February 16, 2024 Chautauqua

Beth's Ponderings 

   The summer of 2022, as part of a session in Inner Circle (creative mentorship I belong to), I created a Basket of Possibility with all of my dreams, goals, projects, items I wanted to purchase, and other “some day” items.  It quickly expanded to two baskets, even though last year, for instance, I managed to complete 13 items without even trying.

   A couple of weeks ago, I went through EVERY single item and decided if they were still something I wanted to do.  There were 50 goals/dreams I really don’t want to put any effort into completing, which was a surprise, but also a huge relief, and got rid of more UFO’s! 

   We need to allow our long-term dreams to evolve, and sometimes to let some go completely.  I’m keeping the ones in the basket on the left.

Beth

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