A Window into my Life Design and Plan via My Notebook

This is a window into my life design and plan via my personal notebook from 2023, a time of deep practice into bringing my life into a higher state of integrity and alignment.

Five goals to live by and practice (January 2023)

Mindfulness – Presence – Gratefulness – Celebration of life – Empathy

Single words describing what to embody

Universal love
Truth
Integrity
Service
Mindfulness
Compassion
Gratitude
Presence
Celebration of life
Peacefulness
Harmony
Liberation
Mental liberation/Master of mind
Completeness/Wholeness within
Transparency
Surrender
Simplicity
Connection to everything/Interconnectedness
Oneness

Experiment with

Walking
Silence
Non-sexuality/Bramyachari
Fasting
Compassionate Communication
Speech
No computer/offline time
Interdependence
Moneyless living
Self-observation/purification
Living in community

Truth Experiments

Seek truth through experience
Seek liberation of my mind
Seek the mastery of my mind
Seek to live in deep truth – to open my mind fully to society – to have no secrets or lies, nothing to hide
Seek to let my past become my past. To live in the full present and the future. Gradually to live only in the present. Publicly share all of my deepest past acts to liberate myself of them and exist in full transparency.
Seek to exist in a state of universal love – love – compassion – empathy
Seek to live in full service to humanity
Seek to fully surrender to life
Seek to take every action with mindfulness and from a state of presence
Seek to exist in a state of gratitude for everything in front of me at every moment and to celebrate life for myself and all.
To have nothing to protect
To have nothing that others can’t have.

Sleep in the streets among the homeless community until I see them as full humans, as brothers and sisters, as equals. To have no separation in my mind between a “homeless” person and a person living in a home. Theoretically I already believe this to be so, but until I feel it fully with my heart, without a shred of doubt, I will remain on the streets whether that takes days, weeks, months or years.

To give up all possessions and money as a means to embrace that I am fully dependent upon humanity. To overcome the delusion of separation. To overcome the delusion that we are different. I will not own a possession until I am confident in my heart and mind that I am a part of the whole of humanity. That I can look at any human and see myself in them. And thus, that I feel a resounding love and compassion for them and I experience no enemy image of them whatsoever. Another way of saying this is to exist in a state of universal love.

To own nothing, yet have everything I need.
Travel where I am most needed in service.
To not need anything.

Noncooperation
In parks – growing food, foraging, NVC practice, empathy for anyone, clothes making, clothes burning, simple living and sustainable living classes

What I need (written spring 2024)

This is a list of my basic needs.

Food
Water
Air
Toilet
Sleep/shelter
Warmth
Movement
Connection
Thought
Clothing
Message sharing
Love
Purpose
Meaning
Peace
To contribute to others
To be of service
Hygiene items

Possessions list in order of priority

This is a list of the possessions that I need in top order of importance. This was an exercise in moving forward into living more simply.

Pants
Shirt
Shoes (2)
Shorts (2)
Hat (2) (winter, sun)
Socks (2)
Shawl
Shirt (2)
Pot
Quart jar
Spoon
Bag
Toothbrush
toothpaste/jar
Floss
Blanket
Pillow
Towel
Ear plugs
Sleeping pad
Tent
Notebook/pencil
Cowl
NVC book
Tea strainer
Plate

What brings me the most joy (written early 2024)

Foraging
Fishing
Being in nature
Simple living
Growing food
Riding my bike
Swimming
Being physically active
Taking care of my body
Being healthy
Being well rested
Warm weather
Achieving enlightenment
Personal growth
Being recognized
Being successful at my mission
Quiet and peace
Eating delicious, nourishing food
Quality, stable relationships
Making new, exciting relationships
Marijuana
Being of service
Spending connective time with Black and indigenous people
Practicing NVC
Gratitude
Having freedom, autonomy
Having no schedule
Being caught up, able to work on what I feel drawn to that day

The Next Five Years

Walk the Pacific Coast Highway, my first long walk
Walk across the US
Do a Vipassana yearly
30-day Vipassana
Deep understanding of environmental justice
Visit/immerse in environmental justice community efforts
Visit/immerse in Indigenous food sovereignty work
Become Earth Monk – take vows
Write How to Live Sustainably book
Write my life story until now
Public gardening activism
Community Fruit Trees Micro-Nursery program
Read a book at least monthly – 60 books
Become Human Who Owns Nothing – remain for at least two months
Own no computer for two years
Month of living on the streets
Forage 100% of my food for a year
Make my outfit from seed/fiber to clothes
Silence – 30 days, 3 months, 1 year
Compassionate Communication experiments
Enter complete truth and transparency
Enter complete surrender to outcome
Heal all past relationships
Deep nature experiences
Travel to where people want me to be of service
Mental control over my food
Deepen my connection to Earth
Learn to sleep on my back
Overcome disturbing dreams and foster quality sleep
Sing
Write weekly articles
Speak
Videos?
Herbalism course
To live totally in love with Earth

Daily Activities to Live Wonderfully

This was my checklist that I made each week, to help guide me to live the life I desire.

(In parentheses is my goal of the number of days per week I’d do this.)

Share gratitude. (7)
Practice mindfulness (7)
Compassionate Communication (7)
Practice NVC (5)
Practice empathy – (5)
When I feel anxiety, stop (7)
Live in service (5)
Create content (3)
Read books (3)
Intermittent fast 6 p.m. – 10 a.m. (6)
Eat wholesome, nourishing foods (5)
-Garden greens
-No stuffing/over-snacking
-No dessert/sugar
Be hydrated (7)
Drink herbal tea (7)
Connect with Earth (7)
Movement/exercise (7)
Stretch (7)
Swim (4)
Sun/outside time (7)
Nap or meditate (7)
Morning start – belly roll (7)
Evening wind down (6)
In bed at 9, sleep at 10 (6)
Off computer 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. (7)
Off computer Sundays (Weekly)

Goal list (while at Cornucopia Cabin December 2023)

(In parentheses is my goal of the number of days per week I’d do this.)

Write 7+ hours (6)
Productive online time (7)
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Finish eating 6 p.m. (7)
Eat at 10 a.m. (7)
Eat wholesome, nourishing foods (6)
-No stuffing/overeating (7)
Be hydrated (7)
Drink herbal tea twice (7)
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Evening wind down (7)
In bed at 8:30 p.m. (7)
Sleeping at 9 p.m. (7)
Awake before sunrise (7)
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Silence (3)
Morning stretch/belly roll/tea (7)
Meditate in afternoon (5)

Connect with Earth (7)
Movement/exercise/bike/walk (7)
Swim (6)
Stretch (7)
Sun/outside time (7)
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Communicate compassionately (7)
Share gratitude (7)
Be mindful (7)
Practice NVC/empathy (7)
When I feel anxiety, pause (7)

Most Important to be Effectively in Service (written January 2023)

This was a list of lifestyle choices I was working on at the time to bring my life into a higher place of being and thus a higher place of service.

No sex or romance
Intermittent fasting, done eating at 6, light dinner
In bed at 9 p.m.
Mindfulness practices – gratitude
Practice NVC
Movement/outside time/swim
Off computer 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., plus Sundays
Move forward as Earth Monk
Heal my relationship with/break patterns with:
-Food
-Romance/sex
-Computer
-Anxiety, frustration, irritation, impatience

Reduce Anxiety (written January 2023)

No stimulants – chocolate, tea, mate, coffee, sugar
Earth’s green grass before 2 p.m., only 1 or 2 times per week
Wholesome content only – no movies/videos that overstimulate
Finish eating at 6 p.m., light dinner
Short meditations, mindfulness walks, tune into body
Naps
Read
Silence, times of no stimulation
Live in autonomy, minimize communications
Avoid stressful relationships

Living the change and living it out loud
Be the Change Activism

This was an exercise in exploring what I can do to be effectively of service through being the change I wish to see and sharing the message of my life.

I broke this down into 4 numbers, on a 1-10 scale : How much I want to do this, what my ease in doing this is, what the ease of doing this is while existing in non-ownership, and what the easy of doing this is while practicing impermanence. Where two numbers exist, that is a range, example “7-9” is a range of 7 to 9 out of 10.

Walking barefoot: 10/10/10/10

Wear natural clothes: 10/7-9/7/10

Ride bike: 10/8-10/7/10

Forage: 10/10/7-10/10

Grow food: 8-10/8-10/7-9/10

Eat non-industrial diet: 10/7/7-10/8-10

Live close to Earth: 10/8/7-10/10

Own minimal possessions: 9/8-10/10/10

Speak compassionately/empathy: 10/7/10/10

Walk mindfully, in peace: 10/7/10/10

Live with minimal money: 10/10/10/10

Earn below federal poverty threshold / No taxes: 10/10/10/10

Donate 100% of media income: 10/10/10/10

Live mindfully and presently: 10/7/10/10

Live in celebration of life: 9/7/10/10

Live in gratitude: 10/7-8/10/10

Spend time with Native and Black folks and communities: 9/7-8/10/10

Do Vipassana (mindfulness/silent retreats): 10/10/10/10

Major activism: 10/8/10/10

Media: 9/9/10/10

Video production: 8/7/9/9

Writing (articles, books, guest articles): 10/7-9/9/9

Public speaking: 9/7-9/10/10

Collaborate with celebrities, politicians, and social media influencers: 7-10/5/10/10

Highlight others – uplift others: 10/8-10/10/10

Live in tiny homes/alternative homes: 10/7-8/7-10/9-10

Deep nature immersions/solitude: 10/7/10/10

Silence: 10/7/10/10

One project at a time: 10/5/10/10

No sex or only one partner: 8/7/10/10

Psilocybin: 10/9/10/10