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30 Day Challenge: Day 30 – Celebrate! And look forward…

07 Tuesday Aug 2012

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Wow.  Thirty fabulous days of drawing, sitting in the grass, and taking care of the piles of paper.  And today, I began a drawing that’s not finished so that I can continue it tomorrow.  Because I plan to continue these soul-filling habits!

And tomorrow I’ll begin with a new challenge – an hour per day of completely unplugged focused work toward a major project, and morning positive writing to begin the day.  It’s time to kick it up a notch, as New Orleans chef  Emeril Lagasse says!  Bam!

Thanks to everyone who commented, emailed me, joined in, supported me, and generally made me feel fabulous.  And here’s to continuing to feed our souls and improve our lives, one day at a time!

30 Day Challenge: Day 29 – ready to fly?

06 Monday Aug 2012

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I’m fascinated reading my last few entries, because they all sound kinda the same.  I think it’s because I’ve gone through the honeymoon phase, the hard phase, the tired phase, the struggling phase, the recovering from struggle phase, the keep going phase, and have finally fallen into the lovely routine phase so there’s less to talk about – less to stress over.  I’ve already begun my new challenge, informally, because it feels like time.

Today, I played with drawing a version of a before sunrise photo.

And the mail doesn’t even sit around on a flat surface at all before it’s dealt with!  No junk mail piles – straight to recycling!

And grass time is extra lovely when the cats are there, making strange kitty semaphore shapes with their bodies.  Looking at Buster so very relaxed that he appears to have melted into the ground is definitely good for my soul!

So here I am.  Day 29. In a routine.  Ready to fly – and to head on to a new challenge on Wednesday!

30 Day Challenge: Day 28 – closing in, looking forward

05 Sunday Aug 2012

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This is what makes it worth it – to get this far and see that it has made a difference – that things are better – that I have found time to draw!  Not having time is such a lie.  It’s just about what we want to make sure we have time for; it’s what we prioritize.

Today I drew at one of my favorite places – a beautiful creek in Mississippi.  The weather was perfect for lazing on the sandy beach or drifting in the tea-colored water, while tiny fish nibbled on my ankles.

Looking forward, I plan to keep my current 30 day habits in place – they are part of what makes a difference to me in living my wild and precious life!  And I’m going to start another challenge.  I plan to: 1. Write in my journal every morning with great positivity and inspiration.  (I’ve already actually started this!) Writing is a great way to start the day, and over the past 30 days I have been writing something most days, but my plan is to be really intentional about positive writing that sets me up for a fantastic day.  I love doing this and it absolutely makes a difference for me!  2. Spend one dedicated hour each day (ideally in the morning!) working on specific projects, with all distractions like FB, blogging, email, etc. completely disconnected.  I’ve done some of this, but I haven’t been super-intentional about it, and it’s time for focused working to rise to the top of my list.  I’m excited about my new challenges and even better, I’m feeling peaceful and confident that I can keep up with my current ones.  I won’t be blogging about my challenges anymore every day (it’s a little time consuming!) but I’ll keep you posted with a check in here and there, and I would LOVE to hear about your challenges!

 

Celebration and Vacation!

05 Thursday Apr 2012

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I’m exactly the same as I was yesterday morning.  But I feel just a little more capable, a little more powerful, a little more sure.  Coaching teaches us not to seek external approval, but today I’m celebrating that I’ve completed my tests, passed with flying colors, and I’m now officially a Martha Beck Certified Life Coach!!  Whether I want to admit it or not, it’s really nice to hear from a master coach that I know what I’m doing and I’m doing a good job, and to have the “official title”.  And now it’s time to celebrate!

I’m leaving for a week of hiking on the Appalachian Trail tomorrow! I’m going with a dear friend who’s never been backpacking, and we’re starting at the same place I started my  flip-flop thru-hike three years ago – at beautiful McAfee Knob!

While I’m away, I’ll mostly be soaking in the joys of hiking and being outside for 24 hours a day, but I’ll also be ruminating, planning, and dreaming. Because– mark your calendars–  in May 2013 I’ll be taking a small group of women who want to learn to take care of themselves in the woods on a fantastic coaching and backpacking retreat!  And I’m so excited to share this incredible experience with women who’ve been dreaming about it – all those people who ask me all the time, “How did you do that?” and say,  “I would love to hike and backpack, but I don’t know enough about it.”

So if that’s you, sit tight and put a big circle in May on your 2013 calendar- the little one in the back of your planner- or if your calendar’s electronic I guess you can just type it in!

I’ll also be playing around with wordlessness and oneness during my trip to the woods and I can’t wait to tell you all about what happens!

Enjoy this beautiful time of spring, rebirth and renewal, and if you take a wordless walk, email me your story and photos to carla@livingwildandprecious.com, and I’ll feature you on Wordless Wednesdays!