monday morning motivator! 5, the big theme edition

getting better all the time

when i started this motivator a month or so ago i stated that i wanted my blog to work for me, something like being able to go to it at anytime and sniff out a clue, a direction to move in, a space to sit in, whatever. and as i sit at the laptop this morning realizing that it is going to take a minor miracle to get this thing published in my morning, i can see that my current process is working against me. rather than get up on monday and write a motivator, i need to be able to get up on monday and read a motivator. or watch one, as the case may be.

so that’s one of the projects on this final week of the year…plotting out a good time to get the mmm all set up for publication monday morning bright and early enough that i can turn to it after i’ve taken care of all the things that scream for my attention when i first roll out of bed. you know, like coffee and chocolate.

growing up in public

so this week definitely feels like the “keep digging deeper while looking higher” week that i kinda figured was coming my way. and funny thing how those two begin to come together in a seamless sort of way. reaching higher and digging deeper is what i’m saying. coming together. so that as i begin to look at the next year, ‘cos this is the time to do that, what i am beginning to see as a meta-theme is self-healing, which means, being the tantric sort that i am, that i’ve got the whole world, including you and you and you, to help me out with that. and of course all of you as well!

yippee! woo hoo! what fun!

boatloads of themes

so front-loading a bit, i’ve got that theme for 09, self healing, and by its very nature a yearly theme just begs for a nice long list of synchronous weekly themes, the healing agents, as it were, which i have already begun, with the help of a few friends. you can help too, if you want. i would really appreciate that.

• laughter
• song
• love
• sex
• good food
• herbs
• exercise
• walking
• yoga
• shiva nata
• friendship
• conversation
• prayer
• simplicity
• patience
• compassion

whew…that’ll keep me busy for at least…16 weeks!

and what about this week?

well this week is a work in progress of course. originally planned as a one night event, which as all my plans seem to, has come crashing down to earth and broken into several days of paying attention to the theme, which is this case is to settle deep into the ground i have been digging in for the past few weeks, checking this ground out and seeing if i need to dig a bit more (of course!), and then laying back and watching the clouds as they pass by:

• ooh! that one looks like me laying on a bodywork table! 
• and wow! that one looks like the true wheel all round and trued, rolling around and helping lots of people find inner peace, happiness, and rock star fulfillment! 
• and yikes! that one looks like rowan is four and a half and he’s still coming up to me and taking my hands and saying “i want to climb you!”

and what else? well…there is one thing that i’m working on that fits into full-on magic theater activity: i’ve been letting the beard grow since before the new moon…and i’ll shave it off on thursday morning before heading up to newburyport to do some anusara yoga with marc st. pierre, and then heading back home to cook some hopping john!

now i suppose i will have to give you my recipe for hopping john!

oh, and that secret project that i don’t think i’m allowed to talk about yet! don’t get any ideas! i didn’t make it up, i’m just a participant and co-conspirator, and i’ll be sure to offer full-on props once it is up and running for general consumption. until then…it’s a secret!

anything else?

well there is always something else, isn’t there? some creative journaling, a dream board, a vision statement, a new slideshow for the screen saver…anything and everything that helps create a focus in alignment with the theme for 09…self healing…and as always, there will be an update on friday!

how about you? what the heck are you doing this week to help launch the next year?