Ways this might happen:
- I might tighten up my budget even more (but it is already pretty tight!).
- I might magically acquire a sum of money.
- I might get some cycling or life modelling work for a temporary cash injection (but I’d like something more permanent).
- I might find another income stream — preferably a passive one.
- I might sell more articles!
- I might sell more stories.
- Something else I haven’t yet thought of might come up — perhaps another exciting or fun work offer.

My commitment:
- Keep checking the life modelling society pages for work.
- Keep sending out at least 2 article pitches a week.
- Remain open to other possibilities.
- Think about what I might be able to sell via my webpage.
- Consider selling some stuff on Etsy.

VPA 2: clarity about an ongoing & difficult decision.

Ways this might work:
- Magic enlightenment.
- I might realise something that makes a big difference in how I see the situation.
- I might find a different way of seeing the situation.
- I might get clearer about what I want from my life right now & in the future, and that might shine more of a light on things.

My commitment:
- Shiva Nata & journalling every morning.
- To allow myself the time and space to think about this (it’s a big decision, & it’s a difficult one, and it’s OK that I’m finding it so).
- To allow myself to be scared and ambivalent.
- To talk to the relevant people about how it might work and what it might mean, and about my fears and concerns.

VPA 3 (I am optimistic this week!): getting the things done that I want to do this week.

How this might work:
- I might get really focussed over the next few days.
- I might check in with myself and create some rituals to help that focus.
- I might remind myself of what I want to do and why I want to do it.
- I might drink some coffee!

My commitment:
- Think about rituals to surround my work of different sorts.
- Journalling about why I’m doing what I’m doing.
- Journalling / Shiva Nata about why my resistance is there and what it’s hiding. Talk to that monster?
- Practically speaking: leave Leechblock in place so I stay away from certain sites at least in the morning!

good luck and good wishes for everyone else’s VPAs.
.-= Juliet´s last post … time- like the ever-rolling stream =-.

What I want: To move through this week in the company of my new invisible, imaginary hired bodyguards, Joy and Peace, and to learn what it’s like to have them available to me at all times.

How this can happen: Plenty of self-care, self-awareness, self-reflection and self-nurturing.

My commitment: Daily journaling and Shiva Nata, to clear a path for insights and new ideas. Setting aside time to reflect on what it might be like to have Joy and Peace always at my side, available to me whenever I call on them.

I’m especially interested in this VPA because it came through me very rapidly, almost without conscious thought. It’s not what I was expecting to ask for at all this week, so I am mightily curious!

Much love and luck to everyone’s VPAs this week.
.-= Kathleen Avins´s last post … The trouble with “middle vision” =-.

What I want:
A quick and painles resolution to a stupid situation that has been nagging me since December. Almost there. If things don’t turn out as I wish, to be grateful not to have this ick in the background.

And related – learn how to protect myself from similar situations.

My commitment:
To internalize the NVC part about anger. Get over judging the other person (even though they really are the most horrible kind of people that ever lived -JK).
Refocus on what I need. Ask for it clearly and without anger. Stand firm. Let go of the rest.

Thing 2

What I want:
To continue producing and doing calmly and consistently as I integrate whatever new knowledge I am learning.

Use that knowledge to get some stuff done. (Ferfoxake)
and a little less goofing off please?

My commitment:
to protect my morning time (don’t schedule on top of it)
Shiva Nata
writing
big paper collages with maps to my destination
bridging exercises

Thing 3

What I want:
systems – the kind that will actually work for me and I will continue to do for an extended period of time.

Something that actually gives me some ease around every day so that I am certain of what needs to be done. And things get done almost effortlessly.

Also, this system has to acommodate some pretty unreasonable working conditions – I work in a public place with strangers all around me who interrupt me constantly – my system has to be cool with that.

My commitment:
play and experiment
pull out all the pieces that are there now and ask them how they feel about working together.
Send some thing to bed
Buddy system – each THING has a buddy. They play off each other and get done together. That means no one gets left behind.

And last of all – anyone know of a nice group of grad students in Berkeley with an affordable room to rent? Preference for a nice view and a porch and not up too high a hill? If so, let me know.

Ehem… What I mean to say is, this week’s VPA would be for a bit of clarity, preferably with a good dose of not-stressing.

VPA #1; Clarity for my thing
I’ve hit a bit of a cross-roads with my business, a place where I feel I need to make a choice, and figure out where I’m going to focus my energy and attention. The problem is that I don’t really want to choose the left OR the right path, but would really like to take both. Simultaneously.

So I need to figure out which direction to take.

Ways this could work;
I could pick a path, and be ok with letting the other one go
I could figure out a way to blaze a path down both trails at the same time… preferably in a way that does NOT make me absolutely crazy and burnt out.
I could receive a sign telling me which path to take, and then I could have faith in the sign.
Someone could just tell me what to do, and for the first time ever I could actually do what I’m told and be good with it.

My commitment;
To be open to possibilities
To play with my options
To journal and see what comes to me
To try to not stress, but also accept that it’s sort of in my nature to quibble and waffle and stress…

VPA #2; Clarity in choosing to try to do this really cool thing, or to let it go until another time.

I have this potential opportunity to do something that could be absolutely AMAZING for my business. I think that it would be a huge boost in the building of my thing. Trying to do it could make the money stuff really scary for a while. But it could also bring me money. But it might not.

What I want;
To be able to decide whether or not to do this thing, and then to be firm and satisfied with my decision.

Ways this could work;
I could mysteriously receive a sum of money which would take away all of my fears and doubts, in which case I could just do the thing and be good.
I could decide that this is the right thing to do, regardless of the money worries, and just make it happen.
I could decide that this is not the right time for it, and be good with that decision.

My commitment;
To look into a couple of potential opportunities which could bring about the mysterious money receiving.
To bounce ideas off members of my support circle… which will either lead to new ideas, or at least help me vent my stress so that I can think somewhat more clearly.
To nap when I need to, so that I can think more clearly.
.-= Heidi´s last post … Discovering where the line ends and Sovereignty begins =-.

A way to continue to survive financially so that I can continue forward progress on my LBB (little bitty business.)

Ways that this could work:

–Someone could actually hire me. It could happen, it has happened before.

–A key investor type person that I am talking with this week could actually want to invest a little (not the usual 5M) in my LBB without taking over the whole thing.

–I could figure out something to sell for quick cash.

–I could receive a large sum of money in the mail or on my doorstep…or a small sum of money in the mail or on my doorstep.

–I could start and finish a prototype that a business has requested and they could love it and order some and then I could make some and then they would pay me.

–Someone will come along side me and think that my (ad)venture is so neat that they want to be a part of it.

Things I am committed to doing to make it happen:

–Constant yoga and reflection
–Walking and reflection
–Making prototype to submit to business
–Applying for jobs
–Meeting with the powerful ones who can invest in my LBB and bringing my “A” game
–Continuing to move forward with the work of the business
–Living courageously and not in fear

What I want;

I would like my monsters to be able to feel okay about letting go of the old thing I do to bring in extra money, and instead help motivate me in the new things I do make extra money. I would like this to be a smooth transition, and not to have it be all scary and stuff because my bank account feels like it’s on empty when it really isn’t. I would like to feel as safe in the finance department as I feel in the moving on to the new thing department. Because moving on to the new thing makes me feel free and light and open and creative and I have missed that.

Ways this could happen;

extra money could start falling from the sky? I could be okay with less extra money for a while. I could have an influx of new private clients and students for classes. Mr. Awesome could get lots of overtime on his work trip. I could have several people interested in my “learn to groom your own dog so I don’t have to” classes. I could sell some items in my house that are taking up all my extra space to make more space for extra money? (Ahhhh.) I could have successful flower arranging classes are totally awesome. I could discover that I really am a prin-cess and I have oodles of extra money in my mattress and pillows and attic. I could know that it is all okay, and will work out for the best.

Berries would be great!

Ok, here’s what I want. I’ve been trying to think of a way to simplify the onerous task of labeling my yarn and fiber so it takes me less time, and I’d like to integrate that with an inventory system that’s better than what I’ve got now (staring at everything at the end of the year and figuring out how many pounds of each yarn and fiber type there are. Oy.), and I’ve found many POS systems involving barcode scanners and label printers and receipt printers, but they all cost a LOT of money. Yikes. I don’t mind spending a BIT of money to save a lot of time, since I’ll be able to use that time to dye more stuff and make more money. But spending tons of money is not practical. I need cheap. I don’t have a store where I’m ringing up sales every day. I want to get to the point where I’m doing about one fiber show a month on average, and I want to make my life easier, because my hair is too short to tear out.

Ways this could work. Um…well, I already did a bunch of googling and searching on Ravelry, but it made my head hurt. I’m kind of hoping someone will just plop a solution in my lap. Help?

Sigh…I’m going to go eat some berries.
.-= Riin´s last post … Yep- I’m up to stuff =-.

Last week, I asked to find the remaining Right People for my new postcard service. I found some of them, but the thing I learned after Shiva Nata one day is that my focus right now needs to be on the celebration end of things.

So ..

What I want: to cultivate an attitude of appreciation and celebration, for things that have already come in, for things that will come in, and for life in general.

Ways this could happen: I could have a mini celebration to celebrate life in general and everything that has happened already. I could remember my new celebration ritual when something does come in. Other than that, I am open to possibility.

My commitment: To do all of the above, give myself a break when I forget, and to remain open and curious.
.-= Elizabeth´s last post … ode to joy- volume 27 =-.