Leonie Dawson's Amazing Life Workbook

I've been feeling a little stagnant lately. I can't tell if it's my energy channels, my aura, my inner child or nadis. Too much to think about, not enough action. 

I know that I'm tired from working six days a week (mentally, physically and emotionally tired) and I'm thrilled that I now have two days off work (it's a beloved long weekend, hooray!). 

A little downtime certainly won't go astray. 

Although my year is pretty well mapped out with destinations (physical and mental, literal and figurative, etc, etc and so on and so forth), the journey is as they say the most important part - I know exactly where I'm going to end up, it's just that the getting there part (and the reasons why) hasn't been well fleshed out yet. Well, until 20 minutes ago!

I have literally just stumbled upon Leslie Dawson's 2014 Amazing Year Life Workbook, thanks to a friend of mine. I actually now possess the digital versions of both the life and business workbooks, which is pretty awesome. However, I feel like I need physical copies so I'll be off to print them out at the local stationery store this weekend. 

I've started with the life workbook and lo and behold, one of the first things to do is "The Very Important 2013 Closing Ceremony". I have been saying for a fair few weeks now that I need to drag out all the crap I hid under my yoga mat in 2013 and deal with it, bid it farewell and move on; in order to move forward and truly enjoy 2014 - "The Year of Me" - as well as finally get my hips to move the right way in various yoga asana!

I will spend tonight closing off 2013 and then tomorrow and Monday planning my 2014. There's a few private matters to attend to as part of the 2013 closing ceremony, so I'll be taking this offline. 

Creative Expression

One of my favourite things to do on a Sunday is work on craft projects. I also like making stuff, pimping stuff and spending time making extra stuff special. I love putting a part of me into each project and it helps me stay busy, grounded and balanced. Some yin to all the yang activities I do each day, etc, etc and so on and so forth.

My yoga studio has it's first birthday this week so I spent (literally) hours hand pimping a 3D birthday card to say congratulations, thanks, well done and hooray!

Here it is.

The gold edging on each page alone took three hours. This was a real test of and exercise in patience. I just cranked up the yogi tunes and got it done. I wanted something that looked hand made, was totally hand decorated and is an outward expression of gratitude for all the hours of love and kindness that Emily has put into creating and developing our yoga studio and yoga family.

Having a creative outlet is important to me, as it gives me time on my own to just make stuff. I don't get to do anything too creative at work (other than draw on the chalkboard / inspiration wall once or twice a month), so craft stuff gives me a sense of balance and helps me defrag my brain. Plus, with the fiscal resources required to live out my dreams and achieve my goals this year, it also keeps me occupied on weekends so that I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by choosing to stay home and save every last cent that I can!