My Dream Status Report for this week:

PART ONE:

My dream is: I am calling it "my magical new life". It's traveling (a bit? or a lot?) in a camper or RV with my amazing cat Bear. It's exploring lino cut printmaking, for fabrics and paper prints, and any other art that inspires me. Feeling like "YES I AM IN THE PRIME OF MY LIFE" in a way that allows for LOADS of self care and staying far away from overwhelm.

I want it because: I just do? It's what inspires me and makes me feel happy. The parts of my life where I have this feel sooo gooood.

When I have it I will feel: More grounded and stable - like settled in my most magical life. Right now it feels like I am BUILDING my most magical life.

I wanted to start doing these by hand on the new printable sheets (these are free for everyone, not just membership members) and I am kind of ready... I printed it out but again this week I don't FEEL ready to make the change?

PART TWO:

Invite the soul of your dream in (using the Dream Lab practice) to help you with the rest of the prompts.

I'm not working with my "big dream" I am focused on one thing I want to work on this month, from this month's New Moon Call (which was amazing! If you weren't there, get the replay!)

I see my favourite beach. This is funny because I am going there today so obviously I have it on my mind. But it feels like... this is the path. Do the things that light you up. Feel amazed and in love with how beautiful the world is because this is a part of your dream.

PART THREE:

Last week’s focus was: Inner Work. Meditation + art + being with the places in me that want to hold me back.

What happened in the last week?

I had SO MUCH quality time with my obstacles this week, lol! But in a good way, I chose to do pages and pages in my dream book of facing the obstacles. I meant to do the The Obstacle Is The Way Through practice but didn't get to it - there was so much richness in facing things I haven't wanted to face, and looking at... what what DOES feel possible here?

Some of the things I have been doing these last several months are just got getting the results I want. And that's been really difficult, and I tended to that hard stuff this week.

AND I looked at... well what is it? Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to be more patient? Is this actually not possible for me?

And I pinpointed three ways that I am doing things that are counter to how "conventional wisdom" would say to do them.

And I know that if I did the opposite thing that I am doing, if I went more with "this is how people do this thing" then I would probably get the results I want easier..

AND...

I don't want to do those things.

Really sitting with it, it didn't feel like resistance or avoidance. It just felt like my truth.

So them I was like... well if this is my truth, and if I WAS doing these 3 things in the opposite way then I would be getting more of the results I want... how do I find a DIFFERENT way. ACKNOWLEDGE the three things I am "missing" in a sense and look at different ways to get them.

It was a lot of twisting perspectives, I spent a few days with this, and then I found some other ways. Ways that feel LIKE ME. And as I started to explore what it would look like to make a plan with these ways...

Well, I feel excited about what I am going to do next.

And I know more than anything, that being excited/having the energy to take steps, and TAKING STEPS moves you forward in a way that staying still and looking for the perfect steps to take does not.

So I'm happy to be taking steps. I have lots of things to try now.

What am I learning/How do I feel about this?

I feel relieved, because I had been avoiding those three things that I know I "should" be doing and now I don't have to avoid that, so that frees up that energy.

AND I am not blaming my past-self for avoiding the things she wasn't ready to face! That's ok! It's a journey and a process.

I am proud of me for being where I am.

What do I need now?

Last week's dream status report, and work with my dream self, brought me all this good information about BEING LESS OVERWHELMED and changing my setpoints for "how overwhelmed I let myself get"...

It's not always that simple, but I can look at ways to put boundaries up SOONER, rather than deplete myself completely.

With summer here, we're in our first heat wave, and the heat exhausts me, so this is a good time to practice moving my set points for overwhelm.

AND SO... today I am going to the beach. A L O N E

One of the things I was SO SAD about in my divorce in the fall is missing beach days with my ex. We both loved the beach so much and went all the time and I just loved being there with him and I worried that it would be sad to be there alone.

Well, there are no words to describe how much I am looking forward to being there alone today, lol! It feels magical. Here's to healing and moving on!

What does my dream need now?

The beach scene feels brighter and more important. It's like - ANDREA YOUR SELF CARE, YOUR LACK OF OVERWHELM, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS. YOUR JOY MATTERS.

It actually also feels like the seal of approval of my new plan - saying feel good, fill up on joy, and KEEP FILLING UP and use that as fuel to do all this stuff you're going to do over the next few months.

It also has the feeling of "brighter days ahead" and I'll take that!

Taking all of this into account, my focus for the next week is:

Feel good. Stay fuelled up and keep taking steps.

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