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What are your 3 top priorities this week?

Started by Daniel Gibbons · 9 months ago

The Law of Attraction says that where you put your focus is where you get results - positive or negative. So why not focus on what matters most to you. Priorities first. Focus second.

Carrie says: This week I will be on holiday on Hornby Island - a piece of West Coast paradise.
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  • Andrea Devis

    10 months ago

    1. Have protein instead of cake for breakfast.
    2. Pack for move at end of month.
    3. Act on my intention to work out when I wake up in the morning.
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  • Kristin

    10 months ago

    1. Meditate each morning to focus my intention.
    2. Chase the muses with a net, forcing them to stay and play until I'm on the right track.
    3. Settle myself and the flat after a month of overseas visitors, including beginning work on my Style Statement. (!!)
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  • Liz

    10 months ago

    1)Be kind to myself as i get over a brusied heart and stop trying to 'snap myself out of it'.
    2) Eat only when hungry and not because i'm sad/anxious/bored/everyone else is.
    3) Finish writing an article about my recent travels to Istanbul.
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    10 months ago

    1. Get the word out that I have a rental space available for someone. Flyers, word of mouth, attend support group.
    2.Attend the sale of our flip house and get that check!
    3.Dust this house from top to bottom - purge a box or two of clutter while I'm at it.
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  • Laurel

    10 months ago

    1) like Liz, I have some travel writing to do!
    2) get caught up on backlog of extra laundry resulting from two sets of house guests followed by a humid spell in which things were taking extra time to dry! (We don't have a dryer.)
    3) get mostly finished with late-summer changeover in patio garden; replace tomato plants, which are finito, and haul containers and dirt around when it's not too hot out . . . .
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  • Laurie

    10 months ago

    1. Connect with a friend who I have not spoken to in over a year.
    2. Pay more attention to what goes into my mouth. Ask the question, "am I really hungry / thirsty". "Does this taste delicious?" If no to either answer, I should not eat / drink it.
    3. Get through my to-do list.
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  • Kristin

    10 months ago

    Liz - big love to you! The heart is the hardest part of the body to heal, but bruises fade.
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  • Jess

    10 months ago

    My priorities focus around "cherish:"
    1. Cherish time spent with family.
    2. Cherish my own time, I do not need to let others make me feel guilty that I can't spend every day with them.
    3. Cherish time spent with friends, laid-back time, not all-over-the-place-doing-something-every-10-seconds time.
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  • Chantal

    10 months ago

    Study, study, study for my travel agent certification.
    Finalize all details for traveling to Bali in September - shopping for gifts, hotel reservations, buying paints for the artist in Bali to create my tshirt designs, etc.
    Call Big Brother, Big Sister for details on their program to possibly become a member.
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  • Debbie R

    10 months ago

    Be certain that I am spiritually nourished by studying the Bible by myself and in the "congregated throng".
    Keep my business on track by making a LONG list of phone calls.
    Pay the bills without panicking and know that the wealth will come.
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  • Bold Grace

    10 months ago

    1. Finish collecting money from nurses and doctors I work with for a surprise 50th birthday present for a work colleague. I met her in a cafe yesterday about 20 miles from where we live (complete surprise) and found out she was raised in a the working class beachside suburb. While we chatted I could see over her shoulder the canvas mounted print of the boat sheds found at the other end of the beach. Brought it for her on impulse after she left. Kismet!!!
    2. Facilitate 2nd discussion about healing on Thursday
    3. Enjoy any sunny days (open up house and let in fresh air) and the full moon on Saturday. Winter is nearly over in NZ.The sun is higher in the sky
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  • bene

    10 months ago

    I plan to meditate and do yoga everyday. I nee to de- stress a bit.I also plan to have fun and not take myself too seriously. And I will try to take a walk in the woods as often as possible. And write and be more creative, things just keep popping up. I think I should plan to not have a plan and that`s it,really! Or rather, I plan to be happy, at peace and productive. The end:)
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  • Jamie

    10 months ago

    1. Put closure on activities that don't support my current priorities.
    2. Write.
    3. Connect
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  • Maureen

    10 months ago

    First of all, Danielle I am with you on the tooth thing. Same here. I send good thoughts to you all day on this issue. For me, it's a real personal, lonely little horror show. One thing I do every morning is say out loud, "I am so happy and grateful for my healthy and healing teeth." Last time I went in, things were actually better than usual. Good luck.

    1. Set up my classroom
    2. Begin prepping my AP curriculum for the first term
    3. Rewrite my novel for clearer voice
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  • Girl-Woman

    10 months ago

    First of all, Carrie, enjoy your holiday.

    I, too, will be on holiday on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm writing a novel about a court reporter who hears something off the record that changes the face of the case that is based on the Eastern Shore, where I spent 25 years. I plan to be in the moment to make the book authentic, be in the present with my family, and breathe, breathe, breathe....
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  • Joannie

    10 months ago

    Spend a day with my daughter who lives out of town and so we don't see one another very often.

    Spend time with my friend going to see 'Mamma Mia'.

    Visit with my priest to talk about Restorative Justice Week in November when I'm doing the homily.
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  • Mini

    10 months ago

    This week I start three weeks of holidays(leui time that I have to use up or I lose them says my employer. I have 6 more weeks to use up by March 31sy/09.) So since I got this time off by working hard I decided to do three things this week that are pure pleasures or will result in pure pleasure.

    1.Knock one thing of my "I Never Have Yome To Do That list!" - clean my home office. This will result in the pleasure of not facing my messy office that makes me shudder evberytime I enter it - or pass it! Can't wait to get it finished.

    2. Say "No" to three requests I don't really want to do - with no guilt and a big smile. Quicly followed by....an inner "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" that just makes me grin.

    3. Read several books for just pure enjoyment - nothing for connect to work or connewcted to my career choice....so I am giving myself an afternoon in a bookstore - or maybe three bookstores. And take my time choosing the books - A guilty pleasure. Then each morning will head off to a favourite spot - a favourite cafe - a bench by the beach - my favourite chair -perhaps in bed till noon - go to my library I visted as a kid and get that old feeling of excitement back - about words and stories that bossted my love of knowledge and words. Read to my heart's content!

    Life is good!

    Cheers!
    Mini
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  • textimage

    10 months ago

    My 3 Priorities this week are all about my son and his transition to kindergarden this month.

    1) Be "chill" and acknowledge what is my anxiety and what is his, and move intelligently from there.
    2) Be totally present and spend more time with him engaged in play while our schedules are still less nutty.
    3) Be open to all the emotions that are rising and falling are break-neck speed.

    Luckily, although the focus is on my son, the opportunity for self-growth and knowing are still present.
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  • Xai Vicente Charles

    10 months ago

    1. Get organized
    2. Stay focused
    3. Don't loose sight of my goal
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  • Secret Wish Jar

    10 months ago

    1. Do a house purification ritual to get rid of negative energies in the house
    2. Do a detox to get rid of all the garbage in my body
    3. Get my Style Statement done! :)
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  • JoeM

    10 months ago

    Writing, sculpting, and re-modeling my office.
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  • Kerry L.

    10 months ago

    1. Focus and efficiency at work.
    2. Schedule kitchen re-model
    3. Guilt-free couch potato while watching the Olympics
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  • Kristin

    10 months ago

    Beautifully put.
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  • Traci

    10 months ago

    1. Empty the garage in preparation for our move.
    2. Contact and/or visit a few more rental communities.
    3. Finish reading Madame Sarah (it's begun to drag a bit).
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  • Cindy

    10 months ago

    1. Focus on faith, and what it means to truly have it
    2. Continue weeding out items that don't fit my style statement
    3. Write
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    10 months ago

    I write Thank You on the bottom of all my checks...even the bills. It has turned my thinking around when it comes to bill paying.
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    10 months ago

    I'm doing the guilt-free Olympics watching myself!
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  • Dena

    10 months ago

    1. Remember to take my medications
    2. Book my vacation
    3. Forget him . . .
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  • Ellen

    10 months ago

    1.Finish the extra paperwork so I can renew my license.
    2.Cope with difficult family members who will visit Wed-Thu.
    3.Trust.
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  • Brenda

    10 months ago

    1) Complete the excercises in my Joyful Business workbook.
    2) Frame my Camille Pissarro prints I purchased in St. Thomas 7 yrs. ago.
    3) Finish the article I've been writing about for my column in the Hudson Valley Connoisseur magazine. My deadline is Friday!
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    This is my first day as a participant of your site. I 'found' your book last Friday and it was the last copy on the shelf of a small book store. I was intrigued and have since checked it out on line and have ordered a copy. It's one of those things that presents itself to the 'ready student.' I am looking forward to indulging myself in it, vs. in the decadent, chocolate brownies I baked last night while watching the Olympics until the wee hours of the morning. I am suffering from the chocolate decision today and am deciding which neighbour is going to be the recipient of the remaining brownies this morning.

    I need to really pay attention to what I'm doing to my body. I am 61 years old and need to do better. My life is upside down at the moment, and eating is how I respond to stress. I recognize this but don't always make good decisions when it comes to food. I am 'good' for a few days, and then just cave.

    As a free-lance writer and home-decor scout for various magazines, I spend a lot of time sitting. I am not athletically inclined but enjoy walking. I"m just not very motivated. I tend to procrastinate and then it's often too late or I get too busy. I need to make a strong commitment to get into shape, which means not only strengthening my body but also my resolve to do so. I know all the cliches' and excuses. If anyone has news, tips or a harsh/kind word that serves to motivate me on yet another Monday morning, I would love to hear from you. Or does it work that way? Being brand new, and having just received my first Daily Q&A, I haven't taken the time to check out everything. Typical of my impatient self, to just push forward and hope it works out as I go along. HELP!!
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  • Guylaine

    10 months ago

    1. Enjoy fully my five days away in Spain with my brother...
    2. Take stock of the last two years working in Morocco...and elaborate an action plan for the next year ahead and what I want to achieve...
    3. Be confident that this break in time and space will provide guidance and be open to messages from the universe...
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    What a great idea! I pay most bills on-line now so I am limited only to more personal items, but I love that idea and intend to pass it along. It's a great way to reinforce your 'intention' - and who knows, perhaps it will apply to the "law of attraction' and will come back to you in ways you don't anticipate. Linda
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    Love #1
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    Brenda,

    A trip along the Hudson River is an intention of mine with my husband. Any suggestions and tips would be greatly appreciated. We live near Toronto, Ontario.
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  • Avril

    10 months ago

    1. Help my two-year old settle into her new daycare two days a week. This is a big emotional shift for us both!
    2. While daughter is at daycare, go to the gym for the first time since my son was born 11 weeks ago.
    3. Enjoy every second of summer with trips to the waterpark, barbeques and cooking with the herbs growing in my garden.








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  • gretchen

    10 months ago

    1. Exercise, it's been neglected too much lately.
    2. Do some hard thinking about a couple of things
    3. Do my best to remain happy and not let ridiculous things bother me.
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  • Nia

    10 months ago

    1)Prayer/meditation on my heart
    2)Research about ashrams
    3)Get off book for play
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  • Jen

    10 months ago

    1. finish packing my house so I can start moving into my new space this weekend

    2. do my best at work, and know that even though not absolutely everything has been completed to the ideal that can be imagined, my best is amazing.

    3. allow my body to rest. Even in this hectic work and move time, especially in this hectic time, going to sleep at an early time, and allowing myself at least an hour in the morning for relaxing 'me time' is so important. Allowing myself to rest will give me the strength to complete what I need to do.
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  • laurie_matthews

    10 months ago

    Focus on healing my body.
    Laugh with my friends.
    Get plenty of sleep.
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  • Colette

    10 months ago

    1- My health: buy a new pair of rollerblades.
    2- Finish up my summer courses.
    3- Toss more stuff that no longer serves where I am in my life.
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  • teresa

    10 months ago

    1.eat broccoli (heard a news segment about all of it's health benefits on a radio program yesterday)
    2.set 3 goals for each day to accomplish (today they are to mow my overgrown yard...or get my son to do it, take back some movies I rented, go through bills/mail after work)
    3.exercise! walk/run 30 minutes in the mornings (or evening if I don't get it done in the morning like today) and lift weights twice this week on lunch break.
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  • Daniel Gibbons

    10 months ago

    1. Shake this nasty chest infection I've had for the last week.
    2. Plan our next three months.
    3. Cook dinner at home every night this week.
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    Tell me about your detox process!!
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  • Diane

    10 months ago

    1. Spend as much time with my son who is home from the NAVY before he goes on a Submarine.
    2. Exercise daily for my health!
    3. Pray with my family, it is so powerful & uplifting!
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  • Danette

    10 months ago

    1. Welcome my intuitive female back like a lover I have wronged.
    2. Ask everything in my home if it is coming with me on my journey. If not, bravely let it go.
    3. Go with the flow and speak from love
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  • marn

    10 months ago

    1) Get back on track with the exercise program my personal trainer set up for me... it has fallen by the wayside - see #2...
    2) Welcome hubby back from Calgary & exercise compassion & sensitivity towards his delicate situation & pick up the slack with our 2 boys (ages 5 & 3) (hubby has been in Calgary for 6 days cleaning out the contents of his parents estate - he's only 41 yrs old, and they both passed away within 22 mo's of each other :-(
    3) Be present & in the moment at my fathers 70th Birthday party on Saturday!
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  • Ngonzi Truth Crushshon

    10 months ago

    Decide whether I'm going to buy black college football tickets for Generation HOPE mentoring program...I'm low on money but the trip would expose them to positive images of success/college graduates.

    Plan my birthday party-yeah I know it's in November so what, I told yall I'm a planner...I really really really want to have my party at a skybox at one of Chicago's sports venues.....but who has that kinda $money$ (please send them my way...the people w that kinda $)LOL

    Orientation for school- Argosy Univ is on Thursday....and I started preparing my bookbag for school...I'm so EXCITED & NERVOUS...like what should I take to a doctorate program? Do I get a 5-subject notebook or take my laptop or tape record the lecture? You should have seen me on the floor of my office last night....taking out pencils and putting them back inside my bookbag.....I don't know WHAT TO DO!!!! Is this a good sign of things to come? Nervousness can be good, right?
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  • Michelle

    10 months ago

    Thanks, Liz... I too am getting over a bruised heart and need to be kind with myself and let the grieving process take its course. I'd just like to be "over it". Yet, it's better to grieve well and be able to move on in a sense of wholeness. If grief isn't allowed to take its course, it'll come back later in some form. Mature, gentle friends are crucial. Your 1) has given me courage so thanks for sharing it.
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  • marn

    10 months ago

    Welcome Linda! :-)
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  • Susie Hutchinson

    10 months ago

    This week I will:
    1. get rid of this lingering cold
    2. find a playmate for my baby
    3. finalize the next issue of Orange Life
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  • SRead

    10 months ago

    Hi Linda, I believe that figuring out your "fitness style" will help you to discover what actvities you would enjoy and what will will strengthen & nourish your body. There are so many activities out there to choose from I'm sure there is something, and probably many things that are just right for you. Thankfully fitness can be achieved from creative as well as athletic pursuits. Have you ever thought of "challenging" yourself to try different things ..... say a sampling of a wide range of activities. Invite enthusiastic friends to join you and perhaps by taking a less structured or committed approach you might think of fitness as "play" instead of a regime or program. Discovering your Style Statement will certainly bring clarity to your understanding of what you love and why. Welcome to C&D Q&A!
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    Let's see... Top priority, get mid-month finances (bills, deposits, savings..) taken care of, spiritual daily commitment back on track, and be at the gym everyday without failurenot necesarily in thias order. They are all important.

    That ought to be easy enough...

    Cécile
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    It's always nice to be welcomed - thanks Marn
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    My daughter's name is Shannon, so when I saw your name it made me smile. You made some very valid points and I'm going to see about making it more 'play' as that suits me. I am really looking forward to the process of finding my 'style statement.' My book is coming via mail so it will be a few ore days. I"m very excited about all of it and look forward to the daily Q&A. I also hope that I can be an inspiration and/or mentor to others from time to time, as I've acquired some wisdom through experience and desire to learn, in my 61 years on the planet.
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  • SRead

    10 months ago

    This week I plan to:
    1. Reclaim an hour each mid day, just for me. It might be just to eat lunch, exercise, draw or responding to C&D's Q&A.
    2. Organize my fundraising campaign for "Cycle for Life, Celebrate Life" ...a 4300km ride for the cure. Halifax - Austin Texas in October, with my 19 year old daughter....I can hardly wait!
    3. Enjoy spending time visitng family and friends that are visiting from the West Coast.
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  • lisaohhh

    10 months ago

    this week i intend to
    1. be kind, loving and generous to my body.
    2. clear some clutter from my plate.
    3. authentically connect with someone different every day.
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  • textimage

    10 months ago

    LOVE LOVE LOVE this
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  • textimage

    10 months ago

    I grew up in the HRV and of the many things to do/see I suggest that you go to Beacon, NY (east side of hudson). Great little town with a BIG art community. The DIA is there and the town has so many charms. We take the train up from NYC and it makes for a gorgeous transition from city to "country". Enjoy.
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  • andrea

    10 months ago

    1. Prepare for the arrival of our Au Pair from Germany
    2. Pick all the veggies that are going to waste in our garden
    3. Make a dental appointment and doctors appointment for my 5-year-old who will start Kindergarten in a few weeks

    *BONUS ONE

    Try to find some time to spend with my husband, whom I have not had enough time for lately
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  • Vanessa Rae

    10 months ago

    This week I am also going on holiday!
    1. Be in the present. Enjoy our friends. Laugh.
    2. Leave my worries behind me as far as what I need to get done back at home,
    3. Try to not worry about our son (he's staying with the Grandparents!) and thoroughly enjoy some quality time with my husband.
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  • Dolly Hopkins

    10 months ago

    Be patient
    Think through what I have to say and do
    Breath and listen
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  • Secret Wish Jar

    10 months ago

    Hi Linda,

    Well, I'm no expert on detoxing, but here's how I try to help my body to dispose of things it no longer needs: apart from drinking a min. of 2 liters of water/fruit juices (I know, I should do this every day, but I don't) I only eat fruit and veggies and homemade soup for a week. I also found this detox drink in the health store, you mix it with water or fruit juice and drink it on a an empty stomach (I've never used it before, so can't really tell you yet if it works) and I take nutritional supplements which contain acidophilus and biphidus to help my intestines. Hope this helps :)
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  • blume bauer

    10 months ago

    1. Work more on my own website and try to finally get the new one up rather than use the excuse that the shoemakers children have no shoes.
    2. I, like Carrie, need to get creative and write more in my blog.
    3. Take time for myself and my well being. Meditate, restore, and revive.
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  • Sheri

    10 months ago

    1. Stay caught up on business invoicing, phone calls and coaching group materials for the week.
    2. Write next issue of my newsletter.
    3. Pray / Reiki myself and my day first thing each morning so that my time, energy and actions are guided by Spirit.
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  • Lynda Monk

    10 months ago

    1. collect shells with my sons along the shores of long beach (tofino, bc)
    2. write in my journal each day of our holiday (after my morning run and yoga) - ps. pack running shoes!
    3. complete draft copy of ebook outline (12 Weeks to Joyful Balance for Helpers, Healers & Leaders)
    4. enjoy my friend's company who is visiting from hong kong and joining our family vacation
    5. give my honey a massage in the sunshine
    6. breathe with awareness at least once a day
    7. write the thank you notes from jackson's birthday party
    8. practice the art of limit setting and go back to "my top three priorities for this week" :))
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  • Karryn Ransom

    10 months ago

    Welcome Linda! If motivation to exercise is a problem, have you tried tricking yourself? I down-loaded Robin William's performance onto my iPod and went for a stroll. It was so funny that I didn't want to stop. (May have had a few odd looks as I walked along giggling to myself like a lunatic...) Before I knew it, I'd walked for nearly an hour!
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  • Karryn Ransom

    10 months ago

    1. Focus on our business: get clarity and direction.
    2. Focus on my family: go on a date with my husband.
    3. Focus on self: finish the painting I started five month's ago.
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  • patricia

    10 months ago

    1. Get the kids school ready for school on Thursday.
    2. Not slack on my first week of half-marathon training.
    3. Get the photography for my book finally finished.
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    BONJOUR!!!!

    Mes amis!,

    I did it; I did it!!! Come up with my Style Statement... This has not been easy... mind you...But I am elatedx;

    OK. Sophisticated/Sacred UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Unbelievable......

    What a revelation!!!

    Merci, merci, merci!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Cécile
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  • jennb

    10 months ago

    1 Start getting house in shape for my wedding. Which is one month away.
    2 Get back to walking every morning.
    3 Be present in the moment not dwell in the past or worry about the future.
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    Yep! It sounds like a good idea if the wedding is a month away!! What needs to be done? Where climate are you in?
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  • Katie Kay

    10 months ago

    This week I have got to focus on my business;
    1) Update my website, new blog entry and post a big summer sale
    2) Promote my business; new postcard, google adwords Ad
    3) Brainstorm about new creative avenues for selling locally, maybe Purse Parties!
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  • Krystl

    10 months ago

    oh boy, only three?

    1. clean and organize my work space
    2. be diligent with my physical therapy exercises
    3. get my budget done

    and i'm stealing carrie's for my trip to cape cod with my family at the end of this month!
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    That's what I said!!!! lollollol Cécile
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  • Stephanie Alaine

    10 months ago

    1. practice great love through allowing other to be exactly as they are and enjoy them.
    2. listen well. to the earth, to its creature, to the spirit.
    3. manifest joy. with so much to be thankful for, we must take the time to do so.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    10 months ago

    Good wishes well received! Thank you!
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    10 months ago

    I'm currently doing the Wild Rose detox - love it. I do it twice a year.
    http://www.gaiagarden.com/products/detox_and_cl...
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  • Sarah

    10 months ago

    This week I will -

    1. Make something each day. A skirt a bookmark.
    2. Take many walks with my puppy.
    3.Call my grandmother.
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  • Cathy

    10 months ago

    1. "Brain dump" and capture my to-do's.
    2. Update my budget!!!
    3. Set appointments for web project.

    Danielle: I'm with you on dental stuff. Have you considered acupuncture for anesthesia? A friend of mine had a root canal done with a pin left in by her acupuncturist. Didn't feel a thing.
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  • Michele

    10 months ago

    Good for you for taking this well earned rest and not being pushed into working and giving it up!
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  • Michele

    10 months ago

    1. Empty the ironing baskets.
    2. Sort the filing cabinet
    3. Learn to make ice-cream
    ?can I have a 4th? - Work on my Style Statement!
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  • Michele

    10 months ago

    Congratulations and well done!!!!!
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  • SRead

    10 months ago

    Believe it or not I have a friend that's just as funny, so long bike rides and runs go by rather quickly! Good company does help with workout motivation.
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  • Tara

    10 months ago

    1. Get as many bills paid as I can
    2. Get the girls to Karate and swimming on time (we're always a bit late!)
    3. Get the plans drawn-up for a new kitchen
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  • Jen Spencer

    10 months ago

    1. Remaining calm and relaxed as I get back into work from being out of town.
    2. Intentional, present living.
    3. To love on and acknowledge my husband, partner, and friend. (Just in case you were wondering, they're all the same person. :) )
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  • Jennifer Sage

    10 months ago

    Oh Cecile how lovely to hear this. A view of Biscayne Bay (is that the right spelling) and Sophisticated Sacred. Is that blue paint you are proposing to use in your apartment Sophiticated Sacred Blue.
    Are you walking and holding yourself just a little (or alot) differently. Is there a smile playing about your mouth as you walk along the pavement. Marvelleux Femme!!!!!!
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    I'm easily fooled so thanks for the great tip.. haha
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    I was considering water and juice, fruit and veggies, so the soup would be helpful too. Starting fresh tomorrow - thanks.
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    Thanks for the ideas... I'm thinking fall will be a good time.
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  • Patsy Duggan

    10 months ago

    1. Celebrate my son's 42nd Birthday!
    2. Practice of Sadhana at 4:30am on Wednesday morning.
    2. Set my morning and evening intentions visually and lovingly
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  • Marie Leona

    10 months ago

    1. To keep up with my slow but sure weight loss (1 lbs/week).
    2. To finally tackle the spare bedroom and clean it out so we can do our home renovation and extend our bathroom to include fireplace, chandelier and much more storage.
    3. To live each day to its fullest and like Andrea Devis to act on my intention to work out when I wake up in the morning...
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  • Stephanie

    10 months ago

    1. To chill and be present - I thought I was so enlightened but extreme circumstances presented themselves and I discovered that I, too, can become a wreck

    2. To take control of the little things that help make life nicer - like organizing the utensil drawer, and thoroughly scrubbing the bathrooms, and decluttering

    3. To stay healthy by continuing my karate training and my diet (which is more of a commitment to elegant eating). I read this book called the Martini Diet and the only rules are:

    Eat only the very best
    Eat slightly less of the very best
    Eat the very best only at mealtimes (imagine Jackie Onassis eating Cheezy Poofs in her car or in front of the TV... not likely)

    I have lost about 3 pounds in 2 months - not stellar, but I was thin to start with. I just like the concept of food being a ritual.
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  • Jane

    10 months ago

    1. Exercise in the a.m.
    2. Be there for my child, who begins first grade
    3. Get through business meeting in the middle of nowhere (and not any attractive/idyllic middle of nowhere, either)
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  • Jane

    10 months ago

    Good luck with #1! I find that it's helpful to start small. My former breakfast of choice was Super Chunky peanut butter rolled into a white tortilla (my adult rebellion following a childhood filled with organic pb from the local co-op). Now I eat spelt bread with Peter Pan (the irony of that isn't lost on me) and feel quite virtuous.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    10 months ago

    Yes! I made an appointment with a legendary acupuncturist today! Thanks for the reminder that pain-free is possible.
    xo
    Danielle
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  • Becciebeth

    10 months ago

    YEAH!!!! I can't wait for the wedding! I still want to be the flower girl though. Your #3 goal is a tough one for us. Lets put our big girl pants on and do it!!!
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  • Lori_from_Texas

    10 months ago

    This week I plan to...
    1. Call my brother.
    2. Evaluate my shoe collection in light of my style statement.
    3. Send encouragement notes to the teenage girls I went to camp with this summer.
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  • Becciebeth

    10 months ago

    Well, it has been a very long couple of days for me gals (and guys). So here it goes.
    1. Help my husband and doctors find what is wrong with his heart so that they can fix it, and he can come home to us. We really, really, miss him.
    2. Do my best to enjoy the phase-in activities with my son at his school.
    3. Prepare for my surgical cunsultation on Friday, (possible full hysterectomy; praying, hoping, wishing for partial. I'm too young).
    I'm not looking for pitty, so please don't anyone get that impression. The question was asked and I answered. It did feel good to get it off my chest though. Carrie & Danielle I love this site!!!
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  • Becciebeth

    10 months ago

    Wow, I love your #3. We are implimenting a self-esteem group at my sons school, and that is a fantastic idea. Thanks!!
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  • Keiko

    10 months ago

    1. Kick butt at my new job
    2. Get lots of sleep so I can kick butt at my new job
    3. Maintain my yoga practice despite new work schedule
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    10 months ago

    No pity...only ten thousand wishes for your highest good.
    xo
    D
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  • Connie

    10 months ago

    Eat better. Have more fun. Read Austen.
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    BONJOUR Jennifer!!!

    Oui, correct spelling of the bay. I am walking tall and smiling to myself... quietly... I woke this morning fifteen minutes earlier to meditate... steaming cup of coffee in hand... and a subtle smile... The blue I have in mind is actually a grey that looks like blue when on the wall. I have a trick: I use a shade darker than the other three walls on the wall you see as you enter a room. It makes it look deeper, and larger... All my linens are cream, so my bedrooms are soothing... Oh, I also have white orchids abd seashells (lerge ones) as accessories.. Peaceful, don't you think? ;-)
    It is ALWAYS so very nice to hear from you!!!

    Cécile
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    BONJOUR! and Merci!!! It's like making a huge discovery about yourself, and it's so exciting, and just plain wondferful... I now understand my passion for the water and the need for order in my surroundings... If I were to find a new companion, I know now what I must find!!!!! I am dancing for joy!

    Cécile
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  • weezie

    10 months ago

    Oh my dear. I didn't realize how much female-body-part issues were preying on my mind until after I had my full hysterectomy. It felt as though the biggest weight was lifted off my shoulders and was remarkably freeing . . . I wish the same for you.
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  • Jennifer Sage

    10 months ago

    I am so curious about the process you used. I would imagine the 80% sophisticated was in your dress style and it cetainly sounds like the delicious way you decorate your apartment (is that the right word). How many floors up are you? But I would imagine you are looking with wide eyes at everything in your life in the light of sacred 20%. Of course you would have orchids. Tell me about the music you love. I love to hear you have big shells. Take the time to REALLY appreciate yourself in the light of this beautiful revelation. Breathe it all in, Take all your senses on a journey and hold the new insights about yourself. find a space to create an altar to your style statement and change what you put there regularly. Just 3 to 5 things that connect to your sense of the sacred.
    Take yourself (on a pilgrimage perhaps!) through all the components of your life see Page 89 of Carries and Danielles book. I beleive this can take months and is never in one sense complete.
    May a new companion come into your life and be a blessing to you. Lifes richest abundance be yours.
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    Hi Jennifer!...

    Well I went through the book, reading all the differebnt definitions and writing all that I considered to mean the same. synonyms. Same way with "What doesn't work." Looked carefully at what objects would appeal to me and compared them to my place's contents... The hand... My art...My accessories... I started doing introspection. I KNEW that I felt intense calm when I withdrew into a world of Soundscapes, or New Age or Classical music... soft, not strident.. My soul reaches incredible heights when I hear certain pieces by Bethoven... Love long flowing robes, and am very, very fond of sculpture that has a soulful meaning, and contemporary black on white ink sketches... My most loved on has a splash of terracotta on the face of the figure that matches the walls... I also like to have lerge corals in the bathroom window sills because I can see the water from the windows... and in the evening you see the silhouete of the coral against the night sky... Yes I am still reading the book and fine tuning my statement. And I must admit that I am walking differently... is that possible?


    Thank you from my heart for your beautiful reply. And may life's richest abundances be yours as well...

    Cécile
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  • Cecile

    10 months ago

    Bonjour Jennifer!,

    I forgot to answer that I live on the 9th floor of a ten-story building where there are four units to a floor. Mine has an Eastern view: the ocean, the sunrise... and a Western view the Bay amd the sunset, which is breathtaking,phenomenal...short of unbelievable.

    I fell into thos apartment by the gRrace of God., An elderly gentleman was ina hurry to sell to join his grown children in California and practically gave it away. My taxes are very, very, reasonable. The drawback? The electric bill, because it gets so very hot even with the windows open it's very hot. But in the "Winter" when it cools off it is delicious... Must cross the pond and come visit... :-)

    Cécile
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  • Tiffany

    10 months ago

    * Organize & begin packing for our vacation to Puerto Rico.
    * Must clean the tornado of a bedroom.
    * Give time to myself for yoga & meditation.
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  • rebecca walker

    10 months ago

    Good gracious. Let's see:

    1. Move toward completion on my new website, which means MAKING A DECISION AND LIVING WITH IT.
    2. Write up consultation notes for two of the most beautiful and haunting manuscrips I've ever been privileged to help bring into the world
    3. Buy the medium format camera I've always wanted--to remember these precious years in Hawaii. Today as my son talked to his favorite plumeria tree in the middle of a rainstorm, I realized digital just won't do it.
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  • Shannon Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    1. To finish the current draft of my very first play this week.
    2. To stay grounded and not let my mind drift off to a very handsome young man in my life.
    3. To go through all my magazines, ideas, cuttings etc and get my thoughts organized and in some semblance of order.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    I too want to be more attentive to what goes in my mouth. Your questions are a powerful guide, thanks!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Thanks, I had a wonderful holiday. Enjoy the moments!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    I went to Mamma Mia with family (twelve females) we loved it!!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Me too, watching the mens triathlon right now!!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    What is your Joyful Business workbook?
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Hello Linda. Danielle and I often ask ourselves "What brings you joy?, How do you want to feel?" Perhaps these can be a be starting point for moving your body. From my experience it takes about six weeks to feel a shift in your body, patience and perseverance needed!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    May you dance with joy forever!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Food as a ritual is lovely. Have you heard of Alice Waters? Her cook books are rich with the experience of food.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Blessings to you and your family.
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  • Stephanie

    10 months ago

    I actually have not heard of her, but I will look her up. I am a celiac so my diet can be kind of lame, and I have found that by focusing on the experience of food, my diet seems more interesting. (I still occasionally pout about not being able to eat pizza, licorice, and birthday cake).
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  • Linda Borland-Fitzgerald

    10 months ago

    Thanks Carrie. I've started reading your book and I am enjoying answering the questions. You suggest that I ask, 'what brings me joy' and 'how do I want to feel?' I am finding myself unable to answer at the moment. I'm so tired I'm dizzy and need to get myself to bed. I can give this more meaningful thought before replying ... Linda
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  • Brenda

    10 months ago

    Morning, Carrie. It's a tool I purchased this summer that's designed to help entrepreneurs market their business. It offers a non-traditional approach based on the Law of Attraction principles. The author is Laura Howard West. The program provides numerous supports to keep you motivated such as conference calls, incredible graphic organizers that really keep you focussed, information for starting business success circles, a lovely scented 'joy candle', and much more. Since beginning my business there are 3 tools that have been the most valuable to me: Law of Attraction principles, The Joyful Business Guide, and Style Statement book. The Joyful Guide is a perfect match for my 'Comfort-Creative' soul. Check out the following links: www.CenterforJoyfulBusiness.com, www.JoyfulBusinessGuide.com, or www.CafeEntrepreneur.com. Enjoy!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    10 months ago

    Thanks Brenda for the info!!
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