I experience a peacefulness and joy in doing today.
I had a few big projects I worked on, and in two specific cases I experienced a resistance to the idea of doing them that contrasted sharply with the joy and peace of actually doing them.
What I learned is that I do in fact enjoy doing pretty [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Day 25 (2008-03-30): Start doing
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Day 24 (2008-03-29): Vacation
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, blogging, intentions, life, Peace, uncertainty, vacation on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m taking a vacation next week. My intention is to be more spontaneous. To let go, and to listen to my inner voice.
What that means for this blog is that I may not post every day.
I experience a little bit of concern over that. I’ve posted 124 consecutive days. There’s uncertainty as far as what [...]
Day 23 (2008-03-28): My vision
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anger, anxiety, appreciation, business, clients, coaching session, frustration, inner peace, joy, life, life coaching, passion, Peace, sadness, uncertainty, vision, vision statement, world peace on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Conversation with a client
Today I was discussing a client’s vision statement during our session. And it got me thinking about my own. The vision statement that I use to guide my short-term and long-term business choices is: World peace through inner peace and passion.
What I noticed after speaking to my client was [...]
Day 22 (2008-03-27): Thinking vs. feeling
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I’ve been experiencing this intense dynamic pull between past and future today. Let me try to describe it:
I have projects from the past that I would like to complete. These things feel like psychological clutter. It feels like if I don’t complete them, they will just sit there in my way, waiting for me to [...]
Day 21 (2008-03-26): Wonder
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, emotion, emotions, grace, gratitude, joy, landscape, life, light, morning, night, Peace, shadow, uncertainty, wonder, wow on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed another benefit of this conscious embracing of uncertainty. Last night as I was laying in bed (and this morning when I woke up), I found it very natural to create a present state of wonder.
I let my eyes wash over the room — the windows, the curtains, the ceiling — noticing the landscape [...]
Day 20 (2008-03-25): Embracing uncertainty
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, career, health, life, mystery, Peace, relationships, uncertainty on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve played with this idea several times in the past week or two, and it’s working very well for me.
Embracing the mystery of life is a great way for me to relate to longer-term uncertainties like health, career, relationships, etc.
And even more directly embracing uncertainty itself makes relating to more immediate uncertainties a more positive [...]
Day 19 (2008-03-24): Feeling nervous
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, Eckhart Tolle, life, Peace, teleclass, The Power of Now, time management, uncertainty on March 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last week, among other things, I led my time management teleclass and my in-person Power of Now group discussion. Both are things I’ve done dozens of times before.
But in each case, I found myself feeling nervous. It wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle, but I grew annoyed at myself because I’m typically very calm during those [...]
Day 16 (2008-03-21): Simple and succinct
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, friends, gratitude, inner peace, inspiration, kindness, life, love, Peace, peace of mind, productivity, simplicity, teleclass, teleseminar, the universe, time management, uncertainty, world peace on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: Email from a friend
A friend of mine replied to my post from yesterday. The person wishes to remain anonymous, so didn’t post his/her sentiments as a comment. I’d like to include a section of the email here:
“And so my message to you in all of this is to live for today, do [...]
Day 14 (2008-03-19): Adventure
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, adventure, artists, busy professionals, coaching, coaching business, coaching session, family, friends, health, Indiana Jones, Kayte Connelly, life, life coach, life coaching, marketing, networking, Peace, planning, relationships, target market, uncertainty, weekly planning on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: Coaching session with Kayte Connelly
I had a coaching session this morning in which uncertainty showed up twice creating two entirely different reactions in me.
The first was when I was talking about my marketing strategy for my coaching business. I voiced a concern of mine that my marketing is almost wholly Internet based, [...]
Day 13 (2008-03-18): Perspective and gratitude
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, doubt, electricity, family, fear, friends, gratitude, health, life, mystery, Peace, perspective, relationships, technology, uncertainty, universe on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Delving into my relationship with uncertainty uncovers lots of seemingly “negative” things like fears, doubts, irrational beliefs, etc. Because these posts are detailing my experience with all that, it can seem like things are not going well for me these days. And anyone reading these posts could very easily get a skewed perspective of what [...]
Day 12 (2008-03-17): Simplicity, Part 2
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, business, choice, focus, fun, life, Peace, peaceful, simplicity, St. Patrick's Day, uncertainty on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I’ve been feeling intentionally peaceful today. Yesterday’s experience of the power of choice and simplicity made an impression on me.
Again, I simplified my focus today. I organized my intentions into simple mental categories, and scheduled blocks of time to do them. The categories are:
Personal routines
Business routines
Business projects
Social/fun
Meetings/appointments
I’m finding it’s pretty easy to [...]
Day 11 (2008-03-16): Simplicity
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, chaos, choice, family, goals, income tax, life, order, Peace, simplicity, taxes, to do list, to do lists, uncertainty on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was much more peaceful than yesterday. The main difference was simplicity. I chose to focus on two main things today:
Working on my taxes
Visiting my sister and my nieces
Other things got done as they needed to, but there was an ease to them. There were just as many things going on around me, just as [...]
Day 10 (2008-03-15): Choose or react
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, choice, life, meditation, Peace, relationships, running, self-criticism, should statements, to do list, to do lists, TV, TV shows, uncertainty on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Strange day today…
I didn’t have any appointments today, personal or professional. All day I kept trying to think of what to do with the day (notice the word do). It seemed like an opportunity to work on some big project or do something special.
As I considered my options, I’d keep thinking that there must be [...]
Day 7 (2008-03-12): The mystery of life, continued
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, affirmations, life, mantra, mantras, mystery of life, Peace, should statements, uncertainty on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I kind of like the sound of that: “The mystery of life, continued…” (As if the mystery is ever solved!)
Yesterday I lost sight of my intended practice until late in the day, but I really enjoyed saying the affirmation when I did it. So I’m going to continue with it today. In fact, it works [...]
Day 6 (2008-03-11): Should Statements and the mystery of life
Posted in 100 Days of Peace in Uncertainty, Peace, uncertainty, tagged 100 Days of Peace, anxiety, certainty, life, mystery of life, Peace, relationships, should statements, stress, uncertainty on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m noticing that Should Statements arise out of my relationship to uncertainty, and they contribute quite a bit to my anxiety.
In other words, lots of my Shoulds are really worries that if I don’t do certain things then bad stuff will happen to me. And there’s something else…let me just sit for a moment to [...]
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