Comments on: Sailing Schedule

By: Martine

Martine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:59:45 +0000

I think you might be my soul twin.
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By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:34 +0000

I am very intrigued by the Prius idea. Fuel + Stopping. Yes.

No!!!! I just had an epiphany!!!! You know that story-thing where the guy takes a glass and puts in rocks, then pebbles, then sand .. and the idea is that you put the most important things in first so there is room because otherwise the glass fills up? That’s how I want my schedule to be, only the rocks are the things that really nourish me (like yoga and time on the trails and Dance of Shiva and ..) and all the schedule-y/task-y stuff can be put in where there is room and it makes sense because I will be nourished and centered enough to handle it all.

Will ponder more .. but I am really liking this idea.
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By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:14:41 +0000

Oo, nice way to think about it. I, too, don’t do well with a wide open schedule–even though I pine for one when I’m busy. I end up with this weird oh-my-god-aren’t-I-supposed-to-be-somewhere kind of feeling, complete with adrenaline rush.
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By: Briana

Briana — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:04:43 +0000

Oh, oh, got it!

A bakery. And time needs measuring for things to be their most delicious. Sometimes measured softly and sometimes precisely. Dough is chilling and rising, pastries are baking, and I’m coordinating all of it. Or sometimes I’m just sitting in a cozy chair with a mug of tea. I need time for both.
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By: shannon wilkinson

shannon wilkinson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:31:26 +0000

A lovely space between structure and wide-open? I’m in.

Mine isn’t a sailboat, but it might be a Prius. You know, you can add fuel to it, but mostly it generates power by stopping.

Hmmm, yeah, I like that.
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By: Patty K

Patty K — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:49:23 +0000

Oooo. I want a sailboat too. Not the real kind (I actually live on one of those and sorta wish I didn’t right now) – but the scheduley kind you described. I’ve also been wrestling with finding the balance between too much structure and no structure. You described that place perfectly.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:35:43 +0000

Hi Karen! Fancy meeting you here!

And OMG!! This, THIS is SO me… but without the sailboat. Too Virgo-y for that.

But the schedule and the openness… and the ‘this, now’. YES! In fact, I think I wrote about this very conflict, once or twice, or more, but not nearly so well.
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By: Wulfie

Wulfie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:35:31 +0000

Here I am anguishing…okay swearing at venn diagrams with six circles and you’re building a sailboat! I like the boat idea better. More fun. Better views. And I can just laze and sigh away while my papery attempts at circles get wet and slosh naturally and easily into…PETALS. YES!!

I love this.
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By: Square-Peg Karen

Square-Peg Karen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:26:08 +0000

ok, this is perfect! I so needed this.

I used to live on a boat (power, no sail – sorry) and I LOVED it – it even led to me wishing (aloud) that I still lived on the water. Be careful what you wish for: wet basement – but I digress.

The mental picture of schedule as sailboat is IT – oh, I feel resistance being USED – it’ll push the sails the way we want – ohohoh ms. sleuth, YES! This is so incredible!!
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