Treasure Map: Official 2009 Is HERE! - Page 3

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by jazzybaby9

I don't wanna be a party pooper, but i need a question answered....there is no way we are going out in this weather, they are closing stores, schools...and cars are going off the road....my home is decluttered and smelling delicious......i did a sage smudging this morning and think i will enjoy a cup of tea and some comfort food while the snow keeps comin' down......


my question: what should we do if we are stuck inside with no magazines, no printer, nothin.....wait it out and start tomorrow? i am restless but surprisingly calm


sarmis35: i am sorry for your loss... you're in our thoughts....

Even if you can't print up something why don't you go online and look at some images just to get your vibes flowing. write down some affirmations. It is fine if you don't start until tomorrow or the weekend. You can start to get the engine going...(inside you)...

[CariOfOz]

GOOD MORNING Tm'ing mamas!!!! I'm just savouring my first cup of coffee and waiting for a dude to deliver moving boxes, then we're out to pick up a few magazines and go view what I hope to be THE perfect house for us to rent until we are ready to buy our own! :

Originally Posted by LionTigerBear

I really want a certain kind of little house of our own, with a fenced-in yard. It is one of my big dreams. We have a plan to achieve this within several years (the plan is to buy a home outright with little-to-no mortgage, hopefully) but I wish we could do it sooner. Even though it seems impossible to achieve this year, should I put it on my map anyway? Or should I just focus on realistic goals for this year?

Tm time is totally not about 'realistic'.. to me it is about nothing more than your absolute hearts desire! If you really want it, then put it on there and let the universe work out the how it may very well take more than one year... or not if a creative way to make it happen sooner presents itself!

Originally Posted by wombatclay

I'll be doing some web image searching too since B&N doesn't really carry magazines with nice glossy pictures of happy vbacs, you know?

Hmm.. mental imagine of a very unusual centrefold just popped into my head LMAO!

Originally Posted by sarmis35

My mother has been very very ill for years. She has been living in a nursing home for two and a half years. Well without going into a whole long story....she passed away just a few hours ago.

I'm so very sorry for your loss I lost my mother almost exactly one year ago, so I was doing my tm dealing with loss too.. but I knew my mom would want me to have joy and fullfillment, so I did the very best I could to get in the groove. It was an amazingly powerful treasure map... I don't think it's necessarily inappropriate to focus on your desires, but I do think it is a little more difficult. But then again anything you desire strong enough that it comes through the haze of grief, is definitely tm worthy stuff. Peace to you mama.

Originally Posted by jazzybaby9

my question: what should we do if we are stuck inside with no magazines, no printer, nothin.....wait it out and start tomorrow? i am restless but surprisingly calm

Yep you can wait it out... get yourself into the TM groove, watch the secret clips on youtube, write yourself affirmations, daydream and let images of things you desire flow through your mind

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by Sisyphus

OK help me figure out how to put this on my map. I read Tracy's article and the part where it said yucky stuff might come up and to seriously address it on the map...

Today I took the boys out to lunch and then went and bought magazines, and supplies. We got home and worked on maps for about an hour, then they wanted to go play with friends (school was out) so they went outside. About fifteen mins later, I hear my little one (5) screaming at the bottom o the stairs for a bandaid. I run down and can't figure out what's wrong... big bro (8) isn't talking... then he freaks out and starts screaming and whining and I can't understand a word he's saying. At the same time, little one is still screaming for a bandaid (I'm holding him in my recliner by now) but I can't figure out where the boo boo is... he says it's on his head... I lift him up and he is bleeding PROFUSELY from a cut. Apparently, big bro threw a rock at him and beaned him. Ended up needing stitches, etc.

They have had a rough few months... dad and I got separated, their grandpa is going to die literally any day now, and they've been acting out aggressively with each other. I've been trying to help them navigate, but am not doign a very good job.

So... this happening right after the new moon tells me it's important to address this. But I'm not sure how to put it on my map.

Ideas?

I might not put an exact image on my map but I would probably get a card.. Maybe an "I LOVE YOU CARD". Then I would write a note to you from your son's... and on that note it would say something like, "Thank you mom for finding and getting us such a good therapist in back in 2009. We found support and just the right help we needed then at it has made us the men we are today and we are grateful." then sign the note with your sons' names and date it 2029. put that card in it's envelope and write your name on the outside of the envelope and attach it to your map. No one has to know what is on that note but you.

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by farmlife

I could use some ideas, also. H and I just erupted into a nasty emotional fight. Nasty in the sense of the subjects being sensitive long-standing marital issues. I feel there is distance between us lately and I want to bring the romance and friendship closer - I am hoping to bring this to my map. But how? I will work on affirmations tonight. Also, I fear bringing negative things to my map by working on the map while in these feelings but I feel so drawn to work on it NOW. ideas?

Yes. YOu are doing exactly the right thing. If you have not read my aries new moon article---go do it. You are RIGHT on time, Farmlife.

Yes, I would put up the romance and friendship images and affirmations.

But don't forget the subject matter of the fight...that should go up on the board too... in my article I said that (and this is an example) if someone addresses somethign with you and it hurts..put that up there...like if someone is overweight and someone says something about it. Consider addressing the weight issue on the board. Like I said, that is just an example...but you probably get the gist.

[babycarrier]

I read the articles through yesterday and they were so inspiring. Thank you Tracy. I am going to work now on my map.

[knittinanny]

I tried to start working on my map but had a horrible fight with DP that ended in him leaving for a while and me being hysterical. The fight is about major relationship structure issues that have been present for a while, and started right when we walked out the door to buy mapmaking supplies Since I wasn't in a really positive frame of mind I poked around the internet for some images and tried to write some affirmations.

Is it OK to write things that you'd like to happen for other people? As in, 'I'm so happy/thankful that DP is genuinely ready to have a child/change jobs/adopt a llama (for example)?' I want to put this type of thing in a few instances about people I'm close to, but I'm worried that it's not me-related enough, and that it's unethical to try to 'treasure map' my desired results out of someone else. Does that make sense?

I hope everyone's map-making is going well, and that no one else has major gigantic fights with their DPs. Hugs to everyone who has!

[Maiasaura]

Originally Posted by sarmis35

My mother has been very very ill for years. She has been living in a nursing home for two and a half years. Well without going into a whole long story....she passed away just a few hours ago.

aww, sarmis i'm so sorry. i hope you are able to find peace. losing a parent is like nothing else in this world, and is so surreal. my dad died 10 years ago this month and i will always remember how i felt during that time.
i hope you have a peaceful birthday

Originally Posted by Aubergine68

I gave my dsage5 some watercolor paper cut small and watercolor pencils. He drew a lovely picture of the two of us sitting together on a couch and smiling that is DEFINITELY going on my map this year.:

aww, that's so cute!! wait, he is 5? he can do his own map, no? and put his own drawings on it too? little kids' maps are so cool.

Originally Posted by Sisyphus

They have had a rough few months... dad and I got separated, their grandpa is going to die literally any day now, and they've been acting out aggressively with each other. I've been trying to help them navigate, but am not doign a very good job.

So... this happening right after the new moon tells me it's important to address this. But I'm not sure how to put it on my map.

poor little guys. Tracy's suggestion is so cool! i might do something like that for my boy!
make sure to give them extra love, mama. maybe they can do their own maps, too? or help you with ideas for the family section of yours?
how's his head doing? the one with the cut?

[mcmrymoon]

i am so sorry for the loss of your mother.......

[Tracy]

Regarding other people

There have been a few questions about other people on our maps.

You can put up images of your husband, family, parents..but you need to keep your affirmations more general and in relationship to you.

"I easily support __(DP_)__ dreams"

"I help (DS/DD) stretch his wings."

"My family enjoys great health".


you gotta be careful about .... "John gets a job with ABC factory."
or, "Sally gets into University of YOUR STATE".
those are directives involving other people that aren't exactly anyone's call but their's.

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by knittinanny

I tried to start working on my map but had a horrible fight with DP that ended in him leaving for a while and me being hysterical. The fight is about major relationship structure issues that have been present for a while, and started right when we walked out the door to buy mapmaking supplies Since I wasn't in a really positive frame of mind I poked around the internet for some images and tried to write some affirmations.

Is it OK to write things that you'd like to happen for other people? As in, 'I'm so happy/thankful that DP is genuinely ready to have a child/change jobs/adopt a llama (for example)?' I want to put this type of thing in a few instances about people I'm close to, but I'm worried that it's not me-related enough, and that it's unethical to try to 'treasure map' my desired results out of someone else. Does that make sense?

I hope everyone's map-making is going well, and that no one else has major gigantic fights with their DPs. Hugs to everyone who has!

see above post.

[mcmrymoon]

how would you show a desire to create - crafts and music wise?

[CariOfOz]

Originally Posted by Tracy

put that card in it's envelope and write your name on the outside of the envelope and attach it to your map. No one has to know what is on that note but you.

THIS is just brilliant... so stealing it for my map... I have a very personal issue that I don't want 'out there' for anyone else to see, but that I feel the need to include somehow.

My trip to buy mags is delayed because the box guy just game and now little dude needs a sleep before we go out That's ok, I'm cruising pics on the net etc... have a flash new laser printer to churn them out with

[ColoradoMama]

sarmis - I am so sorry about your mother.

jazzybaby and I just be in different parts of Colorado! It's definitely : here, but the "blizzard" they predicted fizzled into nothing here in the Denver area. Oh well. We really needed that accumulation - we got about 3+ inches though, so that's good. The nice thing about it is that the kids school was closed in "anticipation" of the blizzard, so they were home today. We got some cleaning and organizing done this morning, and then they each (the older 3 anyway) made their own treasure maps. All 3 of them put a dog on their maps - I might be in trouble! I've gotten a good start on mine, but I have a ways to still! I'm going to work on it more when they go to bed.

[jazzybaby9]

coloradomama- i'm in lakewood, not far from denver- and we got 18 inches..... where are you? 3 inches, really?

[sunnysandiegan]

This new moon is really amazing for me! : I have been working really hard on loosening up and letting go and just being more free-spirited for awhile now. I hadn't given the TM process much thought and this morning I started to feel rather antsy about it a few minutes before "the time". Our new kitten was in my lap, though, so I relaxed by petting her and scratching her little head and I didn't go anywhere or do anything for awhile. Eventually, I did decide to go out and look for a few magazines and whatever struck my fancy. I had a few ideas and started with the health food store. No luck there. None of the mags struck my fancy, which kind of surprised me, but I went with it. As I walked out, I saw a travel agency across the parking lot (never knew it was there). On my way over there, I stopped into my favorite day spa and picked up a brochure. At the travel agency, I browsed through all the glossy, beautiful brochures of Hawaii, which is my dream vacation. I narrowed it down to two and the agent kindly wished me well. I rarely go to Starbucks and don't drink coffee, but I stopped in one just to see if anything came to mind. I decided to indulge in hot chocolate. I ignored my tentative plans and just drove. I ended up at a new-to-me health food store where I found a free magazine I like and a gardening magazine that "struck my fancy". More importantly, I saw something that triggered an idea for my map base. I took a picture of it for reference and on the way home, I refined the idea. Once I got home, ideas just came flying at me and I went with it...no questions asked. Thankfully, I had the foresight to ask my dad to pick up my daughter from school today and keep her until 4 pm. I was VERY self-absorbed and only came up for air when the doorbell rang exactly at 4 pm. DD knew what I was working on and headed upstairs to read while I continued working. I completely finished my map base before we headed out for DD's school fundraising event tonight. I LOVE IT!!!

In the past, I would have not wanted to go anywhere until I was COMPLETELY finished. I *had* a tendency to zero in on exactly one thing and ONLY that thing to the exclusion of all else and/or be grumpy when forced to refocus. I happily changed clothes and walked with my family to the school and was cheerfully social and interested. AWESOME!!! Now, we're back home and I wanted to check in here before moving on to the next step. I am totally loving this work/focus, break/breathe, work/focus, break/breathe pattern and it feels soooo comfortable now. Any suggestions on how to represent this on my TM?

Also, while I was painting this afternoon, I realized that "growing" is a key element for me. My TM is turning out to be VERY different than any others I have seen or read about, but I am just going with what feels good to do. I am representing the "growth" with a picture that has come up for me in MANY different applications in the past. I draw this same picture over and over again under certain circumstances (mostly healing sessions of various modalities, but also free-form drawing). I added some new twists and nuances to it to make it "fresh" and "new" for the coming year. Will this be likely to let it finally come to fruition? (Whatever "it" is...) Or am I unwittingly repeating the same pattern over again???

Tracy & others - I added emphasis to my questions since my reply is long. Thanks for any insight!

[gun]

This is TM #1 for both DH and I. We are amazed at how things are popping out of the magazines with each successive look through! Does that happen to anyone else?

I worked to not have any preconceived ideas about my TM before the day, so this is all brand spankin' new for me!

[mrs*kewpie*pie]

i'm so excited for tm-ing!

but i do have a question....i didn't finish de-cluttering, can i keep de-cluttering while i map or should i put de-cluttering on hold for this time?

sarmis....i'm so sorry to hear about your mom

[Tracy]

Originally Posted by mrs*kewpie*pie

i'm so excited for tm-ing!

but i do have a question....i didn't finish de-cluttering, can i keep de-cluttering while i map or should i put de-cluttering on hold for this time?

sarmis....i'm so sorry to hear about your mom

don't worry about your decluttering. if you hit a spot and can do it while you are there.. great. but don't get all focused on decluttering.

be focused on your year!

[Aubergine68]

Originally Posted by Sisyphus

OK help me figure out how to put this on my map. ....
They have had a rough few months... dad and I got separated, their grandpa is going to die literally any day now, and they've been acting out aggressively with each other. I've been trying to help them navigate, but am not doign a very good job.

Oh, that is rough

I like Tracy's suggestion -- most of my better attempts at scrapbooking turned out like that, with envelopes full of meaningful letters on the pages, not so much pictures.

I think I would be (also?) including affirmations such as "I confidently and effectively help my children navigate major transitions." and "My home is a haven of love and peace for my family"

Originally Posted by mcmrymoon

how would you show a desire to create - crafts and music wise?

I think I'd be collaging flickr pictures of crafts that inspire me -- oh the internet is SO rich for this! -- and maybe writing a line or two of musical notation that had meaning for the music part? Or a photo of a performer/composer that seemed to be experiencing what I would want to experience? Maybe attach a cheap mp3 player to the map and have it play music and affirmations....do an electronic version of the map with a soundtrack, like a slideshow...oh I'm sure there must be a way to attach music to a map.....I am so not musical....

[Aubergine68]

I tried to multiquote this, but it didn't "take". Sorry about the two posts in a row.

Originally Posted by Maiasaura

aww, that's so cute!! wait, he is 5? he can do his own map, no? and put his own drawings on it too? little kids' maps are so cool.

Yeah, he is just beginning to really take wing with drawing representational objects with confidence (instead of "I can't draw a cat, mama, will you do it for me?" ) He drew a page full of "wants " that I think will be his map or his start for it. We'll work on it more tomorrow. Dd10 did a really cute map last year for herself (and one for her hamster), but her little brother destroyed it and she wasn't happy with it. Now she seems to be wanting to do the exact same thing I did with my tm last year. Hope I can help her loosen up a bit.

He is just also beginning to grasp the concept of what a year is -- I know my almost 3 yr old has not got a clue about time and change over time, except that he still talks about seeing Santa every time I buckle him in his carseat, for some reason

Picked up some magazines tonight but chose to extend my outing with the children rather than hit the craft store for perfect paper.

I've been thinking about what the my "icky thing" that needs attention is....have been very anxious about dh being away, that something might happen to him, and about his health generally this week, but I don't know if that is unusual...was going to map about that and encourage him to as well.

Almost had a traffic accident on the way home....dd saw a pickup stopped ahead of me in my lane for no apparent reason a hair before I did, and called out, and I stopped just in time to avoid rear-ending it. Unusual, but feeling happy and grateful about it, not really ick. I may be mapping traffic safety and lucky escapes, though!