Oh, January. You are my hard month.

And I have been avoiding welcoming you.

But here we are, me and January.

So in the spirit of conscious entry and preparing for the voyage, I am here with you, January. And more than that: I recognize that you are a door.

I’m saying hello.

Oh, Sunday!

One day I will be able to wholeheartedly be okay with this practice of noticing what I want and need in each and any moment.

Right now I get to seed that by practicing here on Sundays, and today I am really happy for Sunday.

Because I am exhausted. And there are wants.

I am away on my exiting adventure, and most of the hard and good in my week has to do with that.

So let’s see. The first Chicken of two thousand and twelve.

How are we doing so far?

On December 31st I was sitting at the Playground with my main partner-in-crime.

We were plotting away about the new and much bigger Playground that is opening in March (no panicking necessary — the current Playground is still not going anywhere, I promise!).

And we decided to name the qualities we wanted to connect to for this coming year of adventures and growth.

My darlings,

I am living by my commitment to begin this year with the practice of conscious entry. By preparing for the voyage. With the voyage, of course, as this incoming year.

And to do that, I am exiting the year that was.

Mmmmmm.

First VPAs of the new year.

Hi there, year.

I’m practicing wanting what I want.

So let’s do this.

Can’t you see my vision?!

This outrageously awesome thing is happening in my business, and my business partner cannot see how it is a good thing, when it is so clear that this new opportunity is overflowing with good.

I see it and trust it and know it and love it, and he can only see the darkness and fog of his imagination, and this is the MOST FRUSTRATING THING. Especially since you can’t make someone see something that you see. You can only meet them where they are.

To have this unbearably clear vision right in front of you and not be able to transmit or share its realness: I do not wish this on anyone.

Over the course of the past year and a half, I have been studying Rally (Rally!).

Studying it like I was doing a graduate degree in rallying, which I was. And also studying it because I needed to understand more about its kooky, marvel-filled magic.

It took me fifteen entire Rallies to do this. Trying to get a handle on the toughest questions about Rally:

What is it, exactly? What are the results and what are the effects? How does it change people and how does it change the world? How does it change my world?

Scholarship-ship sailings are embarking between now and this Sunday, January 1st. The scholarship is for a Rally (Rally!) in 2012. Except for January and April which have already sold out. Everything you need to know about the HMS Scholarship is on this page. Enter as you wish to be in it. xox

Advice-Giving mode:

“Have you tried…? Why don’t you just…?”

Implied: “Have you considered that my way might be better?”

Helper-Mouse mode:

“What do you need? How can I help you get what you want? Can you give me more information about how you’d like to feel?”

Implied: “How can I help us get even more clear about what’s important to you?”