{"id":161,"date":"2010-02-22T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:58:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:58:38","slug":"vqc-33-vision-quest-retreat-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"VQC #33: Vision Quest Retreat Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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working on the Vision Quest Chronicle<\/p><\/div>\n

On 6.29.09 I wrote\u2026<\/p>\n

I have run away from home to focus on my Vision\u2026 so for about the next 7 days I will be chronicling my self imposed Vision Quest Retreat.\u00a0 My agenda? 1) follow my instincts,\u00a0 2) work on the curriculum for the upcoming Vision Quest Retreats<\/em><\/strong> being launched in the next year,<\/em><\/strong> 3) finish writing the story of how I came to be living my Vision for the book, 4) be in the moment, enjoy, chill, and record it all on this blog, twitter, and in my private travel journal.<\/p>\n

Today is day 6 of my adventure and I feel the need for a quick inventory on the above agenda items. Re:<\/p>\n

1) Following my instincts-Doing pretty good w\/ this when I stay in the moment. On this trip this consists of being true to myself & doing the next right thing i.e. resting, eating\u00a0& exercising when I should.<\/p>\n

2) Working on the curriculum for the upcoming Vision Quest Retreats<\/em><\/strong>-paying attention to the elements on my own personal Vision Quest Retreat that are helping me to get quiet & clarify and gain inspiration for my own Vision. Yoga, unstructured alone time, a place away from \u201cwork\u201d, the right atmosphere, all\u00a0musts.\u00a0 Have not actually written out curriculum, but plan to do a\u00a0draft before I go.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

3) Finish writing the story of how I came to be living my Vision for the book-no movement on this except in my mind and minimal at that<\/p>\n

4) Being in the moment, enjoying &\u00a0chilling- not doing badly but\u2026finding it a real challenge to be completely present at all times and not flying off into my head to daydream, plan & envision future.\u00a0 Not sure it is possible to stay in present at all times\u2026my yoga practice is a big help\u2026did have a consciously slowed down morning and that helps too. Enjoying and Chilling\u2026doing really well at that! Perhaps my forte (Of course being on an island retreat in a fabulous villa makes all of the above easier to achieve). Surprised to observe that even here I can be in a rush to get to the next adventure, thing or accomplishment.\u00a0 More slowing down to do\u2026am going to practice this more today & pay attention to the results.<\/p>\n

5) Recording it all on\u00a0blog, twitter, &\u00a0private travel journal-Doing as well as I can.\u00a0 As always it is a challenge to record it all.\u00a0 As much as I am writing there is still so much more\u2026hard to write & live it all in a 24 hr period! Sometimes feels like a table with jewels & other treasures spilling all over the place and I am struggling to catch and hold it all.\u00a0 Have to find a balance\u2026maybe not possible\u2026no matter. Can always just revel and enjoy the transient nature of life and all the experiences we have on the planet.<\/p>\n

I will report results on all the above in an upcoming post. As always would love an update from you on the state of living your Vision. Please drop me a line <\/a>when you can.<\/p>\n

(first posted 7.2.09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 6.29.09 I wrote\u2026 I have run away from home to focus on my Vision\u2026 so for about the next 7 days I will be chronicling my self imposed Vision Quest Retreat.\u00a0 My agenda? 1) follow my instincts,\u00a0 2) work … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}