“What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed." -- Eckhart Tolle

Time has been a simultaneously vivid and delirious experience this week after several time zone leaps that included 2 different hemisphere's ending daylight savings times a week apart. Plus, the to do list with immediate, short term, mid term, and long term priorities feels like a bit of a melting pot. So I'm giving myself the grace of now via the 3 Step Reciprocity Cycle. Join me?

Acknowledge Earth Is Our Home

Today I returned to my morning pages routine for the first time in a month. A 32oz jar of water, chair in the backyard, and my journal -- to write 3 pages of mental vomit. Time and priorities are indeed what I grappled with. Feeling into the circadian rhythm of the partial sun on my body after waking at 3am (again) but drifting off again between 6-8am. Trying to sort the proverbial chunks of carrots and rutabagas in the melting pot in order to chart a path of priorities for the remaining week. All while also grateful it was the perfect temperature for my fleece pj pants and cashmere sweater.

It all reminded me of the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise to practice when you need grounding. To see 5 things. Hear 4. Touch 3. Smell 2. And taste 1. Our 5 senses truly are amazing. And a profoundly simple way to remember that Earth is our home -- even if (and possibly especially when) we aren't sure where on it we are.

Discover Your Earth Archetype

Oh those moments when the little things tickle us to the point of excitement.

Today that happened.

I've been trying to transfer the Earth Archetype quiz to a new system for awhile. It's been a bit of a tedious and slow process. Even being noisy and insistent to elevate a help desk ticket to move things forward one painstaking step at a time. Is it as visually polished as the old one. Nope. Is it still missing helpful behind the scenes elements? Yep. But now that it's "good enough," it will save $80 a month which is very helpful right now.

Wanna check it out?

Then within a couple hours, someone took the quiz. I got the alert in my inbox and got to check that all the pieces moved they way they were supposed to.

It was a moment to celebrate.

The thing was created and used.

Both me and the quiz taker got to "imagine that."

What little (almost inconsequential) moment can you celebrate today about your Earth Archetype?

Molecule: Test Everything

Network: Connect Dots

Weaver: Bridge Gaps

Metaphor: Imagine That

Embodiment: Breathe Deep

Work Together in Community

Another thing I'm excited about is to finally catch up on all the conversations I had while in Georgia before and after being in Italy.

The 3 conferences I went to before probably grew my list of contacts from 50 people to 75. Their LinkedIn's screenshotted on my phone and business cards carefully stashed in a designated pocket in my backpack.

The notebook were I took all the notes from sessions to inquire about.

The patience I asked for as I mentioned my plans and a latter follow up date.

As this blog goes out into the world for you to read, I finally have that time set aside to review, write, and connect.

I'll also reach out in earnest to the amazing people that raised their hand in interest to partner to bring a LIVE to their community.

I'm excited to hear what question we can highlight together to create some catalyzing humor.

And all of that will happen between 4 scheduled zoom calls that all represent their own blossoming. Each one is a relationship that started in similar ways to the people I'm following up with.

With an acknowledgement of interest and a question to explore.

Some are over a year old. Some a few months. All across the spectrum of Earth Archetypes.

Each relationship finding its way to the common goal of working together on the 3 Step Reciprocity Cycle.