Season Two, Day 50!

Today marks the halfway point for many of us. I haven't been posting on a regular basis, because I've been busy watching my life process unfold and it's been so cool to experience! I've been riding high most of the time and just generally feeling good.

My intentions this season were more process oriented than product oriented, but even so, I've seen changes and manifestations. In the past, when I've started doing something and then gotten sidetracked, it's usually been fatal. It seems that -- again, in the past -- it's been difficult for me to start from where I am and continue on. This is one of the changes I've noticed in myself. For a couple of days, I totally skipped all of my practices, and then I was able to ease back into them. I do my morning pages and read The Secret Daily Teaching most every day, but it seems the only day I get my walk in is when I go shopping! Meditation, too, happens haphazardly. In the past, not doing my practices perfectly would have frustrated me and I would have not done them at all. I call this progress!

I have noticed that one of my intentions from last season is coming into manifestation. That is the intention that I make more friends. My social circle -- both online and off line-- has grown noticeably. I find it interesting that this manifestation is a season behind! I've also become good at winning door prizes; I've won three in the past four months -- two of them worth over $100 each.

I think I mentioned in my last post that I'll be adding an additional practice to my list on Days 51 and 76. I don't yet know what I'll be adding on Day 76 -- I'll have to wait and see what action I'm inspired to take -- but tomorrow I add 30 minutes of writing. I'm already doing morning pages, but this kind of writing will be different. Morning pages is very stream-of-consciousness writing; what I'm adding tomorrow will be more focused, more product oriented. I'm going to be writing with the intention of eventually turning out publishable essays. It's been a long time since I've done this kind of writing, so I think the process will be interesting for me, and perhaps a little scary at first. I'm not even sure what first inspired me to do this, I just know that I have a strong feeling that I should be doing it. It will be a surprise to see what comes up for me as I engage in this process.

I hope everyone is doing well with their challenge, riding high and treating themselves gently when they're not. I wish lots of yumminess for each of you!