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Inspiration: Happy Friday!
Today is the 201st Day of 2024.
We have $201,000.00 today.
10% savings = $20,100.00
40% taxes = $80,400.00: This week I am expressing gratitude for these tax dollars being spent to support the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It is in the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest was established in 1897. You will find among other wonders the two mountain ranges and nine wilderness areas to explore. Learn more here.
How will you be spending the remaining $100,500.00 today?
HERE IS MY PLAN: Call a Timeout
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” – Maya Angelou
How are you showing up in the world?
This week was marked by natural disasters, heat waves, war escalations and campaign gun violence. Innocent people are dead and others injured. Instead of exposing myself to an overwhelming amount of news, data, or endless scrolling, I am scheduling day long breaks from electronics this summer. That’s right, I am putting myself in a scheduled “timeout” from electronics. I invite you to consider joining me in unplugging for an entire day. Turn off the television. Turn off your computer. Put your phone away. Create a day of play or rest or family fun. Imagine giving yourself permission to do nothing for 24 hours. Research indicates both mental and physical benefits to scheduling, planning and then being out of your normal routines for at least one day a month. When we take a significant pause from daily routines we reduce depression, anxieties, high blood pressure and other health triggers. Invite others to play with you on your designated day off or have a solo retreat. Science is clear that people who schedule and plan to take time off regularly create measurable hope and are more productive both at work and home. Even the anticipation of a day off generates good feelings. I have been practicing for over a year now to unplug daily for at least 90minutes during daytime hours. Now I am adding at least one day a month to unplug for 24 hours from all electronics. And I love that! How are you showing up in the world?
$100.00: These dollars are for art supplies to use on my next scheduled day off from life routines and all my electronic devices. Wonder what I will create!
$0: Priceless: Time to Play
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
In these challenging times, who are you being and what are you contributing to support humanity? Play is one of the key factors that allows us to experience lives that we absolutely love. When was the last time you had a solo “playdate” or spent a day playing with people you love? Reclaim your wellbeing. Go play!
$99,400.00: Summer adventure funds for friends and family to try new experiences in their local communities; secure a stack of books to read; learn a new skill or create a mini “daycation” to enjoy new things near home. Some of the best life adventures reveal themselves when we allow ourselves to lighten up, rest, be still, be kind, play and be open to focus on “what is working” in our lives. Be curious, unplug, do something new or in a different way. Schedule and plan more playdates your health depends on it! Respond to life with love. Repeat. What would it take? What are you contributing to live in a better world in 2024?
$1000.00: for a date with my husband that includes sitting outside with his family this week to watch the sun set and enjoy the cooler heat of summer night air. Unplugged and Being together. How loved can you stand it?
FLOW FIVE FRIDAY: Current “real” life expressions of gratitude, love, and contribution to wellbeing.
$5.00: this week’s five-dollar bill was placed inside a library book called Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer. I am choosing to be the energy of what works in life.
Five increments of time: Listening to children read library books is my main summer focus. This week Ana is reading the book called One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of The Gambia written by Miranda Paul. The children know that I am playing the “Plastic Free July” game. That fact has influenced some of their reading choices this year. Being there; how does it get better than that? How are you “Flowing Five” this week?
Well-Being: Something that I am doing or not doing for self-care in real time.
I am scheduling a 24hr block of time once each month to unplug from electronics and do something new to play and or rest. I am making simple adventures or “daycations” a priority in my life. What are you doing or not doing for self-care?
Planet Awareness: Contributing to the health of Earth.
In support of Plastic Free July, read this book with a child: Ducks Overboard! A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum. Take a three minute break and watch an animated version by Christiane Dorion found on YouTube.
What are you doing for the health of our planet?
Hold Space or Contribute to a Friends Life Intention:
This week I am supporting my friend Susan who is an artist. One of her living intentions is to repurpose trash into beautiful and functional items. Art is her playtime. One way that you can help support Suan’s living intention is to imagine her finding wonderful, discarded materials to infuse with a new purpose that others absolutely love! What if you could create your own art piece this summer or perhaps buy a handmade item at a summer fair supporting an artist in your local community. Remember to play more often.
Choose joy. Be kind. Love others and strive to be a better human. What would it take?
Connection Project 360 Podcast Episode this week:
How Clear is Your “NO”
Call a Timeout
What if everything you ask for is possible?
What actions would you take?
I am taking a day off from my life routines.
How are you showing up in the world?
How are you spending the remaining $100,500.00 today?
I am grateful to have each of you in my life.
I am supporting your work and life intentions.
Love to you.
Mare
Choose to feel good. Be Joy.
Practice gratitude. Amplify Kindness. Expand Generosity.
Ask, Receive, and Give with More Ease.
Respond to life with Love.
PS: If you have been playing with me for several years, below are the current daily deposits in other years Vibrational Accounts:
2014 today is the 3845th day giving us $3,845,000.00 to spend
2015 today is the 3498thday giving us $3,498,000.00 to spend
2016 today is the 3116th day giving us $3,116,000.00 to spend
2017 today is the 2754th day giving us $2,754,000.00 to spend
2018 today is the 2391stday giving us $2,391,000.00 to spend
2019 today is the 2026th day giving us $2,026,000.00 to spend
2020 today is the 1661st day giving us $1,661,000.00 to spend
2021 today is the 1426th day giving us $1,426,000.00 to spend
2022 today is the 929th day giving us $929,000.00 to spend
2023 today is the 571st day giving us $571,000.00 to spend
