HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm really looking forward to this year!  I have affirmed that the greatest, most spectacular changes are coming to me.  I feel myself working towards them & that delights me.  My dreams are coming true! And as Henry David Thoreau said,

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Last night, I got off work at 7pm, met up with some friends for an hour, then did Bikram yoga for 90 minutes at Yogagroove.
...I crossed the midnight threshold while doing Breath of Fire, well - maybe it was actually "Rabbit." They say what you are doing at 12:01 on New Year's Day...you'll be doing all year long.  I'm okay with that!

 Yoga has brought me great comfort in the past year; I have learned more about who I am, what capabilities and limitations my body (and mind) have, more of what self-care looks like, and a glimpse of what's called Commitment.  I have not mastered any of these, but as with anything...it's the progress, the journey that makes it worthy - not that infamous destination.

Today, I prepare for my upcoming travels...for me, 2011 is the year of adventure and going places!

Monday I head for Mexico. No, there are no plans to get murdered, abducted, or otherwise violated.  I'm not going to that area - besides, that stuff can happen anywhere.

  I am going to spend the week in 

 safe, beautiful Sayulita. 

Maybe you'll get to see some of my own pics of the beach!  I'll be 10 hours south of Texas and enjoying the 80 degree weather with my toes in the sand  ;)

Much LOVE to you - I hope you find all your dreams this year...it's going to be the BEST year yet!!!  

You hold a very special place in my heart - thank you for being in my life.

*harmonious hugs*

~Keli

Minimizing...a preferred change

Today's update comes to you from the cool, beautiful, glowing-under-the-full-moon, city of Austin...

on the bus headed downtown for yoga

Today - I celebrate my dreads...6 months.
I don't think they are minimizing, but I've committed to them for 365 days.  My hair was much simpler to deal with prior to it's dreadiness, but I like them still the same!

Today -  I celebrate educational opportunities.
I'm taking action to go back to school and complete my degree.  Maybe even a Masters =)  The University I have chosen is known for minimization...sustainable community, vegetarian diet, one class per month, meditation twice a day, sobriety and health.
My kind of place, for sure!!!

Today - I celebrate Project 333.  It is showing me that my outer appearance doesn't always reflect my inner self.  And my clothes certainly have nothing to do with who I really am - they are only one representation of me.  It's been a challenge not to reach for something else in my closet, especially when half of my clothes are dirty, and when what I have on doesn't go together - but I have overcome :-)

well...I have 'cheated' some. 

During the 3-day Austin City Limits Music Festival I worked in the Medical Area.

Those make for very long 12-hour days and it was pretty hot this year.  I wore shorts.  Mind you, there are no shorts on my list, but I made the decision that comfort was a priority if I was to stay in a compassionate, helpful state-of-mind.

ACL 2009

I think I mentioned that I was going to a clothes swap...

This is what I went with: 

And here is what I came home with:

So I gave away about a half bag of items and got a lot of very cool stuff to wear next year ~ Thanks girls :-D

Second, I left my sandals somewhere for over a week (oops!) and with it being in the 90's in October - I had to put on a pair of flip-flops or I was going to die from schweatty-foot, a diagnosis common to those living in hot, humid environments.  OH! and one more thing ;) I switched my multicolored flats for a pair of plain black mary-janes, as the other ones just weren't working out.  Otherwise, my personal adventures in Project 333 are great.  I look forward to experiencing more.

Today - I celebrate creativity and family.

I made this Halloween ensemble for my minimal little family in Kerrville.

 I sewed this purse myself while at a Stitch Lab class - my first zipper.

  Maybe it will help me to help minimize how much I carry around!

Today - I celebrate Life and Love. There is nothing minimal about them.

ENJOY your life and find compassion in your heart.

Nature's Treasures!  I love this place...