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88 lines
4.4 KiB
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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:
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- reading and discussing good books - theology, journals, and stories.
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- singing good music with friends.
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- continuing to improve my drawing skills.
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- 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:
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- Honest and open.
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- Stable and calm - while still bold.
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- Secure in knowing she is loved.
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- Intelligent and handy.
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- 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:
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- Independent of large (often evil) agencies
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- Facilitates technical growth
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- Works with local people as much as possible
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- Can involve children - so has a good amount of manual labor
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- Helps local people; works with local people; builds up local community
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- Stays in touch with biological processes and the laws of nature
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- Solves real problems, like lack of good healthy food
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# Vision
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- A Holistic and Holy World
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- Deep and living roots between plants, land, people, and God
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- People engaged in productive labor that they own
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# Mission
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- Build local community that unites work, faith, and family
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- Grow healthier food and ecosystems to prevent disease and increase quality of life
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- Form appropriate technology and systems at the service of the above
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# Goals & Actions
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These are manly rules - DIFFICULT BUT ACHIEVABLE!
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Do what God wants though - failure is not (mortal) sin!
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### Daily
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- Healthy lunch
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- Exercise and stretch
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- Talk with dad about one important thing in the morning
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- Talk with mom about one important thing in the morning
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- Talk with sis about one important thing in the evening
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- Do Examen (see below)
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- Set alarm for 10pm
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- Make bed and tidy room after waking
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### Few times a week
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- Play a sport
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### Weekly
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- Men's group
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- Set up one new social appointment
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- Offer two 1:1 meetings with old friends (events do not count)
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- Make a preflight checklist for the week, early Sunday morning
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### Monthly
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- 1 conference
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- 1 new skill/subject per month
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- 1 fiction book/month
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- Balance books
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- Plan an outing for friends
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- Facilitate two friends meeting one another
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### Other
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- Try to make one new connection at EVERY event
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- Take on projects that are just on the edge of my abilities
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- Build improvements for the shop
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- Read poetry rather than browsing the interwebs?
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### Drive Towards
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- A garden/farm plan (keep it portable)
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- A house plan (first, what are the needs?)
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- A more functional shop
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## Ignatian Examen
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1. Place yourself in God's presence. Give thanks for His love!
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2. Pray for the grace to understand God's action in your life.
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3. Review your day - recall specific moments and feelings.
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4. Reflect on what you did/said/thought. Did you draw to God?
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5. Look to tomorrow - how might you collaborate more effectively with God? (Write your do-list for tomorrow), and conclude with the "Our Father". |