It's "All Positive January" Monday Morning/Weekly Check-In Post
How Are YOU?
Yep, you heard me right. This is Jon’s idea, so we’ll see how it goes.
In an effort to turn this ship around and set us sailing (ugh, what is it with me and the maritime metaphors) into joyful waters, we are going to practice being only positive about everything for the month of January.
You can probably hear me laughing from where you sit. I mean, I already had to correct myself in this post, and it is only January 1st.
We are going to walk the fine line between being honest and falling into snark, criticism, and negativity that we two Superior Aquarians can be prone to. So, there will be no bypassing of any bullshit, but there will be zero (okay, maybe minimal) complaining.
I already want to complain about this choice, but I won’t. It will be fun, so much fun, giving Jon shit when he forgets and puts on his curmudgeon costume. Maybe we should have a jar on our kitchen table, like a swear jar, but call it a “negativity jar”. Every time one of us fucks up, in goes a dollar. We’ll probably be able to finance the expense of our move, especially if we also include every single thought we have as well.
The rat(s)? has now chewed through our power cord to our Roku twice which we found out, of course, after completely snuggled in on the couch and ready to watch. Thankfully Jon is excellent at fixing everything, ten minutes of stripping and fusing and we were back watching. Let me say, I am happy this happened during normal negative December because I am not sure how I would have kept myself from yelling at the rat.
The rats are winning. This seems like a metaphor for these last few weeks of Pluto in Capricorn.
We are also getting serious about clearing out and letting go of our belongings. As I look around me, much of it came with us to California twenty years ago, and most of it will not be returning to Chicago (IF, that’s what happens, and I am still saying “if” ‘cause it’s only January 1st, and many surprises can happen in three months.)
If you have not read my thing about surprises and the powerful magic contained within the act of opening up to them, you can do so here. Whether into the woo of it or not, it’s for everyone. Just imagine I said it all instead of a faerie, and you’ll be good.
Yesterday I shredded twenty years’ worth of documents and bank statements and check registers and other stuff just hanging out in my office drawers. Excellent New Year’s Eve clearing spell. I found the original lease from our apartment in Chicago, and I decided to keep it, May 1st, 2003 was when we moved in. We moved into this house in Ojai on May 1st, 2009, and one of our favorite places ever in Guerneville, CA on April 1st, 2005. If I am going to start somewhere new, I love to make it happen in the spring.
I’m planning on scheduling a January group session along with some classes for February (tarot) and March (channeling) this week. You can check my website for details here in a few days. Also, I am writing this on the day Mercury goes direct, (YAY!) so please forgive me if something here shifts. All last week, anytime I tried to schedule anything I got the “just wait” prompt in my gut.
A little bit of Substack housekeeping: I have heard from a couple of you that you emailed me directly from this newsletter. I did not receive those emails, which is why I did not respond. I had turned off the option for emails which made me think it would not be offered to you. Apparently, I was wrong about that. I have now enabled it, so I will now receive your emails. You can also always leave me comments here on my articles. I read them all and often reply.
How are you today on this first day of 2024? Please drop me a comment below and let me know.
I love your positive January plan and the idea of the jar to put money in when you go outside of that! :) I bet it will be fun in your house this month as I love snark and laughs and all that.
I am so sorry about the rat winning. I was hoping it would be gone by now. Your dogs sound like mine and my cats too. Just letting the critters do what they want. :)
I have been quiet lately, while I hate to delve into negativity but my migraines have been out of control since right before xmas. I have no idea what is up but I haven't had them like this in forever and ever. The meds aren't getting rid of them and I am honestly miserable. I am hoping I am coming out of them though.
Lots of things I want to get started this year and I am just putting off things as I can't function well yet. But I did go through some clothes and am getting rid of a lot of stuff and also found a place to donate where they recycle them as well so I feel good about that.
Thinking a lot about my life and life in general and my journey.
Thanks for sharing your stories!
Love you and Jon and the furbabies!
I found this post to be VERY funny! Thank you for that. I feel like I am living in a lucid dream. It's only 7 pm and I announced to Michael and grand dog, I'm going to bed. Clean crisp sheets, ahhhh. Today we went to our annual new year's day event, the hypnotic, trance enducing Pueblo winter corn dance. 2 hours sitting in the 30 degree cloudy day, witnessing 150 or so men women and children scantily dressed dancers, drummers and a " choir" of elder men perform the ritual corn dance. The viewers wrapped in bright patterned blankets on the peripheral of the dirt " square ". Sitting in front of their very humble mud houses, all generations of the non dancing family that live inside, witnessing the ceremonial dance with emotionless expressions. The dancers with stoic faces holding pine boughs, bare chested men and boys with fox hides hanging from their bright colored cloth belts, feathers atop their heads with below waist long hair continual chanting chanting, no breaks. Women with black sleeveless smocks adorned with very bright colored belts...green headresses adorned with feathers. Evevery one with calf high deer skin moccasins of all colors. Today we left , very exhausted with cold yet in a trance like dreamy state. No sense of time, is it 1824 or 2024, were we there 10 hours or 2? Very surreal. I'm in bed now still hearing the drumming and chanting, peacefully floating in a timeless space. I like your intention of positivity. Thank you for that. Love to you.