Our Wednesday night discussion. Tonight it was Tanya, Leena, Rob, and I.
Notes: Heartspace, sharp & soft hosting
Putting the glass tablet down on my bed for watching battlestar galactica and eating snacks with Adam.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Notes from the House Reflection Circle & What Went Well (3)
Well this is good. It's only 10:30 and I'm on to my end of day writing. I'm starting to get a healthy feeling of consistency to this. Right now I am noticing my tendency to try and do multiple things at once or do lots of things quickly. To jump around and think about other things and then come back to work on this. I want to cultivate monotasking in my life. Practice the art of focus, and of putting intention and dedication into any practice.
Other things that it feels important to write down.
Last night at the house reflection circle I was thinking about the other things that I want to cultivate in my life:
peace, spaciousness, patience, love, hosting, balance.
Some other things that struck me in the circle:
Enlargening our perception of the system so that things become clearer. This can also be 'tracking', 'awareness'.
The practice of staying present to your family, even while you're in the middle of those dynamics which always play out.
The concept of metaconnection. staying connected to someone on a higher level because of awareness of their patterns.
Non-transactional interactions.
Some questions I'm left with:
How is vulnerability not vulnerability?
How is sacrifice not sacrifice?
For any given coercive pattern, can we practice something to dismantle it?
What would an acceptance & desire meditation look like?
About Simon.
The more i have been reading about positive psychology, the more I have been talking with Jean, the more I have been thinking about it, the less positive it seems that Simon is on the medications right now. It's actually seriously concerning and when I think about it I get quite sad. I'm wanting to talk to mom and dad about reading this book Flourish by Martin Seligman which I am reading so that perhaps we could get on the same page and provide Simon with a consistent support system, one that was more likely to get him recovering than the road he's on right now. So I want to talk to them about that. Jean has been so helpful in her reaching out to him, especially in this time of high stress for her. I think I will read some more of Flourish tonight.
Oh yeah, I should let dad know about the next LRC intro.
The dates for the LRC learners is May 21, 22,23 Saturday-Monday because it's a long weekend. Tanya and I are meeting at 4 oclock tomorrow to talk about that.
What Went Well, May 3
Going to the library to do web design.
Playing ridiculous doodle games with Alex at Coffee Culture.
Tonight I was struggling with the concept of spending the evening alone and just coming up to my room to do something by myself, but when I finally let go of that and came up here to watch a TED talk and read Flourish, Tanya immediately came and knocked on my door, and decided to stay and watch that TED talk with me. It was the one by John Hunter about the World Peace Game. It was an affirmation that it is almost always 'letting go' that can lead to results you were desiring in the first place. Coming to my room early and sitting down to do this writing is really working well for me.
Other things that it feels important to write down.
Last night at the house reflection circle I was thinking about the other things that I want to cultivate in my life:
peace, spaciousness, patience, love, hosting, balance.
Some other things that struck me in the circle:
Enlargening our perception of the system so that things become clearer. This can also be 'tracking', 'awareness'.
The practice of staying present to your family, even while you're in the middle of those dynamics which always play out.
The concept of metaconnection. staying connected to someone on a higher level because of awareness of their patterns.
Non-transactional interactions.
Some questions I'm left with:
How is vulnerability not vulnerability?
How is sacrifice not sacrifice?
For any given coercive pattern, can we practice something to dismantle it?
What would an acceptance & desire meditation look like?
About Simon.
The more i have been reading about positive psychology, the more I have been talking with Jean, the more I have been thinking about it, the less positive it seems that Simon is on the medications right now. It's actually seriously concerning and when I think about it I get quite sad. I'm wanting to talk to mom and dad about reading this book Flourish by Martin Seligman which I am reading so that perhaps we could get on the same page and provide Simon with a consistent support system, one that was more likely to get him recovering than the road he's on right now. So I want to talk to them about that. Jean has been so helpful in her reaching out to him, especially in this time of high stress for her. I think I will read some more of Flourish tonight.
Oh yeah, I should let dad know about the next LRC intro.
The dates for the LRC learners is May 21, 22,23 Saturday-Monday because it's a long weekend. Tanya and I are meeting at 4 oclock tomorrow to talk about that.
What Went Well, May 3
Going to the library to do web design.
Playing ridiculous doodle games with Alex at Coffee Culture.
Tonight I was struggling with the concept of spending the evening alone and just coming up to my room to do something by myself, but when I finally let go of that and came up here to watch a TED talk and read Flourish, Tanya immediately came and knocked on my door, and decided to stay and watch that TED talk with me. It was the one by John Hunter about the World Peace Game. It was an affirmation that it is almost always 'letting go' that can lead to results you were desiring in the first place. Coming to my room early and sitting down to do this writing is really working well for me.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Election Day and What Went Well (2)
What a frackin' day.
Today was Canada's 41st federal election, and also the first election in which I was able to vote. So I did. I swapped my vote with someone out east. I voted liberal here, and they voted green party there. It didn't work. We just discovered that there's going to be a Conservative majority. !()*&^@(*YKJHQWR(*YKJKFH(*Q
yeah... interestingly, the official opposition party will be the NDP, significantly beating the liberals.
It also seems that all 4 KW regions have elected conservatives into power. I'm trying to figure out how I want to respond to this news, while my initial reactions are anger and sadness.
Time to focus on What Went Well today.
It strikes me that the first thing that went well was the slow cooked porridge that I made this morning. I put in some apples and cooked it for about 15 minutes and it was soooo much better than the oats I have been eating. Part of this process was sitting and writing down my to do list for the day to get myself organized. In general, the process was satisfying and produced results.
The next big thing that went well was my visit with Simon when he showed up here at the house with Jean. First off, we listened to an Art of Manliness podcast. It felt a lot like what I imagine listening to old radio shows felt like and was a lot of fun. Sometimes I saw Simon smiling at the show. After that we went for a walk around Waterloo park and that was really great. We talked about how part of his mood may have to do with the winter weather, and how summer may improve his mood. We talked about our childhood and how it was hard growing up different from most kids that we were around, and how that must've been hard for our parents too. Also how much we appreciate the way that they did raise us, even if sometimes we resented them for it. We talked about the exciting possibility of us being able to raise children in a way that they're surrounded by others of similar mind and values and don't have that isolating experience. Then we walked balancing along the train tracks all the way home. I can feel how the dynamic is shifting between us in a way that I'm really excited about.
And of course, it is a rare Monday evening that I consider the House Reflection Circle to have not gone well. It went extremely well. With all of us, Jean Adam Tanya Emma Charlotte Todd and I, all there we moved into the living room for space and comfort. If I think about what went well about it, it's really that we are all so open and vulnerable with each other. It doesn't matter what's happening, we just sit through it together there. As usual, discussion led down a really interesting path about vulnerability and sacrifice and the art of hosting. I felt really open to the group and found myself really engaged with the discussion. Sometimes I take more of an outsider's perspective. After that Adam and I went down to Starbucks to grab some cookies.
So that's what went well number 2.
Today was Canada's 41st federal election, and also the first election in which I was able to vote. So I did. I swapped my vote with someone out east. I voted liberal here, and they voted green party there. It didn't work. We just discovered that there's going to be a Conservative majority. !()*&^@(*YKJHQWR(*YKJKFH(*Q
yeah... interestingly, the official opposition party will be the NDP, significantly beating the liberals.
It also seems that all 4 KW regions have elected conservatives into power. I'm trying to figure out how I want to respond to this news, while my initial reactions are anger and sadness.
Time to focus on What Went Well today.
It strikes me that the first thing that went well was the slow cooked porridge that I made this morning. I put in some apples and cooked it for about 15 minutes and it was soooo much better than the oats I have been eating. Part of this process was sitting and writing down my to do list for the day to get myself organized. In general, the process was satisfying and produced results.
The next big thing that went well was my visit with Simon when he showed up here at the house with Jean. First off, we listened to an Art of Manliness podcast. It felt a lot like what I imagine listening to old radio shows felt like and was a lot of fun. Sometimes I saw Simon smiling at the show. After that we went for a walk around Waterloo park and that was really great. We talked about how part of his mood may have to do with the winter weather, and how summer may improve his mood. We talked about our childhood and how it was hard growing up different from most kids that we were around, and how that must've been hard for our parents too. Also how much we appreciate the way that they did raise us, even if sometimes we resented them for it. We talked about the exciting possibility of us being able to raise children in a way that they're surrounded by others of similar mind and values and don't have that isolating experience. Then we walked balancing along the train tracks all the way home. I can feel how the dynamic is shifting between us in a way that I'm really excited about.
And of course, it is a rare Monday evening that I consider the House Reflection Circle to have not gone well. It went extremely well. With all of us, Jean Adam Tanya Emma Charlotte Todd and I, all there we moved into the living room for space and comfort. If I think about what went well about it, it's really that we are all so open and vulnerable with each other. It doesn't matter what's happening, we just sit through it together there. As usual, discussion led down a really interesting path about vulnerability and sacrifice and the art of hosting. I felt really open to the group and found myself really engaged with the discussion. Sometimes I take more of an outsider's perspective. After that Adam and I went down to Starbucks to grab some cookies.
So that's what went well number 2.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
A Day in the Metasphere
What a day. I guess I'll just write the major takeaways here.
First of all, I'm simply always discovering how connected this network of individuals (collectiduals?) awakening consciousness is. I'm actually looking for a name to call us all. Creative change-makers, thinkerpoets, edgers
Main discoveries were George Por's 'community intelligence' site www.community-intelligence.com and Gavin Keech's www.metamaps.cc . Another connection to him, also working on Ubiquid.us, is Ishan Shapiro, who started a collective called NotThisBody. These individuals are very connected to George Por and Venessa Miemis. AND they're working with Brendan Howley who Emma is good friends with and might work as his personal assistant! It may not be long before we make contact with this whole crew and when we do I want to be ready. I'd like to start experimenting with creating graphics so that there are digital versions of the things we have in our house.
Gavin Keech, and Entanglement started following me on twitter today so I'd like to step it up even further about making my twitter feed a worthwhile place to watch.
Metamapping, memetic cartography. What they did at metamaps.cc is create a set of icons which can help blueprint basically anything. Here's an image.
Over the next few days, once I buy some ink for my printer, I'd like to experiment with printing these out and see what LRC might look like mapped out with these.
Now, on to some more personal matters. I got a good response back from Steve today saying that they would love to have my help and that there would be space in the community garden we create for me. I'm pretty excited about this and wanting to get started. I spent a lot of time on my own just thinking today and ended up getting fairly caught in my head, so it was helpful when I went to visit Simon tonight. He brought me back down to Earth and I followed up my visit with a peaceful walk through the cemetery. How nice to walk at 1 km an hour. It was a beautiful evening out.
Today I designed some social media icons for my website. I still have to fill in the Projects page, and both other pages could use work too. I even figured out how to make it so that my website is licensed under Creative Commons Canada, 2.5 licensing.
Today I talked with Tanya about the possible LRC alumni weekend and we discussed what it might look like and a date. The date's we discussed were May 21- 22 and June 11-12. Tanya spoke about actually keeping that time spent together open so that whatever wanted to happen could. That works for me, and then I can just bring my 'who are we as resources' question as what I'm bringing and hold it as a possibility for the 40 hours or whatever it is. We've had to cut it down from being an entire weekend due to time constraints that Tanya has. Whichever weekend we think will work for that, I think it may make sense to look at having the other weekend as an intro weekend. We have an accumulating group of people interested in an Intro.
Tomorrow I plan to do some thinking about Wendesday night and what that will look like. I also plan to do some work on Heather's website. I need to talk to Emma about the raised beds at the front of the house, and about what will happen with Thinkerpoet. I have been thinking about a proposal that would look something like this:
Whatever resources you have for this website, or that you think it is worth to you, pay me that. From there on, I'll work with you on creating the site and it doesn't matter how long.
Something that I've been thinking about doing in order to step up the interest in having Hometown Eatery hire me for their website is redesigning a page of their menu and then bringing it in. Rissky.
Ok. I think that's all.
Oh. I have been thinking about the kinds of thing that I have been writing for my blog here, and thinking that I may actually fill the blog up with two types of content. One is personal learning, and one is distributable pieces of writing that I work on over time of my original ideas and thinking. I can keep those pieces as drafts and just work on them ongoing until I feel ready to publish them. Yeah.
First of all, I'm simply always discovering how connected this network of individuals (collectiduals?) awakening consciousness is. I'm actually looking for a name to call us all. Creative change-makers, thinkerpoets, edgers
Main discoveries were George Por's 'community intelligence' site www.community-intelligence.com and Gavin Keech's www.metamaps.cc . Another connection to him, also working on Ubiquid.us, is Ishan Shapiro, who started a collective called NotThisBody. These individuals are very connected to George Por and Venessa Miemis. AND they're working with Brendan Howley who Emma is good friends with and might work as his personal assistant! It may not be long before we make contact with this whole crew and when we do I want to be ready. I'd like to start experimenting with creating graphics so that there are digital versions of the things we have in our house.
Gavin Keech, and Entanglement started following me on twitter today so I'd like to step it up even further about making my twitter feed a worthwhile place to watch.
Metamapping, memetic cartography. What they did at metamaps.cc is create a set of icons which can help blueprint basically anything. Here's an image.
Now, on to some more personal matters. I got a good response back from Steve today saying that they would love to have my help and that there would be space in the community garden we create for me. I'm pretty excited about this and wanting to get started. I spent a lot of time on my own just thinking today and ended up getting fairly caught in my head, so it was helpful when I went to visit Simon tonight. He brought me back down to Earth and I followed up my visit with a peaceful walk through the cemetery. How nice to walk at 1 km an hour. It was a beautiful evening out.
Today I designed some social media icons for my website. I still have to fill in the Projects page, and both other pages could use work too. I even figured out how to make it so that my website is licensed under Creative Commons Canada, 2.5 licensing.
Today I talked with Tanya about the possible LRC alumni weekend and we discussed what it might look like and a date. The date's we discussed were May 21- 22 and June 11-12. Tanya spoke about actually keeping that time spent together open so that whatever wanted to happen could. That works for me, and then I can just bring my 'who are we as resources' question as what I'm bringing and hold it as a possibility for the 40 hours or whatever it is. We've had to cut it down from being an entire weekend due to time constraints that Tanya has. Whichever weekend we think will work for that, I think it may make sense to look at having the other weekend as an intro weekend. We have an accumulating group of people interested in an Intro.
Tomorrow I plan to do some thinking about Wendesday night and what that will look like. I also plan to do some work on Heather's website. I need to talk to Emma about the raised beds at the front of the house, and about what will happen with Thinkerpoet. I have been thinking about a proposal that would look something like this:
Whatever resources you have for this website, or that you think it is worth to you, pay me that. From there on, I'll work with you on creating the site and it doesn't matter how long.
Something that I've been thinking about doing in order to step up the interest in having Hometown Eatery hire me for their website is redesigning a page of their menu and then bringing it in. Rissky.
Ok. I think that's all.
Oh. I have been thinking about the kinds of thing that I have been writing for my blog here, and thinking that I may actually fill the blog up with two types of content. One is personal learning, and one is distributable pieces of writing that I work on over time of my original ideas and thinking. I can keep those pieces as drafts and just work on them ongoing until I feel ready to publish them. Yeah.
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