Planewalker .:.:. Waveform Wizardry

The last two years, I have moved 7 times! It seems that a lot of my friends have been having a similar experience. With the way technology is changing things, it is possible to live a life like this, but it’s not fun. I had thought that it would be fun being so transient, but now I am ready to stay in the same place for awhile. I am sick of traveling. Although you get a lot of excellent experiences, there is a lot to be said for being rooted. You can grow faster with roots.

Everyone knows how maddening it is to move. And I’ve always been really bad about it, leaving stuff right until the last minute, thinking that it will be easy when it never is. This time it was no less difficult, but one thing two years of moving has done is taught me how to travel light, and how to get rid of things I no longer need. My living space is much more streamlined now. I’ve given away so much stuff! Still, I have a lot more boxes to go through. I’ve definitely learned that I don’t need that much stuff to be happy. In fact, I am a lot happier with the basics. No matter how much you get, there is a limit to how much you can actually use.

As I sit here at my new space, I am contemplating the fact that Portland is really home for me. I love the lush greenery everywhere. I love the bike-friendly environment. I love all the vegan restaurants. And people are so chill and laid back. I’ll be here for awhile I am sure. Mt. Tabor is right across the street, and it’s really the perfect place to be. I feel myself getting settled much faster than I normally do, working on the things that are important instead of wasting time on Facebook.

I’ve got a huge backlog of work to do in the next few days. One of the effects of moving all the time and not having roots is that it makes it much harder to work. I thought that having a laptop would allow me to work from anywhere, which technically it does, but I have also discovered that my state of mind and emotional health have to be in good shape to work anywhere and be happy. Many things have to be considered and dealt with in a delicate balance to create the right work-at-home environment. Cleanliness, organization, food preparation, errands and exercise must be properly maintained to remain in the optimum state of mind for work. When I am wasting a lot of time doing useless things on the computer, I now know that it’s generally and indication that I am not doing a good job taking care of myself.

But above all, perhaps the most important thing is to actually spend a little time with yourself every single day, meditating and giving your spirit a chance to unfold. The proper guidance is always available to us if we can just quiet our minds enough to hear it. The right path is always visible once we clear away the fog from our perception. Last night I took the time to do that, and it’s amazing how just a couple hours of focused meditation and ritual was able to instantly shift my whole modus operandi and allow me to get back to focusing on what really matters. It’s important to do it every day, because otherwise you risk getting distracted, lazy, or negative.

So amongst the other things I’ll be doing now, I realized how important it is to post to a blog every day, as if it were a daily journal I am sharing with the world. Some things are not meant to be shared with the world, but it’s important to keep a log of your journeys so you can go back and see them. Those daily insights can prove quite valuable to others, I have discovered. So here we go – let’s see how many calendar days I can fill with posts in March!

Filed under: Journal Entries
by planewalker