I find the time to lose myself in a maze of shapes. 
Things unfold that I had not anticipated.

The crimson stains makes it more fun.

For Serious List Makers...

I came across this lovely book and then discovered a whole website dedicated to those of us who love to make lists. Serious lists such as long term/short term goals, to do lists or grocery lists. But I have found that it is the unusual lists that are the most thought provoking and entertaining. Try making a list of your favourite songs, favourite teachers, a list of the bands that you have seen live, a list of the people that you have lived with...or how about a list of your guilty pleasures!

101 things to do in 1001 days

Here it is...my ultimate to do list.  101 things to do in 1001 day.  This is my Day Zero.
I don't really like the idea of New Years Resolutions but I do like lists.  More importantly, I like checking off items on a list.  I like the feeling of progress, moving forward, accomplishing little tasks that make a larger whole.  


This is my Day Zero and it couldn't have come at a better time.  My life seems to have been on hold the past few years.  A feeling of treading water has permeated my day to day.  It is time to start ticking items off a list.  My list...my 101 things to do in 1001 days.

1. Restore my meditation practice and make it a daily part of my life
2. Bring pranayama more deeply into my yoga practice
3. Reach out to H. on a monthly basis
4. Bring my studio accounting up to date 
5. Finish G. Christmas stocking that I have been working on for too many years to say
6. Start A. Christmas stocking
7. Do a detox cleanse
8. Update my CPR
9. Create a home cashflow budget
10. Create a savings timeline
11. Buy a home and stay there
12. Decorate my home
13. Have a dinner party
14. Throw a dance party at the studio
15. Bring A. and G. to Disneyworld
16. Pay off my creditcards
17. Go on a exotic trip with J.
18. Go on a trip with my girlfriends
19. Start publishing my digital photos into books
20. Get rid of years of moving boxes
21. Donate half of my closet and start again
22. Wash our family douvets
23. Start spinning
24. Host a "girl's night in"
25. Take A. and G. on a trip by myself (done...trip to Florida Feb. 2010)
26. Try Tai Chi
27. Get skates
28. Save every month
29. Stop drinking diet coke
30. Drink more water
31. Photograph daily
32. Post a personal photo weekly
33. Increase my Looking for Space blog page views
34. Go for routine massages
35. Visit a coffee shop weekly with my creative journal
36. Turn off the computer before teaching nightly classes
37. Read more, write more
38. Golf this summer, next summer, the next...
39. Wake before sunset and watch it rise
40. Dance with my children
41. Take a yoga class at a different studio
42. Organize my digital images
43. Complete A. and G. memory boxes (done...organized a filing system for special mementos!)
44. Enter a photography contest
45. Buy lottery tickets
46. Lose 15 lbs.
47. Walk my dog once a day
48. Visit a new country
49. Frequent date nights with J.
50. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
51. Write a letter to A. to open in 10 years
52. Write a letter to G. to open in 10 years
53. Write a letter to my Mom and Dad thanking them
54. Go to a concert
55. Go to a Dance production
56. Cut out refined sugar
57. Wear a bikini again
58. Photograph my self portrait
59. Write a poem
60. Photograph portraits of J, A, and G
61. Take G. to get a manicure
62. Go snowshoeing with my sister
63. Learn to snowboard
64. Do Ride for a Cure with K. and J.
65. Spend a day in silence
66. Create daily retreats for myself
67. Journal
68. Work on forearm balancing
69. Resolve my wrist issues
70. Go vegetarian for a month
71. Learn to cook tofu more appealingly
72. Try making sushi
73. Learn to cook fish more exotically
74. Discover new ingredients for my daily pantry
75. Blog more frequently, more intelligently, more creatively
76. Watch a movie classic every month
77. Read 5 classic novels
78. Go to bed earlier
79. Buy a pair of frivilous shoes
80. Have sex outside
81. Go to a drive in movie with the kids
82. Go white water rafting
83. Set up a hiking club with girlfriends
84. Organize Wild Women excursions
85. Go horseback riding
86. Eat a fruit everyday for a month, then the next month
87. Try a new bottle of wine every month
88. Listen to every song I have in itunes
89. Resize my Nana's rings
90. Canoe trip in Algonquin
91. Trip to Tait Lake
92. Buy a piece of art
93. Take a kick boxing class
94. Hike the Bruce Trail and record "legs"
95. Grow some summer food
96. Write 10 inspirational notes and leave them somewhere in the public
97. Try saying "yes" instinctively
98. Create homemade Christmas gifts
99. Reach out to close friends near and afar
100. Tell those I love, "I LOVE YOU" often
101. Ask the universe for what I want

This is Day Zero...and so it begins!

A good morning includes the paper, coffee, filtered sunlight and a catnap.

“I hope for you in this New Year…

That you find meaning, purpose, and vitality in what you do daily
That you treasure your loved ones and let them know how dear they are to you
That you make choices and decisions that reflect your truest self
That you look in the mirror at least once a day and smile in happy amazement
That you remember relationships are what count above all else – more than work or money, or all the material things we spend so much time tending
That you live in an uncluttered manner, enjoying the freedom to be content
That you keep your sense of humor when things don’t go the way you want
That you find adventure in each new day and marvel at the wonders of creation which constantly present themselves to you
That you never give up on yourself when others turn away or do not understand
That you are attentive to the health of your body, mind and spirit
That you take risks and accept the growth-full challenges that come to you
That you draw on your inner strength and resiliency when you are in need
That you carry peace within yourself, allowing it to slip into the hearts of others
so our planet becomes a place where violence, division, and war are no more”


© Joyce Rupp January 2004