Those of you that've been with me for a while (or even from the beginning in 2007 (hi mom)) know that I've focused and refocused this blog down to a simple summary of its content:
Curating life as a series of adventures.
Specifically, most of my adventures tend to fall into the broad categories of globetrotting, photography, and sundry feats of creativity. There's also a bit of meditation, declaration, and Danish family history research going on as well.
To continue putting energy toward this adventurous focus, I've now established a custom domain for the site:
www.aseriesofadventures.com
I'm still using the blogger platform, but my design skills and desire for customization outgrew it a while back. I think Squarespace is inevitable, but the new domain will follow me regardless. So, ladies and gents, point your bookmarks and other such electronic organizers toward the new URL and let's do this.
Love and adventure,
me
Declaration of You Day: Recap #mondaydeclaration
To wrap up the experience I had with The Declaration of You Bloglovin' Tour, I participated in the Declaration of You Day. It was an all-day event hosted on Facebook, structured around moving all participants through each theme/chapter in the book. In the recapping words of organizers Michelle Ward & Jessica Swift, in 6 hours, 100 creative souls:
- Gave away 15 books (9 Declaration of You and others from Natalia KW, Alexandra Franzen, and Susannah Conway), and a 3-month subscription to Tiffany Han’s Love Letters.
- Chatted in real time with Kari Chapin, Colleen Wainwright, and Natalia KW.
- Did 8 “speed” projects and shared our photos with each other.
- Laughed our pajama pants off, made new friends and a big crafty mess.
Here's a glimpse into pieces of my Declaration of You Day:
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| Visioning board: In 5 minutes, cruise through a magazine and tear out anything that inspires you. |
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| Celebration Jar: Write down things you can do so celebrate your accomplishments... |
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| ta-da...Celebration Jar! |
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| Declaring your uniqueness: "If you're born a lion, don't bother trying to act tame" (Ani DiFranco). |
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| Power word. Amen. |
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| "Draw your alter ego..." |
To see what other people were up to...here's a few recap collages shared by Michelle and Jessica:
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You can read all the other posts also included in the tour by clicking here.
Brunches. Antiques. Markets. #weekinphotos
I've been here...there...a little bit of everywhere in the past week. See for yourself...
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| Beehive Braintree class at Granary Row: The History of Jazz, part one. |
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| Food trucks at Granary Row. |
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| Art gallery at Granary Row. |
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| The Garden Lunch Box at Granary Row. |
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| Dinner at a new restaurant with an old friend. |
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| Sometimes my business meetings are held in ski lodges. Hey, I live in the Rocky Mountains. |
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| Participated in The Declaration of You Day! |
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| Backyard jazz with the girls. |
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| My friend came down from Boise and we had a girl's weekend full of gorgeous food, farmer's markets, flea markets, diy craft markets, antiquing galore...and more. SEE THE FULL SET ON FLICKR. |
I have a VSCO cam library full of adventures I've yet to sort through. It's been a busy week and an even busier weekend. Follow the fun on Instagram @fourthirtyam.
Love and pixels,
me
Love and pixels,
me
5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Everybody sing! When the moooon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter aligns with Maaaaars...
Okay, but seriously though, I spent an hour online with Gabriel Bernstein last night and today's #mondaymeditation is all about her recent keynote at the Wanderlust Festival.
She is a student of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga, the guru known for ushering in the Aquarian Age. If your hippie flag doesn't fly quite as high as mine, the Aquarian Age is also known as the age of awakening. It's a pressure cooker, as Gabby describes it, of intense energy, consciousness, new paradigms, and a more authentic way of living with the earth and each other. It's an age of people deciding to become who they truly are. It's also, as she says, "not a time for creating disciples. This is a time for creating teachers and storytellers." The Aquarian Age has a feminine energy that's all about aligning yourself to the vibrations of The Universe (as opposed to convincing yourself that you are living your life well by mastering and conquering and controlling and other such masculine vibes).
Not to get lost in those weeds, whether you think it's a bunch of mumbo jumbo or whether you've tuned in, the five sutras (or threads/knots) of the age are still wise words. I'm sharing the notes that I scribbled as she spoke. Some bits are direct quotations and some bits are my reflections on what she said.
Sutra One: Recognize the other person is you
What we admire in others is a part of ourselves that we haven't fully developed yet. The light you see in someone else is an expression of the light you actually have within you. Pay attention to who inspires you and then learn to express that fully. What we don't like in others, on the other hand, is a disowned part of our shadow. Instead of attacking yourself or the other person, let yourself get to work and fix that part of your shadow. The more you wake up, the less you can vibrate with that crap anyway. It will start to make you sick to be around negative energy and you'll have less of it in your life.
Sutra Two: There is a way through every block
Tap into the conscious part of yourself that actually believes this. Clear all the clutter and chatter out of the way until you get to your core, where you know this is true. You'll be given creative ways to get through any block. Let creative spiritual energy flow through you and get out of your own way. Fear blocks everything. Love clears the way for everything.
Sutra Three: When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off
The Aquarian Age is a pressure cooker. You are not alone in feeling the intensified vibrations. Stop freaking out, stop trying to plan to the last detail what you're supposed to do about it, and stop trying to control everything. Just start. Start. Do something. Take a step in the direction you want to go. The pressure will be off as soon as you start, and the next step will unfold. Stop planning. Just go. Don't play small, either. Once you go for it, go.
Sutra Four: Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times
You don't truly know anyone's story. Everyone is fighting a hard battle. If you turn your back on people and if you fight back, you will misunderstand the energy of the times. "In my defenselessness my safety lies." The ego is the darkest and weakest part of us. We are safer and more secure when we let that go and feel defenseless (ie stripped of ego). The Universe will step in.
Sutra Five: Vibrate with the cosmos and the cosmos shall clear the path
When you're irrational, you're not vibrating with the cosmos. Thinking you are in total control of everything around you is irrational. You have to tap into The Universe around you and get out of your own crazy. You can decide in any given moment to vibrate high or low frequency. Whatever you're vibrating is coming right back at you like a boomerang. High frequency: Abundance, trust, love. Low frequency: Scarcity, fear, freak out.
OM. Love,
me
Okay, but seriously though, I spent an hour online with Gabriel Bernstein last night and today's #mondaymeditation is all about her recent keynote at the Wanderlust Festival.
She is a student of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga, the guru known for ushering in the Aquarian Age. If your hippie flag doesn't fly quite as high as mine, the Aquarian Age is also known as the age of awakening. It's a pressure cooker, as Gabby describes it, of intense energy, consciousness, new paradigms, and a more authentic way of living with the earth and each other. It's an age of people deciding to become who they truly are. It's also, as she says, "not a time for creating disciples. This is a time for creating teachers and storytellers." The Aquarian Age has a feminine energy that's all about aligning yourself to the vibrations of The Universe (as opposed to convincing yourself that you are living your life well by mastering and conquering and controlling and other such masculine vibes).
Not to get lost in those weeds, whether you think it's a bunch of mumbo jumbo or whether you've tuned in, the five sutras (or threads/knots) of the age are still wise words. I'm sharing the notes that I scribbled as she spoke. Some bits are direct quotations and some bits are my reflections on what she said.
What we admire in others is a part of ourselves that we haven't fully developed yet. The light you see in someone else is an expression of the light you actually have within you. Pay attention to who inspires you and then learn to express that fully. What we don't like in others, on the other hand, is a disowned part of our shadow. Instead of attacking yourself or the other person, let yourself get to work and fix that part of your shadow. The more you wake up, the less you can vibrate with that crap anyway. It will start to make you sick to be around negative energy and you'll have less of it in your life.
Sutra Two: There is a way through every block
Tap into the conscious part of yourself that actually believes this. Clear all the clutter and chatter out of the way until you get to your core, where you know this is true. You'll be given creative ways to get through any block. Let creative spiritual energy flow through you and get out of your own way. Fear blocks everything. Love clears the way for everything.
Sutra Three: When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off
The Aquarian Age is a pressure cooker. You are not alone in feeling the intensified vibrations. Stop freaking out, stop trying to plan to the last detail what you're supposed to do about it, and stop trying to control everything. Just start. Start. Do something. Take a step in the direction you want to go. The pressure will be off as soon as you start, and the next step will unfold. Stop planning. Just go. Don't play small, either. Once you go for it, go.
Sutra Four: Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times
You don't truly know anyone's story. Everyone is fighting a hard battle. If you turn your back on people and if you fight back, you will misunderstand the energy of the times. "In my defenselessness my safety lies." The ego is the darkest and weakest part of us. We are safer and more secure when we let that go and feel defenseless (ie stripped of ego). The Universe will step in.
Sutra Five: Vibrate with the cosmos and the cosmos shall clear the path
When you're irrational, you're not vibrating with the cosmos. Thinking you are in total control of everything around you is irrational. You have to tap into The Universe around you and get out of your own crazy. You can decide in any given moment to vibrate high or low frequency. Whatever you're vibrating is coming right back at you like a boomerang. High frequency: Abundance, trust, love. Low frequency: Scarcity, fear, freak out.
OM. Love,
me
Curating a series of adventures
If you're reading this in an RSS feed, bounce over to the site for a moment and check it out. I've redesigned it and I've refocused it.
Rather than the daily-posting editorial calendar I experimented with for a while, I'm now structuring the blog around a series of adventures: globetrotting, photography, sundry feats of creativity, meditations & declarations, researching my Danish roots and fueling my expat dreams. Posts about these adventures will come to you as the adventures come to me. I do want to keep a weekly meditation and a weekly round-up of photos, so we'll see how it all starts to shake out.
I'm also launching a creative collaboration with Craft Lake City. I alluded to it before, but the details are ironed out and I can finally share the exciting news. Read all about it...right...here.
Workin' it out.
Love,
me
Rather than the daily-posting editorial calendar I experimented with for a while, I'm now structuring the blog around a series of adventures: globetrotting, photography, sundry feats of creativity, meditations & declarations, researching my Danish roots and fueling my expat dreams. Posts about these adventures will come to you as the adventures come to me. I do want to keep a weekly meditation and a weekly round-up of photos, so we'll see how it all starts to shake out.
I'm also launching a creative collaboration with Craft Lake City. I alluded to it before, but the details are ironed out and I can finally share the exciting news. Read all about it...right...here.
Workin' it out.
Love,
me
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