The long-awaited sequel to the Keys to the Kingdom, by Alison Armstrong, is here as a serial e-book and interactive experience. We’re all just giddy.
The Journey begins October 19th with the 2nd chapter – the first chapter is available now.
I am in Southern Maine for my high school reunion and while I’ve been back here since, I realize now I didn’t really drive myself around much when I was. This time, I have a rental car and I find myself driving through the enchanting town of Cape Elizabeth (near Portland) being very aware of my how my body feels.
There are certain turns in the road where my kinetic memory kicks in, developed learning to drive here and feeling like I owned these roads. In many ways, we did own these roads, in the way that teenagers claim their new found freedom and take ownership of it. We whipped up and down these narrow, tree-lined streets back and forth to school, to visit each others’ homes and just around from here to there (again, as teenagers do).
As I drive into these curves – fast – I notice something take over my body and unconsciously, I know how much gas to give it and what kind of subtle shift of the steering wheel to perfectly sail through the turn.
Yesterday, I turned into Cumberland Farms from Route 77, which has an incline up a hill, and experienced watching myself punch the gas and quickly turn to the right, effortlessly pulling into a parking spot. That I was watching myself means my autopilot had so fully taken over, I had the cognitive space to pull outside of myself and catch a glimpse of my 18 year old self. If just for a moment – it was a nice visit.
As an aside, as an older, wiser adult, I can say with all honesty and all humility, we really did drive too fast. No wonder most of us got speeding tickets.
I just sat down and designed a whole class series – Passion to Plan in 6 Weeks. I know I have a few classes stored deep within me, just waiting to come out and this was the first time I actually let it. We’ll be going through the specific steps of taking an idea and making it a reality.
* Creation – articulate our Vision statements
* Clarity – identify and determine Outcome for Vision statements
* Consistency – establish a Calendar system to get it done
* Copy – leverage Online Resources: examples tutorial and samples
* Commitment – make a Promise to ourselves to progress each day or week
Join me for the complimentary Introductory call on August 1st at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. Register here!
Just to say, I’m amazed, blown away, stupefied by the happy accidents and serendipity recently. From finding old sketches for a website from 2009 to snippets of writing and saved resources, I’ve had everything I’ve needed throughout the process of creating this website.
It occurs to me that in my allowing myself the freedom to float at times over the last few years, from project to project, thought to thought – only making sure I created, documented or captured it in some way. And, in my discoveries, I’ve also realized that I have tons of other half-cooked ideas and plans I’ve been storing up, it seems…
The insight for me here, is that it’s so important to wander, explore and play sometimes, and the “results” may not be definable for some time, and perhaps never. And that’s okay, too.
She may walk with intention, but if we’re in a receptive state of mind…
In an effort to “just go,” just build this website and not sweat the small stuff, I’m noticing a conflict. I’m visual, I like design and little nuances can bug me but if I attended to every last one, I’d be here for days.
And that’s not the point. The point is to get on with it and know that done is better than perfect, an iterative approach will allow the creation, in this case the website, to talk back and tell me what needs to happen.
So. I’m not getting caught up in the design & branding details right now. Big picture stuff, yes. Devilish details, no.