I just want to know, How are you recording while climbing?

•Eternally grateful for HEATED RUNNING water. Almost on a daily basis. I’ve had periods of my life without plumbing and had to haul bucket of water from the creek ,or I’ve had to boil multiple giant pots to get warm water to wash my hair or even dishes. Things don’t get as clean with cold water. I am thankful for the convenience of plumbing. •Grateful for different ways to keep in contact with friends. Letters, text, messaging, email. I live in a low populated area and it’s so nice to be able to text or call my friends. •Land to plant trees with my own hands, nurture them and watch them grow tall and sturdy. - Kind People willing to share their knowledge and guidance. Where would we all be if we had to depend on ourselves for self awareness growth or learning new skills? - My children. Parenting is ridiculously hard. Children make terrible roommates. Most days the benefits don’t outweigh the work and chaos….but I have been forced to grow so much because of them. I have learned so much about myself and humans because of my kids. I want to be, and strive to be a better person and guide for them. And, I have a built in posse wherever I go.

I totally agree with what you say about wanting something so badly and gripping it so tightly that we are radiating loss, projecting lack , forcing and not allowing ourselves to receive….but how do we get rid of that “want” , the letting go of control and trusting and switch to receiving mode? I can pretend and suppress with the best of them but the want and feeling of lack is still under the surface.

Thank you for sharing this with us and asking. I admire you for expressing this. Reaching out when I am struggling is something I have a hard time with so thanks for being a good example. I don’t know all the details of what you re going through so I am going to say some stuff and you can comment on whatever resonates with you or nothing at all. -I want your goal not to be “More happy” or “ More energetic” but to fully accept and appreciate who you are right now…even the darker parts or perceived not-so-desirable parts. These parts teach us (even if it’s what we don’t want), they have protected us in various ways… we can accept them, thank them and move on to grow. Growth might not happen fast. It’s easier to change and tweak ourselves once we have taken these shadow parts captive to accept, dissect, unravel and alchemize it. It’s a lot of work and you need to go deep through the layers. Let me know if you’d like an example of what I do and my train of thought when I do this. -What do you mean by happy? More sociable? Better outlook on life? More positive? More Happy and Energized = Are you waking up at a consistent time, exercising your body and feeding yourself properly? What is keeping you unhappy? Ask why, and why again, and again. -Can you be more specific and itemize what you are not feeling good enough with/ for, in your art practice and relationships? -Who are you not feeling good enough for? Isn’t it their problem if you aren’t good enough for them? Or you can allow and trust someone to communicate it if they thought you needed to work on a part of you that needed to grow (the not good enough part).

@Brendan OCallaghan For sure! If you ever need someone to do reflective work with , let me know! Reach out. I’m not just saying empty to sound nice 🩷

Do you have a reliable site or link where we can find out what our personality type is?