OOOOOHHHH-WWEEEEEEE! Today was juice day 1. Gues what – I was starving but I feel pretty good now (10:44 p.m.) You know what’s even better? I am plotting & planning other group cleanses. To top it off I decided that my next personal detex/cleanse will be all raw and juice! It’s so cool to have friends, business associates, facebook friends, co-workers, and others expressing interest in learning more and in tryiing a natural body detox for themselves. Can it get any better than that?

Group & individual detox will be offered as part of our holistic wellness consultations for my new business launching in 2010 for sure!

So what am I doing now:
Reading uo on various versions of detox programs including variations for men & women. If I find a great gems of information I’ll share them with you later for sure. As for those of you who are checking in to see what’s on the daily menu – this is what I had today:

Breakfast Smoothie with random fruit and Orange Juice
Peppermint Tea
Water
Carrot & Pear juice (per the juicing that Madam B Fly did for me!)
Water
Cinnamon Tea (and at this point in the day I was starving – i never looked forward to green juice ever in life)
Kale/Pear & Apple juice (again courtesy of Madam B Fly)
Smoothie with banana, cranberries, nut butter, frozen peaches & soy milk – it was a little too thick but decent.

So great day! My goal to improve the health & well being of my community is being accomplished 1 lifestyle change at a time! WOW!

In general, I don’t formally make resolutions.  I may say I want to lose weight, workout more, make more money, travel more, more time, more and more (you know the story of american abundance and materialism) but what I actually need is LESS! 

So this year I have two major priorities (in the spirit of simplicity).

1. Eliminate any and everything that is counter productive to my life purpose, passion and priorities. i.e. if its not about my family, growing my businesses or my being (spiritual, physical and creative) I am not doing it! 

And sorry folks this includes idle hours spent on the web that aren’t productive for any of these purposes!

2. Be consistent. I have tons of notes on business ideas, concepts, hobbies, activities, contacts, etc…that see 3 minutes of fame from me.  I will continue to take note of these (one of them has to be a goldmine and I am welcome to share them for a small fee) but I will only bite off as much as I can chew – including my approach to blogging.

I have started to journal (again) because not all people close to me are comfortable with their own -ish so I can’t share everything with you but i will share the highlights.  I also am committing to sharing something – however simple – at least once per week on this site. It is pitiful that I have notes of random thoughts and topics listed in my crackberry notes but they have never found their way to this medium… i have got to get them here!

So that’s it!  Two things that in reality aren’t so simple to achieve, but instead of saying I am going to use 30 lbs that I might not, that I am going to make $30k/month that I probably won’t, I’d rather focus on those two things which will have a profound affect on my life and the lives of those closest to me!

What are your priorities for 2009???

“Think simple” as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
Frank Lloyd Wright

It’s funny – you know he’s an architecht but what else? I read a bio on him on the net and learned that he had about 3 wives and at one point lived a somewhat double life balancing two seperate families and his career. Sounds like drama to me – it is no wonder he was thinking about keeping things simple. 

Some of his work can be found at www.wrightontheweb.net (in case you aren’t familiar)

So I like this one – it goes with the cliche “getting back to basics”.  So I like to keep things in life simple and drama free.  I think that my quest for this peace gets more and more difficult with each coming day. Whether work drama, family drama, and normal hustle and bustle – it is increasingly harder to accomplish the basic things that I feel would make my life more complete and balanced. 

If When, I get this balance ( I estimate february 2009), I will look to have these parts that make my life whole:

• REAL food – meaning not fake bs but real fruit, real veggies, real ish! I know I will feel better.save some money and probably lose some lbs.
• put first things first – okay I stole that from Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits – but it’s true - my ideal “firsts” are God & Family(my kids)
• Clear Clutter – while this includes actually doing the things I see being done on Clean House rather than just watching, this is a neccessity for my dwelling and my relationships – everything toxic HAS to go – even my bad attitude!

If all goes well, I will be back on a more focused track so I can focus even MORE energy on what matters most – God, Family and fulfilling my passion!!!

Have you ever had similar things happen to you over and over and over again?  For instance, have you worked at several jobs and always have the same “problem” with each of them? Or have  you had many, many friends but each “did  you wrong”?  Do you feel overwhelmed by this phenomena? Like its you against the world?  

If  you answered yes, chances are that you are going through temporary insanity!  Have you heard the ever popular definition of insanity?  It is: To repeat the same activity over and over again expecting a different result!

So, I might have loss some readers by now – because of course she/he is NOT the problem!  But, if you are still with me I am suggesting saying that WE in fact ARE INSANE!!! Now, I am working on becoming more of an optimist – so let’s say we are only temporarily insane, but insane nonetheless. 

Now what are we going to do about?  BECOME THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.IDENTIFY ONE THING YOU CAN DO TODAY THAT WILL AFFECT YOUR TOMORROW. BE ABOUT YOUR PASSION. LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE TODAY, SO YOU CAN LIVE LIKE NO ONE ELSE TOMORROW. SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO WHAT UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON’T. These are all popular, semi-popular methods to cure the insanity.  

What’s insanity to me is knowing and believing all of those statements and more, but continuing to do the opposite.  A year ago, 6-months ago, even a week ago (this morning?), I found myself utterly frustrated with certain situations and often asking myself – “how did I get into this mess”. From an unruly house, a SPECIAL marriage, happy but could be happier kids, mounting debts, okay but not great business, and enjoyable but badly paying job – I have known many of these circumstances all too well. 

So my point is?????  Today is different because today I give as much thanks for the hardships as I do for the good times. Today is better because I have heard those same messages in a very different voice.  Today I understand that I can do everything that I want to and that everyone in my life just won’t understand it. Today I will not become overwhelmed by life, I am going to overwhelm others lives’ with my passion. 
My passion is my purpose and I recognize it each time I am able to connect people with information that will make a positive impact in their own lives. I do this sporadically, but TODAY I recognize that there is a power working within me and not against me.  Each opportunity that I receive to share knowledge, connect people, and promote helpful resources is an opportunity for me to do HIS work! Today, I will conquer my fears – everyone won’t like it, everyone is NOT my friend, I CAN make money doing what I love to do, I CAN turn my circumstances around beginning today and I will learn and teach others from my mistakes. Today, I recognize that I am not hearing the same quotes, learning the same lessons for nothing. Today, I am focused on doing what I was put on this earth to do!  

What about you? What are YOU going to do to end the insanity TODAY???