Issue: Vol. 1, No. 4 |
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Date: May 24, 2007 |
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In this Issue
> Feature Article:
Work and Play in Three Acts
> TeleSeminar:
SPEAK! Andrea’s Laser Coaching Call-in Day
> Fearless Recommendations:
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun |
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A Note from Andrea Making Room for the Unknown
Tomorrow from 9am–2pm, we are hocking our stuff in the Hillsborough Pride town-wide yard sale. We registered last week, so there is no backing out now… even though we’ve had a crazy and distracting week.
Since our name and location are already printed on the event map, we can expect early-picking prowlers long before my first cup of black coffee has kicked in. Why did we set ourselves up to do work on a holiday weekend? Because we have too much stuff. Way too much stuff.
Last year, Roger and I sold our separate houses, and moved in with his mother Mary at her home. Luckily, there was a garage bay for the excess each of us brought to our “instant family” deal. Mary’s excess resides in bay 1, Roger’s in bay 2, and mine in bay 3 (in the order of our arrival), and it’s a complete jumble on the second floor. The goal for tomorrow afternoon is to unload enough furniture and clutter to be able to move around in the garage without hurting ourselves.
We’ve set up tables to showcase smaller items; lugged a whole lot of furniture, duplicate appliances, and long-overlooked hobbies out of the garage bays; and priced items to entice purchase. We don’t want to drag things back into the darkness.
I hope we’ll be counting our cash tomorrow afternoon, while sipping Margaritas in the hammock and waiting for the grill to heat up. I’ll let you know how it all turns out next week.
Have a relaxing and rejuvenating time.
Big hug and a (tired) smile.
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The dogs still get their walk and I go to yoga, but these big chunks of time should make it possible for you to get hold of me.
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Feature  Work and Play in Three Acts
As I think about our Memorial Day holiday weekend and what we’ve got planned, it occurred to me that it’s a pretty good mix. It’s also a metaphor or model for moving effectively forward in life. It works whether you’re aiming for a good time or just trying to get things done. I’ll use the screen of this weekend and an upcoming vacation to show what I mean.
Clean Out Clutter
The need to do this is so obvious with the yard sale preparations. We are clearing out the old stuff, so that we can breathe! The belongings we’ve got stashed down the hill in the garage represent past lives and earlier preferences, and provide plenty of evidence of long-abandoned projects. In order for us to get clear to embrace our “now” and future plans, we’ve got to ditch the dead weight.
It’s equally valid when planning for a vacation. You select the very few things you’ll need to provide comfort and to suit your immediate, short-term needs. You don’t pack things you won’t have time for or that have to do with the very things you left behind in order to relax and explore new territory.
Just thinking about all the stuff takes up space in our minds, and makes it difficult to have new ides and the freedom to be creative and expansive.
Is your current life an extended vacation, have you moved on to a new phase? Do you really need the albatross of the past dogging your new plans and intentions? Think about how you could lighten your load before you begin your next adventure.
Build Future Memories
On Sunday, we’re going to plant seeds and seedlings in our vegetable gardens and place annuals in the whiskey barrels out by the wood shed. If I can get away with it, I may sneak in a flowering bush or two.
We’re doing this with faith in and anticipation for what we are building: a steady stream of salad and stew parts, pie ingredients, and herbs to flavor our home-cooked meals and to scent our living space.
As we plan our Dominican Republic vacation for mid-June, we’re similarly collecting the good reads, sunny clothes, and warm weather toys (snorkeling, yeah!) to create an experience that matches our vision for relaxation and fun.
I’m a strong believer in always having something dangling out in the future as reward for good work and behavior. That’s why I like tasks like gardening and planning vacations; they are shared and all about full-throttle enjoyment.
Learn from the Previous Show
On Monday, we’re spending the “holiday” learning from what we’ve been doing lately, so that we can improve our productivity and satisfaction from work. We’ve actively been pursuing a lifestyle where we get to work half-time at our passions and half-time in our shared work in marketing and small business development.
Doing and doing with no time for reflection, pretty much assures that we’ll charge ahead with so-so results and fulfillment from our efforts. We’ll get things done, but may miss the opportunity to fine-tune to do better work and have more fun.
Photographs and other souvenirs collected from trips are useful tools in a similar process. They serve as reminders and evidence of what worked and what falls into the “let’s never do that again!” category.
By considering the full value of past experience, we can plan for more successful projects and trips in the future. We can clear out what failed to work, build in what we think has a better chance the next time around, and then we can carefully observe what happens the next time.
Clean, Build, Learn… and repeat. Works for me.
Think about what it would be like to start a project or plan with this framework in mind. Do you think you’d have a better outcome? Does it sound like more work? How do you go about your work and life?
Let me know what you think or share a story from your experience. Send an email to Andrea@FearlessFabulousLife.com. I may print items that seem like they may be of interest to others.
© 2007 Andrea R. Williams
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Fearless Recommendations
This short movie is a good way to get into the sprit of summer… take yourself seriously but with lightness, too. And focus on the things that really matter to you.
It’s your life, you make the rules, and it’s your responsibility and right to enjoy your ride.
What are you waiting for? You got a problem with fun? Check it out!
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Make a list of To-Dos for tomorrow, draft your blog post, or even dictate your novel bit by bit, chapter by chapter. Visit www.jott.com.
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About Andrea
Personal and small business development coach Andrea Williams is creator of the Fearless, Fabulous Project, a 12-week, step-by-step discovery and rejuvenation process.
Coaching female boomers, creatives and entre/solopreneurs, Andrea reaches core issues quickly, promotes others’ inspirations/aspirations, and provides unswerving support for life improvement… today!
Andrea also offers teleclasses, workshops, and other resources to help individuals and groups achieve greater self-awareness, success, and satisfaction. Learn more now at www.FearlessFabulousLife.com.
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