If you haven’t noticed, I like to play with words
This weekend’s word is Holistic…defined as..
- means of or relating to holism****a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles *****
- relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts <holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body
I am taking the weekend to do some Whole..istic budgeting. As you have seen by recent posts, I am doing a lot of self reflection. The biggest piece I have left behind…a big part of me…is where I use to be with my spirituality, my creativity, and my WHOLE approach to life. I have gotten so caught up in this weight loss, scale reading, dieting that I don’t call dieting, eat this, don’t eat that, snacking on movement, and all of this that a lot of other things are at a deficit in my Whole..istic budget.
So…its time to get back to my basics….all part of the retro-fit plan….
1. Time to redo the measurements on my Slice of Life wheel
2. Time for some creative work (with the helpful inspiration of my blogger friend, Loretta) **did you know she has an art blog too** I set aside this weekend to participate in an art project she created… The word bubble blank….my word……WHOLE….
3. Creating a WHOLE budget for all of my endeavors NOT just my food and/or my money – with the intent to invest in ALL of me
4. Mind Mapping out my SOUL goals…(more on that next week)
5. and of course Writing….I have some unfinished business that needs the loose ends finalized….*wink*
See you next week…but until then….
My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundationbut I’m working on the foundation. ****Marilyn Monroe
What kind of Whole…istic Budgeting can you work on this weekend?
I love this concept…it reminds me (sorta) of something I learned at GMFR about how we have to invest in our health all aspects of our lives, not just our finances!
I think to just get us GOING on a thing, we sometimes have to give it a little extra focus. But then we might get stuck with that focus, and neglect other areas that feed our heart, make us feel “whole”. So I totally understand the need to get back to that balance. I’ve been doing that lately, too, and haven’t felt this excited yet peaceful in a long time.
I look forward to seeing how you finish your Word Bubble, and I just know it will be uniquely YOU.
I get this ..My therapist asked me once what my goal in life is..what do I really want from life. I was very low and depressed at the time and couldn’t answer her.I ‘d had a period of my life where I compulsively shopped and my ego was stroked by how much and where I could spend money. Then I got in to legit debt that I pretty much put me to square one and starting over from nothing. I’d had career success and career dips. I had come to the reality that career was low on the totem pole–fulfilling work and a paycheck will do me. My income is still not what it was several years ago and I’m ok with that. I knew that it wasn’t really “to get thin” or be a size x or to wear clothes from xx store. I think I got to a low point and looked around and just realized that I want to be a good steward of my life. A better steward than I have been and in all aspects-food, body, health, money, soulfulness, charity, work , whatever. Just trying to be the best me in all areas and that means not being perfect and barely scraping by sometimes in some areas because the focus in on another area. this is where I’ve been since maybe late December. Again not perfect but trying to be a better me than yesterday.
I love mind mapping! I hope you do a post on it!
I’m with Karen, I love the holistic focus. I’m trying to get into my blogging more and am getting so much out of reaching mini-milestones in that world!
AND – I finally restarted the Artist’s Way last week. Up to day 4 of my morning pages!
Deb
LOVE that pic – it changed from a picture of a flower to those pretty pencils!
Oh my!