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Year-End Ritual in 10 Steps

Year-End Ritual in 10 Steps

by Elaine Shannon | Blog

10 steps to finish the calendar year with Presence, Purpose and set Priorities for the next year! I love it when a plan works…this annual review was something I started back in 2016 and has expanded over the years into the format I share in this post. I feel...

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Annual Planning week. Calendar and Picture review Annual Planning week. 
Calendar and Picture review day today!
Over the years I have added and subtracted things from my review week.
Today's review addition idea came from Tim Ferris. 
I added this one a few years ago and love his process for "Prioritizing" what gets moved forward into the next year. 
"Tim takes the time each NYE to go over the previous years calendar and rate how the things that filled his calendar either made him smile or brought him stress. He then uses this system to subtract the type of activities, events, or relationships that did not contribute to the kind of present or future he wants to experience."
This sample week back in April during the pandemic isolation had food, some beverages, exercising, bingo, friends and gardening. I am sure all of these will move forward to 2021. 
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Do you do an annual review? 
If so please share your techniques and tips for bookending the year.
#annualreview #reclaimtime #priorities #time #life #newyear #calendar #168hours #intention #planning  #howareyouusingyour168hoursthisweek
As we were walking to the beach this afternoon I w As we were walking to the beach this afternoon I was singing and dancing along Main St. 
Sing along with me....
I'VE GOT JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY DOWN IN MY HEART
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart (where?)
Down in my heart (where?)
Down in my heart
I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart (where?)
Down in my heart to stay
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#exploreNB #stmartins #coastalliving #eastcoasthooked #geographicmedicine #joy #beach #walkshot #nature #grounding #earthing #ocean #winter
xo elaine xo elaine
The beach, the sand, rocks, heart rocks and a new The beach, the sand, rocks, heart rocks and a new year....a new decade.
Looking forward to the magic
A message from Jan 1, 2020...this was a post from the first day of 2020.
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As this year winds to a close I am grateful for the gifts of this wild, weird and challenging time.
The words of my favourite "Grace" keep coming to mind. 
Thank you for the food before us, the friends and family beside us and the love between us. 
Amen!
My word for 2020 was Peace, I found peace and I also found Grace. 
#wordoftheyear #peace #grace #2020 #god #faith #pandemic #newyear
Enjoying the quiet of the morning before I start m Enjoying the quiet of the morning before I start my day. I am working at reclaiming time for me, filling up my own bucket. It's easier to serve from a full well. 
Molly is having her first nap of the day and I am  reading and reflecting on this most awesome junk journal that Eliza Fayle gifted to me. 
This mornings reading and the message on the page I opened spoke to me today.
#reclaimtime #junkjournal #theimpersonallife #mariannewilliamson #waynedyer #surrender #god #quietplace #morning #tendandmend
A full grateful heart ❤ I have always loved this A full grateful heart ❤
I have always loved this seaside village of St Martins.
The energy is amazing here.
When the kids were little I would bring them out to the miniature horse farm and we would explore the caves and the beaches looking for seaglass.
My parents have a seasonal lot at the trailer park here and we have been coming to visit them for many years. 
And...26 years ago Jamie proposed at the beach near the majestic caves.
This is a special place. 
Yesterday we moved our furniture into this beautiful coastal farmhouse in my favorite place.
I am overjoyed.
As I sit here looking out the window, watching the sun come up over the bay I am full of gratitude and love for everyone and everything that placed the breadcrumbs in just the right way to make this happen.
#gratitude #sunday #sunrise #exploreNB
#prayer #god #family #love #thirdact
#home #coastalfarmhouse
#bayoffundy
Since June I have spent one weekend a month with t Since June I have spent one weekend a month with the most amazing group of meditators working toward my Meditation Teacher Certificate.
I started my meditation practice almost a year ago and this felt like a great opportunity to deepen my practice.
After my presentation to the group today one of the participants shared this quote.
"Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us." ram dass
Seems a fitting quote for the last year. 
If you are interested in learning more about meditation please connect with me...I am excited to share this amazing tool for healing. 
#Meditation #mantra #mantrameditation #yoga #presence #lifelonglearning #joy #ramdass #quote
Room tone... In film we stop during each productio Room tone...
In film we stop during each production and  we record room tone.
Everyone is silent while the audio is recorded.
Spaces have their own unique room tone.
I am sitting here at the farmhouse working on my #meditation teacher training presentation.
It is so quiet here, peace filled and what came to me is, wow, this is the room tone of our new to us #coastalfarmhouse 
#farmhouse #coastal #vintage #roomtone #producer #film #audio #musings #joy #production #presence
Gratitude and Joy Yesterday @christelseeberger and Gratitude and Joy
Yesterday @christelseeberger and I spent the afternoon following a sculpture trail from Grand Bay-Westfield to the outer boundaries of East Saint John.
We stopped, we took pictures, we chatted about all the stuff of life, we sat on benches and enjoyed the breathtaking views.
It was a glorious afternoon to hang with a friend.
As always it got me thinking about life.
I am learning lots since the pandemic struck our world.
Nothing like quiet time and space to go inward.
Life is hard, it comes with challenges at every turn.
Yet with the right tools we can maneuver the challenges.
I was thinking about all of this yesterday as we discussed how the sculptors would have turned a block of stone into these amazing pieces of art. Having a vision, seeing the beauty inside the stone, using the tools at hand to bring the vision to life.
Art imitating life!!!!
#joy #stonesculpture #saintawesome #exploreNB #friend #nature #roadtrip #thirdact #musings #life #river #bayoffundy
#tools #mentalhealth
Joy...gardening is joyful for me. Grampy Campbell Joy...gardening is joyful for me.
Grampy Campbell had a green thumb and being the first grandchild I spent lots of time with my grandparents; in the garden helping Grampy work the land and in the kitchen with Nana pickling the Harvest.
I feel so blessed to have had these experiences and memories. 
The Cambridge Narrows was our second home and Nana and Gramps were like second parents to me.
I feel the love of nature and growing food has finally come to nest within me.
#nofilter 
#gardenlife 
#urbangarden 
#cucumber
#tomato
#stringbean
#garden
#joy
#presence
#nature
#reclaimtime
#giftsofthepandemic
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