Plenty of Time

I was at Cafe Gratitude yesterday with Sarah and Paresh, and I picked up this un-planner called plenty of time.

It’s sort of like a daily planner, except instead of dividing your days into time slots it divides every day into themes – creation, worth, love & acceptance, gratitude, generosity, abundance.  You plan out your day by putting whatever you’re doing into one of these slots, and jotting down the time or order next to it.  Or whatever.

At the bottom of every page, there is a question or suggestion like “What do you love about being extraordinary?” or “What inspires you to start your day off powerfully?”  (There’s a different one for every day.)

It’s sort of hippie dippie (sort of a lot hippie dippie) and kind of cheesy, and more than a little ridiculous.  Yet, using this planner has helped put me in an extremely good mood.  I’ve been fairly down these past few days, for various reasons.  I’ve focused so much on what I’ve lost and how much uncertainty there is in my life that it’s been almost overwhelming.  Yet, just the act of filling out this planner (sometimes I do it retroactively) has called my attention to all the good things I have.

Yesterday’s question was: “Where have you broken your word?” and my answer was “To accept no more sadism from those that I love.  It’s not who I am.”

Today’s question/suggestion was: “Say out loud three times ‘I am the love of (spirit word) in expression’.”  The spirit word I picked was “Fortune” so I said “I am the love of fortune in expression” three times.  I’m not sure I did it right, or if that sentence even made sense, but then again, can you really do something like that wrong?  I was definitely giggling by the end of it.

Tomorrow’s question is “When has a dream come true?” which I haven’t answered yet.

But!  Today a dream came true!  Just in time for me to answer it tomorrow!

Since I’ve moved here, I’ve had this crush on the guy who worked the front desk at my rock climbing gym.  It’s always sort of awkward to talk to him, and I feel super shy and all that stuff.  I’ve had this fantasy of somehow meeting him somewhere where I wouldn’t feel awkward about chatting more, but it never happens.  Then, I sort of berate myself for not having the courage to talk to him at the gym.  And besides, lately things had been feeling less friendly, and I’m canceling my gym membership anyway, so I figured I’d just put the whole thing behind me.

But then, I ran into him at the grocery store – which never happens!  We chatted about my losing my job, and how I needed to cancel my membership and stuff, and how it was a shame and whatever else.

The conversation was reaching it’s natural conclusion, and I was about to go, when I just turned to him and said “You know, as I’m never going to see you again anyway, I might as well tell you that I think you’re really cute.”

And he smiled.  And he gave me his number.  And we’re going to go for a walk on Wednesday.

Which is an event I will definitely mark down in my un-planner!

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