friday afternoon update! 9: i’ve got a secret

psst…

well i got a secret but can i keep it
i better cross my heart and hope to die

—stacey earle

not a happy secret, i’m sorry to say. and unlike the general theory of secrets (yours are mostly forgotten, never revealed; mine simply the latter), this one has a half life of a couple weeks at most. still, i just figure that mentioning it makes it a little less concealed. and creates a context, albeit a slightly mysterious context. whatever. as bob dylan once croaked, “nothing is revealed”, and as no one of any note has been known to say, all that is concealed will be revealed. ah well…you makes your choices and you takes your chances.

rain rain rain

cats and dogs here in boston, and we are talking lions and tigers and alsatians quite seriously. made for great sleeping, and great sleeping in just a little bit. and for pretty lousy moving out. house sitting, remember? today is changing it up day, and loading up the car was indeed a bit wet. c’est la vie. this is life in its rawness i tell myself. and as a pampered american what can i say. a little rawness can be a good thing. speaking of which…

where did this raw thing come from?

probably had something to do with the fact that my refuge for the last week was a “please don’t cook any meat in my pots and pans” kind of place. huh. or it could just be that i’ve got a weird seasonal relationship with raw greens. i seem to crave them as soon as it gets cold, and then lose interest totally once it gets warm. which may mean that i am wired to live some place like northern california where these sorts of things grow when it’s colder and bolt when its hot.

at any rate, this has been the week of spinach salads and apple kale smoothies, as well as chocolate and kombucha, of course. and have i shared my kombucha adventures yet? i can’t say that they are so exciting that i could build an entire blog out of them, as my friend james has with his shiva adventures, and still, there is a deep mystery in the brewing process, and in consuming your own brew; a mystery that is deep at the heart of what creative lifestyles is all about.

begging the question

which begs the question wtf is creative lifestyles all about? 

okay then, i’ll tell you. creative lifestyles is all about creating your own lifestyle, rather than buying one ready made, or even tailor made. it’s about living life from your deep well of desire. and it’s about doing that well, with grace and balance, so that you can rowyco, all night long if need be. or whatever it is that sparks your inner fire into a raging flame. woo hoo!

and one path of living that divinely inspired life is to make a little something for yourself, from scratch as much as possible, and to nourish yourself with it. not like you have to live on a homestead and sew your own clothes, although you may like that idea. and still, consuming a little something that you are intimately involved in creating…well it adds a certain je ne sais quoi to your life. well…it does to mine!

so what was that ‘little something’ in your week?

well for me, this was to be the week of grounding. and how. diving into banks accounts; depositing, transfering, putting out fires of neglect (yes…some fire good, some fire bad…even though ultimately it’s all good!). and delving into the maze of life insurance and health insurance.yeah. and that stuff wasn’t even on my list!

and i’m happy to say that i accomplished all of the ongoing stuff of a grounding nature this week: the massage rocked, the laundry was completed, groceries bought, and so on. and it did help. a ton. immediate feelings of connection with planet earth and my physical self. yeah! 

so that was simple and easy and it did the trick…it’s nice to see a theory work!

and then there is all that other stuff

well, yeah. so much to do and so little time…and the beauty of this is that what doesn’t get done is either not really needed, or needed to be done by someone else! yes. i have finally hit up into the realization that some things i just need to hire out. yikes! so much for 100% diy.

so yes…what i realize is that certain organizing tasks, like setting up speaking engagements, organizing my group programs, both meat-space and virtual, setting up email subscription, even putting together a newsletter…these are all things that should be done by someone other than myself. oh my god! the dreaded os!

so there we go…i’m wrapping up this week and already adding to my list of things to do! and yet…if i can complete this silly little task i will be freed of many others. and bam! a job has been created! the economy has begun spiraling upward once again! patriot that i am!

good stuff still to come!

teaching yoga in 23 minutes, and then taking a master class from marc st. pierre 90 minutes after that. what can i say? life is good indeed. and to think i created this…(with a little help from my friends!)

how was your week? what went well and what slid away? and what the heck are you concealing, anyway?