I am aware of no other time management technique that’s half as effective as just facing the way things truly are.
Oliver Burkeman
Week 12/52 was about reading, home project plans, medical appointments, rainy (restorative) days and precious time with my favorites.
Having a sense of structure in place makes “it is easier to thrive and flourish” (Julia Cameron). My creative structure (sequences and task lists + compiling these weekly summaries of what I am reading and observing) serves me as both a balm and compass.
Week 12/52 In-Review
It’s the feeling of realizing that you’d been holding yourself all this time to standards you couldn’t reasonably be expected to meet.
Oliver Burkeman
“The good news which follows the death of the first adulthood is that one may reclaim one’s life. There is a second shot at what was left behind in the pristine moments of childhood.” –James Hollis
📱 celebrating my progress 📱 half-moon wishes 📱 newfound freedom 📱[oracle for a new season] 📱 “you are always on holy ground” (Katherine May) 📱 [trust yourself & trust your pace] 📱 waiting 📱 reading 📱 creating a visual vocabulary 🌸✨ equinox ostara 📱 the open window
Some of these links are to posts I shared in the private communities I host.
“I like to tell people what my work is about, and let them make up their own minds. There’s no force, no pushiness required, and everyone involved can come away feeling good about the encounter. The guilt, which once felt crushing, has all but gone.” –Katherine May
Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
Betty Friedan
“While it’s understandable for a person to use brief silences to gather their thoughts before responding in an argument, conflicts can continue for longer than necessary if, instead of using the time to recover, they use the time to nurse their hurts and ruminate over what has happened.” [relationshipsnsw.org.au]
Tracking my days + counting weeks assists me in being attentive to my energies.
- It helps me to be aware of the cyclical energies, habits and patterns of my living — and to resist overthinking/fretting about the “highs and lows” of those cycles.
- Chronicling these events also helps me to identify the details and decisions of what I can influence and modify — and release myself from any undue sense of duty or responsibility regarding what I cannot influence or modify.
[of interest, clarity, comfort & inspiration]
📱 Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement 📱 what I want to say 📱 an imagined reunion 🦄 I want to accept people as they are…but also respect my own needs. 🎧 What Makes an Enjoyable Life With Andrea Gibson 🎥 Ghost Town Living 🎧 “It’s not a coincidence that the things that matter trigger these feelings that we’d rather run away from into the pleasing and numbing and comfortable world of distraction, right?” –Oliver Burkeman 📱”It is possible to undo unhealthy relationship patterns and learn new healthy skills.” –Nedra Glover Tawwab 📱 cumulative grief 🎥 5 minutes of advice about time 🦄 Organizing All of Your Digital Photos 📱 my experience is important and valuable 💜 You don’t need permission. 🎥 The Color Purple 🎥 Shirley Chisholm
Whatever cracks my heart will not be wasted. I will open, open, open. Soften, soften, soften. This is my alchemical commitment to the prima materia of my life.
McCall Erickson
These weekly reviews are the ongoing backstory that empowers me to process what I am curious about, and how I live + chronicle what matters most to me.
This compilation allows me to document, discern and ponder my living along with the ebb and flow of certainty, uncertainty and random details mingled with the details and challenges of daily minutia and my story-unfolding. ♥
Having a system, a scaffolding of sorts, provides us with starting points + helps us to show up for ourselves on the page as we align our values with our actions.
- The 2024 Annual Kit provides instructional content to guide you in establishing a right brain planning practice.
The 2024 Annual Kit includes:
(1) Guide — content and principles regarding a right brain planning practice to foster your attention regarding your “constellations” [patterns, habits and rhythms] and compassion.
(2) Prompts and Template Pages — basic principles for a right brain planning practice including monthly guide words, prompts, art and themed content to provide a framework for a calendar year.
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit | field notes | Right Brain Planner® FAQ
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit [Theme] Kaleidoscope Perspectives ✨ [Focus] — Noticing Beauty (within the kaleidoscope of your living: the ongoing, ever-changing “formations” of color and meaning)
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner® I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators since 2008! 🎉 This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and subscriptions).
P.S. I have been devoting more time to writing here about my creative practice. 😊 I hope you will join me here, Braveheart. 🎉