Journaling 2018

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...

The first assignment of the Tracking Wonder Quest 2018 is to reflect on the year 2018 as if it had already happened..   One of the recommendations is to focus on the process it took to get there and not only on the outcomes. Here goes: I am sitting outside, writing at a table on the stoep of our small house in the bushveld, where my partner and myself have spent some time during 2018, making a functional Perma Culture garden and added some touches to the house and garden. Since we did not want to spend money, we tried to be innovative in creating garden paths and benches, using the resources at hand.     At the end of 2017, my colleague and myself transformed our little business ... by starting a new company which is now owned by 5 partners. We have just registered this company and sat together crafting a vision for this company, but in December 2017 not much has happened yet.   During 2018 we wrote our business plan and logo.   We ...

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...