nutshell oct '10 - jan '11 ...

NUTSHELL will be recaps at the end of each month.* because of the random order of topics (well ... maybe except for weekend fiber breaks and bonus fiber breaks) i share on this blog, it helps out for my own reminiscing-ish.

october '10 ... shared blogkets (security-blanket-blogs) that i visited, journaling a little about my looking to SHED and CYCCYL, always several fiber breaks and pop culture related posts, just a few cubeopolis posts, several happy place posts, and just a few food related posts.  (time to roll over some food pics from facebook into a little blog post)

november '10 ... shared the blogket that i visited most this month, did a little CYCCYL, joined two efforts beginning in december, had quite a bit of fiber breaks (including several fave comedians) and pop culture moments, a bit of cubeopolis activity, started (re)cubicle (or r|cubicle) for sharing thoughts about returning to cubeopolis after 13 years, several happy place posts, a few food places, and began the visit with me section of nutshell. 

december '10 ... daily posts for reverb10, a few security blogkets, did a little CYCCYL via teleconference workshops, began healthmonth with team CDWL@edi, just a few fiber breaks including SNL bits and nostalgika, not much pop culture, not much cubeopolis except through a few reverb10 posts, several happy places, mini homage to friends, and several visit with me links.

january '11 ... daily posts listed in a mish-mash order. with the new year, quite a bit of getting in the groove for health month, the love project, and my your heart's desire goal setting. also, a new weekly effort of supporting 3 virtual friends as part of blogger bosom buddies (aka B3) - our way of encouraging each other in our inter-webs ventures. a few highlights included having an AWESOME new year's day FMK brunch moment with breakfast buds, seeing rex navarrete's live performance, starting an 8-week improv class, thinking about amy chua's tiger mom book, and my little share about initiating on-line dating contact with younger men. many fiber breaks this month!

* idea take from over here

#reverb10 december 2010 memories

UPDATE (feb 2011): what was a december 2010 daily reflecting and manifesting is evolving into a monthly reflecting and manifesting. announced in february, gwen bell and cali harris of reverb10 sent out a note saying -

"Hello Reverb Community -

Happy February! We're excited to be reconnecting with the Reverb community. At the beginning of each month, Reverb HQ will send one prompt, several reflect/manifest tools, and any other creative, useful things we come across. We're also back on Twitter, so you can follow us @reverb10."

UPDATE (jan 2011): the december 2010 month long reverb10 wrapped up on december 31. a quick list of my posts is in the december nutshell or just see further below on this page. it was a blast and has certainly (re)energized me to write and to idea generate. also, it has been great to virtually meet a few motivating/inspiring folks - notably yvette, julie, and shannon - as well as to use twitter more and get to learn about the different reverb10 prompt authors. 

what is reverb10? as described from the website of reverb10:

"Reverb 10 is an annual event and online initiative to reflect on your year and manifest what’s next. The end of the year is an opportunity to reflect on what's happened, and to send out reverberations for the year ahead. With Reverb 10, we'll do both."

#reverb10 ... checkin' it out and supporting all the fabulous people reflecting on 2010 and manifesting 2011 as part of the daily prompts! (my reverb10 moments over here.)
 

interactive crew ... i signed up and am on a crew where i'm hanging out with ...

• @Ordinaryshan who also is at extraordinarily ordinary 
• @emmajames who also is at pleasure notes 
• @kimsamsin who also is at the deep old desk 
• @riayn who also is at counting time 
• @esteffi who also is at heart piercing life 
• @DCPrincessQ who also is at dc princess 
• @TiaSparkles who also is at your life your way 
• @SquarePegKaren who also is at square-peg reflections 
• @divamover who also is at the feldenkrais center of houston 
• @dancingwaves who also is at strong and tender like the ocean 
• @sarah_nicolas who also is at sara nicolas

... and i'm very excited. (and note to self - #reverb10 will definitely result in my getting a mobile phone where i do not find myself regularly removing/resetting the battery so that i can reboot the phone. good times.)

update: 12/04/10 - i have upgraded to a mobile phone that will allow me to enjoy catching up on #reverb10 moments with the many other wonder people participating. now i can refrain from pulling out the battery to reboot my R.I.P. blackberry.

update: 12/018/10 - getting better with my droid, now that i am getting better using the touch screen,  remembering to use the "share" button for tweets, and adding in the URL pieces of my blog into the autoword dictionary. little timing problem ... cubeopolis day job. i'll incorporate reverb10 breaks best i can.

update: from december nutshell - the 31 topics as follows, in order of each day's author's prompt, and in its only little nutshell/highlight:

1. one word - reconnect for 2010, enthusiasm for 2011
2. writing - shiny penny moments
3. moment - adolfo at los altos art show
4. wonder - reconnecting and asking why not?
5. letting go - bye to a gentleman's agreement, hello to creating more space
6. make - my somewhat perennial cow costume
7. community - my rave about kit's clean your closet, change your life (or CYCCYL) and looking for 2011 community interested in apprentern, ignorance and knowledge, and environmental professional development
8. beautifully different - odd bird in
9. party - breakfast buds
10. wisdom - write from the heart. my story about a cover transmittal i wrote from stream of consciousness for a position for which i applied
11. 11 (eleven) things - my list of 11 things to eliminate and how it may change my life
12. body integration - my experience at my dad's gravesite
13. action - thoughts about launching environmental professional development
14. appreciate - my friendship with shiny penny andy
15. 5 minutes - capturing those 2010 moments to remember
16. friendship - silver lining friendships preferred. my take on the friendship spectrum (zip-it, bring it on, zip & bring & zip & bring (rinse, repeat) and on my click-it, pause button, check-in approach
17. lesson learned - saying step aside to mischief-speak and hello to forthright-speak
18. try - my declaration to have a healthier lifestyle where i stop paying pharmaceuticals for my bad eating and inactivity habits
19. healing - becoming more involved in things i really enjoy
20. beyond avoidance - getting my personal and business finances together
21. future self - a note from me to the me of 5 years from now and to the me of 10 years ago
22. travel - how and where i have and want to travel
23. new name - silvia (with a "y") ramirez story
24. everything's o.k. - story about connectedness via an email exchange with a woman in whose words from a film brought me to tears
25. photo - story behind the pic of piragua and me jumping as part of our flat emma jaunt around the SF bay with joel (the photog)
26. soul food - baked egg en cazeuela
27. ordinary joy - my friend sci-fi guy on the phone call and lunch
28. achieve - be speechless. this post includes a list of 10 things for 2011 to bring on a "speechless" moment ... tv appearances (funny host talk show, dr. who, reality tv show judge), philanthropist ponies up pennies for me to promote my passion, engagement, president obama moment with my epiphany, old friend random run-in, hear an angel(s) speak to me, billboard moment, vermont leaf-peeping adventure.
29. defining moment - talk-to-the-hand february 2011 moment that has shaped me
30. gift - glee gum
31. core story - i value family & friends . i make lists and mindmap . i reflect, am introspective, and expressive in writing. also a few lessons learned - think twice, be thankful everyday, don't make assumptions - be kind, reach out - there's a hug fest out there)

thank you reverb10!

more about my tod's

hanging with my @fluevog little shoe addiction.


in march, i picked up a pair of tod's and my feet are happy. 


of course, admittedly, during this year's international fluevog day, i have added two more pairs of vogs since my early may 2012 count - 
. mini | qtee
. angels | supervog
- but more on that at a later date.

thanks, again, to jeff ... just wanted once again to thank jeff at the las vegas store. i have not (yet) added another pair of tod's because i just have not (yet) sought them out, however, i do remember the two other pairs that i tried -

thick sole, black patent leather loafers
sporty sneaker style oxfords

meanwhile, my tod's has been out and about in cubeopolis,

and this cubester had a fun day 

with polka dots, ribbon, and artwork.

is it time (yet) to do 

some hunting for tod's?

2012 mash-up goals

mash-up? ... yup! mashing up yhd + my 3 words + scanner tendencies + 3 tiny habits (upcoming) for being in 2012. it is all part of my continual effort to pursue my curious discoveries.

what does it all mean? ... it's just how i "australian-shepherd" (aka herd) what's swirling around in my head AND my heart AND my hands. the beginning of the year is simply a convenient time, however, there's readjusting throughout the year.

overview mash-up ingredients  ... the following lists a little about each of the mash-up tidbits.

 

yhd ... or your heart's desire is something i started in 1999 (more detail over here for yhd2011), thanks to my friend, debbie. author sonia choquette's your heart's desire: instructions for creating the life you really want is a workbook of sorts with 9 principles. i consider this a woo-woo book - a kind of spiritual and law of attraction thing. as stated on choquette's website -

"There are metaphysical laws at work in the universe that bring to us both what we want and what we don't want, depending on our habits of thought and behavior."

9 principles ... each chapter includes exercises as part of learning the 9 principles presented by choquette. the principles (in order) include ...

1. focus your desire (bring your dream into focus)
2. send clear messages to your subconscious mind. repeat them and make sure they are positive (gain the support of your subconscious mind)
3. deeply imagine realizing your goal ~ do it in detail (imagine your heart's desire)
4. establish order in your physical environment (eliminate your obstacles)
5. open yourself to your intuition ~become aware of synchronicity, etc. (be open to intuitive guidance)
6. rein in impulsive behavior (choose to support your dream with love)
7. honor the power of your words ~ say what you mean (surrender control)
8. persist in your dream (claim your dream)
9. surrender to divine power and allow the universe to do the rest (stay true to your dream)

ten categories ... there are 10 categories one can touch upon. i identified tools and put forth a mindset for each category, and as part of my own journaling and personal reflection, revisited each regularly. the 10 categories are (here, listed in order of my yhd2011):

• health & body, 
• finances, 
• creative expression, 
• relationships, 
• spiritual, 
• work, 
• special intentions, 
• travel & adventure, 
• home, and 
• possessions. 

my yhd2012 ... although i will be mashing up for 2012, the yhd categories will continue to serve as my basic framework because i have become quite accustomed to my yhd process for being mindful.

 

my 3 words ... i mentioned my 3 words for 2012 last week over here - believe, foresight, expression. a little bit more about chris brogan's my 3 words is that it includes a #12in12 (from over here), which is basically accomplishing something each month. 

my friend, yvette, wrote an article last year for pick the brain over here about monthly habits. as a side note, yvette (her blog) - also boulder examiner's dating advice columnist - suggests another creative idea of using the alphabet throughout the year over here - every week, just move on to the next letter in the alphabet. (and yes, it's not just for dating.)

3 tiny habits ... i learned about this through health month. bj fogg (on web, twitter) states  -

My expertise is creating systems to change human behavior. I call this “Behavior Design.”

- and 3 tiny habits is explained a little more over here on shareable. although i won't be starting yet, i have signed up; i received health month has been a great similar approach. this is actually a bit akin to the health month fun i also mentioned last week over here.

yup, this is how i am herding

my 2012 swirls!