Week One Review

I have to say I feel amazing. I am more in touch with my values and my extreme self-care is going through the roof, not to mention the deepening of my spiritual practice. And that's after 7 days of thc challenge. What I think I am going to do here is approached this weekly check-in the same way I do with my clients and my coach does with me; I am going to use my weekly call prep form.

What have I accomplished in the last week?

1. Spent quality time with Sofie everyday.
2. Pampered myself like crazy.
3. Had quiet, alone time each day to meditate, stretch, relax and reflect.
4. Indulged myself in healthy, positive ways. Wrapping gifts, taking spa bath with Sofie, shopping on-line, re-discovered vibrating foot massage and meditation book, exploring my finances and realizing I am well on track to making more money in the first quarter of this year than I did the whole of last year, having fun with Kirk and exploring and eliminating clutter from my life.
5. Developed new habit of transitioning from work to personal life without using quick fix, red wine.
6. Continued purging, simplifying and de-cluttering. But it has been a lot easier because I am ready to get clear of the past (personal foundation lesson) and focus on the present even more.
7. Writing like crazy and loving it. I am just opening myself and my awareness up to receive the rain-drops.
8. Making room to grow which means I can then act on things immediately. This is enabling me to stop putting up and putting off things. In other words I have stopped adding things to my to-do list, I am beginning instead to just do them, now.
9. Taking the time to myself each day is allowing me to be present in my life more.
10. Organized my i-pod and enjoyed listening to it.
11. Read more.
12. Meditated 2 - 3 times every day.

What I didn't get done, but intended too?

Nothing, simply because I am using the my theme for 2009 as my guide and have no intentions. I am simply being present and open for whatever present itself.

The challenges and problems I am facing right now?

1. The bond between TV and red wine.
2. Making exercise a priority and scheduling it ahead of time.

The opportunities which are available to me right now?

1. 93 evenings laying ahead of me ready for indulgence.
2. My resources as a coach (personal foundation program, extreme self-care program, attraction program, countless books, programs and continuing education).
3. My writing as a tool for exploration and growth.

The two best moments of my week?

1. Singing and dancing with Sofie behind the wheel of the car, with her on my lap in the parking lot (don't worry we were parked).
2. Giving myself permission to do whatever I wanted and listening to my body with no constraints of time or "the way you are supposed to do things" as I meditated, relaxed and stretched for 60 indulgent minutes and felt AMAZING and satiated - no red wine necessary.

What I promise to do by the next call?

Over the next 7 nights of indulgence I promise to:

1. Be open to different ways of doing things and listen to my body and my internal voice as a guide.
2. Continue to give myself this wonderful gift each evening with no constraints.
3. Acknowledge the thoughts that take me to the future and drag me to the past and then let them go. In other words allow them space to be heard so that they can then diminish and disappear leaving me with the present moment.
4. Share the rain-drops and this journey on my blog.
5. Be open, aware and present to my path as it presents itself and then forging forward by exploring each step and strengthening my foundation.