Today is the last day of my Wild Art Journaling course at the Green Garden Cabin.
Doing a course has been so wonderful. But it feels so short!! I want to carry on and do another one straight away.
I have dates going forward now. So next step is to write the newsletter and send it out. I have dates for a WILD Painting weekend. In fact I have 2 sets of dates. Will get them and post here. Interupted. Can you tell!! xxx
Friday, 31 March 2017
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Thursday Reflection March - 30th. 2017
I am LOVING that spring is in the air. There are leaves peeking out of their buds on the trees, there is warmth and sunshine, nature is bursting back into colour and life. This makes me so happy.
Our kitchen is very very nearly nearly done. I shall keep guarding myself to not expect it all to be done done. But it must be nearly nearly there, as yesterday it was meant to be finished. And yet, there is still stuff to do.
Apparently today, it will be done. By lunchtime. Fingers crossed. Then we can start moving back in, and also dealing with the back bed room, which was my work room, but is currently an empty, part decorated dumping ground.
We need it sorted so that i can declutter like a boss. Bit of that room are dispersed through the house and its overwhelming. And hard to tidy. Soon come, soon come. As they say.
I am utterly loving going out of the house to work in co-working spaces. I am a member of the Happy Start Up and also Jane's Place co-working. Its great to go somewhere and focus.
Yesterday I worked on dates going forward for Wild Art Journaling. I have had it on my list for a long time. And somehow it wasn't getting done. Yesterday I realised that this was because it was really quite meaty and complex. And not the simple task I had it down for. It took all day. Things like thinking through pricings and structures for weekends, or days, and working out how to manage it all.
I want to start a magic making workshop. For dreamers and manifesters to create fabulous futures, set intentions and make a positive actual measurable difference in the world.
I am committed to doing this in a way I have never been committed before. (one of my current affirmations, part of the whole miracle morning stuff)
Need to sort out Greece and Croatia. In terms of money and so on. Pay the builder. connect with the folk from ABC. feel joyous and brave.
Our kitchen is very very nearly nearly done. I shall keep guarding myself to not expect it all to be done done. But it must be nearly nearly there, as yesterday it was meant to be finished. And yet, there is still stuff to do.
Apparently today, it will be done. By lunchtime. Fingers crossed. Then we can start moving back in, and also dealing with the back bed room, which was my work room, but is currently an empty, part decorated dumping ground.
We need it sorted so that i can declutter like a boss. Bit of that room are dispersed through the house and its overwhelming. And hard to tidy. Soon come, soon come. As they say.
I am utterly loving going out of the house to work in co-working spaces. I am a member of the Happy Start Up and also Jane's Place co-working. Its great to go somewhere and focus.
Yesterday I worked on dates going forward for Wild Art Journaling. I have had it on my list for a long time. And somehow it wasn't getting done. Yesterday I realised that this was because it was really quite meaty and complex. And not the simple task I had it down for. It took all day. Things like thinking through pricings and structures for weekends, or days, and working out how to manage it all.
I want to start a magic making workshop. For dreamers and manifesters to create fabulous futures, set intentions and make a positive actual measurable difference in the world.
I am committed to doing this in a way I have never been committed before. (one of my current affirmations, part of the whole miracle morning stuff)
Need to sort out Greece and Croatia. In terms of money and so on. Pay the builder. connect with the folk from ABC. feel joyous and brave.
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Daily Reflection Monday 27th March
So its spring time. Or SUMMER time. At least according the the British Summer Time clock. The clocks sprang forward. It will be lighter.
I am not happy. I want to be happy but in all honesty I am not. I don't know if this public space is where I can be unhappy. But anyway, lets say that today I do not feel energised, positive and all those things that doing a Miracle Morning is supposed to make me feel. I didn't even do it yesterday.
But everything is not all bad either. On Saturday I went to an amazingly positive and hopeful event organised by RoundTableGlobal. (which is not the Round Table masonic thing - at least I don't think it is!! ha ha!)
It is so brilliantly huge in its vision. Like it has 3 global goals of Empowerment, Environment and Education.
It had inspiring speakers who believe anything is possible and that we must do something and we must adapt in order to change the course of history. To save the world. Essentially.
That we are not alone. To gather together and put our minds bodies and souls together to come up with solutions.
I was very inspired by the woman who is running it, Tiffany Kelly - for her absolute positivity and possibilitarian vision. I love that she works with empowering women. I want to work and deliver her SHINE programe (what a great name, jealous!!that's one of my words!)
I was inspired by a property developer -yes!! I forget her full name, but I can find it, Michelle (xxx) who urged us to think about sustainability in ALL the ways it needs to be thought about - as in creative, inventive and technological solutions - as well as the whole organic route more traditional to the green movement, which is of course important and awesome, but also as if we could go backwards in time slightly.
I was very inspired by Brita (I need to find her full name and the name of her organisation - which is about educating and empowering women) who talked about how educating and empowering women was changing the world, and that to give confidence to one person was valid and worthwhile.
I was inspired that this organisation is going for it. No holds barred, out in the wide global world, talking about belief that anything is possible. Of being solution focused. Of the power of imagination. It was HOPEFUL. (why this has been followed in my feeling sad I do not know!! - what is that - this is all amazing!)
So there is a festival being organised, and I am going to be part of it all, and that is all brilliant. There was even incredible music and we DANCED lots which was awesome. I will find links and populate this blog with it all. Because it was really amazing.
I am glad i have made myself write all that, because it was briliant and hopeful and it is something I can be part of. And I have reconnected with my good friend C who invited me there. And I am really glad about that too.
I met up with my friend M yesterday. Her son and Bub get on really really well, and that was a joy, to see them playing so well. And I haven't seen M for a long time either and it was great to catch up and talk big stuff. So that was good too. AH. So this is why I have to write what went well!!
The weather was amazing all weekend. Yesterday it was so warm at the beach that I had to take my shoes and socks off.
Hub and Bub came to the event in Greenwich, but it wasn't as child friendly as it made out. Children were utterly welcome, but Bub had no friends there, and so listening to the speakers was a bit much for him to concentrate on ALL day. He did hear some really cool stuff though, and he loved the lass who sang the song about Beating the Bullies (link in here!!) So it was ace to just immerse him in that environment, where the big questions were being asked and talked about. Hub took him on the cable car ride across the Thames. Unbelieveable that Hub did that - very brave considering his fear of heights!
Other good news is that the work at the house in Croatia is coming along super well. Brilliant.
This is a great exercise. I still have the issue I had at the beginning, but its so much smaller now. Its a small thing. Not overwhelmingly everything. There is so much good stuff going on!! YAY
Could do better
- not a space to think about the small issue. But it goes to show that focusing on the positive IS a good exercise, so more of that for me!
I must remember to charge my fit bit. I lost the challenge this weekend. When I could have won it am sure!! ha ha
I didn't do MM yesterday. Perhaps that is why I was sad????? But I am not going to give myself a hard time about it. I shall keep reading good books and focusing on the solutions and the good things that exist.
Long term meaningful goals
I was reminded yesterday by M that what really matters - is love, and parenting, and making a positive difference in the world. And those things. Friendships. Those sorts of things. And for me there are two things I would like to do. Firstly I want to build something that is a business that can super support me and my family. Secondly - to make a positive difference in the world. Maybe the two things could be one and the same thing. I would like this to be bringing it back into the real world. Can what I do make a difference in - or outside of the bubble that I live in? Something about the future and bringing hope and positivity to everyone. Not just the likes of me. Not that I don't want that hope and positivity. But it needs to go to everyone. So Empowering is a part of that 3 global goals that speaks to me. Education and Environment are also vital of course.
To do today
I need to get dates sorted. I seem to have some sort of block on that. As I have written it for a week and its not happened. Got to work through that and sort all of the next tranche of WILD ART JOURNALING going forward. (And my BUILDING something that I am doing includes that. The art is one room. )
SS coaching. To be really COACHING about it. ask don't tell! practicing that!!
I am not happy. I want to be happy but in all honesty I am not. I don't know if this public space is where I can be unhappy. But anyway, lets say that today I do not feel energised, positive and all those things that doing a Miracle Morning is supposed to make me feel. I didn't even do it yesterday.
But everything is not all bad either. On Saturday I went to an amazingly positive and hopeful event organised by RoundTableGlobal. (which is not the Round Table masonic thing - at least I don't think it is!! ha ha!)
It is so brilliantly huge in its vision. Like it has 3 global goals of Empowerment, Environment and Education.
It had inspiring speakers who believe anything is possible and that we must do something and we must adapt in order to change the course of history. To save the world. Essentially.
That we are not alone. To gather together and put our minds bodies and souls together to come up with solutions.
I was very inspired by the woman who is running it, Tiffany Kelly - for her absolute positivity and possibilitarian vision. I love that she works with empowering women. I want to work and deliver her SHINE programe (what a great name, jealous!!that's one of my words!)
I was inspired by a property developer -yes!! I forget her full name, but I can find it, Michelle (xxx) who urged us to think about sustainability in ALL the ways it needs to be thought about - as in creative, inventive and technological solutions - as well as the whole organic route more traditional to the green movement, which is of course important and awesome, but also as if we could go backwards in time slightly.
I was very inspired by Brita (I need to find her full name and the name of her organisation - which is about educating and empowering women) who talked about how educating and empowering women was changing the world, and that to give confidence to one person was valid and worthwhile.
I was inspired that this organisation is going for it. No holds barred, out in the wide global world, talking about belief that anything is possible. Of being solution focused. Of the power of imagination. It was HOPEFUL. (why this has been followed in my feeling sad I do not know!! - what is that - this is all amazing!)
So there is a festival being organised, and I am going to be part of it all, and that is all brilliant. There was even incredible music and we DANCED lots which was awesome. I will find links and populate this blog with it all. Because it was really amazing.
I am glad i have made myself write all that, because it was briliant and hopeful and it is something I can be part of. And I have reconnected with my good friend C who invited me there. And I am really glad about that too.
I met up with my friend M yesterday. Her son and Bub get on really really well, and that was a joy, to see them playing so well. And I haven't seen M for a long time either and it was great to catch up and talk big stuff. So that was good too. AH. So this is why I have to write what went well!!
The weather was amazing all weekend. Yesterday it was so warm at the beach that I had to take my shoes and socks off.
Hub and Bub came to the event in Greenwich, but it wasn't as child friendly as it made out. Children were utterly welcome, but Bub had no friends there, and so listening to the speakers was a bit much for him to concentrate on ALL day. He did hear some really cool stuff though, and he loved the lass who sang the song about Beating the Bullies (link in here!!) So it was ace to just immerse him in that environment, where the big questions were being asked and talked about. Hub took him on the cable car ride across the Thames. Unbelieveable that Hub did that - very brave considering his fear of heights!
Other good news is that the work at the house in Croatia is coming along super well. Brilliant.
This is a great exercise. I still have the issue I had at the beginning, but its so much smaller now. Its a small thing. Not overwhelmingly everything. There is so much good stuff going on!! YAY
Could do better
- not a space to think about the small issue. But it goes to show that focusing on the positive IS a good exercise, so more of that for me!
I must remember to charge my fit bit. I lost the challenge this weekend. When I could have won it am sure!! ha ha
I didn't do MM yesterday. Perhaps that is why I was sad????? But I am not going to give myself a hard time about it. I shall keep reading good books and focusing on the solutions and the good things that exist.
Long term meaningful goals
I was reminded yesterday by M that what really matters - is love, and parenting, and making a positive difference in the world. And those things. Friendships. Those sorts of things. And for me there are two things I would like to do. Firstly I want to build something that is a business that can super support me and my family. Secondly - to make a positive difference in the world. Maybe the two things could be one and the same thing. I would like this to be bringing it back into the real world. Can what I do make a difference in - or outside of the bubble that I live in? Something about the future and bringing hope and positivity to everyone. Not just the likes of me. Not that I don't want that hope and positivity. But it needs to go to everyone. So Empowering is a part of that 3 global goals that speaks to me. Education and Environment are also vital of course.
To do today
I need to get dates sorted. I seem to have some sort of block on that. As I have written it for a week and its not happened. Got to work through that and sort all of the next tranche of WILD ART JOURNALING going forward. (And my BUILDING something that I am doing includes that. The art is one room. )
SS coaching. To be really COACHING about it. ask don't tell! practicing that!!
daily reflections Saturday March 25 2017
Just a quickie cos we are off to an event today. very excited about it.
Wild Art Jouranling went well yesterday
ah. wrote some and it was lost. nevermind. onwards
Wild Art Jouranling went well yesterday
ah. wrote some and it was lost. nevermind. onwards
Friday, 24 March 2017
Daily Reflections Friday March 24th 2017
So. I am ditching the what went well etc thing today. I don't want to do it like that.
My thoughts. AH. Parenting. Yesterday I upset my son - who is STILL upset because we are flying to Croatia on his birthday. I can understand he wants his birthday his way. And I feel gutted that I have done this to him and feel just BAD about it. I didn't expect him to be upset. As he LOVES going on planes and travelling to new places. So its was unexpected and I feel bad about it. I am not sure what to do about it. I doubt husband really wants to go, so its just me organising this thing and I am now fearful that husband will also be upset at what I have done.
I do not like being the only person in the house who just wants to go on holiday. I will try and see if I can move the flights cheaply. May still be possible at this stage. Perhaps I can coordinate with the ferry anyway so that we get in at a sensible time to Split.
Bugger.
I need to find a CD player or those CD's or see if I can get music to WAJ today I have plans for a music and poetry based day. I am not entirely clear on it.
I think that yesterday my session with S was too long and perhaps I should have gotten on with other stuff. Needing to plan my time better. Better planning is key.
On the plus side, a lass at the Happy Start Up was very enthusiastic about my idea for art retreats. that they were needed in the world and so on. Andrea was there too, she's a lovely person. And she was supportive too. So being at the Happy Start Up co working is definitely working for me.
Hub mentioned that my work is very dependent on one source and I need to branch out and make my business more sustainable. More work needed all round. More planning more streams of income.
Feeling a little off kilter today. Feeling like my eye is off the ball and am not doing it all right somehow. I know I can call that all in. And I just need to do my best.
I have done Miracle Mornings for 30 days in a row. Which is an incredible feat for a skippy person such as myself. I am slightly struggling with that too - well, thinking other things. Messing with the format. I am not doing the visualisation. And have changed this writing thing. Am doing 20 mins to 30 mins of yoga. And that I am sticking with because it feels great to do that. Also warm water and lemon first thing. So I am sticking to things.
OK what went well
Being at the Happy Start Up
Lovely lunch at Sunbirds Cafe on London Rd -been meaning to go for a long time. it was good
Bub was on good form (bar the upset about going on holiday)
I got an early night
Could do better
Better planning. More focused use of time.
Asking S to be on time / checking my whats app. or just assuming she will be 30 mins late every time. She's not late for Coaching Circle ever. So its something I am accepting.
Better planning and more work towards my goal of sustainable business income.
Dreams that i want to happen
I have a sustainable business that is growing and brings regular income to support paying off our mortgage and paying all taxes and all the holidays I want to go on.
I run successful retreats in beautiful places.
I bring in work for TS and get paid even better for the valuable work I do.
I set up Uncommon Sense as a training and experience company and it is globally successful and I can get other people to run it and sell it and do my own thing in 'retirment' which is running Creative Living retreats that are all about wellbeing and enjoying life.
or something like that.
Off to sort my music issue.
LOVE YA
My thoughts. AH. Parenting. Yesterday I upset my son - who is STILL upset because we are flying to Croatia on his birthday. I can understand he wants his birthday his way. And I feel gutted that I have done this to him and feel just BAD about it. I didn't expect him to be upset. As he LOVES going on planes and travelling to new places. So its was unexpected and I feel bad about it. I am not sure what to do about it. I doubt husband really wants to go, so its just me organising this thing and I am now fearful that husband will also be upset at what I have done.
I do not like being the only person in the house who just wants to go on holiday. I will try and see if I can move the flights cheaply. May still be possible at this stage. Perhaps I can coordinate with the ferry anyway so that we get in at a sensible time to Split.
Bugger.
I need to find a CD player or those CD's or see if I can get music to WAJ today I have plans for a music and poetry based day. I am not entirely clear on it.
I think that yesterday my session with S was too long and perhaps I should have gotten on with other stuff. Needing to plan my time better. Better planning is key.
On the plus side, a lass at the Happy Start Up was very enthusiastic about my idea for art retreats. that they were needed in the world and so on. Andrea was there too, she's a lovely person. And she was supportive too. So being at the Happy Start Up co working is definitely working for me.
Hub mentioned that my work is very dependent on one source and I need to branch out and make my business more sustainable. More work needed all round. More planning more streams of income.
Feeling a little off kilter today. Feeling like my eye is off the ball and am not doing it all right somehow. I know I can call that all in. And I just need to do my best.
I have done Miracle Mornings for 30 days in a row. Which is an incredible feat for a skippy person such as myself. I am slightly struggling with that too - well, thinking other things. Messing with the format. I am not doing the visualisation. And have changed this writing thing. Am doing 20 mins to 30 mins of yoga. And that I am sticking with because it feels great to do that. Also warm water and lemon first thing. So I am sticking to things.
OK what went well
Being at the Happy Start Up
Lovely lunch at Sunbirds Cafe on London Rd -been meaning to go for a long time. it was good
Bub was on good form (bar the upset about going on holiday)
I got an early night
Could do better
Better planning. More focused use of time.
Asking S to be on time / checking my whats app. or just assuming she will be 30 mins late every time. She's not late for Coaching Circle ever. So its something I am accepting.
Better planning and more work towards my goal of sustainable business income.
Dreams that i want to happen
I have a sustainable business that is growing and brings regular income to support paying off our mortgage and paying all taxes and all the holidays I want to go on.
I run successful retreats in beautiful places.
I bring in work for TS and get paid even better for the valuable work I do.
I set up Uncommon Sense as a training and experience company and it is globally successful and I can get other people to run it and sell it and do my own thing in 'retirment' which is running Creative Living retreats that are all about wellbeing and enjoying life.
or something like that.
Off to sort my music issue.
LOVE YA
Thursday, 23 March 2017
thoughts on setting an example to my child
Thinking today about how addicted to computer games our son is, already. And how we behave around our phones etc in his presence. Am thinking I need to - we need to - cut it out.
And reading at the table. Engagement, needed. By us, with him.
More....
And reading at the table. Engagement, needed. By us, with him.
More....
Daily reflection Thursday
Yesterday I
What well well
two good sessions at Bristol
good trains
fed bunnies
did yoga and MM
meditation 20 mins
Could do better = learnings
double check start times night before
do not drink the free glass of wine, just cos its free
take a plug with me / make my own out of loo roll
keep coaching. stop with the telling.
Dreams = what I want to happen
Full courses and workshops for WAJ
Take Art Journaling to Happy Start Up Summer Camp
Get TS some work in and increase my income.
Get a coaching client and really make it work
SS to get lots of work in and increase her earnings
Devise a full training rosta of things i can deliver such as resilience training, stress reduction training, innovation training and so on - WILD CARD AGENCY like Catalyst Global but more interesting.
Todo today
Set up wild painting dates
write an arty newsletter
prep tomorrows WAJ - bundles for the random poems / music - find the sound machine / take computer square view finders - can I make them? do I want to?
find nice art cards and send them to the folk from ABC
What well well
two good sessions at Bristol
good trains
fed bunnies
did yoga and MM
meditation 20 mins
Could do better = learnings
double check start times night before
do not drink the free glass of wine, just cos its free
take a plug with me / make my own out of loo roll
keep coaching. stop with the telling.
Dreams = what I want to happen
Full courses and workshops for WAJ
Take Art Journaling to Happy Start Up Summer Camp
Get TS some work in and increase my income.
Get a coaching client and really make it work
SS to get lots of work in and increase her earnings
Devise a full training rosta of things i can deliver such as resilience training, stress reduction training, innovation training and so on - WILD CARD AGENCY like Catalyst Global but more interesting.
Todo today
Set up wild painting dates
write an arty newsletter
prep tomorrows WAJ - bundles for the random poems / music - find the sound machine / take computer square view finders - can I make them? do I want to?
find nice art cards and send them to the folk from ABC
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
daily reflection Tuesday March 22nd
What Went Well
Cleaned up the Rabbits.
Made real progress on the kitchen packing away
M picked up Bub and took him home
Bub is joining in more in the school discussions
Bub was in a fine mood after school
Had a deep conversation with Hub about Bub and school and he had a great way of describing what we want for Bub. We want to help him find his own authentic voice and things that he loves and is good at and that lights him up. Our mission is to help him nurture friendships with children who are like him. To help him find activities that really interest him, and build on the strengths he already has. We are going to reassess the after school club situation and seek clubs and activities where he can build friendships outside of school and in environments where he is fully engaged. Allow him to grow and become who he is, and happy.
travel to Bristol went well
Sorting out a plug (no plug in the bath!!! ) social media came up with a workable solution when the hotel staff could not help me (used a wad of loo roll and the bath mat - other suggestions were soap and a flannel. Who knew this was a common issue? - but thanks for the great suggestions - i did have a bath in the end!)
Could do better
Bits of the meeting with the teachers was not good. Bub is smart and is joining in the discussions, but he is not at all interested in writing down his thoughts, stories, maths. And he has to. We are concerned that, he's disengaging at school, that its not a good environment for him. Hub is upset about it. So hence the whole lets re jig the scene and not have Bub there so much. He can still do clubs but not at the school and so on
Bloody plug. I will check about the plug in advance - or at least will know about the loo roll trick
not sure that this format is currently working for me. I want to write more freely. I may mix it up. Also, next time I will not take the free glass of wine. I stayed up too late and feel a bit shit this morning as a consequence.
Long term goals.
today its all about helping bub find his happy places.
To do today
learn more about Team Canvas and make notes
deliver Good Day Bad Day and circle of influence to a team as best as best I can.
Cleaned up the Rabbits.
Made real progress on the kitchen packing away
M picked up Bub and took him home
Bub is joining in more in the school discussions
Bub was in a fine mood after school
Had a deep conversation with Hub about Bub and school and he had a great way of describing what we want for Bub. We want to help him find his own authentic voice and things that he loves and is good at and that lights him up. Our mission is to help him nurture friendships with children who are like him. To help him find activities that really interest him, and build on the strengths he already has. We are going to reassess the after school club situation and seek clubs and activities where he can build friendships outside of school and in environments where he is fully engaged. Allow him to grow and become who he is, and happy.
travel to Bristol went well
Sorting out a plug (no plug in the bath!!! ) social media came up with a workable solution when the hotel staff could not help me (used a wad of loo roll and the bath mat - other suggestions were soap and a flannel. Who knew this was a common issue? - but thanks for the great suggestions - i did have a bath in the end!)
Could do better
Bits of the meeting with the teachers was not good. Bub is smart and is joining in the discussions, but he is not at all interested in writing down his thoughts, stories, maths. And he has to. We are concerned that, he's disengaging at school, that its not a good environment for him. Hub is upset about it. So hence the whole lets re jig the scene and not have Bub there so much. He can still do clubs but not at the school and so on
Bloody plug. I will check about the plug in advance - or at least will know about the loo roll trick
not sure that this format is currently working for me. I want to write more freely. I may mix it up. Also, next time I will not take the free glass of wine. I stayed up too late and feel a bit shit this morning as a consequence.
Long term goals.
today its all about helping bub find his happy places.
To do today
learn more about Team Canvas and make notes
deliver Good Day Bad Day and circle of influence to a team as best as best I can.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Daily Reflection Tuesday March 21st 2017
What Went Well
I went to the Brighton & Hove Business Women's meet up hosted by Mi Elfverson. This was good because I met someone called Lee Baker who knows / is part of a big company called Catalyst Global. They do events and team away day type things and I have her number to discuss how to package my How to be a StARTist for the kind of events that they run. Apparently they are always looking for new things, and they need something that runs for 2 hours max.
It was also really cool to meet the lady (agh, her name?) who is a nutritional chef and the lass who runs the nursery (Heather?) who just seemed so lovely and wise regarding parenting. And oh my do we all need support for that - slightly scary chat on teenagers and the internet ensued)
It was fascinating to hear Sophie's story on her passion project, and also to read the discussion around how to enlist support from significant others when pursuing passion projects. Slightly sad to hear that 2 of us basically split up with their partners because they were not supported to go out and be successful in the world with their creative projects. But the discussion was good. I feel that I do have support now for mine.
It was great to meet the nutrition lady as she would be a great co host for a retreat! I really liked Lee Baker too. And Heather. And it was lovely to hear everyones stories. And to realise the passion project is a thing for everyone.
Coaching session with S went well. And had a lovely lunch.
Cooked a delicious roast chicken. Getting there with the putting away of stuff into the kitchen. Last box full of odds and sods. Decluttering group want me to chuck the lot of it. But I can't!!!
Yoga at Jims was good -tough!! but good.
Yes I did Miracle Morning and all of that. Feeling so good about it all.
Could do better
I took too long in the coaching session. I also took over too much I think, with my own agenda. I will coach more next time and allow S to get her own insights. (I do think she liked the session though, so its not that it went badly)
Definitely need to get more decisive with the box of stuff in the kitchen.
Grateful for
Brighton, women friends, love, health, yoga, being as awake as I am.
Longer term aims
Build a sustainable business that is wildly successful and brings in £12000 a month and I love it and it energises me.
Build a business that runs without me.
Keep centred as a parent.
To do today
Get Bub to school on time
finish the kitchen
book hotel in Bristol
pack bag for Bristol
contact folk from wAj
upload links to view videos etc
call Tessa re dates
Lawrences re dates for WILD PAINTING
I went to the Brighton & Hove Business Women's meet up hosted by Mi Elfverson. This was good because I met someone called Lee Baker who knows / is part of a big company called Catalyst Global. They do events and team away day type things and I have her number to discuss how to package my How to be a StARTist for the kind of events that they run. Apparently they are always looking for new things, and they need something that runs for 2 hours max.
It was also really cool to meet the lady (agh, her name?) who is a nutritional chef and the lass who runs the nursery (Heather?) who just seemed so lovely and wise regarding parenting. And oh my do we all need support for that - slightly scary chat on teenagers and the internet ensued)
It was fascinating to hear Sophie's story on her passion project, and also to read the discussion around how to enlist support from significant others when pursuing passion projects. Slightly sad to hear that 2 of us basically split up with their partners because they were not supported to go out and be successful in the world with their creative projects. But the discussion was good. I feel that I do have support now for mine.
It was great to meet the nutrition lady as she would be a great co host for a retreat! I really liked Lee Baker too. And Heather. And it was lovely to hear everyones stories. And to realise the passion project is a thing for everyone.
Coaching session with S went well. And had a lovely lunch.
Cooked a delicious roast chicken. Getting there with the putting away of stuff into the kitchen. Last box full of odds and sods. Decluttering group want me to chuck the lot of it. But I can't!!!
Yoga at Jims was good -tough!! but good.
Yes I did Miracle Morning and all of that. Feeling so good about it all.
Could do better
I took too long in the coaching session. I also took over too much I think, with my own agenda. I will coach more next time and allow S to get her own insights. (I do think she liked the session though, so its not that it went badly)
Definitely need to get more decisive with the box of stuff in the kitchen.
Grateful for
Brighton, women friends, love, health, yoga, being as awake as I am.
Longer term aims
Build a sustainable business that is wildly successful and brings in £12000 a month and I love it and it energises me.
Build a business that runs without me.
Keep centred as a parent.
To do today
Get Bub to school on time
finish the kitchen
book hotel in Bristol
pack bag for Bristol
contact folk from wAj
upload links to view videos etc
call Tessa re dates
Lawrences re dates for WILD PAINTING
Monday, 20 March 2017
Daily Reflection Monday 20th March 2017
What went Well?
Hub and I got started and really got far on the whole re populating the kitchen thing. Its a bit of a thing as there isn't quite the same amount of room as there was. But we are working it out and finding our way. Also, we nearly had a row about it. Hub says I was being inflexible and dictatorial about it. I totally wasn't, I was just expressing and opinion! ha! anyway he got over it. or we got over it. And instead of heading down an impasse of " you always....." etc. We stopped. It is really key that he feels involved in deciding how the layout works. That way he feels involved with the whole kitchen and putting stuff away thing. And the kitchen itself is not just 'mine'. (I still did all the cooking and clearing away mind you. Perhaps that isn't going to change much?)
I found an undersink caddy thing for the cleaning stuff and it fits.
I found a small drying rack online and I think that's going to work.
We had delcious sausage pasta for dinner.
I did a really rubbish MM - but I did it. And my meditation and plank and all that stuff.
I found my fitbit! yay! and walked 10,000 steps.
Sophie also wants to go to B&H Biz women's meet up. And I can park at her house.
I told hub about Croatia and he was OK about it. made a comment for sure. I don't blame him. But it was with a smile.
I got my coffee pot back from Sally!
Could do better
I could have got up earlier and done a proper MM
Long term things to remember
Get dates for WAJ - let Tessa know dates I will do Art Workshops at Lawrences.
Get work in for TS. Get independent well paid coaching work.
Sort the house out and declutter more. Get it to tidy
To Do
Sophie -take cards. Do customer journey mapping.
Send cards to the folk from ABC
Look at the photos that AL sent.
Ask him to send links in an email
grateful for
My new kitchen
My health
Hub and I got started and really got far on the whole re populating the kitchen thing. Its a bit of a thing as there isn't quite the same amount of room as there was. But we are working it out and finding our way. Also, we nearly had a row about it. Hub says I was being inflexible and dictatorial about it. I totally wasn't, I was just expressing and opinion! ha! anyway he got over it. or we got over it. And instead of heading down an impasse of " you always....." etc. We stopped. It is really key that he feels involved in deciding how the layout works. That way he feels involved with the whole kitchen and putting stuff away thing. And the kitchen itself is not just 'mine'. (I still did all the cooking and clearing away mind you. Perhaps that isn't going to change much?)
I found an undersink caddy thing for the cleaning stuff and it fits.
I found a small drying rack online and I think that's going to work.
We had delcious sausage pasta for dinner.
I did a really rubbish MM - but I did it. And my meditation and plank and all that stuff.
I found my fitbit! yay! and walked 10,000 steps.
Sophie also wants to go to B&H Biz women's meet up. And I can park at her house.
I told hub about Croatia and he was OK about it. made a comment for sure. I don't blame him. But it was with a smile.
I got my coffee pot back from Sally!
Could do better
I could have got up earlier and done a proper MM
Long term things to remember
Get dates for WAJ - let Tessa know dates I will do Art Workshops at Lawrences.
Get work in for TS. Get independent well paid coaching work.
Sort the house out and declutter more. Get it to tidy
To Do
Sophie -take cards. Do customer journey mapping.
Send cards to the folk from ABC
Look at the photos that AL sent.
Ask him to send links in an email
grateful for
My new kitchen
My health
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Daily Reflection Sunday March 19th 2017
What went well
Taught yoga in Seaford and they said they had all enjoyed my classes and ask for me as their cover teacher. Makes me happy. I like them, they are so lovely. Definitely working with wonderful people.
Loved Beauty and The Beast - the new live action one. Cried like a baby - even though I knew the story. Love the message. So glad my son got to see that. Even though he wasn't that keen on the fact that it had songs in it (fear of Frozen!!)
Its good to start settling into the new kitchen.
Had a nice drink with Abi and Dave.
Went to bed at 9pm.
Did MM and all that. Fed Bunnies etc. All the usual useful stuff.
Could Do Better
Next time we get a kitchen fitted (ha ha ha ha) I will ask for the cupboards to be put up a tile width higher. Gap at the top for no reason. Likewise I would have 4 small drawers rather than one small drawer and 2 weird large ones with strange dividers that I am not sure what they are for!!
Hub says I get tense when I have to make decisions. I did not take that feedback well. I could have listened more and learned more. Personally, in my defensive mode, I feel I get tense when being asked to make a hard decision too fast! Its about putting the kitchen stuff back into the kitchen. I want to get it right. Not have to get it all out again and do it properly! I think we have a different perspective on that. But 'get better at decision making' is something I can do. And there is something in the way that I need to communicate with Hub that needs to be clearer as he got annoyed with me, and then I got annoyed with him etc. We did, however recover very well, and quickly. So it didn't fester.
Longer term goals
Have a really functional beautiful kitchen
A beautiful eco home.
A rewarding, well paid, engaging career.
earn a fortune doing what I love
finances sorted
healthy wealthy and wise
build a community
be part of a our community
To do today
Collect coffee pot from Sally
put kitchen away
dump trip
charity shop trip
decluttering, tidying and cleaning.
Taught yoga in Seaford and they said they had all enjoyed my classes and ask for me as their cover teacher. Makes me happy. I like them, they are so lovely. Definitely working with wonderful people.
Loved Beauty and The Beast - the new live action one. Cried like a baby - even though I knew the story. Love the message. So glad my son got to see that. Even though he wasn't that keen on the fact that it had songs in it (fear of Frozen!!)
Its good to start settling into the new kitchen.
Had a nice drink with Abi and Dave.
Went to bed at 9pm.
Did MM and all that. Fed Bunnies etc. All the usual useful stuff.
Could Do Better
Next time we get a kitchen fitted (ha ha ha ha) I will ask for the cupboards to be put up a tile width higher. Gap at the top for no reason. Likewise I would have 4 small drawers rather than one small drawer and 2 weird large ones with strange dividers that I am not sure what they are for!!
Hub says I get tense when I have to make decisions. I did not take that feedback well. I could have listened more and learned more. Personally, in my defensive mode, I feel I get tense when being asked to make a hard decision too fast! Its about putting the kitchen stuff back into the kitchen. I want to get it right. Not have to get it all out again and do it properly! I think we have a different perspective on that. But 'get better at decision making' is something I can do. And there is something in the way that I need to communicate with Hub that needs to be clearer as he got annoyed with me, and then I got annoyed with him etc. We did, however recover very well, and quickly. So it didn't fester.
Longer term goals
Have a really functional beautiful kitchen
A beautiful eco home.
A rewarding, well paid, engaging career.
earn a fortune doing what I love
finances sorted
healthy wealthy and wise
build a community
be part of a our community
To do today
Collect coffee pot from Sally
put kitchen away
dump trip
charity shop trip
decluttering, tidying and cleaning.
Daily Reflection Saturday March 18th 2017
What Went Well
Wild Art Journaling - went well. Folk enjoyed the textures and the limited palettes, the gold leaf and the theme. Builder guy was able to finish installing the new fridge, the wall cupboards, fixed the door step and oil the work top. There is a lot still to do, but the kitchen is essentially up and running.
There was an issue with the dishwasher not draining, I was sad about it, and frustrated as - we just want to be able to trust the bloody plumbing. This sounds like a did not go well, BUT the did go well part was that builder guy texted at 11pm to explain what was wrong, he had forgotten to cut the end of the spigot. He talked me through how to do that, and I fixed the plumbing for the dishwasher! SO that is the bit that went well. I am proud of myself. And I know what a spigot is!
I had a lovely breakfast. I did a version of MM. Slightly shorter on the yoga as we have no rug in the living room and everything is chaos. But eveyrthing else was done, including the meditation and the affirmations etc.
Hub is calm and hopeful now that builder guy is gone for a week.
Could do better
Its a shame the tiling is not done and the lighting and the kick boards and stuff. But that can't actually be helped. We experimented with Friday is video game day and you can 'knock yourself out with how long you get on that thing" which worked well yesterday. But I have a moaning miserable son today who wants it to go back to an hour on Sunday and an hour on Thursday. Bascia
Wild Art Journaling - went well. Folk enjoyed the textures and the limited palettes, the gold leaf and the theme. Builder guy was able to finish installing the new fridge, the wall cupboards, fixed the door step and oil the work top. There is a lot still to do, but the kitchen is essentially up and running.
There was an issue with the dishwasher not draining, I was sad about it, and frustrated as - we just want to be able to trust the bloody plumbing. This sounds like a did not go well, BUT the did go well part was that builder guy texted at 11pm to explain what was wrong, he had forgotten to cut the end of the spigot. He talked me through how to do that, and I fixed the plumbing for the dishwasher! SO that is the bit that went well. I am proud of myself. And I know what a spigot is!
I had a lovely breakfast. I did a version of MM. Slightly shorter on the yoga as we have no rug in the living room and everything is chaos. But eveyrthing else was done, including the meditation and the affirmations etc.
Hub is calm and hopeful now that builder guy is gone for a week.
Could do better
Its a shame the tiling is not done and the lighting and the kick boards and stuff. But that can't actually be helped. We experimented with Friday is video game day and you can 'knock yourself out with how long you get on that thing" which worked well yesterday. But I have a moaning miserable son today who wants it to go back to an hour on Sunday and an hour on Thursday. Bascia
Friday, 17 March 2017
daily reflection
what went well
Coaching Circle mastermind was awesome. Love those ladies and how we are a knit bunch of complimentary skills and forward facing intentions. Growth that suits us and means we are authentic and succesful. Really enjoying that.
The logical levels exercise was interesting. The message I got was to do what my creative spirit said and to believe that the work I do is important and vital. To know that the world needs more people to be lit up and shiny. And to go out there and shine.
I have a mission to create a video of How to be A StARTist. To show to corporate types how Art Journaling works, how engaging it is, and how it can be a useful tool for strategic out of office planning growth days. And I need to write that too.
Had a gorgeous lunch at Treacle. One of my favourite places in Brighton (well Hove, actually)
Kitchen is moving forward
I have been doing Miracle Mornings for 23 days. I am doing well on my persistence and commitment challenge there.
Could do better
I noticed my logical levels were vague on the intermediary steps, capabilities and skills I need to have to achieve my goals. So looking at those is going to support me.
The kitchen seems to be having issues with the walls and I am concerned its not going to be as finished as we would like it to be by the end of today.
Long term vision
to bring art back to life. bring art and creativity to where it is needed in the world. to enjoy the process and earn a fortune doing it. To get people into flow and using their whole brains and do their best work.
to have a happy beautiful eco house
happy healthy family
to be energised and nourished by my work
to do today
give my all to my Wild Art Journalists
communicated to Penney
call Mi & settle dates with Tessa
Coaching Circle mastermind was awesome. Love those ladies and how we are a knit bunch of complimentary skills and forward facing intentions. Growth that suits us and means we are authentic and succesful. Really enjoying that.
The logical levels exercise was interesting. The message I got was to do what my creative spirit said and to believe that the work I do is important and vital. To know that the world needs more people to be lit up and shiny. And to go out there and shine.
I have a mission to create a video of How to be A StARTist. To show to corporate types how Art Journaling works, how engaging it is, and how it can be a useful tool for strategic out of office planning growth days. And I need to write that too.
Had a gorgeous lunch at Treacle. One of my favourite places in Brighton (well Hove, actually)
Kitchen is moving forward
I have been doing Miracle Mornings for 23 days. I am doing well on my persistence and commitment challenge there.
Could do better
I noticed my logical levels were vague on the intermediary steps, capabilities and skills I need to have to achieve my goals. So looking at those is going to support me.
The kitchen seems to be having issues with the walls and I am concerned its not going to be as finished as we would like it to be by the end of today.
Long term vision
to bring art back to life. bring art and creativity to where it is needed in the world. to enjoy the process and earn a fortune doing it. To get people into flow and using their whole brains and do their best work.
to have a happy beautiful eco house
happy healthy family
to be energised and nourished by my work
to do today
give my all to my Wild Art Journalists
communicated to Penney
call Mi & settle dates with Tessa
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Daily Reflection: Thursday 16th March 2017
Good Morning!
What Went Well (yesterday)
The weather was glorious. I had a lovely chat with Lisa Wright whilst having a coffee at Presuming Ed's. I worked at the Happy Start up and met FiFi McGee - who turns out to work for Beth Kempton. Its a small world. Especially seeing as I was telling her how going to this Art Retreat in Yorkshire changed my life (Beth organised it!).
I did my yoga, writing and meditation yesterday. And plank. I skipped navasana. I definitely walked 10,000 steps (even though I have lost my fitbit, I kind of know now when I have walked far enough)
I wrote some good stuff for UncommonSense. Made some plans. Paid all the bills (inc the dosh for the House in Croatia) Wrote up the notes from Sophie's coaching session.
The kitchen is coming on leaps and bounds. We have a work top, a sink. Space for drawers and a fridge. Its coming along.
Over hearing a conversation about Brand guidelines - simply put, My Brand IS and my brand ISN'T and remembering my chats with Rozynna. I came up with a list, well two lists of what my brand is and isn't. I really liked it. Its something I will be carrying with me in my head (and heart?) going forward. Its good to know where you stand on things. Coherent, to coin a FF phrase.
Could do better
Keep focused when working and avoid FB more. My mind wandered a bit and I felt I had sat too long in front of a screen by the end of the day. Keep on track and spend less time just sitting. Not enjoying the Energy book, much, its not saying anything I don't really know and is very similar to other books I have read. I guess its good to get the messsage underlined again and again. But still, I am so far from the fucked up stressed ill and overweight company man that it feels a little off pace for me. I guess that's a good thing. I'm half way there. I have other bridges to build and cross.
Gratitudes
I am so grateful for my home, for the health of my family. For how well the Art Journaling with the Business Club went. For the opportunities I have coming my way. For the loveliness of my friendly cat. The good school my son goes to. For the people I know online and through that world. For art and meditation that save me. For good friends. My own health and wellbeing. The luck of being born who I am to the parents I have.
Long term visions
I had some new ones yesterday. Along with my beautiful eco home, my bestest parenting. I have loving relationships and keeping them loving. Building friendships and helping people. Doing work that energises and nourishes me. Building a sustainable business. Paying off the mortgage. Keeping healthy and standing up tall and straight.
To do today
Coaching Circle. Take Bub swimming. Read a useful inspiring book there. OOH. I don' t have any specific tasks beyond that. How lovely! Really we are all focusing on getting to the end of this week. At the end of this week, the kitchen will be reconstructed. We will have shelves and cupboards and a new fridge. Its such an upheaval at home, and currently the contents of our kitchen are spread around the house! We are looking forward to the weekend, when we can start to put it all back. And adding to the chaos is the fact that the back room is not finished and all that stuff is also around the house. We really need to get all these basics sorted out before going forward.
I'd like to get some dates sorted for WAJ at the Green Garden Cabin. And figure out what to do with regard to Wild Painting a Lawrence's Studio.
What Went Well (yesterday)
The weather was glorious. I had a lovely chat with Lisa Wright whilst having a coffee at Presuming Ed's. I worked at the Happy Start up and met FiFi McGee - who turns out to work for Beth Kempton. Its a small world. Especially seeing as I was telling her how going to this Art Retreat in Yorkshire changed my life (Beth organised it!).
I did my yoga, writing and meditation yesterday. And plank. I skipped navasana. I definitely walked 10,000 steps (even though I have lost my fitbit, I kind of know now when I have walked far enough)
I wrote some good stuff for UncommonSense. Made some plans. Paid all the bills (inc the dosh for the House in Croatia) Wrote up the notes from Sophie's coaching session.
The kitchen is coming on leaps and bounds. We have a work top, a sink. Space for drawers and a fridge. Its coming along.
Over hearing a conversation about Brand guidelines - simply put, My Brand IS and my brand ISN'T and remembering my chats with Rozynna. I came up with a list, well two lists of what my brand is and isn't. I really liked it. Its something I will be carrying with me in my head (and heart?) going forward. Its good to know where you stand on things. Coherent, to coin a FF phrase.
Could do better
Keep focused when working and avoid FB more. My mind wandered a bit and I felt I had sat too long in front of a screen by the end of the day. Keep on track and spend less time just sitting. Not enjoying the Energy book, much, its not saying anything I don't really know and is very similar to other books I have read. I guess its good to get the messsage underlined again and again. But still, I am so far from the fucked up stressed ill and overweight company man that it feels a little off pace for me. I guess that's a good thing. I'm half way there. I have other bridges to build and cross.
Gratitudes
I am so grateful for my home, for the health of my family. For how well the Art Journaling with the Business Club went. For the opportunities I have coming my way. For the loveliness of my friendly cat. The good school my son goes to. For the people I know online and through that world. For art and meditation that save me. For good friends. My own health and wellbeing. The luck of being born who I am to the parents I have.
Long term visions
I had some new ones yesterday. Along with my beautiful eco home, my bestest parenting. I have loving relationships and keeping them loving. Building friendships and helping people. Doing work that energises and nourishes me. Building a sustainable business. Paying off the mortgage. Keeping healthy and standing up tall and straight.
To do today
Coaching Circle. Take Bub swimming. Read a useful inspiring book there. OOH. I don' t have any specific tasks beyond that. How lovely! Really we are all focusing on getting to the end of this week. At the end of this week, the kitchen will be reconstructed. We will have shelves and cupboards and a new fridge. Its such an upheaval at home, and currently the contents of our kitchen are spread around the house! We are looking forward to the weekend, when we can start to put it all back. And adding to the chaos is the fact that the back room is not finished and all that stuff is also around the house. We really need to get all these basics sorted out before going forward.
I'd like to get some dates sorted for WAJ at the Green Garden Cabin. And figure out what to do with regard to Wild Painting a Lawrence's Studio.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Brave Post. Just putting it out there innit
I am going through my note book and processing it.
I found a page which was notes I wrote called "who am I becoming"
I am going to type it out here. Because I like it.
I am becoming
an internationally sought after coach - highly paid, highly regarded, expert.
an artist and creativity expert
a business coach who promotes human, magical, creative means to expand, fulfil, dream and become. a retreat hostess, creating pure magical energy and connection between souls.
wealthy, in money, in friends, community, love, family, holidays, interesting engaging work, making a positive difference to the world.
I found a page which was notes I wrote called "who am I becoming"
I am going to type it out here. Because I like it.
I am becoming
an internationally sought after coach - highly paid, highly regarded, expert.
an artist and creativity expert
a business coach who promotes human, magical, creative means to expand, fulfil, dream and become. a retreat hostess, creating pure magical energy and connection between souls.
wealthy, in money, in friends, community, love, family, holidays, interesting engaging work, making a positive difference to the world.
daily reflection Wednesday 15th March 2017
What went well
Bloody Hell. Doing Art Journalling with 25 business people at Lawrence Art Studios went well. It was hard work and I have some learnings, but essentially, it went really, really well. Some folk had revelations and loved it. Even the more disengaged enjoyed it. Some said it was the best thing they had done. One wants me to come along to his Graphic Design company and run a session, several want to come and do a course and another wants me to come and do something with her social enterprise. So that was all amazing and happy making and brilliant. And as an experiment doing art journaling with people who are not already self selected and interested, does actually work. I am really, really excited and delighted.
Going round table to table worked better than shouting over the chatter.
Not going to Bristol today (which had been on the cards, but then 2 people cancelled and I managed to postpone the last one) was also good.
Could do better
Could have bloody well cancelled the hotel in Bristol. Which I totally missed in my general anxiety yesterday. My bad and especially as I was basically given the left over art materials yesterday. I feel bad about asking as an expense. I am going to see if I can split it. Its a bugger though.
Evidently better managing anxiety would be a good move. Though it was such a new thing and it was such a large group that I am not sure I would have felt nothing whatever - Excitement / Fear = same feeling but different PR as Lizzie says.
Paint was too think. Better to have fluid paint and smaller pots of it. medium brushes needed. if do rip it up then do a paint and scrub off to show the texture on the Gesso. and get a whole colour on the background. drying off like that would help speed up the layering.
Say who I am really clearly at the beginning. Write an intro speach. Basically write a mini inspiring TED like talk about creativity what it is, and why we need it, and how we all have it, and why judging output is bad and enjoying the doing of the thing is good. So that I can remember it more clearly and brilliantly every time I say it. Work on that.
Long Term Goals
Beautiful eco House
be as good a parent as I can be
Treble my income (but work fewer days)
Have dates for WAJ set up for the year ahead and going into Next YEAR
1000 devoted fans (who are fucking brilliant and I love them)
Brought in lots of work to TS (some of which I get a commission on and I don't even have to do it)
A book
A podcast / you tube channel
Creative Entrepreneur coaching (paid for!)
To do today
Pay all the fucking bills!! Greece / Ted's clubs / Yoga
write up Sophie coaching notes.
Bloody Hell. Doing Art Journalling with 25 business people at Lawrence Art Studios went well. It was hard work and I have some learnings, but essentially, it went really, really well. Some folk had revelations and loved it. Even the more disengaged enjoyed it. Some said it was the best thing they had done. One wants me to come along to his Graphic Design company and run a session, several want to come and do a course and another wants me to come and do something with her social enterprise. So that was all amazing and happy making and brilliant. And as an experiment doing art journaling with people who are not already self selected and interested, does actually work. I am really, really excited and delighted.
Going round table to table worked better than shouting over the chatter.
Not going to Bristol today (which had been on the cards, but then 2 people cancelled and I managed to postpone the last one) was also good.
Could do better
Could have bloody well cancelled the hotel in Bristol. Which I totally missed in my general anxiety yesterday. My bad and especially as I was basically given the left over art materials yesterday. I feel bad about asking as an expense. I am going to see if I can split it. Its a bugger though.
Evidently better managing anxiety would be a good move. Though it was such a new thing and it was such a large group that I am not sure I would have felt nothing whatever - Excitement / Fear = same feeling but different PR as Lizzie says.
Paint was too think. Better to have fluid paint and smaller pots of it. medium brushes needed. if do rip it up then do a paint and scrub off to show the texture on the Gesso. and get a whole colour on the background. drying off like that would help speed up the layering.
Say who I am really clearly at the beginning. Write an intro speach. Basically write a mini inspiring TED like talk about creativity what it is, and why we need it, and how we all have it, and why judging output is bad and enjoying the doing of the thing is good. So that I can remember it more clearly and brilliantly every time I say it. Work on that.
Long Term Goals
Beautiful eco House
be as good a parent as I can be
Treble my income (but work fewer days)
Have dates for WAJ set up for the year ahead and going into Next YEAR
1000 devoted fans (who are fucking brilliant and I love them)
Brought in lots of work to TS (some of which I get a commission on and I don't even have to do it)
A book
A podcast / you tube channel
Creative Entrepreneur coaching (paid for!)
To do today
Pay all the fucking bills!! Greece / Ted's clubs / Yoga
write up Sophie coaching notes.
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Daily Reflection Tuesday 14th March 2017
What Went Well
I had a coaching session yesterday afternoon - that went really well, and I enjoyed it too. Work to be done but and enthusiastic and committed coachee who is on the path to really good stuff.
Yoga class with Jim - blimey it was a tough one, but it felt good to go to my limits. Realised that I don't go there with my yoga at home. Evidently staying well within my limits at home!! ha!
Got the bath fixed finally. Builder chap figured out what was going wrong. Faulty pipe fitting thing. Feeling good that this is not going to be a never ending bath leaking issue. Feel relieved that the bath didn't need to be taken out again.
Hub picked Bub up from school. Bunnies and pigs fed and had a run outside.
Had a lovely dinner of leftover curry.
Could do better
I wanted to keep a little more on track with the coaching session. I didn't do the values and I want to do that still. But at the same time, the work we did was really important to the client so its OK.
Total failure in getting rid of the exercise bike. Which is never used. Well its used once every 6 months when I threaten to get rid of it. Hate that thing. Was just about to get it picked up when Hub objected. I hadn't 'asked him properly!!!!" apparently. Have you ever heard the like. As in, I asked him but he wasn't really listening to me. Yup.
Have got sage for secret blessing of house, but didn't use it.
Lady who dropped out of course got a refund because she claimed she misread and misunderstood that the journaling was WILD = and she thought that meant NATURE. which it isnt/ I might rename it.
Longer term goals
House = beautiful and eco and HAPPY
Earning good money doing what I love
Lots of holidays
Mortgage paid off
Happy
To do today
SHIT. I am scared. Excited. I am delivering a WAJ workshop to 25 people. I also have to confirm Bristol tomorrow (don't know what is happening there) pack up to go and be ready to leave almost straight after the WAJ session. I don't feel prepared for either of these things. Also tomorrow the Kitchen refit begins in earnest and I am not going to be here. I feel really anxious about that. Hub finds it utterly stressful and I feel bad not being here. Can't do anything about that. Its all a bit piled up. breathe!!
I had a coaching session yesterday afternoon - that went really well, and I enjoyed it too. Work to be done but and enthusiastic and committed coachee who is on the path to really good stuff.
Yoga class with Jim - blimey it was a tough one, but it felt good to go to my limits. Realised that I don't go there with my yoga at home. Evidently staying well within my limits at home!! ha!
Got the bath fixed finally. Builder chap figured out what was going wrong. Faulty pipe fitting thing. Feeling good that this is not going to be a never ending bath leaking issue. Feel relieved that the bath didn't need to be taken out again.
Hub picked Bub up from school. Bunnies and pigs fed and had a run outside.
Had a lovely dinner of leftover curry.
Could do better
I wanted to keep a little more on track with the coaching session. I didn't do the values and I want to do that still. But at the same time, the work we did was really important to the client so its OK.
Total failure in getting rid of the exercise bike. Which is never used. Well its used once every 6 months when I threaten to get rid of it. Hate that thing. Was just about to get it picked up when Hub objected. I hadn't 'asked him properly!!!!" apparently. Have you ever heard the like. As in, I asked him but he wasn't really listening to me. Yup.
Have got sage for secret blessing of house, but didn't use it.
Lady who dropped out of course got a refund because she claimed she misread and misunderstood that the journaling was WILD = and she thought that meant NATURE. which it isnt/ I might rename it.
Longer term goals
House = beautiful and eco and HAPPY
Earning good money doing what I love
Lots of holidays
Mortgage paid off
Happy
To do today
SHIT. I am scared. Excited. I am delivering a WAJ workshop to 25 people. I also have to confirm Bristol tomorrow (don't know what is happening there) pack up to go and be ready to leave almost straight after the WAJ session. I don't feel prepared for either of these things. Also tomorrow the Kitchen refit begins in earnest and I am not going to be here. I feel really anxious about that. Hub finds it utterly stressful and I feel bad not being here. Can't do anything about that. Its all a bit piled up. breathe!!
Monday, 13 March 2017
Daily Reflection Monday 13th March 0713am
What went well
The slow roast lamb was delicious.
I cleaned the bathroom floor and hoovered the house (builder dust and dirt gone!)
Hoovered Bub's room floor (that carpet -why does everything seem to stick to it?)
I had a nap while the boys went to see Skull Island
Booked flights for Croatia in May for only £83 return!
Did the premium bond thing
transfered some more cash to Bro (more to come, when premium bond thing happens)
Printed out the form for parents evening
Did a version of Miracle Morning - some yoga, the affirmations, the daily reflections
did plank & meditation (well savasana)
What could go better
Miracle morning, was a little late and lazy. I was tired and a tad hungover. I am glad I didn't skip it entirely, but it was a slow and fuzzy one!
The bath is bloody leaking again. Its cursed.
Hub still not feeling too well. He's fuzzy headed and dreading the disruption coming on Wednesday when the full on put the kitchen in work begins.
Still haven't looked at dates for Lawrences. So that means I need to write a dates lists this morning.
spending more time with Bub.
Long term aims
Dates for WAJ set up going forward.
Best parenting I can
To do today.
Dates at Lawrences
Invoice Tessa
- See list in Cal.
Dig out paper work for Coaching
The slow roast lamb was delicious.
I cleaned the bathroom floor and hoovered the house (builder dust and dirt gone!)
Hoovered Bub's room floor (that carpet -why does everything seem to stick to it?)
I had a nap while the boys went to see Skull Island
Booked flights for Croatia in May for only £83 return!
Did the premium bond thing
transfered some more cash to Bro (more to come, when premium bond thing happens)
Printed out the form for parents evening
Did a version of Miracle Morning - some yoga, the affirmations, the daily reflections
did plank & meditation (well savasana)
What could go better
Miracle morning, was a little late and lazy. I was tired and a tad hungover. I am glad I didn't skip it entirely, but it was a slow and fuzzy one!
The bath is bloody leaking again. Its cursed.
Hub still not feeling too well. He's fuzzy headed and dreading the disruption coming on Wednesday when the full on put the kitchen in work begins.
Still haven't looked at dates for Lawrences. So that means I need to write a dates lists this morning.
spending more time with Bub.
Long term aims
Dates for WAJ set up going forward.
Best parenting I can
To do today.
Dates at Lawrences
Invoice Tessa
- See list in Cal.
Dig out paper work for Coaching
Saturday, 11 March 2017
Curry Club
Just because I feel it deserves its own post.
Yesterday was the first meeting of Curry Club. While we are tempted to say things like "the first rule of Curry Club is that you don't talk about Curry Club" and we did spend some slightly drunken time inventing code words and secret hand gestures, oh and the tie and golden chille....
I do think its OK to talk about Curry Club.
All it is, is a potluck dinner. Everyone brings a curry (and some wine or beer - obviously!) The host is responsible for the rice.
Its a great excuse to get together, share food, make curry recipes that you haven't tried before, and share your favourites. Its basically like Secret Salad Society. But with Curry.
We ate
Potato and Tomato curry (my dish I will share the recipe below)
Paneer Curry (home made paneer!! recipe by Manjula? She is on the interweb am going to hunt her down)
Chicken Rogan Josh (Floyd on India recipe - but made with chick thighs and not lamb)
Chick pea curry (think this is an invented house curry)
My Potato and Tomato dish
(I got this from a friends recipe book many years ago -no idea what it was called, but its excellent!)
ingredients
Potatoes
onions
tomatoes
coriandar
onion seeds (nigella)
black mustard seeds
chilli (red ones, dried)
coriander seeds
cumin
fennel seeds
garlic
lemons
Chop potatoes into small cubes
Slice onions thinly
Fry potatoes and onions until golden
fry mustard seeds and nigella seeds until the mustard seeds pop.
chop / crush garlic and stir in to the potatoes and spices
add the rest of the spices, crushed using a pestle and mortar
chop the tomatoes and coriander and stir in
pour on lemon juice.
I cannot remember the amounts of anything, so its a little random as a recipe. But its super tasty and fresh.
Yesterday was the first meeting of Curry Club. While we are tempted to say things like "the first rule of Curry Club is that you don't talk about Curry Club" and we did spend some slightly drunken time inventing code words and secret hand gestures, oh and the tie and golden chille....
I do think its OK to talk about Curry Club.
All it is, is a potluck dinner. Everyone brings a curry (and some wine or beer - obviously!) The host is responsible for the rice.
Its a great excuse to get together, share food, make curry recipes that you haven't tried before, and share your favourites. Its basically like Secret Salad Society. But with Curry.
We ate
Potato and Tomato curry (my dish I will share the recipe below)
Paneer Curry (home made paneer!! recipe by Manjula? She is on the interweb am going to hunt her down)
Chicken Rogan Josh (Floyd on India recipe - but made with chick thighs and not lamb)
Chick pea curry (think this is an invented house curry)
My Potato and Tomato dish
(I got this from a friends recipe book many years ago -no idea what it was called, but its excellent!)
ingredients
Potatoes
onions
tomatoes
coriandar
onion seeds (nigella)
black mustard seeds
chilli (red ones, dried)
coriander seeds
cumin
fennel seeds
garlic
lemons
Chop potatoes into small cubes
Slice onions thinly
Fry potatoes and onions until golden
fry mustard seeds and nigella seeds until the mustard seeds pop.
chop / crush garlic and stir in to the potatoes and spices
add the rest of the spices, crushed using a pestle and mortar
chop the tomatoes and coriander and stir in
pour on lemon juice.
I cannot remember the amounts of anything, so its a little random as a recipe. But its super tasty and fresh.
Daily Reflection Sunday Morning 0710 12th March
What Went Well
Curry Club!!! what a success. Oh my GOD! how delicious were those curries? Honestly, had we gone to the fanciest of fancy Curry restaurants the curry could not have been better. YUMMY.
Yoga teaching. Happy with my class. Only 3 of them but they ALL went up into headstand. Even A. Who I think much be nearly 70 ish. Go Girl.
Bub's violin concert -the sound of all those instruments was amazing.
IT WAS GLORIOUS AND SUNNY. SPRING!! SPRING. very excited about that.
Had a lovely lunch with Hub while the soloists played.
Hub bought lamb from a lovely butchers up in Fiveways. Saddlescombe Farm. So proper.
I did MM (miracle morning) so meditation, affirmations, plank, reading, writing etc. done!
The bath leaked on Friday night - but Builder chap came round and fixed it so its mended. Good thing the side panels had not been put back on already.
Could Do Better
Bub was sat behind a large cellist which huge hair and during the performance could not see the conductor. We had a chat about being proactive and either moving or telling someone, rather than just sitting there getting frustrated.
I'd have liked Hub to have come to curry club, but he wasn't well. I want him better. But there isn't much I can do about that.
I noticed from reading - a few days ago - that there are a few items I haven't done yet. Perhaps this log format is not the best place for my to do things. Its good to think here. But I need to transpose them onto a paper list I can carry with me.
Longer term aims
Do good work that is valuable and valued
Make friends and help people
be the best parent I can be
Beautiful eco home
To do today
Premuim bond money sort
clearing and cleaning up as much as possible after Builder chap before next onslaught of building stuff happens.
Kings emails
take stuff to dump. especially the big exercise bike that is never (hardly 1 x every year) used.
Curry Club!!! what a success. Oh my GOD! how delicious were those curries? Honestly, had we gone to the fanciest of fancy Curry restaurants the curry could not have been better. YUMMY.
Yoga teaching. Happy with my class. Only 3 of them but they ALL went up into headstand. Even A. Who I think much be nearly 70 ish. Go Girl.
Bub's violin concert -the sound of all those instruments was amazing.
IT WAS GLORIOUS AND SUNNY. SPRING!! SPRING. very excited about that.
Had a lovely lunch with Hub while the soloists played.
Hub bought lamb from a lovely butchers up in Fiveways. Saddlescombe Farm. So proper.
I did MM (miracle morning) so meditation, affirmations, plank, reading, writing etc. done!
The bath leaked on Friday night - but Builder chap came round and fixed it so its mended. Good thing the side panels had not been put back on already.
Could Do Better
Bub was sat behind a large cellist which huge hair and during the performance could not see the conductor. We had a chat about being proactive and either moving or telling someone, rather than just sitting there getting frustrated.
I'd have liked Hub to have come to curry club, but he wasn't well. I want him better. But there isn't much I can do about that.
I noticed from reading - a few days ago - that there are a few items I haven't done yet. Perhaps this log format is not the best place for my to do things. Its good to think here. But I need to transpose them onto a paper list I can carry with me.
Longer term aims
Do good work that is valuable and valued
Make friends and help people
be the best parent I can be
Beautiful eco home
To do today
Premuim bond money sort
clearing and cleaning up as much as possible after Builder chap before next onslaught of building stuff happens.
Kings emails
take stuff to dump. especially the big exercise bike that is never (hardly 1 x every year) used.
Friday, 10 March 2017
A daily reflection on Saturday 11th March
What went well. (a quickie today as I have to go and teach yoga and am up slightly later)
Went dancing
Wild Art Journaling went really well. Everyone loved it and did amazing work.
I did the grocery shopping.
had a good nap after school as Bub and Hub went into town to buy a book and eat dinner
Could do better next time
be kinder to Hub who is struggling with illness (which is making him grumpy)
bath is leaking
Long term aims
Set up dates for WAJ going forward
Be a brilliant coach
Parent as well as I can and prepare Bub for life
house beautiful & eco
Today
teach yoga
get bath leak fixed
make a curry for curry club
send invoice to Tessa
Went dancing
Wild Art Journaling went really well. Everyone loved it and did amazing work.
I did the grocery shopping.
had a good nap after school as Bub and Hub went into town to buy a book and eat dinner
Could do better next time
be kinder to Hub who is struggling with illness (which is making him grumpy)
bath is leaking
Long term aims
Set up dates for WAJ going forward
Be a brilliant coach
Parent as well as I can and prepare Bub for life
house beautiful & eco
Today
teach yoga
get bath leak fixed
make a curry for curry club
send invoice to Tessa
Thursday, 9 March 2017
My daily reflection on Friday 10th March 7.07am
What went well?
Yesterday - I worked at the Happy Start Up co-working space and that was good. While i was there I bumped into and caught up with Andrea Anderson. She is a friend and a coach - and I worked with her, as in she coached me for a while, last year - or it may have even been the year before that! Yes it was! It was really good to be able to share all the progress I had made since then. She had really helped me and I have made huge strides in all the areas we had discussed. She has also moved on to wanting to set up a social enterprise and work with younger people. It was a brilliant chat and it was really good to touch base with her again. She brought up UncommonSense - and - I have just started thinking tentatively about that again. So it was good to be reminded of that goal.
I had a lovely lunch with Hub. The sun was shining. Bub did really well at swimming, he has improved so much. Hub went and spent time with the bunnies we are bunnysitting, Wilfred and Barnaby, so they had a good run around.
Our builder has fitted our new bath and fixed a leak he found.
I had some bad news and I dealt with it as best as I could. Hub shared with me honestly about something in a way that was real and good and trusting.
Caroline has invited Andrea to the event on the 25th as well. I am excited about this event. OH - and not sure if I mentioned it but I also had a good chat with Lis Cashin about ABLC going forward, assisting on being a coaching trainer.
Yesterday had a lovely catch up with Sally, and it seems that we are moving our coaching relationship to be part of the Coaching Circle mastermind. I think this a good thing.
What could go better
Ah, bad news. I had 2 bits of bad news. I could have dealt with it even better. Or maybe not. Perhaps I can just give myself a break on that one.
Getting up and doing "miracle mornings" was definately hard this morning. I allowed myself a little more of a lie and and a little less of the exercise. I have done the affirmations as best as I can. And I am determined to continue and keep going even though I really don't feel like it. I am holding onto being very present and keeping my focus short. I have a tendency to story off into the future and weave tales of woe that are not necessarily true. So, I do feel bad, and a bit scared, and shaken. Not so much. I mean I am alright and this is a blip. But only right now. In the grand scheme of things its so very minor, all lives have blips and bumps in the road. Am keeping going.
Learn to describe my work as well as I can so that folk know as well as can be, what to expect.
In future, we will arrange building work to be done in very small bursts. We may have to consider moving to a bigger, more modern house, where building work is not necessary.
Longer term aims - keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
We have a beautiful eco, sound house. I earn good money doing what I love. I have set up the dates going forward for Wild Art Journaling, with a new course and some day and or weekend events. I have dates set up for Lawrences and a newsletter going out on Tuesday for the folk who come to my event. That event goes as well as it possibly can. Be curious and open. Not every one is going to like it or get what I want them to get from it. It may be a a wild success or - who knows?. Either way I will survive and I will have learned something. Uncommon Senses is an exciting venture that earns lots of money doing really fun work. Bub is happy, and has skills to cope with life in the future. We are all healthy in body, soul and mind. My customers are brilliant, engaged, curious, vibrant and brave. I am the best coach I can be.
To do today.
Give my all to the Wild Art Journaling class. Dream Landscapes. Set dates for Lawrences and Happy Start Up. Talk to builder and arrange a small break. Sort premium bond money today. book flights to Croatia in May. Go to the supermarket and buy fruit and food stuffs to make curry.
Yesterday - I worked at the Happy Start Up co-working space and that was good. While i was there I bumped into and caught up with Andrea Anderson. She is a friend and a coach - and I worked with her, as in she coached me for a while, last year - or it may have even been the year before that! Yes it was! It was really good to be able to share all the progress I had made since then. She had really helped me and I have made huge strides in all the areas we had discussed. She has also moved on to wanting to set up a social enterprise and work with younger people. It was a brilliant chat and it was really good to touch base with her again. She brought up UncommonSense - and - I have just started thinking tentatively about that again. So it was good to be reminded of that goal.
I had a lovely lunch with Hub. The sun was shining. Bub did really well at swimming, he has improved so much. Hub went and spent time with the bunnies we are bunnysitting, Wilfred and Barnaby, so they had a good run around.
Our builder has fitted our new bath and fixed a leak he found.
I had some bad news and I dealt with it as best as I could. Hub shared with me honestly about something in a way that was real and good and trusting.
Caroline has invited Andrea to the event on the 25th as well. I am excited about this event. OH - and not sure if I mentioned it but I also had a good chat with Lis Cashin about ABLC going forward, assisting on being a coaching trainer.
Yesterday had a lovely catch up with Sally, and it seems that we are moving our coaching relationship to be part of the Coaching Circle mastermind. I think this a good thing.
What could go better
Ah, bad news. I had 2 bits of bad news. I could have dealt with it even better. Or maybe not. Perhaps I can just give myself a break on that one.
Getting up and doing "miracle mornings" was definately hard this morning. I allowed myself a little more of a lie and and a little less of the exercise. I have done the affirmations as best as I can. And I am determined to continue and keep going even though I really don't feel like it. I am holding onto being very present and keeping my focus short. I have a tendency to story off into the future and weave tales of woe that are not necessarily true. So, I do feel bad, and a bit scared, and shaken. Not so much. I mean I am alright and this is a blip. But only right now. In the grand scheme of things its so very minor, all lives have blips and bumps in the road. Am keeping going.
Learn to describe my work as well as I can so that folk know as well as can be, what to expect.
In future, we will arrange building work to be done in very small bursts. We may have to consider moving to a bigger, more modern house, where building work is not necessary.
Longer term aims - keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
We have a beautiful eco, sound house. I earn good money doing what I love. I have set up the dates going forward for Wild Art Journaling, with a new course and some day and or weekend events. I have dates set up for Lawrences and a newsletter going out on Tuesday for the folk who come to my event. That event goes as well as it possibly can. Be curious and open. Not every one is going to like it or get what I want them to get from it. It may be a a wild success or - who knows?. Either way I will survive and I will have learned something. Uncommon Senses is an exciting venture that earns lots of money doing really fun work. Bub is happy, and has skills to cope with life in the future. We are all healthy in body, soul and mind. My customers are brilliant, engaged, curious, vibrant and brave. I am the best coach I can be.
To do today.
Give my all to the Wild Art Journaling class. Dream Landscapes. Set dates for Lawrences and Happy Start Up. Talk to builder and arrange a small break. Sort premium bond money today. book flights to Croatia in May. Go to the supermarket and buy fruit and food stuffs to make curry.
daily reflection. 6.32am Thursday 9th March 2017
What went well.
Yesterday Hub and I went to Jane's Place Co-Working. That was a good move. Day before Hub was practically insane with frustration at having builder in house. Causing chaos (but transforming our house for the SO MUCH BETTER). He had been stuck in a very negative energy. Bad back pain, angry, STUCK in his anger and pain "I feel like I am TRAPPED in this house! There is no solution!" etc. Which wasn't true, but pain can make you beligerant (sp?). So I was delighted when he said he would come too. It was a huge success. Working outside the home is so much more productive, especially when you have a loud radio and externalising builder. (Our chap, talks to himself about what he is doing, a lot! and loudly! - thank god he listens to radio 6 - but its still all loud!)
We found a delicious and delightful spot for lunch in Portslade (Franklins?) a cafe which also sells renovated old furniture.
Later that afternoon on the way to pick up Bub from school, I had a brainwave. We are currently rabbit sitting, for friends who are travelling in Goa. We must feed the rabbits, clean them out etc, but also let them out for a run in the garden every day. My friend suggested I take some work round there, and it dawned on me (as Jane's Place co working only runs Mondays and Wednesdays) that - Hub can work there during the day! Perfect! Its just around the corner, he loves animals and can watch the rabbits play for hours (My friend, who LOVES her Bunny babies will be really happy). Builder is in all next week, and that's when the actual kitchen units go in, so it will be full on chaos.
Really happy with that.
We had tuna melts and pizza toasts for tea. Sounds minor but for years (yes, years!) our cooker had a broken grill, so having a working cooker with a working grill is really cool.
I got paid. I do love how my associate work for Then Somehow gets paid for so quickly. I mean I only invoiced yesterday and was paid ON THE SAME DAY. That is super cool.
Meanwhile in Croatia, Amanda (from Hidden House) is working, like she does, like a whirlwind of Getting Suff Done, and the house will be beautiful. She reckons she can help rent it out for July and August, which will go some way towards paying for the works that are being done. Its so fabulous to have her help as she knows the rental market and what rooms need, in terms of furniture, and plug sockets and stuff like that. And all the legal stuff and safety stuff that needs to be covered. So excited about it all.
And yesterday I booked flights for me and Hub and Bub to go out in October. Flights were only £63 return! We have a whole week! My friend who owns the bunnies, will be able to pay us back with pet sitting and we can all go and stay in the beautiful house, hang out with Chris and Amanda and - have a holiday. We will also stay in Split for 2 days and be able to go see Castles where Game of Thrones was filmed!
Later I had a chat with Rozynna - we are planning a retreat recce and mastermind planning session to Croatia in May. We have dates! today we will book flights! I LOVE going on holiday. I love sorting out summer - and May and October! So many holidays this year. In mid term at the start of June we are going to Cornwall to stay in a holiday home belonging to a friends dad. With them and another family. YAY. At Easter we are off to Suffolk, then after easter I'm going on retreat recce to Greece, then in early May, to Croatia with Rozynna. In the summer, we will stay in the UK. But will be holidaying in Suffolk - some camping, some staying in Southwold at the family holiday cottage with beach hut....(I hope?) and not sure what else. Then October mid term - off to Croatia again.
OH - another good thing. Yesterday I got an email from my good friend Caroline - who is organising an event in conjunction with Roundtable. A 3 generational event about making the world a better place. Hub said he really wanted to go. I already really wanted to go. So I checked if it would be OK to bring Bub and she said yes. So we are going to a conference with world changemakers. Am really excited.
The first Curry Club inaugural potluck supper is official and being held on Saturday night. So that's exciting - we have a social event we are ALL going to. Super cool!
I donated to Lizzie Dinawi's fundraising for her brother in law in Aleppo. I love that this initiative is happening. So good to think that its possible to kick start a business to help people there. She is doing loads of fundraising of various kinds (I think you can go rent her villa in Crete as a way of donating, so go ask her!) Lizzie is a blogger (see here) who I met online many years ago. She has supported me from no career to here. That she has family in Syria makes it so close to home. It was a functioning and beautiful place. War is terrible.
other stuff. I did Miracle Morning, yoga, plank, meditation etc.
Could go better.
I got up so early that I lost track of time and was slightly late for Games club for bub. I am not very disciplined yet with the MM and perhaps I need to time myself. (same goes for today. I did Yoga for 25 mins, and now have done my journaling for 30 mins. I still need to do affirmations and visualisation and meditation. And I am running out of time again! ha. So there is a learning.
I also didn't plan well enough to go to Jane's Place with everything I needed. As a consequence I wasted time there a little bit. In my defence I was slightly thrown, but in good way, by Hub coming too. But going forward. Plan what I need to do and head off with all I need.
Longer term aims
Have dates for Wild Art Journaling going into the future, set up, with a promotion schedule and mailing list and all that, so that folks who are interested in coming know about it, and when it is and where it is, and how to book in etc. Having a range of offers from the trial taster sessions, courses, weekends, short courses, day long sessions, week long retreats in beautiful places.
Bringing in corporate coaching work, Capacity Building work, and facilitation work.
Private coaching client work - helping folk get where they want to go faster than if they were doing it on their own. Being a creative thinking partner. Simplifying complexity into tangible grounded actions. Making life and business better.
Being as good a parent as I can be.
To do today
Send Kings Futures email out. (hmm - maybe wait a week? no. do it today)
Pay Graeme - done
Get Premium bonds cashed in (take paper work with me to do this online)
Send money to Bro - done some. sort above later.
Pay SS
Check accounting / book keeping files and take all of those with me. - no. do this another day.
Confirm dates for WAJ at Green Garden Cabin and write a newsletter.
Decide dates for WAJ / Painting days at Lawrences Art Studio.
Write bio and short description and send photos to Oli at Happy Start Up re the taster session on April 7th.
Think about day long dates for WAJ
Let SS know of my dates for being away this year.
Check with Mum re Southwold holiday and see if she is OK with that.
Pick a vision to do my visualisation MM with.
Yesterday Hub and I went to Jane's Place Co-Working. That was a good move. Day before Hub was practically insane with frustration at having builder in house. Causing chaos (but transforming our house for the SO MUCH BETTER). He had been stuck in a very negative energy. Bad back pain, angry, STUCK in his anger and pain "I feel like I am TRAPPED in this house! There is no solution!" etc. Which wasn't true, but pain can make you beligerant (sp?). So I was delighted when he said he would come too. It was a huge success. Working outside the home is so much more productive, especially when you have a loud radio and externalising builder. (Our chap, talks to himself about what he is doing, a lot! and loudly! - thank god he listens to radio 6 - but its still all loud!)
We found a delicious and delightful spot for lunch in Portslade (Franklins?) a cafe which also sells renovated old furniture.
Later that afternoon on the way to pick up Bub from school, I had a brainwave. We are currently rabbit sitting, for friends who are travelling in Goa. We must feed the rabbits, clean them out etc, but also let them out for a run in the garden every day. My friend suggested I take some work round there, and it dawned on me (as Jane's Place co working only runs Mondays and Wednesdays) that - Hub can work there during the day! Perfect! Its just around the corner, he loves animals and can watch the rabbits play for hours (My friend, who LOVES her Bunny babies will be really happy). Builder is in all next week, and that's when the actual kitchen units go in, so it will be full on chaos.
Really happy with that.
We had tuna melts and pizza toasts for tea. Sounds minor but for years (yes, years!) our cooker had a broken grill, so having a working cooker with a working grill is really cool.
I got paid. I do love how my associate work for Then Somehow gets paid for so quickly. I mean I only invoiced yesterday and was paid ON THE SAME DAY. That is super cool.
Meanwhile in Croatia, Amanda (from Hidden House) is working, like she does, like a whirlwind of Getting Suff Done, and the house will be beautiful. She reckons she can help rent it out for July and August, which will go some way towards paying for the works that are being done. Its so fabulous to have her help as she knows the rental market and what rooms need, in terms of furniture, and plug sockets and stuff like that. And all the legal stuff and safety stuff that needs to be covered. So excited about it all.
And yesterday I booked flights for me and Hub and Bub to go out in October. Flights were only £63 return! We have a whole week! My friend who owns the bunnies, will be able to pay us back with pet sitting and we can all go and stay in the beautiful house, hang out with Chris and Amanda and - have a holiday. We will also stay in Split for 2 days and be able to go see Castles where Game of Thrones was filmed!
Later I had a chat with Rozynna - we are planning a retreat recce and mastermind planning session to Croatia in May. We have dates! today we will book flights! I LOVE going on holiday. I love sorting out summer - and May and October! So many holidays this year. In mid term at the start of June we are going to Cornwall to stay in a holiday home belonging to a friends dad. With them and another family. YAY. At Easter we are off to Suffolk, then after easter I'm going on retreat recce to Greece, then in early May, to Croatia with Rozynna. In the summer, we will stay in the UK. But will be holidaying in Suffolk - some camping, some staying in Southwold at the family holiday cottage with beach hut....(I hope?) and not sure what else. Then October mid term - off to Croatia again.
OH - another good thing. Yesterday I got an email from my good friend Caroline - who is organising an event in conjunction with Roundtable. A 3 generational event about making the world a better place. Hub said he really wanted to go. I already really wanted to go. So I checked if it would be OK to bring Bub and she said yes. So we are going to a conference with world changemakers. Am really excited.
The first Curry Club inaugural potluck supper is official and being held on Saturday night. So that's exciting - we have a social event we are ALL going to. Super cool!
I donated to Lizzie Dinawi's fundraising for her brother in law in Aleppo. I love that this initiative is happening. So good to think that its possible to kick start a business to help people there. She is doing loads of fundraising of various kinds (I think you can go rent her villa in Crete as a way of donating, so go ask her!) Lizzie is a blogger (see here) who I met online many years ago. She has supported me from no career to here. That she has family in Syria makes it so close to home. It was a functioning and beautiful place. War is terrible.
other stuff. I did Miracle Morning, yoga, plank, meditation etc.
Could go better.
I got up so early that I lost track of time and was slightly late for Games club for bub. I am not very disciplined yet with the MM and perhaps I need to time myself. (same goes for today. I did Yoga for 25 mins, and now have done my journaling for 30 mins. I still need to do affirmations and visualisation and meditation. And I am running out of time again! ha. So there is a learning.
I also didn't plan well enough to go to Jane's Place with everything I needed. As a consequence I wasted time there a little bit. In my defence I was slightly thrown, but in good way, by Hub coming too. But going forward. Plan what I need to do and head off with all I need.
Longer term aims
Have dates for Wild Art Journaling going into the future, set up, with a promotion schedule and mailing list and all that, so that folks who are interested in coming know about it, and when it is and where it is, and how to book in etc. Having a range of offers from the trial taster sessions, courses, weekends, short courses, day long sessions, week long retreats in beautiful places.
Bringing in corporate coaching work, Capacity Building work, and facilitation work.
Private coaching client work - helping folk get where they want to go faster than if they were doing it on their own. Being a creative thinking partner. Simplifying complexity into tangible grounded actions. Making life and business better.
Being as good a parent as I can be.
To do today
Send Kings Futures email out. (hmm - maybe wait a week? no. do it today)
Pay Graeme - done
Get Premium bonds cashed in (take paper work with me to do this online)
Send money to Bro - done some. sort above later.
Pay SS
Check accounting / book keeping files and take all of those with me. - no. do this another day.
Confirm dates for WAJ at Green Garden Cabin and write a newsletter.
Decide dates for WAJ / Painting days at Lawrences Art Studio.
Write bio and short description and send photos to Oli at Happy Start Up re the taster session on April 7th.
Think about day long dates for WAJ
Let SS know of my dates for being away this year.
Check with Mum re Southwold holiday and see if she is OK with that.
Pick a vision to do my visualisation MM with.
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Daily Review
What went well.
I did good work yesterday, I helped people at Kings College. I managed a situation of working in an odd room, with other people coming and going in the background. People thanked me and told me why it was good. Later I lead a discussion that wasn't easy, and was in a new format, with my 'boss' there (which always makes me feel slightly nervous and scrutinised, but also slightly handicapped as I don't feel quite able to lead)
Trains were no trouble at all. I got an early night.
I managed to do meditation, a small bit of yoga and some reading, despite getting on an early train. I got to work on time and was able to get breakfast beforehand. So timings were good.
It wasn't raining and I was able to walk home.
What could be better?
Next time I want to remember (which I usually do) to outline the structure of the morning and let folk know how its going to play out. I perhaps relied too heavily on winging it (though I know the subject really well) and I could have given myself a bit of a mental structure beforehand, so that I would remember to cover everything. I did cover it all, but in a slightly haphazard way. I feel I could have done better with a little more structure and mental preparation.
Gratitudes
I am grateful for my health, my wealth and my family. Living in Brighton. Having work I enjoy and am good at. Owning my home. For Amanda and Bro, for working so well on the house in Croatia. Oh my! how lucky are we - we have a house in Croatia!! Which will be beautiful soon. And this house! the kitchen will - soon - before Easter at least - be a beautiful kitchen, that functions, and doesn't have hideous defects. That feels open and spacious and great. I am grateful for our builder, who seems so far to be a helpful, and useful and not too expensive and capable (enough) chap. Grateful to my parents who have helped us so much.
I did good work yesterday, I helped people at Kings College. I managed a situation of working in an odd room, with other people coming and going in the background. People thanked me and told me why it was good. Later I lead a discussion that wasn't easy, and was in a new format, with my 'boss' there (which always makes me feel slightly nervous and scrutinised, but also slightly handicapped as I don't feel quite able to lead)
Trains were no trouble at all. I got an early night.
I managed to do meditation, a small bit of yoga and some reading, despite getting on an early train. I got to work on time and was able to get breakfast beforehand. So timings were good.
It wasn't raining and I was able to walk home.
What could be better?
Next time I want to remember (which I usually do) to outline the structure of the morning and let folk know how its going to play out. I perhaps relied too heavily on winging it (though I know the subject really well) and I could have given myself a bit of a mental structure beforehand, so that I would remember to cover everything. I did cover it all, but in a slightly haphazard way. I feel I could have done better with a little more structure and mental preparation.
Gratitudes
I am grateful for my health, my wealth and my family. Living in Brighton. Having work I enjoy and am good at. Owning my home. For Amanda and Bro, for working so well on the house in Croatia. Oh my! how lucky are we - we have a house in Croatia!! Which will be beautiful soon. And this house! the kitchen will - soon - before Easter at least - be a beautiful kitchen, that functions, and doesn't have hideous defects. That feels open and spacious and great. I am grateful for our builder, who seems so far to be a helpful, and useful and not too expensive and capable (enough) chap. Grateful to my parents who have helped us so much.
Sunday, 5 March 2017
How to get what you want.
So, how are things? I haven't been here for a while, so I thought I would pop by, and give a quick update and also share a Ted talk I just found inspiring.
I have been doing Miracle Mornings (google it) for the last week. I heard about it from Andrea Sher, who mentioned it in her interview with Flora Bowley. Both folk I like and admire! So I looked it up and thought, you know what, I like the sound of that. And I am trying it. Its not complicated. Really its about getting up a bit earlier so that you can do the things that you have heard are good things to do, but perhaps you just don't do them because you don't have the time.
Mainly its about exercise, meditation, journaling, affirmations, reading (getting inspired, learning stuff), and visualisation. Basically working on your personal development - but doing it first thing, so that it gets done!
I wouldn't say I have gone as far as the chap who invents it. I am not convinced that 5 hours a night is enough, so sod that. But I have been getting up earlier than I would have (have made it to 6.30am) and I am doing 20 minutes of yoga, drinking warm water and lemon, and then doing meditation and journaling (a bit of creative thinking, planning and like my daily update thing). I am trying the affirmations too. Perhaps building up to visualisation? So far so good. I like it.
And because I have been reading. I have read some of a book, which made me realise that, probably the main things I need to foster and nurture in myself are the qualities of self discipline, focus and persistence. I am super good at starting things, but keeping them going....... that I struggle with!! (ha!) So that is where my affirmations are going, and what I am working on. I am determined to keep this morning thing going. As part of my reading - this morning I watched a Ted talk that the fabulous Misfit to Maven, Ebonie Allard recommended. And in it, the getting out of bed before you are ready, and not ever succumbing to the snooze button was mentioned. I really liked it, and I guess it is backing up what I am trying to do at the moment. So am sharing it here.
enjoy! How to stop screwing yourself over | Mel Robbins | Ted X talk.
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