{"id":210,"date":"2006-01-07T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2006-01-07T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php\/2006\/01\/07\/last_full_day\/"},"modified":"2006-01-07T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2006-01-07T19:11:08","slug":"last_full_day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Last Full Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Updated 28\/1\/06]<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, it’s my last full day down here at Anglesea. <\/p>\n

It’s 11:30am and it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day. There’s
\nnot a green cloud in the sky and the breeze is just a breath.<\/p>\n

I always get sad when it’s close to the end of a holiday down here. I’ve
\nbeen having my summer holiday down here for so long I don’t know if it is
\nto do with leaving this place or if its just the end of the holiday and time
\nto get back to work. I suspect it is a bit of both. I will miss going for
\nmy walk each morning. The sound of the ocean and the different personalities
\nit takes on each day. Noticing whether the tide is in or out. Is it going
\nto be a fine day or overcast.<\/p>\n

I notice the weather when I’m in Melbourne but not as intensely. Down here,
\nI become much more attuned to the natural world. I am sure if I worked harder
\nat it I would become much more attunded. But as it is, it is much more present
\nin my daily life.<\/p>\n

One of my goals over the last few years has been to spend the whole of January
\ndown here. I made it a specific goal for this year but it didn’t happen. We
\nstayed in a cheaper house last year and we thought we could afford to hire
\nit for four weeks instead of two. But the further we got through last year
\nthe more definite Judy was that she didn’t like that house. In the end it
\nwas available anyway so it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless I am determined to do it some day. My plan is to spend the first
\ntwo weeks just having a holiday and the second two weeks focussing my intent
\nin my work for the coming year.<\/p>\n

I have been reading
\nPresence<\/em><\/a>\"\"
\n[see my review here<\/a>]
\nduring this holiday. Pretty well a chapter each day. It has been powerful
\nreading. This book records a conversation between Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski,
\nC. Otto Scharmer and Betty Sue Flowers. From the back cover:<\/p>\n

At this turbulent juncture in human history, a whole new set of
\nsocial innovations promises to shift humanity away from its destructive path
\ntowards a brighter planetary civilization. Presencing and its U process is
\none of the most profound. It provides all who want to change the world not
\nonly with profound hope, but with a systematice and effective way to birth
\na sustainable planetary society. Nicanor Perlas, Recipient of the 2003
\nAlternative Nobel Prize and the UN Environmental Program Global Award.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It has led me to focus on what I want the intent<\/em> of my work to be.
\nI feel like I have got closer to this intent each year down here over the
\nlast few years. I can remembr walking along next to the cliffs down from Roadknight
\nbeach in deep contemplation. I really feel like another two weeks down here
\nright now would allow me to get closer still to this elusive part of me.<\/p>\n

Maybe be next year. Who knows what this year will bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Updated 28\/1\/06] Well, it’s my last full day down here at Anglesea. It’s 11:30am and it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day. There’s not a green cloud in the sky and the breeze is just a breath. I always get sad when it’s close to the end of a holiday down here. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}