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For those in the know, it’s New Years – project me day 485

Posted by jodene April 30, 2011 No Comments »

I don’t know where the morning has gone and there is so much to prepare for tonight’s festivities with my very special and open minded friends.
A part of ‘project me’ is proving to myself and the world that goals might not be as important as purpose and so there were no resolutions set at the beginning of the year. Instead, I took what I would have made as resolutions and understood why I wanted to do them. Some have fallen away … like going to gym! Others have blossomed … like sharing the pagan festivities with my friends and my readers.

It’s one thing to tell the story of the origin of times like Yule (Christmas) and Samhain (Halloween) when the whole world is celebrating it, but it’s another thing to explain it from where I’m standing.

That would be the Southern Hemisphere! Most of the traditions of Celtic paganism (my great love) made their influence across the world because of the Northern Hemisphere season changes and all pagan festivities are based on honouring mother earth and her season.

Now that that’s out the way … Tonight is officially the start of winter down here in the South. Winter was celebrated by a festival called Samhain where they honoured everything of the earth that was dying. The leaves are brown, the earth falls cold and still … you get the pictures. And so it became the honouring of ‘the dead’. Because death is the end, it has to be followed by a new beginning and so it would be fitting to be the Pagan New Year.

A very long story short … but when formalised religion came along they took the dead a little too far and introduced spooky things like ghosts and made pagans into witches instead of wise crones (women) and it all went south from there … excuse the pun.

There are many things in this world that fascinate me, but knowing the oldest beliefs and traditions of time is one of my greatest loves. I am, what you would call, a modern day witch. I didn’t do that … the world did that! I just follow the oldest beliefs of time and believe in the power of my womanly ways … do some research and you will see that I’m witchy by nature just because of what I do, think and say.

How far I have come in living my truth and being proud of my beliefs has come shining through. Tonight I have two new friends join us for the celebrations. It’s people who haven’t known me for very long and all of a sudden I feel as though I have nothing to hide.
My brother is carving the pumpkin … because he’s a wizz at that and there will be pics tomorrow.
I’m blogging about it without a care in the world and before I would have gone back to check just how many Twitter followers I might have lost along the way.

I think that’s a fine way to start a new year! So if you are in the know or not, from my and my witchy ways I wish you a happy Southern hemisphere new year and a warmth in your heart that guides you through the winter

With courage, consciousness & a sense of humour

Well wasn’t that a royal kiss? – project me day 484

Posted by jodene April 29, 2011 2 Comments »

I have to admit that I did miss the actual moment of kissing because I was in a meeting. I did try to catch glimpses over the shoulders of a few peeps in the coffee shop, but sadly the meeting won the toss up of where I most wanted to be today.

I did catch a glimpse of Kate and Will on the balcony and between the hopeless romantic libran in me and the modern day chick who teaches about sex … I was hoping for something a little more racy. They should be a young, spunky couple. Couldn’t there have been a little snog or an inappropriate dip of dearest Kate?

I love princesses. I honestly believe that I was a princess (or a queen) in a charming past life and I therefore I love princess things. When I was a little girl and I watched Princess Diana getting married, I think I thought it was the prettiest day of my life.

Princess just is … I don’t believe they can be groomed or molded. Princesses are born. When I was a little girl, my favourite story was that of The Princess and the pea. It’s a story about a queen who searches for a princess for her son and she puts a pea underneath dozens and dozens of mattresses and then she invites fair maidens to sleep on the bed. Very long and beautiful story short is that one maiden (they are always servants of some kind in fairytales) slept on the bed and wasn’t part of the queens plan at all, but she woke up after a terrible night’s sleep because there was something very uncomfortable in the bed. Yes … she was the princess because she felt the pea through all those mattresses. I haven’t read that story for far too many years and I remember every detail. Sadly, I don’t see that princess in Kate, but that doesn’t take away from the fairytale wedding, the beautiful tea party surrounded by crazy wedding watchers and a fine display of English eats. I hope the fairytale girl in me hasn’t been tarnished by all the frogs I’ve kissed.
Thank you to Christoper for a loverly affair

This time around it will be memories made by me and when people mention the day Kate and William got married and the very disappointing kiss, I will remember these things:

Today was the first day that I officially launched my involvement with Ucit social buying. What a way to get involved … giving away an Apple ipad 2!
Social networking is my passion and all started because of this precious blog that I share with the world every day of my conscious, fun and fulfilled life. ‘Project Me’ started as a journey of sharing how I lived every day absolutely goallessly, yet totally purposefully. Had I set goals, I would say that I was heading in the wrong direction because 484 days ago social networking wasn’t in my plan at all. Doing what I love best was though … and here it is!

I will also never forget this day as one where friendship proved to fall into my beliefs of their endless possibility. I can’t thank Twinkletoes enough for seeing that, sometimes, when you are told you are loved, it is true. It’s a lasting friendship that can bear the scars of a massive explosion, potential sabotage and then a blatant conversation that speaks truth. We learned the power of communication today. We also learned that sorry really is the most valuable word when it’s true.
Somehow my kiss and make up will always outshine the balcony scene.

PS … Everyone in the photo is part of my Twitter family, so here’s a shout out to @ohgodknows, @mattcounihan, @helcopromotions, @samcowen and @trainerplat … it was a blast despite our hasty exit to go and do grown-up things like run a business on a day such as this

With courage, consciousness & a sense of humour

So you noticed, I’ve been keeping secrets – project me day 483

Posted by jodene April 28, 2011 4 Comments »

When I first watched Julie and Julia, one of the scenes that struck me most was when Julie and her hubby had a fight and he warned her not to blog about it. “That’s pretty impossible for a personal blogger,” was my initial reaction. Then why am I finding myself not blogging in absolute and open truth at the moment?

Okay, so the past few days have been wafty and distracting excuses for a blog, but when I was outed by my dearest friend Nikki who happens to be a personal blogger herself (The Lunatic Cafe), I had some truth to tell.

I have some truth to tell …

I don’t quite know where to start because I don’t quite know what is going on with anything and I think that’s why I’ve been so vague.

Obviously the biggest concern is that I’ve been hinting at falling apart friendships and to settle everyone’s minds, it’s not Greggie. It has a lot to do with him too though because everyone seems to throw us in the communal pot and it highly pisses me off. Do you know how many times Greg has been invited to events and I have been shocked that I wasnt and then when he gets there the persons asks where I am because they assumed that he knew the invite was for both of us. Um … no … we are not a couple! We are best friend! Huge difference people!

So … when the fight happens between Greg and Twinkletoes, my books got returned and I got kicked off the friendship list too.

I can’t explain what happens when I’m pissed off. It’s this silent processing and in that moment I am evaluating how I have been treated and what I did to be treated so unfairly. It’s pretty impossible to evaluate anything when I didn’t actually do anything. So I’m upset! I’m pissed off and I’m confused. I’m mostly confused because now he’s carrying on as if nothing happened.

Of course I didn’t want to talk about this on the blog … but then I would have to admit that I don’t have the ability or balls to be a personal blogger … and I do! And I am!

Men … she got me on that one too! I honestly don’t know what to say here either. A part of ‘project me’ is acknowledging that there is a natural part of myself that has flirt written all over it. I do know, however, that I have a different kind of flirt if I like someone and it’s pretty hard not to miss.
First it was Inked guy who was chatting to me nearly every day (for hours) … with sms’s of “have a beautiful day” and “sweet dream” and when dinner had been put off for the 5 or 6th time and I called to say “that’s it … let’s set a dinner date!”, I never heard from him again.
Wait there’s more … There’s the Prince who was so sweet and charming and making it very clear to everyone in the room that there was a ‘spark’ with “hello’s” here, there and everywhere on Skype and then all of a sudden … nothing! Well sort of nothing. Now I hear nothing more than his single life and his very vague hints at shagging other people.
No, you won’t believe it … there’s more! Mr Tweet (I have never, ever found a flirt on Twitter before) starts getting very chatty and finally says that Twitter isn’t the place. We hook up on Blackberry chat and Skype and messages are back and forth like a tennis final. He suggests on the Thursday that we meet on Saturday and when I ask for a time … I only hear from him again on Sunday! Like nothing happened! Then it goes back to “I hope to get to know you better” and … of crap … did you really have to ask about men?

I can’t really say much about work until I have settled a few things with the offers on the table, but that’s an acceptable secret I hope. It does seem that my career path is on it’s own mission and I’m slowly being guided to do what I love the most … blogging and social networking! Hold thumbs …. I really want this one.

Oh … and I haven’t posted pics of the new house because every person who offers to help hand up pictures and light fittings just doesn’t bother to materialise and I don’t want to show you until it’s all sorted … but I am frustrated with it all, that’s the truth.

I hope there are no secrets left un-spilled!

This hasn’t been easy, of course … but it has been true!

With courage, consciousness & a sense of humour