The two exercises I do most regularly as a kind of check on my life, both depend on free-writing. That is, I write the topic or question and then let my hands answer. I let the pen write whatever it writes, or let the hands on the keyboard type whatever they type.
The first one is "Unlimited Resources." The starting phrase is "If I had unlimited resources - all the money and assistance I ask for - what would I do?"
The second exercise is "Six Months to Live." The starting phrase is "If I had six months to live, what would I do?"
I did the Unlimited Resources one yesterday. I had a long list of things I'd hire people to do for me, all having to do with improving the spaces where I live and work - cleaning, repairing, building. When I got to what I wanted to do myself, I got right down to three daily things: drawing practice, exercise, and making bowls. The most interesting thing about this list is that I'm not doing two of them: drawing practice, or exercise.
I did the Six Months to Live exercise this morning. That produced a slightly different set of priorities: make my website so people can see my bowls, and make my bowls full out.
Putting the two together, I came up with two tiers of priorities:
Top priorities: making my website so people can see my bowls, and making my bowls full out.
Second level priorities: exercise, and painting/drawing/composition to enhance bowlmaking.
I like the way these four priorities synergize. They all help each other. Certainly they all help bowlmaking. And I like knowing that these are the priorities without regard to finances. I'd do all these things whether they give me an income or not. That's an important test for me.
10:11:15 AM 
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