It’s a Theme

A focus is a little bit like a theme, I think. When you have a good theme for a project, or a story, or a party, it becomes so much easier to plan. You know what fits in and what doesn’t. It’s much easier to filter through your options and make decisions. Ideas seem to come more readily, and everything tends to fall more easily into place. At least, that’s my experience.

When you don’t have a theme, or one central basic idea, it’s way too easy to  become confused, to get lost in the details, to over think and over do. Not that you wouldn’t ever over think and over do, and get lost in the details even with a theme.

• So, what’s your theme for this day? this week? this year?
• How do you even know what the theme is?

My current theme is shirleytwofeathers.com… everything I think about, everything I plan for, everything I do revolves around the website. It’s a big project, a very ambitious scheme, and I am deeply enmeshed in it. To the point of obsession.  I have, however, had different themes over the years.

• Playing The Sims Every Waking Moment … that was a fun one.
• My Life is Hopeless… not nearly as much fun as the Sim Game.
• Scrambling for Survival… been there done that, not great fun, but very exciting.
• Self Improvement… all about making me into a better me.
• Home Improvement DIY… short lived because it exceeded my skill set.

There are a lot more of them. But enough about me. What about you? What’s your current theme? Maybe you’d like to change it into something more interesting, maybe you’d like to narrow the parameters? or widen them?

Here are some ideas I thought might be interesting:

• Having Fun Every Day
• Get It Together Or Die Trying
• Stillpoint
• Deep Connection With The Earth Herself
• Paying Debts
• Healthy Living
• Eating Well
• Growing A Savings Account

Whatever your theme is, take a look around, and begin to discard whatever doesn’t fit in with it. For example, if your theme is to “Get Healthy” or “Eat Well” get rid of all the junk food… if the theme is to connect deeply with the Earth Mother, go outside… a lot. Turn off your phone, the television, the computer… If you want to develop a theme of having fun every day, start to eliminate the not fun stuff and adding in the fun stuff.

Dress the part, decorate your home appropriately, focus all of you love and attention on that one idea. Immerse yourself in it. Live it, breathe it, do it.