Dez's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

I was thinking the overalls would be an on duty requirement to give a sense of Starfleet 'on deck' unity to the crew of boots. If he ends up doing this and the overalls happen to be red, just make sure he is a fan of TNG and _not_ TOS...

POST 597 (DAY 607, Friday, 2022.04.08)
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…… grateful for vision and values.. there was a time when I didn’t know who I wanted to become.. plenty of times when I would feel guilty or ashamed of the way I was living my life though.. and perhaps this is a common way of being..
…… story time— an angel comes into my path and I don’t think much of it.. I’m stuck in a pattern of feeling unworthy of my good.. (my good: the abundant goodness ready for claim—my very claim.. you have your good also).. engulfed and slathered by the pile of distractions I’ve gladly chosen to carry with me.. evidence of which clutters my room but somehow it’s blinding my true vision and manifestations.. perhaps this is why I didn’t recognize the angel who happens to return to my life intentionally.. Long story short, this angel, over the course of the next 5 years would meet with me regularly under the guise of helping me get more from life—personal development.. his basic message being that there actually is more to living than clawing at distractions.. and rather, that there’s basking in the magnificence of worthiness and measurable forward progress.. the time it took to clarify, hone/sharpen, sit with, polish my vision and values was to become the best investment I ever make.. today, 4-5 years after having completed the 5 years of training with said angel, I find myself challenged on another level.. maintaining course in uncharted territory.. different kinds of distractions I could never have imagined..
……legend of Zelda was and still is my favorite video game.. it reminds me that we build the map of the world as we go, explore, do, and be.. and that each day we have another chance to refine the strategy for forward progress.. the vision is the map; the values the compass..
……went to town to pick up the skip books yesterday—congrats to paul on another book! Congrats to Mike on first book! (Or maybe not first?!)

POST 598 (DAY 608, Saturday, 2022.04.09)
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…… grateful for our benefactors..

…… yesterday was a milestone reached.. we have confirmed water flow at the abbey.. still there’s much to do because now we’ll need a pump house and a few other things to complete the system we have in mind..

POST 599 (DAY 609, Sunday, 2022.04.10)
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…… grateful for Cat-urdays.. yesterday I ran some errands in town.. it’s nice to be home ..

POST 600 (DAY 610, Monday, 2022.04.11)
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…… grateful for 600 posts.. wow.. 6 laps, and a few more to go.. it almost feels like 6 years in a way.. in terms of cycles at least.. I used to do 90 day cycles of reading or exercise regimen or dietary regimen.. the idea was to stick to something for 90 days at a time.. this is the boot regimen: it takes focus and discipline.. (for 100 days at a time? I haven’t determined a good number of days yet, but 100 is a nice round number).. there’s a resistance that comes with any kind of training.. whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional/spiritual.. and I suppose Bootcamp is a certain kind of muscle that’s being trained.. perhaps it’s the homesteading muscle .. :) this weekend was running boot errands and doing nest labor stuff.. and spending some time with self—haven’t done that in a while..

“..A promise kept [to one’s self] IS the reward because the act of following through helps a bedtime pillow to feel less lumpy..”

Nice work, Dez! Let me know if there's a book you want :)

POST 601 (DAY 611, Tuesday, 2022.04.12)
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…… grateful for the infrastructure.. a safe place to lay down at night.. the knowing that my life essence is being leveraged to further good things in the world.. even the highways that allow cities and resources and cultures to be connected.. there are folks who may say that the infrastructure is lacking, wherever they may be.. No one can deny that things can be better, in a given situation.. but even crying babies quiet down if they have their basics met.. food, water, shelter, warmth..