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Last Updated 2024-04-06
Cultivation:
- Finding refuge in Maggasekha with Bhante Jayasara and community, meditating at 6-7 PT weekdays, quite enjoyable to see the mind formulate reality and perception in the early hours…
Connection:
- Joined the Service Guild with Tasshin Folgleman and Mary Bajorek, finding lovely connection here
- Meeting regularly with the Sunday Crew, the Sounding Board
- Hanging out with Rickshaw peeps
- Lots of time spent on Warpcast hosting /spirituality and /christin's cleaning crew
Creativity:
- Hosting the BeavChris and BArt-Head Show (bcbhshow.com) a video podcast about the Farcaster middle class
- Working on a new Secret Project
Constitution:
- Running outside on weekdays for ~1 hour with Yuhong
Currency:
- Buried in tax filing tasks
- Seeking a new growth strat role at a biotech while cultivating chaplaincy online
- Decluttering and selling things to live a lightweight, minimalist lifestyle
Last Updated 2024-02-14
Cultivation:
- Enrolled in Peter McEwen's tummo meditation class, excited to learn this new method and view
- Enrolled in the Path of Fearlessness with Diana Clark and Tanya Wiser at Insight Meditation Center
- Finding refuge in Maggasekha with Bhante Jayasara and community
Connection:
- Joined the Service Guild with Tasshin Folgleman and Mary Bajorek, finding lovely connection here
- Meeting regularly with the Sunday Crew, the Sounding Board
- Coworking with Lyssa and Maymie occasionally
- Hanging out with Rickshaw peeps
- Spending mornings with Flow Club
- Lots of time spent on Warpcast hosting /spirituality and /christin's cleaning crew
Creativity:
- Refreshing website to reflect the past few years of culminating work
- Practicing stand-up comedy about spirituality at local open mics
Constitution:
- Tactical strength and conditioning at FullGrip Barbell 🏋🏻♀️
Currency:
- Seeking a new growth strat role at a biotech while cultivating chaplaincy online
- Decluttering and selling things to live a lightweight, minimalist lifestyle
2021-09-07
Cultivation:
- Hosting IMC neighborhood Zoom meditation group ~2-monthly.
- Supporting Alliance for Bhikkhunis as treasurer and board member.
- Using Insight Timer to track daily meditations. Sittings are becoming more enjoyable with time and less of a chore.
Connection:
- Building the Rickshaw community and lore.
Creativity:
- Write of Passage Cohort 7
- Weekly podcast/streaming with George and Seng Yip - Evening Drama
- Weekly fiction writing practice with mixed results, haha!
Constitution:
- Tactical strength and conditioning at FullGrip Barbell 🏋🏻♀️
- Noom to track food intake and learn better eating habits - cheesey but actually seems to work!
- Practicing Wim Hof method - cold showers, breathing techniques.
Currency:
- Co-founded honeyritual tea 🍵
- Part-time consulting for biotech companies
- Still using Lunch Money, a delightful budgeting app.
2021-02-15
Cultivation:
- Taking IMC's Deep Diversity program
- Hosting IMC neighborhood Zoom meditation group monthly.
- Continuing to support Alliance for Bhikkhunis as treasurer.
- Beginning to learn more about Qigong within the buddhist framework to refine practice of anapanasati.
Connection:
- Weekly zooms and Among Us games with friends. Occasional outdoor dining when allowed and hiking while social distanced and masked.
- Oh! I got an Oculus Quest 2. Now I can hang out with friends in virtual reality 🥽. So far we have tried using Real VR Fishing, which is a good low-key game that's easy to learn.
Creativity:
- Weekly podcast/streaming with George and Seng Yip - Evening Drama
- Weekly fiction writing practice with mixed results, haha!
- Building the Rickshaw community and lore. Transplanting Meaningful Conversations project to here.
Constitution:
- Weightlifting at FullGrip Barbell 🏋🏻♀️
- Got a mini-stepper to use while browsing the internet 🚶🏻♀️to increase cardio
- Another round of RP diet - small cut - see
2021 Habit Tweaks
Currency:
- Co-founded honeyritual tea 🍵
- Still using Lunch Money, a delightful budgeting app.
2020-05-16
Cultivation:
- Continuing with IMC's Eightfold Path program, by Zoom.
- Hosting IMC neighborhood Zoom meditation group, 2-weekly.
- Continuing to support Alliance for Bhikkhunis as co-treasurer.
Connection:
- COVID-19 New World continues. Washing hands furiously with Jewel's song stuck in my head.
Creativity:
- Thrilled to have finally figured out how to update my website with a decent web developer environment setup. Continuing to tweak and share "sticking this on the fridge" level thoughts.
- Learning to play The Shape of Things to Come as heard on Battlestar Galactica, on the piano.
- Building the Rickshaw community and lore. Transplanting Meaningful Conversations project to here.
Constitution:
- Keeping it simple with daily PE with Joe.
Currency:
- Excited about a new career opportunity and learning all I can!
- Still using Lunch Money, a delightful budgeting app.