My First Passion Test

"Close your eyes and picture your ideal life. What are you doing, who are you with? Where are you? How do you feel? Now make your list and know that this is just your first list." (The Passion Test, Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood).

The hard part is separating goals from passions. Goals are things that can be achieved and passions are how you live your life. According to the book I am supposed to write down at least 10 things that would make my life ideal. When my life is ideal, I am _________________. I am not supposed to worry about the dreaded "hows," just that "what."
It's a little unnerving sharing this with all of you but this is what my blog is all about, so here goes!

When my life is ideal, I am...

1. Enjoying positive attention
2. Living in abundance
3. Inspiring others
4. Having lots of free time with Hubby
5. Going on adventures
6. Living in a house with an open concept and a fabulous kitchen with brick walls
7. Staying fit
8. Making a positive difference
9. Not working 8hrs a day, 5 days a week.
10. Having unique and fun experiences

I figured I would come up with at least 15 things that would make my life ideal. But making this list wasn't as easy as I thought it should be. It took about 40 minutes. When I read over my completed list, I was surprised to discover that I have already started creating my ideal life. Number 1,3 and 10 are the direct outcomes of this Path to Passion blog! Woah! I can't even explain the feeling that came over me. I was overwhelmed with feelings of enlightenment and joy. This is so cool!

The next step will be narrowing down my list and going deeper.

FYI - Here's my kitchen!

Aerial Silk!

   On the second floor of a marketplace in New West, it felt very "granola." There were craft and florist shops and a store dedicated to tea. I was early as usual. (I'm always early). I had to sign myself in and fill out a waver basically agreeing that the school is not responsible if I was to plummet to the floor causing a slow and painful death. Needless to say, that never happened. I decided to get a tea while I was waiting for the class to start, thinking, "I'm fitting in already!" When the class finally started, there were about 6 of us there except myself and one other girl were the only beginners. The other four showed off their skills on the silk and it looked fantastic! Two of them were even doing a choreographed routine together. The silk was woven around their extremities like art as they decended from ceiling to floor. I was too shy to ask them how long they had been taking the classes. They were all in excellent shape. Us beginners were pulled aside to do beginner moves like stand on the knot and bounce. Then, our hunky, gay instructor taught us a few more moves, including one where we went upside down. This move was a big hit. We couldn't stop giggling. (I  accidentally just wrote jiggling, which isn't totally false!) I was bringing out my inner child and thoroughly enjoying myself. It wasn't easy though! I was using muscles I didn't know I had! I found this out the next day of course. Trying to sit on the toilet the morning after was a chore to say the least.

This is the jiggle-giggle move I was talking about...

You can't really tell but I am off the ground. We stayed low and pretty safe for the first class. Hopefully next week we'll get a little risky! The class was 1 hour long and literally only felt like 20 minutes. I had a great time. I'm back next Thursday, and the Thursday after that. I'm already thinking about signing up for more!

New Experience: Check!
Laughs: Check!
Tubular Rad Awesomeness: Check!
Aerial Silk: Check!