A new take on my Monday morning post. This week I’m sharing my responses to the Life Organizer questions. We do this together at the Comfort Cafe every week. Join us! P.S. These are variations and additions to the Life Organizer questions in my book so if you are doing the book, don’t be confused.
We’re jumping in mid-book with this post. Best way to catch up: read the book (it’s fantastic!) or join the Cafe or simply play along as is. It’s all good.
Week 34
How is my intention / focus for the month supporting me?
You know, mine is not. I hate intention, I hate focus, I hate trying to be focused… okay, done bitching… oh wait, maybe there’s more… I hate lightness (my intention this month) and play (our theme at the Comfort Cafe this month) and I just want to work all the time and then bitch about it… I want to be a big heavy-hearted everybody-needs-me victim. Oh my god. There is truth in what I just wrote. Gulp.
Okay, so maybe this is a reverse intention check in as in what you pay attention to and focus on reveals what is in your way… which for me is this OLD HEAVY STORY that I have to be somebody I’m not, that I have to be more serious or smarter or… I’m running out of knowing here. But good insight, Jen. Let’s stay with that this week.
What brings me joy? How do I want that joy to help me lighten my life this week?
Hugging Bob a moment ago at the sink; watching Lilly play soccer this weekend, so strong, so confident, so healthy; getting her ready for 10th grade; finishing the redo of my studio today or at least getting it to where I can inhabit again; our conversations at the Comfort Cafe; the idea of being on vacation for a week starting Tuesday; blueberries from Annie’s garden; walking in the woods with the doodle dogs; reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle; playing with my art journal.
What or whom is giving me energy these days?
The Comfort Cafe gives me energy; reading such a good book; Bob’s amazing love, his hugs, his sweetness; Twitter – love the feeling of being part of a global brain; getting the house organized; you know, this is feeling hard which is telling me I need more things to be giving me energy rather than taking it away. Very interesting! A good focus for the week – what brings me energy? More energy please!
What quality would I like to call in from the Divine (or Nature, Love, my Dream Team, something larger than me) this week?
I want to call in freedom from my own stories and limitations; I want to ask for help being myself moment by moment; I want to be flooded with the freshness of the the experience of being alive. YES!
So that’s my week – lightness – do I want it or would I rather stay attached to poor overworked so needed indispensable Jen?
And energy – what gives it to me? Let’s get more!
What about you? Will you use some or all of these questions to notice what you want more or less of this week? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Hiro Boga Aug 17, 2009
Jen, my intentions often take me on a journey far from the shore of my life, and into uncharted waters. This is their gift and power. It’s also the challenge they offer.
So, to fill the container of the wise questions you’ve posed:
My intention is supporting me by shaking loose the old structures/strictures that have defined my life. Oh.
Joy . . . when I’m in the middle of an unknown sea, joy is the wind in my sails. I will cultivate and gratefully receive all the joy that offers itself so abundantly.
My friends, my son, books and music, the beach below my house, this waning summer–all give me energy and blessing.
The qualities I’ll call on this week: Faith, Beauty, Buoyancy, Gratitude.
Thank you for this lovely prayer of entry into the week, Jen.
Love, Hiro
2 Josiane Aug 17, 2009
“What brings me energy?” –> I love this question! So much more effective than my old “I’m so tired of never having enough energy”, or even “I wish I had more energy”.
I’ll play with it and notice what answers come up… and maybe even act on what I’ll have noticed, but my conditions of satisfaction are at the noticing level.
Thank you, Jen!
3 Mahala Mazerov Aug 17, 2009
Have walked this day with questions “What brings me energy? What brings me joy? What feeds me?”
Living, trying to heal from Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome makes these big questions at the moment.
Today even my usually bliss-inducing acupuncture blew every circuit. I spent an extra hour on the table trying to recover & asking myself why I couldn’t absorb all the kindness & healing energy that prevails there.
My beautiful, Compassion Goddess doctor explained how my deficient life force was not yet strong enough to hold these.
Into my mind came the words “You can’t fill the vessel if the walls are cracked.”
So, while I wish you joy, light and energy, I also wish you the kindness I am going to give myself. Which is to let myself work gently on the walls and not try to force the good feelings I know are just beyond.
4 pixie Aug 22, 2009
My focus for the month is overwhelming me. I’ve created more work for myself than I can healthfully accomplish. Time to step back and rest and mother myself through the rough bits.
Joy comes in when I am conscious enough to ask for what I need, and the universe provides it in some form. I ask for it to illuminate my life this week while I practice gratitude and self-care.
I’m being energized little by little by re-reading the Heroine’s Journey, soaking in the tub (which I haven’t done since Ivy was born five months ago), foregoing outings to stay in and recharge while Brandon takes the kids out.
I would like to call in allowing myself to REST this week, leaving guilty projects on hold until I feel I can pick them up energetically again.
Thank you for this exercise, Jen-it always helps to name these things! xo pix