We Go Together

Holy M., am I the only one that has been watching days fly by? It seems to get worse nowadays, does it have anything to do with global warming and the earth changing and stuff? (Haha, just kidding). 2012 is nearing FAZZT! (And damn, dare I say it scares me a bit how much I want to do and how I have to accept I can’t do all of it and how having priorities is great - but also hard. Dare I? Just did.)

So, let’s see how I’m doing with my 7-in-7 ‘thingy’ so far:

Routine

I’ve been busy lately. Busy with being and getting inspired. My partner-in-crime Petra and I have been working on a new project, that I’m totally stoked about, and it has been taking a lot of hours of sleep away from me. (Hello different time-zones and bursts of inspiration at 2 a.m.) I don’t mind it, because I love connection to my passion. Our passion. We’re planting seeds and damn, are we gonna grow some pretty flowers! Going to bed late and waking up ‘early’ (I wake up a lot during the night and don’t seem to be able to get more than six hours of sleep, my eyes open and… a new day has begun) to talk to Ash (yet another time-zone), has not made my body the happiest - but my heart pumps goodness through my veins and I won’t complain!

I have been paying attention to the smaller things in life though: being kind to myself. Bodylotion and daycream have returned in my life, my fridge is never without greens and yummy salads fill my tummy pretty much every day. I’ve splurged on a bag of Chia seeds - and see them become part of my life from this moment on. (More on that later). I’ve bought a new, bigger, water bottle that never goes without water and is connected to my lips pretty much all-zhe-time. Much needed, since it is very hot and dry outside at the moment. We hardly get any rain anymore - which is good, after all the flooding - I must admit I miss it a bit..

Bring meditation back in to my daily life

Ok, I’ve been practicing a shitload of Bikram yoga lately…but I intended to solely practice meditation. I have been going to yoga earlier and have meditated before class, and have been meditating before going to sleep ever so often…but I’m not yet there where I intend to be. Work in progress!

Go to yoga every day

I have not been to yoga every single day, but have made up for this with doubles - which I love. Adore. Crave, even. The other week I took three doubles in one week, can’t believe how much energy I sometimes have during a second class. Or how it helps my practice. I’ve been dragging my ass to yoga, even when something inside of me tells me there’s a reason I don’t need to. I know I have never regretted a single class I have taken, yet did regret times I neglected my practice. It’s okay to be tired, it’s okay to take it easy for a bit. All of this is making me listen to my body even more: I hurt my knee a bit about a week and a half ago, and have been taking it easy during class for a bit. It gave me the chance to focus on my form even more, form over depth. After giving 95% for a couple of days, I’m back at 110% now and I’m loving every single minute of it!

Mix it up

Hmm, body balance, pilates…good intentions. But because of the flood schedule and my preference of Bikram yoga, I have yet to make it to any other type of class.

Do the old things that feel good & find new ones that add to that

Hmm, if ‘working my ass off for a project that I’m willing to lose sleep over’ can be added to the list of ‘the old things that feel good’, I’m doing pretty well here. Otherwise, I’ve still got some weeks to go. (Although I did put some energy in to writing letters/cards and sending them. And enjoyed it, loads.)

Oh, and let’s not forget playing scenes in my head while reading!

Blanche duBois: Straight? What’s ‘straight’? A line can be straight, or a street. But the heart of a human being?

Stanley Kowalski: You know what luck is? Luck is believing you’re lucky, that’s all… To hold a front position in this rat-race, you’ve got to believe you are lucky.

Stanley Kowalski: Man, liquor goes fast in the hot weather. You want a shot?
Blanche DuBois: No, I rarely touch it.
Stanley Kowalski: Well,there’s some people that rarely touch it, but it touches them often.

- Image: A streetcar named Desire - Eric de Vroedt, Ta-2

ANNA. You say that Nicholas is not what he should be, that his faults are so and so. How can you possibly understand him? How can you learn to know any one in six months? He is a wonderful man, Doctor, and I am sorry you could not have known him as he was two or three years ago. He is depressed and silent now, and broods all day without doing anything, but he was splendid then. I fell in love with him at first sight. [Laughing] I gave one look and was caught like a mouse in a trap! So when he asked me to go with him I cut every tie that bound me to my old life as one snips the withered leaves from a plant. But things are different now. Now he goes to the Lebedieff’s to amuse himself with other women, and I sit here in the garden and listen to the owls. [The WATCHMAN’S rattle is heard] Tell me, Doctor, have you any brothers and sisters?

- Ivanov, Anton Chekhov

Start something new and learn from it

I have been curious about Reiki for a while and will try out a treatment shortly. If it is something that suits me, I might do my Level One while I’m still here in Bangkok. I’m excited to do something new, something like this, to find out if and how it works for me. And if I am able to help others with it, naturellement.

Use my *new* energy and inspiration to create

The first answers to my ‘Roadsies’-questions have arrived in my mailbox, and dare I say they inspire - much! I can’t wait until Petra and I come up with a proper domain name (I think we’re on to something…but it’s hard to see if ‘this is it’), so we can pick a theme and start working on the website. I love playing around with Wordpress, so this will make for even more sleepless nights. And I’m looking forward to those, bien sur!

Furthermore I’ve been thinking a lot about going to Canada (when, how - swim or cycle, muha), stuff that needs to be done while I’m in The Netherlands (stuff my backpack with wintery clothes, hug my mum, sneak in to my storage and find ‘hidden treasures’ and ‘a lot of rubbish’ - for example), how long (erhm, short!) I’ll be staying, and of course.. my ‘welcome home and see you laaaaateeer’ party. Will you be there?!