Greetings!

So I have been feeling a bit unsettled about the lightness of my recent posts. After all, you have taken the time to come visit, I should offer something worth the trip. Light is good though, right - like Ty’s picture below - what needs to be said? I can just stare at that and it takes me all sorts of places. Light is also good in the way of making your life lighter. That is one of the several processes I have been busying myself with recently, but it is not happening faster than the speed of light, which is what I would prefer.

Life is an evolution, a constant transformation, and I have never really been afraid of change. So I tend to jump right into what ever inspires me and work and play with it until I have reaped the desired benefits, and then happily move on, albeit sometimes before I have completely completed anything (can be quite frustrating to those around me, so you can probably surmise I have some half finished projects hanging around in various stages - leaving my family to think, oh remember when this was the day that that was going to be done, and remember when she was on that tangent, and there it still is.) Scatter brained - maybe, unfocused - could be, just constantly inspired to take new action - yes that is what I am going to go with here. Today, my desk drawers, paper laced counter tops and kitchen cabinets are inspiring me (that will be a big nut though, be careful of what your promise here), because until I organize and give away or otherwise get rid of the majority of accumulated stuff we have no need for, I won’t be able to feel the lightness, and move on with the more fun inspirations. How can one create in cluttered chaos?

Organizing my time is sometimes an issue. Recently when I was surfing around trying to find like minded souls out there, I came across an intriguing site, the Balanced Life Center. The author was talking about changing your life in 30 days. Take 30 minutes a day to honor your soul, 30 minutes a day to honor your body, and 30 minutes a day to honor your mind. After you complete this daily one and a half hour ritual for a month, you will be a completely different person. Completely doable in most peoples schedule I would say.
I actually try to make time for all of those things in my day, but I never broke it down like that before (which seems so reasonable), and I usually miss one or the other each day - this could actually be a solution. So I said why not and starting marking off the days on a sticky note stuck to my computer. Well, I did great for about 5 days, the sticky note is gone now, maybe I will pick it up again because I know writing things down, and for some lists then crossing them off, has always been a big part of my organizational style.

Anyway, once again I am reminded that in order to stay clear and present with what I am doing I need to get lighter. So let the cleaning begin. If I add to those (3) 30 minute categories, 30 minutes for sorting, 30 minutes for cleaning and restoring if necessary, 30 minutes for packing things up to share with others who might find new use for old treasures, then in a mere 3 hours I would have quite a lot to show for myself. Then continue with 30 minutes of writing here, 30 minutes writing on another project I’ve been working on, and 30 minutes of drawing, I will be able to make sure their was a chunk of creation time in my day and that is still only 4 1/2 hours of time.

Maybe if I get up earlier, that would help - 5 instead of 7. Because there are other things that need to be fit in to time frames as well. Wonderful family things especially now it is summer, and the list goes on. Can’t forget taking some time to just sit back somewhere in nature and soak it all in. Don’t ever forget that.

So I am going to leave you now and attempt to adhere (loosely) to the above schedule.
I can feel myself getting feathery already!

Have a fabulously light day yourselves!

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