work.

10. be like the ballerina in “Na Ponta dos Pes”
This is all about having grace in unpleasant situations. I need to work on this a bit.

11. Complete “The Artist’s Way”
Love this book. I’m working on chapter 8 still.

12. Be fabulous at 50
Wiped out by the celebrity Bdays. Wishing I also had a trainer.

13. Review my list weekly for support/inspiration
Inspired by Ken. I should do this and put it in my planner.

14. As a team put our heads together and come up with a viable use for Bottle caps for The TerraCycle Bottle Cap Contest
More ideas this week.

15. remember that life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out
Will drink a Mojito this week in honor of this goal.

16. gather up the cheers and knit them into a little more gumption
Gumption is such a private thing. Bet they don’t even know when I’m working on it.

17. Help Sister Golden Hair’s Journal travel the world, collect some profoundness, and gather some whimsy
Yay! Sent!

18. 24hour what I want challenge
Will do starting right NOW.

19. list 43 artworks I love
Music too.

20. Buy a bottle of Jones Soda with Ru’s picture on it
Should check another store. I don’t think anyone has purchased any of the green apple soda at the store. Maybe I should.

21. fingerpaint
Will get them tomorrow.

22. August 3-15: walk 30 minutes & do five crunches per day, every day
Will do this week.

23. create an altered book
Need to make a trip to the book sale.

24. quote Katharine Hepburn daily
I love this.

25. watch The Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon
The reviews of this discouraged me. I’ll try it anyway.

I guess that feeling better is as much of and idication of a reason for adding goals as removing all the goals could be an indication of feeling down. Maybe its just a matter of focus. Not sure. I like some of the goals I added this week. I like reopening the ones from the past. Reviewing the week is too often to review them all. Just the major ones probably.

Just doing it. Looking for the inspiration.

1. be the happiest person I know every day
I’m getting there!

2. make more money
Got my second paycheck. It was exactly what I expected.

3 Have a beautiful Big life, filled with happy people and wondrous places, by sharing my many strengths and talents for fun and profit!
Not quite Big yet, but people are happy too.

4 improve my health
Restarted the diet and healthy eating.

5 finish my degree
No action, but I’m not giving up.

6 Be environmentally aware and conserve water
Just being aware that I’m wasting. Writing curriculum and a water quiz tomorrow.

7 be like the ballerina in “Na Ponta dos Pes”
So I’m waiting to hear about the warranty to see if I really do have total loss coverage. The difference between the insurance offer and the loan is $5000 and I’m not getting a new car loan soon.

8 keep a gratitude journal
Backsliding

9 Complete “The Artist’s Way”
Nope, not

10 Review my list weekly for support/inspiration
here

11 As a team put our heads together and come up with a viable use for Bottle caps for The TerraCycle Bottle Cap Contest
Designed a cool tea light.

12 create a 43t team to share knowledge, resources and actions relating to climate change
Will make a reading list.

13 eat more watermelon

14 enjoy the first quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in January, February, and March

15 Wish Schweffy a flippin’ awesome birthday on March 15 (complete with penguins) Happy Day!

16 Be Nice To The Robots
planning

17 Cheerbomb Aaron J when he FINALLY gets a car!
7 days left

18 Wish Lynne58 a very happy 40th birthday on March 17, 2008
Monday! I will remember.

So I did a cut and paste to put this into some format I could work with it every week. It only took a couple of minutes.

1. be the happiest person I know every day
I get cheers for this and find other people that also have the goal. Its number one because it really can have the most effect on my health and lifestyle. I’m not walking around happy and stuff, but I’m noticing happiness.

2. make more money
I did it. I have more money but still not enough. I get inspired by texas lin. I have to decrease spending still. Still looking. This goal sometimes generates spam but the robots get them really quick.

3. Have a beautiful Big life, filled with happy people and wondrous places, by sharing my many strengths and talents for fun and profit!
Not happening. Maybe I need to get more active with this. Lovingeveryminute inspires me, also Ru

4. improve my health
Not actively doing this. I know why. Reading other peoples activities really helps—-Mike, Keith, Mel

5. finish my degree
I get lots of hits and this helps me stay aware.

6. Be environmentally aware and conserve water
Don’t get as much support on this as I would think. I think I need to make it more active to attract attention.

7. be like the ballerina in “Na Ponta dos Pes”
This is about my soul. Its a gift out when the universe graces me. I should give more out to thank the universe.

8. keep a gratitude journal
This is probably one of my most effective activities. Its magical in how it generates support and in how it helps me grow.

9. Complete “The Artist’s Way”
This really has helped me find a group of friends. I am stalled. Knowing that others are moving forward on it inspires me.

10.Make a list of Bollywood movies for my Bollywood Night party
I’m probably done with this. Didn’t do it.

11. Review my list weekly for support/inspiration
Here it is, review number one.

12. As a team put our heads together and come up with a viable use for Bottle caps for The TerraCycle Bottle Cap Contest
Also a good goal. Just in the back on my mind. Promotion would help.

13. Create a 43t team to share knowledge, resources and actions relating to climate change
This is not active. Kind of a bummer.

14. eat more watermelon
I wanted to put this as a sub goal under “be the happiest person I know everyday” but the site has limitations. Should look into writing code.

15. enjoy the first quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in January, February, and March
Jan – job at the legislature
Feb. – not yet.

One of my favorite things about 43things is cheers. One cheer leads to another. One cheer gets me through a hard encounter or activity. One cheer lets me know that I’m not alone.
Giving a cheer allows me to give back.

I avoided some things that I really wanted to do but I think I discovered why. Maybe this week things will change.

I’ve been working on this for a few months but haven’t set up the proper atmosphere.