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June 15, 2010

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I needed a time out! I’m staying with my parents for a time, letting them get to know their grandchildren. What a blessing for them to know each other, and what a blessing for me to be able to travel out of state to visit my parents. Travel has gotten difficult and expensive. I have not been on a plane for four years, and the last time I checked, you didn’t have to pay extra at the airport to have bags checked. Now on Alaska Airlines it’s $15 per checked bag, each way. I wanted to come home two days early, but changing travel dates is now harder than getting into the dentist on short notice.

I listened to Janet and Chris Attwood give a very long presentation today. They have a new program called the Passionate Life Secrets. To kick it off, they hosted “9 hours straight of passion, purpose and prosperity” streaming live online. I only heard about an hour in bits and pieces over the day. Here is the invitation to their new program, and it is not an affiliate link. The passion test is a way to define what your life purpose could be based on your talents, skills and passions. Once you learn how to bring these three aspects together for the purpose of bringing value to other people, you’ll be able to monetize your passions, they say. Can you imagine saying to yourself giddily, “I would do this for free and they actually pay me to do it!” I’m in no way affiliated with these programs, I’m just bringing this info to you as an fyi.

I did get to rent Alice in Wonderland during my trip. I have a new favorite phrase: “Lost my muchness, have I?” And I have a new favorite day, “Framptious Day.” I have not been paying attention to Alice in Wonderland all these years and had completely forgotten the storyline. So I see the similarity…I think I’m on a quest to find my muchness, too.

I have been contemplating some more on a favorite theme of mine. Now I wonder if a study has already been done to find the correlation between a person’s tendency to treat themselves badly with drugs or overeating or undereating and their sense of self worth. I’d perchance a guess of 98% correlation between having a low sense of self worth and a high rate of self mistreatment. I’m wondering about this because I’m wondering about choosing a new line of study. If, for instance, I study nutrition, I’d only be able to reach the supposed small percentage of people who would be able to listen and change eating habits without being hampered by their inherently low self worth/esteem. If, on the other hand, I study a psychological or therapy line of thinking, I’d only be able to help the people who are actually reaching out to therapists for help. If  I become a performance artist, I could reach random people, whether they knew they were looking for help or not. Hmmm.

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4 comments

  1. Angie says:

    June 17, 2010 at 1:42 pm (UTC -7 )

    Hi Jessica,

    What a coincidental time that I’ve stumbled upon your blog… I’m a new employee of a gutter business and I’m charged with creating their website content, AND I live in WA. I found you thru “your mind should have rain gutters” post, and would love to add a link to that post to our blog page. I want our site to be a worthwhile visit not only for the services we can provide, but to give our customers little gems of wisdom, like your post. We are finding our muchness for sure, and are certainly excited to see it come to fruition.

    I just had 2 teenage cousins visit, and their mom asked me to talk to them about eating & nutrition; I didn’t want to preach, but to lead by example- and its hard! There is definitely a lot of psychology tied to eating (or not eating)… Maybe you could put two together and study the psychology of eating?? :)

  2. Jessica says:

    June 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm (UTC -7 )

    Angie, thanks for stopping by to leave a comment. Funny how a little Google search can bring like minded individuals together virtually. I agree, living and leading by example is a whole lot harder than just telling everyone else what to do! :wink:

  3. Kathy says:

    June 22, 2010 at 6:31 am (UTC -7 )

    Are you still in Washington, or are you home now? It certainly is expensive to travel, especially if you go with more than one family member. Kiah and I saw Alice in Wonderland in Florida last winter and loved it muchly! We must be aware when our muchness is being lost…and seek ways to re-gain it!

  4. BBG Communications says:

    June 24, 2010 at 3:38 pm (UTC -7 )

    Thanks for the info. You have done a good job communicating your message. Keep up the great job.

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