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Wander Wednesday — What Parts Of Unplanned Do You Like?

That’s Marmalade the cat. In her own wander I suppose. She’s an indoor cat looking rather regal on the outdoor back fence.

What parts of unplanned do you like?

Wander so often connotes a bit of unplanned. Meander. Not so rigid. Not so time-enforced.

As before, I’m inviting practice — be it for five or fifty minutes today — and, reflection. Give the prompt your attention. Let insight come. Let associations surprise you. Sit with them. Or walk with them.

Here’s my reflection to today’s Wander Wednesday prompt:

Let’s be clear, I like a plan. For the clarity. For the purpose. But, for me, it’s also true that I like not having a plan. I like having spontaneous choice. I like feeling a bit less rigidly prioritized. Or, I suppose reprioritized to lift up what is moving now, not just what was planned. On the weekend, Dana and I walked for breakfast (a place about a mile away). I love the leisure of that. I loved waking up Monday (bonus day, Labor Day) to Dana’s proposal — “what say we walk to breakfast?” I like feeling moved by the spontaneous. I like the spontaneous to be a deliberate part of the operating system. I like feeling that ideas show up, easily, to fill the void. I love celebrating the proposal from the void.

You?

Interested in more Wander? I run several lightly structured online Circle formats to lift and encourage Wander.

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