Some of you may remember my list of "100 things to do in 2013" that spilled over and became "100+ things to do in 2013 and beyond".
I sure had aimed for the stars when I put this ginormous juicy list together.
I wanted to revisit it and see what we happened to do on it. Most of what we ended up doing was completely unintentional. Divine. Awesome.
Here we go...
The bolded stuff is what we did, with an explanation :)
1. create a festival
2. sell at a farmers market - I did hairropes at the Yachat's (Oregon) farmers market, with my beloved Misty. Funny thing is that other farmers markets didn't work out and we ended up doing hairropes in parks or on the beach.
3. get another tattoo (my first is a teensy thing on my ankle that I got when I was 15 - an ankh with a peace sign I designed, but not done very well by the tattoo artist. Still, symbolic - eternal peace - and special because my mommy and I got tattoos together :)
4. go to an animal-friendly circus - our beloved pirate sister, Captain Junebug, totally blessed us with tickets to Circus Vargas (an AWESOME family-centered experience that made me want to run away with the circus. But that plan is for another year. I highly recommend it to anyone who shares my values and is interested in a circus experience.)
5. collaborate on a product - I was sooooooo blessed to collaborate with the ever enchanting and powerful and amazing Osunlade on a Goddess Harvest Ritual we did in a serene park next to a creek with ducks and turtles, with beautiful incredible sisters. It was life-changing for me.
6. have 3 e-courses available on website - I am going to call this done, even though they are e-books, not e-courses. (1 is not listed in the sidebar, in case you looked)
7. do unravelling e-course
8. visit an intentional community - we visited the Circle of Children Village School and had the honor of connecting with the deep reverent love and sacred sustainability happening there. I look forward to getting back and partaking in their deeply soulful events and discussion about their philosophies.
9. make a quilt
10. create a full art journal
11. paint a mural
12. go on a retreat - see below
13. host a retreat - I am calling these 2 done-ish. We went to the Radiant Living & Learning Retreat, and I was in charge of the registration desk. It felt a lot like helping host the retreat :) Someday, I will do these in a way that feels 100% what I envisioned when I wrote this on this list.
14. ride a horse (I used to ride them a lot, but haven't since my teens)
15. join/start a women's circle
16. get my nose pierced (again) - I did it! On my birthday, it was a sweet treat.
17. learn tarot - I did start learning how to read cards this year. I purchased a meditation deck, an oracle deck, and a tarot deck. I haven't dedicated much time to it but it is in my intentions for 2014.
18. create a deck of cards
19. be $10,000 less in debt
20. visit another country
21. passports for the whole family
22. get Jaja a CA ID
23. get business legit
24. get tooth fixed
25. get kids teeth fixed (Noble - done! Jaja - no problems - yay! Kass next :)) - Noble's were done, Kass has 1 left, and Jaja still has no problems, but we need to settle down for our insurance and energy to finish this.
26. read/complete Pixie's blog - I read several years worth, and then she changed the format of her blog, and I don't have access to her old blog posts the way I did anymore, so this one is as complete as it can get.
27. Read Michael Brown's whole website (including blog)
28. hoop
29. take a dance class
30. take a roadtrip outside of CA - we totally rocked this!!!!!!!
31. run an art camp
32. attend an unschooling conference - we did more than just attend! We traveled across the country to get there, and my oldest and I spoke at it :))
33. attend/start a hoop jam
34. start a "scripture study" (study something in depth with a few sisters, to start our day off on the right foot)
35. attend a drum circle- did it. It was so awesome. On the beach with one of our favorite ren faire guilds.
36. have monthly celebrations
37. get mehndi- got it done at the retreat :))
39. write a bucket list
40. start a travel journal (when I travel, I want to document daily) - I didn't have a separate travel journal, but I certainly kept in touch with our travels through my usual journaling and my blog (when we were in Oregon).
41. buy art journalling books
42. read Wild Women Who Run with the Wolves
43. complete 12 monthly challenges
44. complete whole alphabet city experiences (Tara wants to "Do something radical in Rhode Island" and something "vigorous in Vermont")
45. create & complete a travel busket list
46. attend a Rocky Horror Picture Show (haven't done that since I was like 6! My mom was so cool)
47. send 12 pieces of mail
48. create a business plan - I read several books about creating a business plan, and I explored a lot of stuff, even though I didn't formally put it all together.
49. have an intention party
50. go on a date with a kind man - that totally happened. It was sweet, and it totally blew my mind to read this and remember that it happened without any push on my part - a stranger that approached me and treated us sweet. Wow.
51. visit my Tribe sisters - I have been ROCKING that ♥ It's a big world, and they are all over, but I have been connecting along our way.
52. grow business to sustain us
53. catch up & stay on top of Glee and Walking Dead - totally did this and even added shows to my life. I love watching shows.
54. marry myself (Leonie talked about that a couple years ago) - Did it. It was so magical and just amazing on so many levels. I look forward to renewing my vows this year.
55. find a goddess to hold dearly - I discovered a goddess this year that transformed my understanding of myself and my life. She is a Hindu goddess, Akhilandeshvari, and her name means "never not broken". I recommend the read.
56. create goddess cards
57. read goddess stories to kids
58. make bed uber comfy- oh, I so did that. With help from my mommy ♥
59. buy Kindle and convert books
60. craft for the kids
61. make art with the kids
62. learn how to knit
63. learn how to felt
64. decide what my Ph.D. is in & compile manifesto
65. research transpersonal psychology
66. experience an intensive mentorship
67. more sister time - totally did this in Oregon and Texas ♥
68. blast my music more - yup.
69. meditate more - absolutely.
70. keep planners working - a big chunk of the year, and I am surprised and proud of that.
71. change name (to what? I don't know yet!)
72. do yoga (yin yoga calls to me)
73. sail to an island
74. get national Sea World passes
75. learn how to coach people
76. study Reiki
77. make a mosiac
78. experience weekly gatherings
79. make a physical photo album
80. simplify digital pictures
81. settle (do or sacred farewell) Mt Unfinished (so many unfinished projects in my life holding life clutter space) - oh, I did so much of that. Especially when we downsized again, to bring what would fit in our van to Oregon. I released a lot of projects.
82. leave a trail of lots of "You are beautiful"s - this was a part of our 7 days of love. I intend on making this a daily practice in our life this year.
83. be more involved with the kids - I am very comfortable with where we are with this now.
84. create a power book (don't know what it is, but the name appealed to me! Whippeeeee!)
85. eat more aligned with values - I do, and I am still shifting.
86. enforce a real work week
87. dye my hair purple (maybe tips, maybe chunks, whatever it is, oh yeah! Purple shaman. That is me) - I am gonna say I did this because I shaved my head again. Maybe someday I will add some purple or red to it, but keeping it oh-so short feeds my zen in all the right ways right now.
88. create a will
89. make shit out of my fabric - I did that. I went a little crazy right before we left for Oregon and sewed up a storm.
90. sing for an audience (The Voice?) - not The Voice, but it was awesome to sing with Kass for our Texas beloveds ♥ ♥
91. unravel overeating
92. write a song
93. fill a book with poetry
94. watch back seasons of The Voice
95. write a manifesto
96. write a fiction novel
97. form a band
98. walk around the YMCA bathroom/locker room naked - I am counting this, because I totally walked around with a towel on my lower half but boob-free! Eeeep!!
99. give blood - I tried, but my levels were too low, which I guess happens right before you start your cycle.
100. get 4 massages
101. go whale watching
102. skinny dip under a full moon
103. get in touch with animal guides
104. practice qi gong
105. make a vision board
106. learn dream stuff
107. do 24 moon rituals - I didn't do 24, but I certainly acknowledged the moon in all her cycles throughout the year, and I did a few really powerful rituals.
108. finish Eat Pray Love book (audiobook?)
109. read The Red Tent - totally read it in 1 week.
I am impressed with how many of those are bolded.
After I made this list in my old planner, I added a space for a list of big things that we ended up doing that weren't on that 100+ list.
These are some of the things from that list:
- sold our RV 1.10.13
- dealt with the death of a sweet little loved one 1.9.13
- broke my pinky tip 1.23.13
- my oldest started really reaching out into womanhood
- my son started school 2.7.13 (he ended up only going twice, but it was an intense experience to let go in that way)
- my oldest daughter decided to live with my mom 3.14.13
- I went through the thick of deep dark internal caverns and spent the better part of 3 months at my mom's to help her with her goats and be close to my daughter and mom, which was magic for all of our relationships, from mid March to mid June
- my oldest came back to us, in June
- we catapulted ourselves to Oregon with the intention of growing roots on some land and starting an intentional community, in July
- after only 3 weeks in Oregon, we turned the ship around and headed for Texas with the intention of speaking at the Rethinking Everything conference, hanging out for a week or so afterward, and then heading hOMe to nourishing magical Oregon, in August
- we didn't leave Texas. My oldest wanted to stay, and I knew there was magic in the mix for me there, in September
- my oldest lived with her boyfriend and the kids and I wondered around Dallas, spending time with our beloveds and often feeling very lost and in mourning over my attachment to Oregon, from September to November
- My oldest came back to us again, and we leapt off toward Chicago for Thanksgiving, in November
- In December, we headed back to California for the holidays and some recoup time, by way of Texas, and I realized how at home-away-from-hOMe I felt there and finally found peace with being there
What an incredible story, interwoven deeply with self, family, tribe, community, travel, bliss, work.
I guess this is kinda my simplified Ode to 2013.
What would your Ode to 2013 look like?
Loving you in your journey,
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