Hellllllo!
What a holiday season! Filled with extreme highs and lows for some. At Tin Shingle, we have always liked setting resolutions. Call them what you will - visions, intentions, goals - whatever. Declaring them makes us accountable, even if it's 3 years later. Once started, we can pat ourselves on the back, saying: "See!? I knew you'd start that someday, and that day was yesterday. Good job."
One of the themes for us (well, me, Katie, the owner of Tin Shingle) going into 2022 was "honesty." Honesty with one's self. Honesty can hit in many forms. From the music you listen to in public, to how you spend your New Years Eve.
Where does "honesty" fit in? Some people like to party, decorate, have lots of people over, cook, etc. I'm just more quiet, and admitting that can be hard. It’s not meant to crash someone else’s preferences of how they like to spend the evening. But if mutual admiration for different styles can be found, then that is ideal.
For me, I prefer to be under water, turning around in the current as the big wave passes overhead. Once the wave hits the shore, I emerge, having felt its pull from underwater, playing with the rushing energy from underneath.
Once the wave crashes on land, the emerging happens. Call it emerging like a mermaid, where her tail turns to legs, and she's ready to leave the sea to walk on shore, exploring curiosities for the next creation to fulfill a purpose. Put on fresh silver glitter for the next day. I don't watch the countdown shows; I don't call people; I don't text as many people as I can type in 3 minutes until the next day.
The day is spent prepping: recycling filmy plastics, paying bills, paying invoices, declaring income goals for the new year; digging into paint; spreading new rubber cement; buying and playing with new watercolor markers.
Vision Boarding Turned Chapter Book
My neighbor and I (and our daughters) spent the evening vision boarding. When I used to have an office on Main Street in my town, one of the last events I had was a Vision Boarding Day for the community. Anyone could come in and cut up my magazine collection, use glitter, beads, etc.
My old bar/desk is in my living room now, so we gathered round and got to cutting. Each person was in their process. Talking to each other, but in our own plans. My plan evolved from a single board to a thick, lined journal. I'd wanted plain paper, but all the store had was lined. I figured I'd like the effect and could take notes.
This happened. The single board evolved into a vision journal for the year. Open for anyone to read. A friend wanted to see the results, so I made her a video. You can watch it here. My neighbor and I have discussed meeting up once a month to revisit the journal boards with new clippings/discoveries.
Highlights
Reading the highlights/intentions/resolutions in the video may be difficult. Therefore, here they are:
Sketching
Sketch anything. Just let your hand go and play with those art supplies.Boarding
Keep vision boarding throughout the year.Newspaper Homework Time + Clipping
I love reading the paper! But I need to save some of the articles for visual stimulation of new articles.Scheduling The Work
I run 3 companies. Need to finally commit to mini-schedules to show up at each of them, and not be consumed by one.Pictures: Album Assigning + Printing
Assign the pictures of my family to albums and print them all.Play With My Kids
Sit and play with my kids more. Just sit there and do nothing or play their game or sit while they color or play Fortnite.Phoenix Rising: Buy a Building
I once rented an office. But I want to own the building.Stay Strong + Fit
Ever since my Pelvic Prolapse diagnosis, I have been so thankful that I started running every day and doing Pilates once per week to save my body. The extra benefits have been unexpected and amazing.Accept
Practice accepting things and feelings into my life. People give, now it needs to be absorbed.Sunday Magazining
For years I said I'd carve time on Sundays to only read magazines and not go on social.$7,000/month Income
This is what the bank wants if I am to buy a building. Therefore, this is what the bank shall have.Maybe the Book: Children’s Book
Have a couple ideas for a children's book - one with a friend. Go deeper and explore it.Plantings/Cuttings/Succulents
Get more live plants in the home. Before kids, I had live plants. After kids, they were too much to take care of and water. I need them back.
Watch the video of this vision board/journal here.
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