by Havi Brooks | Mar 25, 2015 | stuff I think about
I am two weeks into Operation True Yes, aka six month road trip, aka the first segment of Shmita, my sabbatical time of letting the fields lie fallow. So far it has been an intense training in everything that is not yes, and I have been following and untangling many...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 15, 2014 | my personal practice
This year is Shmita year, it is the sabbatical year in the seven year agricultural cycle when you let the land rest. More than rest. You let the land lie fallow. Lie fallow. That phrase used to feel desolate to me, almost a lonely sort of emptying, but now it feels...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 6, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write a Very Personal Ad (aka Vision-Possibility-Anticipation) to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. Sometimes wanting feels conflicted or just plain hard, and that’s okay. At the...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 31, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
Okay, just so you know. This is definitely one of those things that makes sense in my head, and possibly nowhere else. But it’s about play and destuckifying and the experimental approach, and so many other things we talk about here. Extrapolate and adjust, as...
