Toddling Through New Territory

Welcome to my search for a life I love, and the surprising discoveries I’m making as I sort through what I want, what I “should” want, and the powerful motivation to please everybody.

For a number of years, I’ve been working with exercises created by Barbara Sher: Most notably, imagining and writing out your ideal day. Thanks to Barbara’s work, I am free of what could have been years in a career I didn’t care about. But I still have great difficulty laying out what my ideal day would be. Even in imagination.

Last year, I also began studying the Alexander Technique, originally as a way to address a nagging shoulder problem. To my surprise, this technique is a powerful way to expose harmful belief systems just as it exposes harmful physical habits. It’s helping me see some obstacles I didn’t know were there.

As I’m writing this entry, I’m enjoying freedom from stubborn, obstructive beliefs, but I’m not sure how to proceed without them. So I’ve started this blog to help me through this unexplored territory, and maybe even get where I really want to go.

I hope you enjoy the ride.