Day 21 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 3 - Cultivating Awareness

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Lesson 21: Check In WEEK 3 - Cultivating Awareness

Today is to reflect back on the previous week and note down my discoveries and how I related to the experience without any attachment. Everything inbetween the problem and the solution.

I found the exercise about imagining yourself shedding a layer of yourself before you go to bed to be a really good exercise. I feel like this is a good tool to let go of your worries of the day and relax before you go to sleep. I haven't been practising it for some reason. I think I just easily fall asleep that I don't think about doing this extra step to have an even more peaceful sleep.

A lot of this week was focused on clothing. Simply connecting with clothes and seeing if they bring you joy and/or if you still use them and managing how you release them. I can say that I'm finding myself less attached to my belongings. I feel like I will wear what is practical without any thought behind it. I don't feel like my clothes make me as a person. I am finding that the reason I am having less attachment, is because I don't want to be another consumerist and want the minimalist lifestyle. I think about the impact the clothing industry has on the environment, so that makes my decision to care less about my clothing easier day to day, and in turn care less about my attachment to those belongings. Because I'm so focused on self care and awareness, trivial things like clothing, doesn't really matter to me anymore. So to me, I think that I'm growing in my own way.

Day 21 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - March of Days

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Lesson 21: The march of days we use...

“Lesson 21: The march of days we use in this lifetime is not a useful way of measure your life. More happens in the moment of watching a blade of grass blow in the wind, or in the noticing the soft warmth of another’s body, than in countless months of schedules, work, progress.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today is a day to notice something that may be beautiful or profound. I had a very productive day today, brunch with friends, went to the markets to get vegetables, went to see Star Wars in 3D, chores, food prep for the week and then went for a drive with a friend to see the sun set at a beach I'd never actually been before. It was a nice day with a lot of activity and I didn't feel tired at all. I think that's the essence of life, being able to live and enjoy every moment, even when doing simple things.

The sunset was beautiful for me. Having a nice drink, bit of a chat with my mate James and just appreciating the city we live in. We went for a walk along a pier and then the foreshore of the beach, not with any goal but just to explore. It's those simple moments that I tend to appreciate more. No thinking and just doing. I've included some of my pictures below. It didn't even bother me that people were standing in the way. If anything, it gave a sense of coming together to appreciate what the universe has on display for us.