Comments on: Plans are not about IF.

By: The Anti-Crisis Loop — Third Hand Works

The Anti-Crisis Loop — Third Hand Works — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:01:05 +0000

[...] same principle is at work here as going on a retreat: traveling to a different vantage point to regain [...]

By: A Month of Sucker Punches — Third Hand Works

A Month of Sucker Punches — Third Hand Works — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:17:07 +0000

[...] have good systems. My systems are so good they are drop-everything-and-go-to-a-retreat proof. But they are not common-cold proof. Nor sucker-punch proof. At least not when all three come [...]

By: Mytili

Mytili — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:01:21 +0000

Cairene–This post has been buzzing in my brain ever since I read it. Such a tonic for analysis-paralysis! Henceforth, I am keeping it in the basket with my oranges.

By: Wednesday Wiry Fankle – A Day Late but Never a Dollar Short » Comfort Queen

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:19:55 +0000

[...] THIS POST ARRIVES IN MY IN-BOX. [...]

By: Cairene

Cairene — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:34:32 +0000

@Sarah T.
Go. Just go. :)

@Jen
I am sneaking up sideways on the book. Help gladly taken.

@Cathy
Yay! you took the challenge and it worked!

@Liz
I love that quote! thank you for sharing it.

oxo Cairene

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:52:33 +0000

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”
–William Hutchinson Murray

By: cathy

cathy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:43:44 +0000

I get this. Yay!

You said:

The proper order of decision-making is this:
knowing what you want > choosing it (committing) > strategizing about how to make it happen

It’s not this:
knowing what you want > strategizing about how to make it happen > choosing it (committing)

I finally made a really big decision in the right order and feel so relaxed and energized!
.-= cathy´s last blog ..digging deep =-.

By: Jennifer Louden

Jennifer Louden — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:29:06 +0000

I am so boring as I always say the same thing on your blog:you are so amazingly brilliant. Are you writing a book? You need to write a book. I will help you write a book. You are amazing. I am broken record.

Your post also reminds me of when my dad died and I was crippled with grief and then a real nasty depression and I knew I had to go on retreat with a teacher- not on my own – and I was hemming and hawing about which retreat and then using miles and my (at the time) husband said, “For God’s sake, Jen, just go.”
.-= Jennifer Louden´s last blog ..Choose Your Life Mondays – the Depletion Edition =-.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:10:18 +0000

You are brilliant!

I get stuck in this exact way, and I love your framing.

I wish I had something more coherent or pithy to say, but I don’t. I hope your retreat is awesome!

By: Sarah Tieck

Sarah Tieck — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:19:04 +0000

Wow, Cairene. You make me want to make our tropical getaway (the one I’ve been hedging about for the very reasons you’ve described) happen!! And, the Jen Louden retreat later this month in Wisconsin … and so many other things I’m afraid to commit to on a heart level. Thanks for this and have a blast on your retreat!!!! Right words at the right time, I think!!