Balance is a fleeting thing...
I have always been told that balance is the key to living a happy life. Well I am here to tell you I DON'T GET IT! Balance for me is different than it is for you. It is fleeting, the fulcrum point changes, the definition changes. On top of that can you truly have all areas of your life in full complete balance? Lets just for a moment pretends it is all a bunch of cow crap and consider how we then go about living our best lives? I have heard it said before that sometimes we need to go out of balance to regain our balance and flow. That resonates with me.
Do Something Different
It has been a busy year for me, so many successes and plenty of stuff in the other category as well - we'll just call the "Learning experiences". Dinners with The Farmer's Daughter becoming more and more successful and sought after I never expected it but it fills my heart to no end to be able to provide this. As a result of this I'm coming out with a recipe book of all my best 5 course meals, you'll get a "cheat sheet" on all the fun facts and tips I talk about when I serve the food, the reason for why its prepared specific ways and why its so beneficial to buy certain things organic and even where to GET all of the ingredients! If you want to know about this - head over to the right side of this blog post and sign up for the newsletter - you will get notified of when its for sale. It will be for sale on Amazon for 2.99. But it will be free for the first 5 days! So Make sure you sign up so we can tell you!
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Needless to say I LOVE what I do and I have a tendency to get very deep into it and forget that I still need to do many things like be social, take care of myself, tidy my office (yikes!), do my laundry, and oh ya... HAVE FUN!
I know many working professionals, moms, dads, and anyone who has to balance having a life, with eating healthy and also working to sustain themselves knows that this can be a challenge sometimes. If you find it hard to maintain balance or maybe think that one part of your life is out of balance well. It's hard to know what to do when you've been one way for so long, and it's equally hard to actually do it! Someone once said just do something, doesn't matter if its good or bad, just do SOMETHING different, that will spark the part of our brains that allow us to think outside the box. On the plus side we'll have more experiences to add to the "I like that" or "I definitely don't want that experience again" lists!
I hope the following story about JUST DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT inspires you!
I know many working professionals, moms, dads, and anyone who has to balance having a life, with eating healthy and also working to sustain themselves knows that this can be a challenge sometimes. If you find it hard to maintain balance or maybe think that one part of your life is out of balance well. It's hard to know what to do when you've been one way for so long, and it's equally hard to actually do it! Someone once said just do something, doesn't matter if its good or bad, just do SOMETHING different, that will spark the part of our brains that allow us to think outside the box. On the plus side we'll have more experiences to add to the "I like that" or "I definitely don't want that experience again" lists!
I hope the following story about JUST DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT inspires you!
Ask not what the world Can do for you, but what you can do for the world, because the world needs more people who are lit up and excited about life!
I had been posed the question recently and it went like this
WHAT ARE YOU LUSTY AND PASSIONATE FOR IN LIFE?
well I of course said well that's easy... I Love my work! As I started to consider it though, I realized maybe it has become just that- Work. (On a side note I'm not entirely convinced that doing what you love is without side effects - another story for another blog). So I thought I would sit with that question. What am I really lusty and passionate for in life (those words conjure up some pretty good imagery don't they?).
There are a few ways to change your life. Ok, so there are a LOT of ways. When you are in a patterned way of being, you know the one. You get up, you eat the same breakfast and you go to work, and you come home and Tuesday its hockey and Thursday it's dance etc. I am not suggesting that those are negative ways to live. In the interest of balance and maintaining ones spark in life Ive realized I need to shake it up now and again and really feel alive, ignite my adventurous spirit.
WHAT ARE YOU LUSTY AND PASSIONATE FOR IN LIFE?
well I of course said well that's easy... I Love my work! As I started to consider it though, I realized maybe it has become just that- Work. (On a side note I'm not entirely convinced that doing what you love is without side effects - another story for another blog). So I thought I would sit with that question. What am I really lusty and passionate for in life (those words conjure up some pretty good imagery don't they?).
There are a few ways to change your life. Ok, so there are a LOT of ways. When you are in a patterned way of being, you know the one. You get up, you eat the same breakfast and you go to work, and you come home and Tuesday its hockey and Thursday it's dance etc. I am not suggesting that those are negative ways to live. In the interest of balance and maintaining ones spark in life Ive realized I need to shake it up now and again and really feel alive, ignite my adventurous spirit.
So... I'm going to round up cattle In California!!
Ive long been aware that doing the all inclusive thing (while super cost effective) is not my idea of a good time. I feel like a caged animal. All I can think about when I'm "swimming with the dolphins" (aka not really swimming, but doing choreographed exercises and feeling kinda bad because they do the same things day in and day out) is what else could I get these dolphins to do, how do they primarily communicate? Do they respond to dominance or are they gentler souls, how does their communication within their species work. I also feel fatter, less fit, marginally less smart, and oddly enough even more tired when I return! So I figured I have to get away from this dreadful cold, and I know the perspective and sense of aliveness I feel when I'm traveling, but I HATE tourist traps.
GOOGLE TO THE RESCUE!!!
So after a little google searching and some following of the internet bunny trails. I inadvertently came across Stemple Creek Ranch . So I sent them an email indicating that I too was a farmer and that I would do my best to be more help then hassle (as can sometimes happen with "free help". So I'll be heading down at a very exciting time to visit Loren and Lisa and their family. I'll get to brand cattle and herd some sheep. Learn about how they do things in the west. Most of all I'll get a change of pace. As Loren said when I spoke with him on the phone it doesn't feel like work when it's not your own.
Here are some pics of the ranch... can you see why Im a TEENCY bit excited!??!? Did I mention it is only a couple miles from the Pacific Ocean...
GOOGLE TO THE RESCUE!!!
So after a little google searching and some following of the internet bunny trails. I inadvertently came across Stemple Creek Ranch . So I sent them an email indicating that I too was a farmer and that I would do my best to be more help then hassle (as can sometimes happen with "free help". So I'll be heading down at a very exciting time to visit Loren and Lisa and their family. I'll get to brand cattle and herd some sheep. Learn about how they do things in the west. Most of all I'll get a change of pace. As Loren said when I spoke with him on the phone it doesn't feel like work when it's not your own.
Here are some pics of the ranch... can you see why Im a TEENCY bit excited!??!? Did I mention it is only a couple miles from the Pacific Ocean...
I pose the question to you - What are you Lusty and passionate for in life? I happen to love the land, soil, animals and hard work. I love the feeling in my body after a day of giving all I have with people who are there to do the same thing, of being part of something bigger. I love the feeling of sun on my skin as I work my butt off, put my muscles to the test. I love the feeling of a little scratch here and there or a bruise or two to remind me how much I really did give of myself that day and to grateful that I have the body and ability to give it.
I hope you leave a comment about what your truly passionate and lusty for, and I hope that one day you can find a way to experience it. We are not passionate and lusty for money or fame or fortune, we are all seeking the experience, and the juiciness of life. We just need to ask ourselves what specifically that is for us? For me its cows.
I hope you leave a comment about what your truly passionate and lusty for, and I hope that one day you can find a way to experience it. We are not passionate and lusty for money or fame or fortune, we are all seeking the experience, and the juiciness of life. We just need to ask ourselves what specifically that is for us? For me its cows.
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