Friday, May 01, 2009

EXERCISES IN AWARENESSIn an on-going attempt to be aware, thankful, intentional, creative, simple, grateful, and live a slow, meaningful life...I thought I would do a series of Exercises in Awareness...little things that either stimulate my creativity, encourage simple interactions with my children, force me to slow down, to notice new details, etc. I may do one a day, or sometimes only one a week. I am not going to put strict parameters on it and make it complicated. I have a List of 100 ideas that I found online (I will put up the link later) that I am going to pull from to get me started.

Today:

List your 10 most important things (not including animals or people).
1. My house.

2. Living an unhurried, simple, content life.

3. Nature.

4. Books.

5. Ergo.

6. Macbook.

7. Church.

8. Bubble baths in the claw foot tub.

9. Good food/cooking.

10. Date night.

What are your 10?

8 comments:

Aimee said...

Although this list would probably change tomorrow, here it is tonight!

My Bernina
Moleskine Journal/Bible
Coffee
Nature
Learning
Books
Margin
Computer
Beach
Good Conversation

debbie bailey said...

Hummmmm........These aren't necessarily in order of importance.
Solitude
Quiet
Art
Books
The Outdoors
My House
Baths in my claw foot tub
Writing
Soothing music
Champagne

charlotte carroll said...

omg mrs debbie! when I was thinking of my 10... five of yours were mine!!!

wonder why get along so well...?!

1.quiet
2.books
3.whiskey or champagne
4.baths
5.house
6.coffee/tea
7.shoes
8.down sleeping accouterments
9.breast pump
10.disposable diapers and wipes

debbie bailey said...

How could I have forgotten about tea? Make my list with #11 on it!

Teresa said...

In no particular order:

1. Living in a small town
2. A view of the sky, trees
3. Books
4. My glasses/contacts
5. Wifi
6. Access to good [vegetarian] food when traveling
7. Chocolate
8. Ipod
9. NPR
10. Good conversation

Becky @ Boys Rule My Life said...

http://boysrulemylife.blogspot.com/2009/05/important-things.html

Teresa said...

Charlotte - I heartily agree with you on the wipes issue. we STILL buy them. They clean EVERYTHING. Amazing. And, yes, I know I could use rags, but wipes are MAGIC!

Oh, and for me it's not champagne or whiskey, but single malt scotch or red wine

Chryselle said...

Thanks for this great post, Laurel! I've made my list on my blog here:

http://frangipanidecor.blogspot.com/2009/05/exercise-in-awareness.html

Looking forward to more exercises and I hope it's okay for the rest of us to do them too :)

Take care,
Chryselle