Comments on: Monday Monthly Mission #16

By: Monika {windycityvegan}

Monika {windycityvegan} — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:28:38 +0000

Gah! HOW IN THE HELL DID I MISS THIS POST? Honestly, it just drives home my 2011 resolution to re-establish work-life balance. I need to stop living in fear of the university’s newest round of impending budget cuts and find time for my family and myself again. Oh, and time to study for the LSAT. *sigh*

I’m a list junkie myself (Google Docs spreadsheets are my current poison) and decided this year to post my Birthday Year To Do list publicly, on my blog. Now, off to your round up for the first week of this MMM!

By: HoneyB

HoneyB — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:34:33 +0000

I recently found your blog and I love it! I’m planning to make 2011 my year of working smarter – I’m slowing down my business and vowing to take more than 1 day off each month. Once a week is a goal for the near future! I’m also planning to kick butt in my post bac studies and start my Master’s program right in the fall. Other goals include buying a condo and growing a fabulous vegetable garden!

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:32:13 +0000

I decided todo something similar this year but I gave myself 1001 days instead of a year. I never considered a theme, but there’s always the next 1001 days, huh?
Great post re: your 20′s btw. Very deep and raw. Baring your soul to the world is a scary thing to do and you conquered it beautifully.

By: Sayward

Sayward — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:47:56 +0000

@ Rachel – Yes, it can be done! I’m rooting for you, good luck!

@ RK – It’s the same stuff as for cooking, I use the extra virgin stuff.

@ Pat – Oh man I feel you. Saving my sanity post-baby was equal parts 1) list-making like crazy and 2) just letting go, ha! But pen-to-paper lists really do help. Good luck!

@ GrowingRaw – What a splendid plan! I love it, girl you have all your priorities RIGHT!

@ Court – Thank you, that is such a wonderful thing to hear. And I hope you know how much it goes both ways, and how much doing this work and meeting all of you enriches *my* life! Good luck with your cleanse and in the new year!

@ Donna Mae – I love that phrase, it sounds like you’ve got a ton going on and harnessing a little Wu Wei will take you soaring into 2011! =)

@ Leslie – Haha, love it! Rage on, lady! Do you have a farm sanctuary near you? I think that’s a great place to put your energy. Also, just my 2 cents, steer clear of PETA. Good luck with everything – I want to hear all about your activist adventures!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:53:38 +0000

Two things are at the top of my list========Stop procrastinating, my personal pet peeve about myself ( I usually give myself 6 months to two years to get something done once I start thinking or talking about it, seriously!!!!!} Second, become a Raging Animal Activist….anything from shelter rescues to spray painting baby monk seals to keep them from being slaughtered for fur to putting myself between a harpoon and a whale. Open to suggestions!! And a big hug of gratitude to Sayward and her amazing BA blog for making 2010 an amazing year for me…as my daughter would say, “YOU ROCK!!!”

By: Donna Mae

Donna Mae — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:46:47 +0000

I will have many changes this year some wonderful and some a little scary. Moving to AK (eeek) to be with my boyfriend of three years but one year is long enuff. In this I will be leaving a stressful job with stressful people a small town that has no active community so I am feeling very positive about this year. My NYR is Wu Wei which I heard resently and thought it fit perfectly. Taoism and means something like “stop wasting energy on what you can’t control and use it on what you can”. My goal with this is to use this year to set me up for next year of no to do list or list in general. I have a list for everything becuz I never want to forget something that I could learn or do. But I feel a build up of not enough time to do these and enjoy them…lol silly
So I will focus on a few this year and then see where life takes me from there.

By: Court

Court — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:40:48 +0000

sayward-as much as i adore this blog, i highly encourage you to take time for yourself!!

i am on day 2 of the master cleanse. i did it last year and found it to be so rewarding. detoxing, yea.

when i look at my list of accomplishments this past year, there are so many things that would not have happened without the help of this blog.

Thank you.

By: GrowingRaw

GrowingRaw — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:54:02 +0000

My NYR is basically to make sure I’m putting my best energy into things that matter.

First step is get my energy peaking… that way there’s more to go around. The easiest and most enjoyable way I know to do that is eat really, really well (the style that suits me best is high raw vego so I’m back into it.)

Second step is prioritise the kids – that means more playfulness – hoorah! 2011 I worked and worked and worked – I’m surprised the kids still draw pictures of me with a smile rather than the back of my head in front of a computer.

Third step is to make my time effective on the few things I have the energy left to focus on: my website, aikido and my garden. I’m a list-maker but I’m easily distracted… for example by bonzaiaphrodite.com, which is very distracting but in a completely beneficial way!

Hey Melissa, the book BloodThirsty by Flynn Meaney might cheer you up, or at least give you a laugh. It’s about a teenage boy who pretends to be a vampire to get the girls, but it’s also a satirical take on vamp culture.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:35:32 +0000

happy new year to you all!
new year resolution: be more organised! and for that I will need a plan! ever since our son was born, my days have been pretty chaotic, and normally I am a person with a plan and a timetable and at least a mental list of to-do’s, it just does not seem easy, there are days I wonder how mothers of 3 or more kids manage their daily chores?? don’t they suffer of baby brain at all?
so my plan for 2011: get some structure back into my days! I think I will start with to-do lists on paper as my mental ones “wash away” due to “baby brain”….

By: RK

RK — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:31:35 +0000

Question about the coconut oil… Do you use the oil that is for cooking or is there a specific coconut oil for the body?