28 Minutes to Change

Last week I was listening to a webinar about using a 28 minute meditation mp3 to change the way I think about success. That is, I will become successful if I use the meditation every day for at least 28 days. I downloaded the mp3 and have been using it every night when I go to bed for a week.

I hadn't thought about it before. On Friday I was shovelling snow, as you know, and while doing it my mind was turning over an idea I have had for a while. This is for setting up a business. I have been reluctant to start before because I had the usual thoughts going round my head. I'm not good enough, I can't do it, It won't work etc etc.

On Friday I decoded I COULD do this, and I WOULD do this. I went indoors, thought a bit more, then told hubby what I was going to do. He wanted to know where this had all come from, as I had never told him about my idea before. He was surprised I was so certain about the idea, and questioned me about it. What did I know about it? How would I do it? What about marketing? Costs? Niche?

Well, I hadn't thought about all those questions - I was just so confident about doing it, and still am. So I have some good questions to answer and integrate into my idea. That is what I will be doing for the next week alongside all the normal daily chores and listening to hubby's ideas for a citizen journalist site he wants to start.

Here we go again!

The front path was covered with 10 inches of snow this morning. Not as much as we had thought - enough to take 5 trips with the snow shovel to clear it and the post box. I had not realised how hard snow clearing can be with a snow shovel. The banks of snow either side of the path and along the road are at least 5 feet high, so to throw each shovel-full up and over takes a lot of muscle strength. Hence the separate times of shoveling. I had to sit down, have a drink and recover. I didn't need a coat on as I got very hot exerting my muscles.

The temperature had risen while it snowed last night, up to 22F. Now the sky is clear again the nighttime temperature is dropping quite rapidly to 4F. It was nice to have a sunny day though, as we can leave the wood stove to go out about 10am and let the solar heat in through the south facing windows. This keeps the main room and kitchen warm until the sun diappears behind the barn at 3:45. So we light the fire about 3 or so and keep the warmth going.

I have decided to set up a website for my coaching business, so am in the process of making notes about what I would like to have on it. I've been searching for examples of other sites to get some ideas of what I might want to put on the site. I've come across some nice and some not so nice ones and will be looking over them tomorrow. After a time my eyes find it hard to focus on the computer screen!