Align Your Orbit: Tend These Thresholds

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You now have no doubt that the work and play you do is worth it. Your will is potent and effective. The collective sense of impending ruin will not stop you. Sometimes, it’s necessary to burn out the parasite. Nudge evolution in a mutually beneficial direction.

Don’t forget that you meditate 6-8 hours every night. Live into your legacy.

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Experiments for August

1.      test drive – Use time spent traveling to try on new realities. Speak possible futures into being or allow the ones we are letting go slip away. Say what you have been afraid to say. Trust the strength of the ideas you’ve been growing.

Challenge Mode: Your life is already full and rich. You have begun to live into your legacy. But, you can still make a bucket list for this summer season. What do you want to feel, accomplish, or experience before the season changes? Leave no stone unturned.

2.      playful passing – We all will eventually transition to the next life, next phase, next role, next identity, and that makes for a lot of hand-offs. Choose at least one area of your life to draft up an exit plan. What will the people around you do if you are no longer present?

Challenge Mode: Give yourself time—5 minutes, an hour, a day—to go silent, offline, dark. Don’t communicate with anyone for this period of time. Allow for spontaneity; invite stillness. Boredom is where the best ideas are born.

3.      in preparation – Each person needs about a gallon of water each day. Don’t forget the pets and the plants. Spend some time considering your plumbing, washing, and drinking needs. What systems do you have in place to conserve or replenish water? When do you offer thanks to this fluid necessary for life?

Challenge Mode: If you garden, consider possible rotations, additions, and structures for your plants in the coming year. Consider adding a vegetable or herb you use often. Learn the names of the trees in your area. You don’t have to manage complete self-sustainability. Any step that direction reconnects you with the land.

4.      call in favors – Don’t be afraid to requisition resources, time, and social connections you need. Lean back on your safety net—let the network you have created catch you. Set firm, unyielding boundaries. Stop compromising, especially when it comes to your body, time, and physical space.

Challenge Mode: How do you determine your own morality? Name the belief structures in place for additions, changes, or new conclusions. Have a conversation with yourself—consider even having the conversation out loud.

Andra’s Recap of July’s Experiments

The theme for last month was In Process and included experiments around saying what you mean, fully associating, bringing your body everywhere, and being food.

To be honest, July was extremely trying for me in all regards, and while I do feel like I had a lot of insights on the themes this month, many of them are very personal, so I’m going to opt out of publicly offering my recap for July.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy August’s experiments.