2010 anticipations

in 2010, i am looking forward to the following things already set in motion:

• meditating for 30 minutes every day and blogging about it (new blog up at http://zafureport.wordpress.com/). i've meditated for about 4 years. probably the longest i have done it daily has been 3 weeks. something interrupts. i get out of the habit. then i get back into, but sometimes it's taken a couple of weeks. it's so beneficial that i'm not allowing myself any excuses except being physically unable to sit. 
• i'll also be working with a meditation coach for the first time, peg syverson.
• continuing my practice of yoga, assisting my yoga teacher, working with other teachers occasionally, classes and home practice. working toward balance and strength, spine and pelvis. 
• continuing my bodywork partnerships with patrice and nina.
• moving towards a promotion at work, succeeding my most capable manager, who is retiring in december 2010. learning from a mentor who is already a manager. being ready for a smooth transition no matter who gets the job. understanding my workplace and its people and processes more deeply. moving a year closer to a good retirement in 2013.
• co-leading the monthly Peripheral Walking meetup with katie raver.
• helping lead Austin NLP. getting speakers lined up and ready, increasing attendance, strengthening the NLP community and reaching out to others who can benefit.
• taking advanced NLP courses with keith fail. authentic public speaking and NLP strategies are on the horizon. 
• assisting tom and bobbi best at NLP practitioner training and hanging out with new students and fellow assistants
• being part of flint sparks' Hakomi and Internal Family Systems consultation group
• taking a course on the Diamond Sutra with flint
• hopefully doing a seminar with stephen gilligan in march
• customizing my diet to work with my body even more
• helping my daughter get through nursing school by child-sitting my granddaughter when needed, and loving these precious people however i can

i want to sell my house for a big fat profit and buy a more modern, lower maintenance dwelling! i want to be able to buy it outright or have a small mortgage. i want to sell my house to someone who will love its character and remodel it rather than tear it down and build anew. i want the buyer to be someone who will be a good neighbor to bruce.

i can use some helpful advice about getting it ready to put on the market without outlaying too much money. it's definitely a fixer-upper and has been the whole 9 years i've lived here. i've loved it anyway...having discovered that i have no affinity for fixer-upping. i'd rather work outdoors, on gardening and landscaping, rather than using power tools, which i'm awkward at. it's time to move on.

i want to buy a place that has modern amenities like a garage, central heat and air, and a dishwasher. i want the structure and HVAC/plumbing/wiring to be in good shape. i want it to have at least 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. i want it to be fairly close in but in a quieter neighborhood. good friends nearby. a sunny spot for gardening. close to nature. a bikeable area. excellent reliable appliances. a good vibe.

and i don't know yet what form it will take--duplex, condo, townhouse, single-family house. i probably won't even look until selling my house is imminent.

may the selling of this house and buying of my next place and moving out and in go smoothly. may i find the right buyer.  may i find the right new home. may i sell and buy at the right price. and may i only have to move once!

who knows what else this year may bring? a lot of delightful surprises, synchronicities, new friends, deeper ties with old friends, bigger love. and of course there will be losses. as one of the teachers at love yoga coop yesterday said, you're at the yoga party, and there's dancing and there's also grief.

blessings on me, you, and the whole world, this first day of 2010!