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...

I have recently reached the ripe age of 60.  A short time after that my knees started to feel weak and my digestion cumbersome.  I started forgetting things.  I experienced anxiety attacks ...... not full-blown attacks....but a constant worrying about the future, about financial stability, the children, the future of our grandchildren. I am trying to say to myself that at 60 I can still have 30 years of productive living (our family seems to reach the 95 notch fairly frequently) - but that only makes me worry more, since my money is surely going to run out before my years. In my search for inspiration I found the Quest 2018 challenge of Tracking Wonder and decided to sign up. I have decided that I will not give in to average expectations.  I will still grow my business, engage in creative activities (still have to find those . . . .), make time for family and declutter my life: get rid of material stuff and emotional baggage. This blog will be dedicated...