The Experiment

In a nutshell:  to make my life (and who I am in it) what I want it to be. 

I'm not complaining, mind you - I really have nothing to complain about and much that I'm grateful for.

I live a privileged life.

And I realize that for the most part, I am living the life I've wished for.

Which is very cool.  

And supports the experiment.

The hypothesis of the experiment is that I can "intend" my life.  

Of course, we do this all the time.  Let's say, you intend to become a teacher.  You go to college and get a teaching degree.  You student teach. You apply for teaching jobs.  Voila!  You're a teacher.

Phew!  That was easy.  But other things aren't so easy.  How many of us walk around repeatedly doing things we wish we didn't (eating too much, snapping at poor unsuspecting family member, etc., etc.) or don't do the things we mean to do (exercise more, write in our blogs, etc., etc.)  So, I've got the easy ones down, now it's time to tackle the tough ones.  (Or, maybe it's better to keep the judgement out of it, and say I've gotten some of it down, so now it's time to work toward others.)

I got started on this by watching the movie "What the Bleep do we Know" (http://www.whatthebleep,com).  Which lead to my reading books about intention (and listening to podcasts).  Eventually, I'll write about these.  For now, I'm outta here.