Journaling 2018

This blog is in response to Week Three of Tracking Wonder Quest2018 where Jeffrey Davis explores how solitude and collaboration can contribute to reaching your goals.     He has a conversation with Pam Slim and Leo Babauta . Reflecting on my own style, I must confess that I love solitude.     Sometimes thouhg, I burst with an idea and just have to contact a specific friend or colleagues to communicate; to test an idea for soundness, practicality, even ethics. Also to elicit their passion, if I can get them on the same wavelength (O good test for an idea). While (as a person) I am at ease in both situations, the interview made we wonder whether I use these situations productively.   Solitude About 4 years ago I found myself in an uncomfortable emotional space. I wanted to run away from the right things and towards the wrong things.   I was presented the opportunity to buy a small (1 hectare) plot with a 30m river...

The roundtable discussion around the theme #dreamdone for the  Tracking Wonder  Quest 2018 and the productivity to accomplish things was with Charlie Gilkey  with his Productive Flourishing concept, and Ishita Gupta  with Be Fearless. I associated very easily with Ishita's experience of trying to dream herself out of the "ordinary".  Also in regard to messing around with your time, trying to prioritise, trying to start something. She asks whether we would be ready if our dream is suddenly delivered on your doorstep.  Charlie Gilkey suspects that we end up in our heads too often, underestimating the power of feeling, since it is feeling that drives action.  The challenge that he presents questers with is to dream straight from the heart and not the head and also to use feeling to prioritise your dreams - just cut what you don't feel about strongly. I really hope that I never have to account for the hours, the deals the accolades that I have lost...

As part of the  Tracking Wonder  Quest Challenge, I listened to the podcast of a discussion on purpose between Katie Dalebout and Caroline Adams Miller , facilitated by  Jeffrey Davis from Tracking Wonder. We are all distracted from our purpose by what society expects from us. Women are trying hard to fit in with the body image created by society, leading to disorders around fixating on body weight, appearance, focusing your whole life around food.  As Katie Dalebout put it: addicted to wellness in an unhealthy way. She also mentioned how our life choices (and sometimes simple ones like not going out with friends because it means we might be diverting from our diets) are influenced by these obsessions. I remember in Oprah Winfry 's last (epic) show, she summarised the issue of many women who came on her show, who felt that they were just never good enough.  Some broke free of that through long and difficult journeys.  Both Katie Dalebout and Carolin...