MAKE this year something special

Finding my footing through finding my word

I have made a career change. I’m shifting from FT employment as an exec at a fast paced startup to project-based consulting. I’m adding value in areas of culture, content, community. Some projects are less defined as in “we just need some Elke” while others are more precisely scoped.

I am finishing my book and will be seeking an agent and publication this year.

We are also adjusting to a half empty nest and ever evolving sons. It’s a time of reinvention whether we want to or not.

I wanted to create some space and structure to explore and be intentional with the many layers of new phases, so I joined Tammi Salas’ INVITATION class.

I am not a terribly structured soul so this class is a gift. Once a week we call in and learn about Tammi’s practices— the woman is a structure and ritual master. She challenged us to find a Word Of The Year (WOTY) to kick off 2022. I struggled. I felt too cheesy or too skeptical. I kept bumping into words that seemed limiting.

I am seeking flexibility. I am seeking LESS limits. I need freedom to make changes and mistakes and money and time… and holy shit, there is was. My word. MAKE

And I was unlocked. After struggling for a week with WOTY word mapping I did my MAKE map in about 3 minutes.

And because I was then enamored with Tammi’s technique of black gesso and a white pen— intently satisfying and forces me to go just a notch slower (this is a good thing)—I then gessoed a few more pages and just started writing what was going to happen this year. Not quite resolutions, more declarations. I picked a color— green because it was the only one to have the word MAKE in its description on the sheet I was looking at. Simple. And right.

Green: space / truth / freedom. Gives one the space to find their truth and direction. Helps one MAKE decision. Shines a light on your true (heart) path.

— Color handout for Tammi Salas’ Invitation Class, by Jessica Lee Harris

So I am off to the races— a year stretched out before me with space and time and room to MAKE some magic.

Now to find some green paint.

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Huge thanks to Tammi Salas— I cannot recommend her classes and communities enough for anyone seeking intentionality, ritual, grace. Check her out.

https://www.tammisalas.com

And if you want to talk more about consulting or “just need a little Elke” in your projects, let’s connect.