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Belgian vacation continues, and it’s nice being a bit chilly and damp for a change, despite dearly needing insoles for the boots I’ve been clomping around Europe in.

Beer has been had & learned about. Mussels, frites & waffles too. 
 

…. Some things happened and some days passed …

Yoga teaching: I’ve had 2 successful building classes with 2 students each - 1 a repeat student - so I’m happy there is at least some progress there.

Yoga business:

* E-journal for yogis is ready to go

* All my social media posts for the rest of November are scheduled to post

* 2 mala necklaces have been made

* Announcing my e-shop on Small Business Saturday

* Announcing my e-planner on Black Friday

* Announcing private yoga sessions on November 30 or December 1

Personal:

I’m in a small village outside of Amsterdam, recharging my social batteries at a good friends’ house. Brussels is next for a few days.

When tf was November 2? 
 

Park classes are still a bust, but 2 people came to my 1st building class - and 1 even paid me.

Building class 2 was a bust, but I was still buzzing from making $12 on Saturday that I didn’t mind too too much.

Hotels & such have been booked for the Amsterdam / Brussels trip.

Flights have been booked for our Feb jaunt back to the States for 12 days longer than necessary. Commence the zero planning, waiting u til last minute to tell people, and being as noncommittal as possible for as long as possible gambit to stave off insomnia that this stress level of trip brings. 
 

Can you tell how much I’m looking forward to it? At least there’s the promise of a shiny new tattoo from an artist I adore first to lure me in. 😂😂

Ummmm …..

Ive been preoccupied with yoga business shit, trying to fix my journal layouts in time for a Black Friday launch, and that farm sim. Plus terraforming my village in Disney Dreamlight. 

And that’s about it. 
 

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Proof #2 of the journals has arrived and it’s better but I still hate it and it’s too big. I think I’ll be switching to an ebook only version until I have the bandwidth to fix it. 
 

have gotten a ton of work on November’s content done - I’m like 80% done and have posts scheduled. Whoo. 

Also put my big girl underoos on - spiderweb themed in deference to the holiday - and booked the room for yoga classes for 2 days a week. I have to give freebies to the 1st 5 residents that show up, but that’s fine until I get my 10 classes in.

Will reassess afterward.

Sat alone in the park last night for my first free park class - but I got most of 2 blog posts written.

not much else … 

downloaded and have been playing a new game - which wood? Wylde wood? Something about flowers? Dunno.

Thanks, y’all 😘😘

Things have been cruising along, and most of last week was taken up by social stuffs - some of which included chatting about actionable steps to take re: yoga teaching and getting asses on mats.

Found a spot for outdoor community classes - announced the first class and it promptly rained buckets + flooded half the town. 

Like for real - it was insane. Parts of mall ceilings collapsed, a girlfriend was almost stranded in her car all night outside her compound gates, entire roads were under water, cars got washed around. This place is bonkers in a hard rain.
 

Rescheduled that, and will be chilling in the park this Wednesday evening, hopefully not alone.

Also need to put big girl undies on and talk to a woman I’ve been warned is difficult re: renting out an indoor space.

Have been back to half-strength classes. Took 3 classes last week.

Have mostly kept up with social media posting for the yoga biz; actually cooked something but haven’t been home to eat said thing yet.

Got proof #1 back on the journals and haaaaaaate it. The formatting is wonky, the size sucks and it’s crazy thick. Back to the drawing board there.

Vacation is as planned as I have the bandwidth to do so. A jacket that hopefully fits and will keep me from dying in Amsterdam/Brussels in November has been ordered. “Winter” clothing has half been rescued from under the bed storage and has been rummaged through. I still need an actual long sleeved shirt or 2 for layering - not necessarily 16 more cardigans.

Waterproof shoes might also be the move. I love my barefoot boots but they are miserable when wet, and I’ve been all but guaranteed rain.

Keeping my head above water, attempting to trust the process, and chipping away at my goals.

And a little extra energy for those boundaries - I’m exhausted just reading about the parent drama. 

Rooting for you! Diabeetus is teh suck - and actually why we are out here (or came out here when we did - it’s a common contractor sender-homer). 
 

You’ve got this! 
 

Maybe I should finally jump ship and join the battle log squad?

Coming up with an actual challenge with goals seems like … a lot … but I want to keep up with my friends who I missed dearly in my absence.

So.

General Path Shit:

Get butts on the mat to attend my virtual yoga classes

Get butts on the mat to attend in-person community classes

Get on the schedule as a sub for slow flow classes at my studio

Build out the anxious newbies workshop, releasing bits as freebies on Insta + a paid full version + offering an in-person version at the studio. Aim is for December/January to loop in the ‘new year/new me’ people.

Continue on with the CE in this newest marketing land to actually help me hit my goals.

Continue to come up with freebies to drive engagement and build out my portable tribe (via email - my community).

Get the proofs for my 3(!) planners - decide what to do with those moving forward, but I’m already thinking Amazon KDP is not the (only) way … I know I’m not going to be happy with the quality. 
 

Maybe actually be ahead of the curve this year for holiday cards? 😂😂😂😂😂 who am I kidding?! 
 

Continue to pump out content for my yoga shit … increase reels + mini tutorials; stockpile graphics. This is all necessitating making peace with my rolls real damn quick. I do NOT have the energy for heavy editing. 

There’s a vacation in there to see my European bestie.

And I need to get back on my kitchen game - haven’t posted a recipe on the blog in almost a month 🤦‍♀️ Not that more than 609 people care, but I do need to also do shit with promoting that piece of social media, as well. I could, like, recoup the costs at least. I do have 2 cookbooks I could pump back out quickly. 
 

More things? I’m sure there are … geopolitical shit is kiiiiiiinda tumultuous in my neck of the world; keeping a slight eye on that and letting DH do the worrying for both of us. 
 

Other things? I need to get my ass back on the mat. I’m currently away from home and have done Jack shit in that vein for like 10 days. Oops.

And the end of surface of the sun temps! Need to switch my wardrobe over and find the gaps - especially since we will be in frigid-to-me temps for 10 days next month and I’m too fluffy for my winter jacket. 
 

I think that’s it … ish … need to get back on the meditation track and actual personal practice. Baby steps there .

im sure there is more I need to be aware of for this next Cycle, but this is what I’ve got so far. 

Where’s the tired reaction button? 
 

Taken another way, she may be a slacker and have not even come up with the questions … or a paranoid fruitbat going after cheaters everywhere with a dollar store flyswatter … 

It’s bat country, afterall

Sent 1 of the journals off for a proof copy; in hold till I get that back.

Created a bunch of posts for Insta & published a blog post.

Still no yoga but at this point it’s a *thing*

Fri

Went to Sea World Abu Dhabi and it was fabulous. It’s all indoors minus the one big coaster - fully temperature controlled and themed out. With a cool all over the park scavenger hunt/ game thing controlled by RFID cards. So cool and so different from other Sea Worlds I’ve been to. No sunburn! 
 

Sat

Made the drive to Dubai and the big mall attached to the Burj Khalifa.

Today

Trekking to a different mall because what else to do but walk in air conned comfort & at least popping on to see if I have any students for class. 

On 10/14/2023 at 4:28 AM, Scaly Freak said:

 

It's actually impressive she was able to make those sticks fit, what with her head being firmly stuck there already...

My sentiments exactly! 
 

The professor is one of those people that gets spun up at the Internet, aren’t they? Not everything in life is a gotcha, Barney Fife. 

Wed & Thurs

Have been buried in finishing the workshop I was on & creating journals. No yoga has been had.

Like 2 pages later and I’m still baffled about the academic tomfoolery. 
 

YOU. 

Taking the academically easy road.

The Academically REMOTELY EASY ROAD

Let alone actually DOING SOMETHING KNOWINGLY DISHONEST?!

What. The. Absolute. Fuck?! 
 

Not to mention the nature of the assignment 

I can’t even with this bullshit
 

😂 forgot I actually updated today ….

And was looking for things on my to-do list to knock out at dinner.

i feel like today was productive, despite my mall time today - 

Wrote a blog post.

Scheduled this weeks IG posts. Created a few to be pushed out.
 

Posted a poll over on IG re: what to cover next.

attended todays business webinar and did the homework for that, which led to about 15 other freebie workbooks I can offer to gain email addresses, and therefore people in my community that want the things I’m giving away (and warm leads for the course I’ll be selling next year).

Also researched a bit about blog topics.

Fri - Tues

Friday we did a cool cocktail making event for a date night, and I ended up picking up 2 Insta followers in my target market for yoga classes.

i really need to put up a poll to see when people want a second round of classes.

Saturday was something? Don’t remember. I blew off vinyasa class.

Sunday I had coffee with another yoga teacher working on offering online stuff and taught the dogs a new flow.

Monday was a frustrating af travel day - took us 6 hours from the time the plane boarded to get to our hotel … in Abu Dhabi … a 45 min flight away. The plane was so hot it felt like the air was on literal fire, my seat mate had a stench  that reached out to grab me every time he so much as moved, the car rental place was even more shenanigans than usual … and check-in was even hella annoying. They’ve started charging for a +1 for rooms and that was a whole issue getting separate work + personal invoices … yadda, yadda.

Aaaand then we had charger drama. 
 

life was frustrating yesterday and I’m currently at the mall, pouting over a PSL after having to buy a replacement laptop charger for the one I left at home like a dumbass.

i guess now I have one that will live in my travel bag, so it actually turned out fine. That one time a couple years ago  I opened the cable box my power strip is located in and saw a roach was traumatizing 🤣🤣

Have business things to do lined up, I’ve got my online classes to attend, and I’m planning on teaching from the hotel room on Sunday still - so I’ve got things to do for the week. 
 

Also need to plan our next holiday and figure out how not to absolutely freeze to death in Amsterdam & Belgium in November. I may die. I should match my butt right into Debenhams (department store) to take advantage of their last year stuff sales for at least a couple thin layering sweaters, but I don’t wanna. I perused. Ooh. Wonder if there’s a Uniqlo here. I generally like their fabric choices. 

Ah yes - International Jarl Day! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🍻

The City, oh how I miss thee 😍😍

Happy to hear you’re navigating fine despite the crazy amount of walking over what you think you’ll be doing - I remember the subway station walks being exhausting my first year there. 
 

And 🥳🥳 on turning that big paper in! 

Obvs you’re amazing at your job - glad to hear you kicked anxiety in the ass 

Will catch up on y’all soon - in the meantime, it’s been called to my attention that I did not, in fact, update yesterday like I thought.

Time, yo…

Mon - Thurs:

In-person classes Mon & Tues; online class Wed with tons of “help” from Mme Freya - no class today.

have been working on business stuff and am in the midst of a web series on creating your own courses & sellables so you don’t have to drop in class grind as a yoga teacher. I want to explore this option as well, since I’m mostly interested in community building - but don’t want to remain unpaid forever. a chunk of time while I build out my free content / karmic yogi offerings is great. Someday I’d like to be able to contribute to our future life.

Not much else going on - I’ve been working on 2 journals to offer for sale; a yoga journal & a teacher journal - and a freebie for other newbie teachers on all the things I’ve signed up for. Want to get that all done by the end of the month, because my girlfriend said she’d like to include a coupon for the freebie in my studios YTT packet - plus, I’d like to collect more emails for my list. 
 

I have a newsletter half ready to go and a total of 2 addresses to send it to. 
 

I need to find more avenues to build my community. 
 

Ummm what else? Have eaten mostly kicheri, very light veg & egg sandwiches all week. Stomach has been good on the upside. 
 

Bot much else to report 

Sunday:

Usual mall day & I actually had a student for my online class  I was surprised to see it was one of my yoga school classmates and we had a great time. I think she enjoyed the class and I enjoyed teaching another human, even if it’s a human I’ve already taught. I also murdered our legs + thighs because she likes things spicy. 😂

today:

my good yin/yang class & a couple hours ‘office hours’ at a cafe afterward. Got my October content calendar worked into my Trello board, edited a video on using blocks & posted a reel, posted todays Alo Yoga challenge pic + finished a first draft of the new teacher workbook I wanted to put together.