Is Your Year Half Full or Half Empty?

7 Tips to Make 2009 Your Best Year Yet

We just passed the half-way point of 2009 and are half-way closer to 2010, summer is upon us and for most of us that is a pleasant, out door, carefree time, even if we aren't going anywhere on vacation. Traditionally this is a time to slack off a little, give ourselves a breather so to speak. Taking care of yourself and relaxing and rejuvenating is extremely important if you are on a path to success but to get the most out of your vacation keep in mind the following tips...

1. How much vacation time do I have?
2. When specifically does my vacation start and end? This is epecially important if you are self-employeed or own your own business.
3. Realistically what can I and do I want to get done before my vacation starts? If possible put together a REALISTIC and ATTAINABLE checklist of things to be done before you go on vacation.
4. How am I doing in relation to my yearly intentions or goals? What is working, what isn't and why? If you did not set any NOW is a great time to start. If you reflect on this before your vacation you plant the seed so that new ideas and motivation can grow.
5. Is 2009, half full or half empty? What would it take to make it half full if it isn't already? Remeber the glass of water half-full or half-empty? A change in perspective may be your answer.
6. How can I make 2009 my BEST YEAR YET?
7. What is holding me back? What do I need to give up, change or strengthen?

Have an amazing guilt free vacation.

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Death of The Self

I recently read a, very short, account of Buckminster Fuller and his pondering of life that really made me think. This extraordinary man, whom I am now on a pursuit to find our much more about, spent a couple of hours contemplating suicide one night. At the end of his contemplation he decided instead to live from that day forward "as if" he had killed himself that night. What did he mean by that? He decided to give up his agenda, taking things personally (he was dead, no person left to take, right) and to instead see what needed to be done and to do it as a servant of the universe. As I am contemplating the zen of red wine this really resonated with me as at the beginning of my quest for Zenness I also contemplated and acted upon suicidal tendencies, obviously it didn't pan out or I would not be writing this post right now. On my journey of consciousness I have come to the end of red wine and am now faced with "wherever you go, there you are" although many, many years ago, my dance with death is unfinished, or rather unconfronted. My lack of consciousness lay a blanket over it covering it loosely so that once I opened up my consciousness again it lies there under the first layer in need of resolution, needing to be laid to rest.

Don't get me wrong, I am not proclaiming the age old question "to be or not to be" I am firmly rooted in "to be" but the state of mind, unmet needs or whatever stirred up the "not to be" like Hamlets dead father needs to be acknowledged and laid to rest. Many, many years later I feel a deep connection to Buckminster Fullers moment of Zen as he moved past self into oneness with the universe. So it seems on my journey for the Zen of red wine I have come full circle. I now stand facing my demons, my attachment to self and I wonder what if that part of me were to die but the rest of me were "to be". What would it mean to be stripped of that part of my self, to lay it to rest and to move forward. Just the thought of it gives me a lightness, a release. However in order to lay it to rest I first need to find those parts of me, to give them the contemplation they deserve and then to dissect them like trimming the fat from a piece of meat. I wonder will the baby weight I am carry around come off then? alas that sounds like my self talking! The journey continues...