Shine Note #2

    

Embrace the lusciousness of Contrast

  Happy - Sad
Sunshine - Rain
Movement - Inertia
Enthusiasm - Lethargy
Pleasure - Pain

One cannot exist without the other.
Recognise and relish the cyclic nature of Being.
  

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Shine Note #1

    

Create Joy

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Sort it & Shine - or not!!

Day two of preparation for Sort it & Shine (more on that to come later!) and I still haven’t finished the laundry.

 

So, what does this mean?

 

I’m so inspired right now. I have so much energy and enthusiasm. I want to get so much done. Yet in the back of my mind I know that there are only 24 hours in the day, and if I am to be realistic, and if I am to get more sleep, which I have been trying to do for a long, long time, and if I am to be prepared for my Brown Belt and 5 Stages, and if I’m to keep my kids (and myself) alive in the process, then I just might need to delay a project or two.

 

 

Priorities!

 

 

What do I really need to focus on right now?

 

What can wait until later?

 

Even though I am capable of doing it – should I?

 

 

“If a warrior is to succeed at anything,

the success must come gently,

with a great deal of effort

but with no stress or obsession.”

~ Carlos Castaneda

 

I will take a more considered approach to where I direct my energy.

  

Inspiration!

 

There’s a fine line between grabbing an idea and just going with it, learning on the fly and getting by, and taking time to establish a solid foundation. I keep wanting to build, build, build, but maybe the foundation is still not ready. My fear is that the more I hesitate and attempt the preparation for my big future project, the longer it will take to get it off the ground.

 

One step at a time!

 

Slow down!

 

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

 

 

Day 1 of preparation for Sort it & Shine was simply HOUSEWORK!

Get the general living areas of my home clean and tidy. Significant progress was made with lounge tidied up, bathrooms and toilets scrubbed clean, kitchen cleared and a million loads of clothes washing done, half of which is still hanging on the line.

 

 

I have always felt better equipped to begin new challenges when all general chores have been completed. But don’t go overboard with it, as there will ALWAYS be housework to do. You cannot let this be your excuse not to start something new, but it sure helps to have structure in your routine and dedication to regular duties, in order to take on the next new project.

 

You need to recognise and find your own comfort level with household chores, and this varies greatly between individuals, and also within the individual depending on what’s going on for them at the time.

 

What state are you comfortable to leave the house in, before you take your attention to something else?

   

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

Today: Exquisite. Perfect. Wonderful.

 

What an inspiration!

I introduce the incredibly talented and youthful Stephen Jepson.

Apologies!!

The video originally published here as been removed from You Tube. :(

I wanna change the world.
I wanna help people not be so fall-y-down-y.
I wanna help people be better; live longer, healthier, richer lives.

Be bold in your life choices,

because it's just gonna make your life richer.

It makes you feel just absolutely juiced & jazzed & revitalized.

There is beauty in almost every day in almost every person's life and all you have to do is look for it. It's there to see and find.

~ Stephen Jepson

______________________________________________________________

Click this link to Subscribe to Clear the CRAP by Email

HOORAY!!! One year old TODAY!!!

 

One year ago today Clear the CRAP was born.

I decided it was time to declutter my home and set myself a

100 Day Challenge to clear out my Crap.

Little did I know that I had embarked on a

life-altering journey of self discovery.

The Challenge was partially captured in 62 Blog Posts and Supported by a

Facebook Page which currently has over 3000 fans.

Clear the CRAP developed a life of it's own and evolved into a process for healing,

provider of education & support and a pathway to happiness.

It has taken me on a most extraordinary adventure,

led me to discover my purpose in life

and enabled me to find joy in every thing that I do.

It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed so quickly,

yet I feel the achievements and personal progress I made

is equivalent to a lifetime of discoveries.

I have reviewed my past

and released it's hold on me.

I have come to terms with my future

and no longer fear or worry about it.

I have discovered how to be in the NOW

and realise it is the only place to be free.

 

As I moved through the 100 Day Clear the CRAP Challenge, and progressively reviewed the things that I was holding on to, a pattern began to emerge. I began to naturally flow into a process of reorganising the physical Crap that was cluttering my space and simultaneously reviewing my emotional attachment to those items and the personal history involved with it. Releasing the physical Crap coordinated with releasing the emotional and mental Crap.

I developed the "Daily Clear the CRAP Worksheet" which formalised this method that I organically discovered, so that I may invite others to do the same.

40 years of learning and developing into the complicated social, emotional and physical being that I am, has been undone by the Clear the CRAP Process.

It has given me the ability to view my life, the lives of others, and LIFE as a universal concept in a completely new way.

I am a different person. I look at things in a different way now. Clear the CRAP has transformed me into a better person and allowed me to realise my dreams.

Yet it is an ongoing evolution.

I have concluded that Clear the CRAP

is a continual tool for transformation.

The cupboard that I tidied up 6 months ago needs tidying again. There are parts of my surroundings that have not yet been decluttered at all. (That deep, dark shelf above the fridge, where all the bits are thrown to hide them away, keeps calling to me, "Clear the Crap away from me... Please... Clear me out now..... Heeeellllppp ")

And just when I think I have cleared out a painful memory from the past, that led me to behave a certain way now, and I feel that I have grown and moved on from it.... Life experience will present a new challenge before me, that may mean I have to go back and review that memory again.

I may never be totally free from the Crap, but the Clear the CRAP Process provides me with the tools and a sensibility to understand, grow and move on from my Crap.

I eagerly anticipate taking Clear the CRAP to the next level, where I can formally share the gifts I have received from it with others.

I look forward to developing a Clear the CRAP Training Program, where participants will be guided and supported through taking their own 100 Day Clear the CRAP Challenge.

I will be developing an "Off the Wall", Words for Inspiration Product, designed to enthuse.

And then there's always the dream of a Clear the CRAP Book, to fill in the spaces that the periodic blog posts did not capture.

I thank you Clear the CRAP for giving me...

A way to discover who I really am

Profound emotional healing

Connection with community, and

A pathway to discovering the joy of life

HAPPY 1st Birthday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~