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Monica
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- New York, NY
- United States
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- Relationship Status:
- Single
- About Me:
- Single, 37, graphic designer and fine artist. Going to Buenos Aires to an artists retreat for the month of September.
Things I love:
Movies and Popcorn
Living in New York City
My crazy family
The Beach on Saturday
Central Park
The Met
Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem
Learning
Speaking Spanish
After Effects
A cafe con leche in Spain
Antique Absinthe Posters
Music
Road Trips
Summer, Fall, & Spring
- Season:
- Season 1
- Starting Date:
- July 2, 2008
- Intentions & Goals:
- At the end of season one Monica:
• Dreams Bigger
• Found a great deal on airfare to Buenos Aires (it fell into her lap)
• Took a collage class at Art Students League (August)
• Sucessfully prepped for a body of collages/ drawings to work on in Buenos Aires
• Speaks Spanish fluently
• Payed off her Student Loans with money earned from selling her artwork
• 8 sessions with a therapist (never did therapy before)
• Set up a drop ship business online (obtained 3 suppliers)
• Met a highly compatible man who was available for a serious relationship
- Practices:
- Vision Board, Blogging, Creating intentions
- Personal Website:
- http://www.monica-smith.com
Monica's Blog
Day 34 | There is never enough time, unless you're serving it. ~ Malcolm Forbes
Still waiting on my miracle airfare deal to Argentina, but i may just have to bite the bullet and shell it out. Doing my therapy like i said i would, but will fore go the class at art students league, but will focus individually t… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2008 at 9:36pm —
Day 20 & 21
Hmmm..not too much going on. Busy days at work, heat wave going on. Thinking a lot about things on the subway to and from work. Heard a story about a shaman retrieving pieces of a persons soul. These parts of you go away and hide in their special places when traumatic things happen to a person. Sounds interesting.
Saw a movie: The Last Mistress. was about detrimental yet undeniable love between two people.
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 9:15pm —
Day 19 | Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. Herbert Henry Asquith
Today I was sitting on the fire escape watching a family out in the courtyard. The young mother was blowing bubbles and a little boy was running around the kiddy pool trying to catch them. And I thought, gosh I wish I were that little boy, purely enjoying the moment of chasing bubbles on a h… Continue
Posted on July 20, 2008 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment
Day 18
On the train ride home thought about how my father always pushed me to make something of my own, never to be happy just following. Example: When learning the piano, he encouraged me to write my own songs. He e… Continue
Posted on July 20, 2008 at 2:07am —
Day 17
Progress:
Did more research on the puppet tool in after effects. This will allow me to make animations on a LOW budget. No actors, no one I have to rely on. Every creative bit generates from me.
I had a second therap… Continue
Posted on July 18, 2008 at 10:04pm — 2 Comments
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Focusing on my artwork also helps me be positive. Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth and The Power of Now says that "All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness." It sounds like you reach that place. I do occasionally, and hope to reach it much more often. I think my work is better when I do.
Take care. Cindy
hmm.. No, i don't really have a practice that i follow in these times. I find the focus of working on my artwork helps me abstain from negative thoughts. I have also decided to try therapy (which my family does not believe in). And sometimes a shower with lavender oil and going to bed early with no tv really helps to calm my nerves, or whatever tension i feel in my solar plexus.
Many things converged at once, and i didn't even reveal half of them. I have been through similar dark times and somehow managed to come out alright. I know that better times are ahead, if i can just get through today and maintain my sense of self.
Thanks for the support!
m.
Yes, I can see that you have been through a lot in this past time but you truly have the heart of a lion. You are doing the right thing to continue seeking and to keep your eyes focused on the direction you want your life to go.
I think that at the core of using LOA work is to awaken our spiritual side and throught doing this, life's suffering takes on a whole new, more acceptable meaning. I practice Nicheren Buddhism on a daily basis and it has helped me deal with and move past abusive relationships, and to process unexpected death more peacefully.
Do you have some sort of practice that will help you to keep the faith in this trying time?
(((Monica))) You can do this. I have been there, where you are now but today I am REALLY happy.
m.
Welcome to the group!
You are among the best of company here.
Dawn
Have joy with creating more intentions and your travel to Buenos Aires.
Anne