DISQUS

Connie · 10 months ago

I am going to write an astrology book and illustrate it too; I'm going to do this along with my eldest
daughter. I've been saying I'm going to do this for over a decade; this year's the year. Yes, we can!

Carrie · 10 months ago

love to read it Connie!

alligator_kate · 10 months ago

Deepening my meditative path I am sure will stretch my mind, as well as everything else! Besides that... I hope to travel to places I have never been, and stick around long enough to really learn what it is like to live there.

prettygirl · 10 months ago

In 2008 I took a creative writing class on-line. Writing is something I have wanted to do for a long time. This year I am going to take a first aid course, some cooking classes for fun and I would also like to take a Spanish speaking course. I have also decided that being truly organized would be a great gift to myself.l

Carrie · 10 months ago

Check out David Allen's web site http://www.davidco.com/, great tips on how to get organized!

textimage · 10 months ago

I am going to get more comfortable when other people speak about God/god G-d. Specifically in a non-yoga context. My knee jerk reaction is to recoil when someone says that 3 letter word, even though I am spiritual?! I am going to stretch my mind and release the cob webs that surround the word and reach for the essence of what is being communicated.

Gail Larsen · 10 months ago

Here's how I handle the G word. I realized it triggers me so I asked the Mystery to support me with a new realization or definition. Right away I heard - G - O - D is Great Open Door! An instant shapeshift!

textimage · 10 months ago

love this! thanks.

Cindy - Creative Classic · 10 months ago

I understand your reaction to the word God because the way that people use the term is quite limiting. I always change it to "the Universe" whether I am rethinking about it in my head or speaking about it. The Universe encompasses everything, and that is what God is to me - unlimited, unbounded, unconditionally loving.

textimage · 10 months ago

thanks for this. i too feel comfortable with "the universe" "the universal".

Wazzy · 10 months ago

I was going to say learning something new but what I really think will happen this year is I will EXPAND what is possible for me, in terms of creating, figuring out, building. Working with my hands and with my mind.

CristinaCC · 10 months ago

I'm trying to work on my patience & relaxation this year. I am going to learn the play the flute, start knitting again, and learn to cultivate beautiful orchids.

emily · 10 months ago

At 41, with an art teacher for a mother (and a father who forbid me taking classes), I am finally getting to art school. yeaaa, me!

Traci · 10 months ago

Write, write, write, and write. And when I think I'm ridiculous, keep writing. And when I have nothing to write, write some more.

Cindy - Creative Classic · 10 months ago

Yes, absolutely! I am going to make this my #1 priority this year as well.

colleenoverman · 10 months ago

Finish my first book. Finish another. Really stretch into being an author.

Laura · 10 months ago

I'm going to take a workshop on Contemplative Dialogue: Overcoming Division in Our Lives and Our World. I work in a field - sexual and reproductive health - that is often fraught with controversy. I look forward to learning a new skill to help me share my thoughts and ideas in ways that foster mutual understanding and respect.

Kate · 10 months ago

I will be learning enough French to be comfortable on our trip to Paris in April, and I will use it as much as possible when I am there!!

I want to take some cooking classes with friends or my husband once every few months, and make an evening of them.

debbierodgers · 10 months ago

By using the concept of neuroplasticity to change the way my mind listens to the chronic pain signals that my body insists on sending.

Carrie · 10 months ago

May this ease your pain Debbie.

Meredith · 10 months ago

I'm a bout 3 weeks off from my 29th birthday and I am in the last stages of fine-tuning my 30-b4-30 list. It will be a year to challenge myself to take risks, go on adventures and learn. A few I've got so far: learn a new language (I'd love to learn Italian), go skinny-dipping and not feel self-conscious, finally master budgeting and personal finance, learn the tango, sleep under the stars, write a stand up act...just as few for starters. Looking forward to expanding mind & spirit (not body, at the moment).

Cobby · 10 months ago

What a brilliant idea. I'm 35 right now. You just inspired me to challenge myself this year by making a forty-before-forty list to start on this year!

Ellen · 10 months ago

I'm going to continue learning more about my area of specialty in my profession. I'm also going to practice attracting money. THAT stretches my brain.

Christopher · 10 months ago

I'm going to purposely sign up for more things slightly out of my comfort zone - ie: improv classes, etc.

marn · 10 months ago

I am upgrading my Math, Biology, and English & presently have an appointment with an advisor at UBC to get my Bachelors of Nursing. A dream that I have had since I was a little girl... and allowed 'life' to get in the way! Not anymore! This will be interesting for me, a 37 year old woman with 2 boys that are 3.5 and 5 years old!! :-)
Oh, and I am also starting Theatre Sports in a few weeks!

Ross · 10 months ago

With superglue, a pair of tongs, and two slippers.

Alison · 10 months ago

I'm pursuing a career in Creative Writing. My ultimate goal is to become an author, hopefully writing for Children and Young Adults. I've always been someone people expected to become a Doctor/Professor of some description, so this is a big step for me. I'm heading back into study after a period of debilitating illness, so this year is going to involve a lot of change. I'm changing my mind about what classifies as a worthwhile career, stretching myself in areas I actually find challenging and even difficult, and defying expectation, which is a huge deal for me. I've always met people's expectations of me. It no longer works.

Last of all, I'm going to connect more with my spirituality, at the risk of ridicule and many other "scary" things. I'm hoping to live my life and conduct myself differently in my relationships, especially the one I have with myself.

shannon · 10 months ago

Although I am not sure of ALL the things that I will do to stretch my mind this year, I am starting with a university philosophy course called, "The Examined Life in the Information Age". I've made a committment to read more this year. So far so good.

Jennywren · 10 months ago

I'm going to read and reread books that attract me and find someone sympatico to talk personal development with. I'm going to focus more on myself and the things that I enjoy even if it means going it alone sometimes. I will write poetry again, something that I love to do but never give myself the time to commit to.

Arl · 10 months ago

I'm definitely set out to read as many personal development books as I can and apply what I learned in my personal life! Isn't it great to be the best you can be?