The Hit List – Mind Full

Right now.

Full Mind.

Mind Full.

My arthritis is at bay so I can write without pain.

I am writing this blog post.

The phone says it’s 35º outside.

Text messages are streaming in. I’m trying not to get distracted.

Because I want to be fully present when I write.

But sometimes texts and emails and cats need to be answered.

I’m sitting up straight and my breathing is great. The steam is wafting out of my tea.

I pop a piece of chocolate in my mouth. Ghiradelli Toffee Interlude.

Stop, adjust my sitting. Posture is perfect.

Breath deep and relaxed. Eyes focused on the screen.

My eye itches. Allergies? Or just an itch?

Back to writing.

Cat returns and looks at my lap. It’s hard to type with a cat in the lap but it’s going to have to happen.

Reminders pop up on my screen. Things I need to do. Better make a note. Back to writing.

Let me get this done.

It’s not going to take that long.

But it will take longer if I keep getting distracted.

Present moment stuff is hard when you’re mind full instead of mindful. The brain works and then gets sidelined by thoughts, disruptions, other people, shiny objects. I try my best to be fully present in everything that I do but I don’t always succeed.

But I try.

Lord knows I try.

Okay – back to the task at hand.

The eyes have it.

Other stuff:

In Los Angeles? Join me and photographer Danielle Cohen for Through a Tarot Lens – a full day of tarot + photography. Next weekend! WOOT!

Just got my brows waxed at Lolo Aesthetics. If you need a good esthetician and you’re in the Milwaukee area, this is where you want to go.

Some people have all the luck – or the right formula. Interesting post on lottery hackers.

Good read: I thought my bully deserved an awful life. But then he had one.

It Took Heather Graham Years To Make A Movie About Women Ditching Toxic Men. The Reason? Men.

A Korean scrub mistress spills her secrets.

How Dapper Dan, Harlem’s Tailor, Mainstreamed “Ghetto Couture”

Love this: An interview with The Shape of Water’s Doug Jones on Playing Costumed Monsters and His Persistent On-Set Challenge: Pooping.

Great new post over at Little Red Tarot from Luke Dani Blue: Mars & Venus do drag: The astrology of gender roles.

Shaheen Miro asks: what does your hungry ghost need to say?

Do people really send this crap? 17 Text Messages That’ll Make You Cringe So Hard You Won’t Be Able To Stand It. UGH.

I think I need to try this: The Healing Power of Rage-Cleaning.

If people don’t like her, why don’t they leave her the eff alone instead of hammering her? Kim Kardashian Is Sick of Fans Criticizing Her Instagram.

Aliza Kelly delivers this helpful post over at Allure: How to Read Tarot Cards: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Their Meanings.

Conscious Money: The Double Returns of Impact Investing.

From Jezmina Von Thiele: A Tarot Reading Can Be the Therapy Session You Never Knew You Needed.

SO curious about Madame Pamita’s tarot book. This review convinced me to get it.

I Love Drama, and I’m No Longer Afraid to Admit It.

Cool: This Embroidery Artist Uses Thread Instead Of Paint To Create Amazing Landscape Scenes.

Only a few seats remain for Pens and Cards, a tarot and writing retreat with Sarah Selecky and yours truly. Get yours before they are gone!

This is happening: Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot: Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True.

On my list: Queen Up! Reclaim Your Crown When Life Knocks You Down: Unleash the Power of Your Inner Tarot Queen.

The Tarot Coloring Book is in its second printing! Woohoo! Did you get your copy yet?

I want to check this out: Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want.

 

What I’m Grateful For:

Longer days

The melt of chocolate on my tongue

A gift certificate for a long overdue massage

Aestheticians

Moments to myself

Those rare moments where I am hyper-focused and totally present

 

Soundtrack for 3/3/18:

Live in the Moment by Portugal The Man <-this is the song that inspired this post.

Blessings,
Theresa

Images from stock photography and personal collection

© Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady 2018

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