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+# Your Life in the Future
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+I want to have friends that are virtuous or at least trying to lead a virtuous life; who consider the development of virtue and relationship with God to be of primal importance. I want to have friends who are a mix of productive and contemplative; who can think about and discuss things openly and honestly, while still being able to help me out in a bind, and whom I can learn from. These would be people who shape the material landscape with their brains and hands - farmers, writers, engineers, builders. I want these people to be personable, reliable, and tight-knit.
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+I want to have leisure that is:
+- reading and discussing good books - theology, journals, and stories.
+- singing good music with friends.
+- continuing to improve my drawing skills.
+- do things with my body - carpentry, field work, etc.
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+The environments that I do these in need to be conducive. E.G. - the shop needs to be more hospitable (water, maybe snacks, music)
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+I want friends who will challenge me and call me out. I want friends who I can challenge without being a complete upturning. I would like to have a social life which is not at odds with my productive life, and rather compliments it. I want to not have hard boundaries between productivity and pleasure, but at the same time, not have everything devolve into one or the other.
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+The ideal family life I have in mind is open and communicative.
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+I would like children to be involved (or at least able to) in the family enterprise. I would like my wife to have a role in that which she does not feel burdened by, but rather is an excellent use of her skills. I think that even secretarial work, involving money, could be too burdensome. I want to strike a balance: I would like to be able to invite my children to participate, not beg them to. I would like the enterprise to be scalable in that way.
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+I hope my partner is:
+- Honest and open.
+- Stable and calm - while still bold.
+- Secure in knowing she is loved.
+- Intelligent and handy.
+- Shares my values - but compliments my capabilities.
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+I hope to be able to involve my parents in my life - and her parents - and even take them in. I want to be close with them, with good boundaries.
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+I hope that my career is:
+- Independent of large (often evil) agencies
+- Facilitates technical growth
+- Works with local people as much as possible
+- Can involve children - so has a good amount of manual labor
+- Helps local people; works with local people; builds up local community
+- Stays in touch with biological processes and the laws of nature
+- Solves real problems, like lack of good healthy food
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+# Vision
+- A Holistic and Holy World
+- Deep and living roots between plants, land, people, and God
+- People engaged in productive labor that they own
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+# Mission
+- Build local community that unites work, faith, and family
+- Grow healthier food and ecosystems to prevent disease and increase quality of life
+- Form appropriate technology and systems at the service of the above
+# Goals & Actions
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+These are manly rules - DIFFICULT BUT ACHIEVABLE!
+Do what God wants though - failure is not (mortal) sin!
+### Daily
+- Healthy lunch
+- Exercise and stretch
+- Talk with dad about one important thing in the morning
+- Talk with mom about one important thing in the morning
+- Talk with sis about one important thing in the evening
+- Do Examen (see below)
+- Set alarm for 10pm
+- Make bed and tidy room after waking
+### Few times a week
+- Play a sport
+### Weekly
+- Men's group
+- Set up one new social appointment
+- Offer two 1:1 meetings with old friends (events do not count)
+- Make a preflight checklist for the week, early Sunday morning
+### Monthly
+- 1 conference
+- 1 new skill/subject per month
+- 1 fiction book/month
+- Balance books
+- Plan an outing for friends
+- Facilitate two friends meeting one another
+### Other
+- Try to make one new connection at EVERY event
+- Take on projects that are just on the edge of my abilities
+- Build improvements for the shop
+- Read poetry rather than browsing the interwebs?
+### Drive Towards
+- A garden/farm plan (keep it portable)
+- A house plan (first, what are the needs?)
+- A more functional shop
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+## Ignatian Examen
+1. Place yourself in God's presence. Give thanks for His love!
+2. Pray for the grace to understand God's action in your life.
+3. Review your day - recall specific moments and feelings.
+4. Reflect on what you did/said/thought. Did you draw to God?
+5. Look to tomorrow - how might you collaborate more effectively with God? (Write your do-list for tomorrow), and conclude with the "Our Father".