Remabulous

taking the next leap

some of you may have noted the little widget i have in the side column of the site to hugh macleod's wonderful cartoons: gaping void. while up in wine country with friends this weekend, i noted that i thought i had about 48 hours to enjoy my departure from my job before i began to panic about money and where it's going to come from next. when i got home last night and was catching up on reading, i was delighted to find that the cartoon that was up at the time was a perfect mirror of my current state:

brilliant! i seem to vacillate between the three of these, but i am determined to make the freelance and entrepreneur's life work for me this time. armed with the belief that this is the way my life needs to go, my current bible (How to Run Your Business like a Girl, by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin) and the bible of my life (Creating a Life Worth Living, by Carol Lloyd) as well as the awareness of this month's featured site, Kiva, i am certain that this time i will get my own business off the ground.

Off on an Adventure

so i am off on an adventure for the night to go and enjoy wine country up north of l.a. with some friends. i finish my job today and was delighted to receive such a fun invitation. i have not left l.a. since january and am ecstatic for a little breather. will return monday with stories and photographs. although, perhaps, not of a landscape like the one above, which is in south africa- still, north of l.a. feels every bit as exotic for me today.

have a wonderful weekend.

image: the amazing victor geere via flickr. please take the time to look at his work via the link on his name.

loss for words and a lost post

I was digging through my old posts and found one that never got put up. It is a bit more suited to tax season, but as I am about to dive into a Jean Chatzky book and possibly one by Suze Orzman as well, I thought I might as well post it after all...

so- here we go from the lost remabulous archives of april 2007:

the power of saying no.

i have been learning to set limits lately. not an easy lesson for anyone, and i feel the limitations i have about how strenuously i can put up my boundaries. so, here are my thoughts on telling people, and parts of my life as well, to talk to the hand.

image: greefus groinks via flickr. (possibly my favorite flickr name ever)

on rebounding and a friday night in

with all of this leaping, there are bound to be a few scrapes and bumps along the way. it's been that sort of week: full of both opportunity and falling down. in reading chellie campbell's book, zero to zillionaire, i was struck by her stories of million- and billionaires who had declared bankruptcy multiple times as well as the fact that babe ruth hit both a record number of home runs and struck out at a record level as well.

her message: if you want to succeed at a record level, you have to be prepared to fail even more times than you win. it is a painful, but necessary lesson to learn in the realm of putting myself out there. i am feeling the results as i recoup from the week.

leaping without looking

i have this little card posted above my dish rack in the kitchen. it is from sark's lovely deck of juicy living cards for inspiration. i must say the message much be sinking in since i seem to be doing a lot more leaping than looking lately. and i think i like this approach much better, even if i get a few bruises along the way.

image: remabulous via flickr

trapeze lessons

one of the best mornings out i ever had was a flying trapeze class i took with my roommate at the time, suzanne.  even though there was a net and i was wearing a harness, unlike the brave one in the picture, i think i learned more about trusting life in that class than i have anywhere else.

image: mark setchell via flickr

oh, the lust i feel for a blank book

lillie and i have been at it again. or rather, i should say, lillie has again hit me with a brilliant and fantabulous site. she really has a knack for sniffing these things out. my latest object of lust is a perfect blank book. and even though i have an obsession with such things anyway, ever since i read barbara sher's refuse to choose, i feel totally justified in getting another.

read on to find out why you need a gorgeous little beauty from five and a half, too.

miranda july: check her out

like i said: check her out. i found her trolling for goodies with my assistant during the last few minutes of work. we seem to have an almost strange ability to find the same blogs, books and goodies as well as select the same pinkberry arrangement. this was our key find for yesterday...

miranda july's site.

the best book promotion site i have ever seen (but i am a sucker for tech meets homemade)

if you love sophie calle and wish she lived a bit closer, you may have found your lady...

Inspiration Thirst

One of my favorite methods of divination I learned from my friend Ali in San Francisco. When you need a little perk, flip through The Gift, By Hafiz ( I like the translation by Daniel Ladinsky) until you find a page that makes you stop. Read the poem on the page and apply it to your day.

Here is the one I picked for today as I am dragging in to start my week. Thought I would share:

Seventeen:

Where is the Door to the Tavern?

Where is the door to God?

In the sound of a barking dog,

In the ring of a hammer,

In a drop of rain,

In the face of

Everyone

I see.

Have a good week! ( yes, i know it is tuesday, but as i am still at the gallery, tuesday is my monday so i'll just have to wish you a good week when you are already on your way into it.)