Just the Basics

Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia. 

DOC: Velcum To My Life ees a prochect, un experiment in Life unt ART. A living storyboard, if you will. Its premise ees zat life ees experiential, unt zat you can, unt do, experience ze life you choose. It ees based on Ze Veel of Life unt Ze ARTs for Ze New Millennium as life building tools. Ja, it’s true! 

WALT: Welcome to my Life is a Geist…House Players Production, in association with the Center for Creative Inspirationalism. JustUs Productions, the parent company, would like to give a ‘Shout-Out’ to the following for their ongoing, and oft-times unknowing, inspiration and support:

Princess Cuddlebug

Princess Sunshine

Big 'D'

The Shaman

The Pillar

F’n Bob

The Entire Putt-Putt-Putter Clan

Professor Siggy Chong

Sparky Wentz-eclaus

The VanMan and General Ralph Glossop, Sir Richard Slouch, and Craze (may they R.I.P.)

The Messengers of The Galactic Federation

 Looch

BJ & The Bull

Ace

Bert-On

The Baker of the Cornbread

Andy Pandy

The Mudder

Wilson

Zason

Mysteria

Lydia the Tattooed Lady

The Drunken Maid

St. Diane & You (4)

Brother John

The Bee Man

Spooky Queen

Boom-Boom Snuffbox

The Nameless One

Tim-Bo

PDT

The Wix-ians

The Socialite

The Village of Idiots

Piz-Niffer

Dancing Queen

Downtown Encyclopedia Brown

Chicken Witch

Dick Pointer

Soup, the Son

The Legendary Pink Elephants

Baby-Mama Rabbit

Wisconsin Belle

The Babes

Aaaand, of course, a very generous sponsor who (not-so-much) wishes to remain anonymous.

It is…Sunday, May 17, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Fix. Time...Wondering

Theme – Learn As You Go

 I'll get specifics wrong but will still get the point across. I once heard Orson Wells talk about his first time directing. I don't remember details. [It was Once Upon Ago.] But, someone important in the industry said to him, "Listen...everything you need to know about directing you can learn in 10 minutes. Everything else you learn as you go." Now I don't remember if he said it in the interview or if I was smart enough to think of it on my own but that's kind of how every job is. The really important stuff that you need to know to function you learn rather quickly. It's all the other stuff - the nuances, the unique situations - that it takes years to learn and that is true for everyone in every job. You can work for 10 years in the same job and still not have encountered every scenario that could teach you something different about your job and how to do it. You learn as you go. I think that's life too. No matter who we are or what we've done we are always learning how to live while we're living. We're all doing the best we can based on what we have experienced so far. We learn as we go.

Lesson – Take the Time

 I always have a list of To-Dos. So many of them are the "sometime" list. Well, sooner or later sometime has to come. One has to make [or take] the time to do it. But how I really came upon this was that I noticed that I can let things gather and sit in The Chalet. Especially during the work week. I just need to take the time to do all the stupid, simple little things along the way and the gathering won't happen. I have...Take the Time.

Observation – Life to Perfection

 I know it's hard to see sometimes but life always happens to perfection. Every moment. Every experience. Every win, every hurt, every change or challenge. Just because things may not be happening the way we want them to doesn't mean their not happening the way we need them to. Always trust the process and believe.

The Post

 The week behind me seems so very long. It's only Tuesday that I went to Delaware and the zoo and it seems a much more distant memory. I don't know why that is. I don't feel as though it was a particularly active week. Quite the opposite in fact.

I feel like I had a slow unproductive week. I don't know that I feel accomplished in any way.

My work week wasn't as strong as I would have liked it to be. However I did save $100 of budgeted money along the way so I guess that made up for some of the shortage. It was money I was supposed to be spending and didn't. A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned, I suppose.

I don't feel like I got a whole lot done. I mean the Chalet seems to be in good order and the "other" side is even a lil better than before. All of that is good of course. It keeps me calm and balanced. But I don't know that I actually accomplished anything. It seems more like I just made a longer to-do list.

I struggled with weakness and fatigue this week. I don't know why. In fact, part of the reason today was so short was that I was struggling to reach up and grab the steering wheel. I don't know if it's the heat, the slight humidity, the crazy schedule of the last two weeks...or something else.

The week ahead isn't much better in that regard. [Any of those regards really.] It's supposed to be hotter the next few days. It's fine in as much as they are days off so I won't be suffering in Artemis. However, based on my experience today, I will be baking in the Chalet. [and not in the good way.] It's only temporary. It's supposed to get cooler at the end of the week and by them I should have the a/C fixed in Artemis so I can at least stay comfortable while I work and I hope that will help. I will have to do something about A/C for the Chalet. I have it budgeted for June but Right This Moment June is looking a bit tough financially.

I also have a list of stuff I'm trying to do this week - clean the Chalet, clean Artemis, work on the garden tires and other plant things. Not to mention I need to finish the Quest video.

I feel positive about the future. But, I am nervous about the next several weeks. I just have to muddle through a lil longer. I realize that is the same old song and dance for 30 years now but I really do dense something brewing. I just have to try to get through these weeks and hopefully manage everything that is budgeted. It's a tight run for a while but I do think things get a lil easier by July.

My only plan is to keep doing what I've been doing. It seems to be working. It's gotten hairy at times but it has all been working out so far.

I finally got my teeth this week and now that I'm thinking about it I wonder if they have anything to do with some of my struggles. I mean it has definitely been an adjustment for my mouth. It has responded as if to a foreign object. [which they really are.] So I wonder if that has been impacting my body, even if only slightly.

I don't know what got me on it but I was thinking about the difference a year can make. Like...how things can change in just a year.

Last year at this time I was living at the Homestead. I was working therapy and a plan to get back on the road. I was just trying to live life until June when money would be coming in again.

I was also recoiling and recovering from a text fight with Sunshine. I said something wrong and upset her. Then spent a day going back and forth trying to make myself clear. Based on the Boston experience I would say I failed at that.

At the same time, Mrs. Landlord took offense to something I said in one of my daily dose videos. She shot off at me and I shot right back because I don't take that shit from anyone. This was probably the first nail in the coffin of losing the home.

A year before that I was working pretty much 7 days a week pushing to keep the Homestead afloat and alive. It was tough but life seemed good.

Now, here I am living in a shed on Geistopia.

I'm making small financial improvements - slowly. I'm taking care of business and managing my life. I'm being social like I never have before. Overall life is good...but I'm living in a shed.

[And The Princesses have cut me from their lives.]

In just three months, I will be at a year since the move out day.

I wonder what life will look like in 3 months.

For now my challenge is to keep on keeping on. I like life at the moment - challenges and all. I just need to balance myself out a lil more. Then...

It's time to see if I can figure out why I am really back here.

If you’re not already there, go to the Welcome to my Life Facebook page – WTML. Or the YouTube channel – WelcomeToMyLife08. You can also find me on Facebook under Rev. Matt. And there is the newer TikTok @WTML23

I appreciate you all.

Wherever you are and whenever you are – Like, Comment, and Share – we’re on a Journey and it takes you to get there.

So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

DOC:  Unt Doc…

JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…

And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak Pocket Guide

Eagle – Healing Visions 

Spirit vision and healing surround you. Look at things from new perspective. Take a different path. Trust what you are becoming. 

Condor – Ancient Spirits 

Time of great protection and spirit contact surrounds you. You will soon soar above previous limitations.

Groundhog – Mystery of Death without Dying – Trance - Dreams

The ability to get deep within an area of interest. A time when a new area of study is going to open up.  Two years to come to full fruition. Important to give definite signals to the boundaries you wish to have respected in your life. Death without Dying. A time of initiation. A symbol of opening fully to the Dreamtime. Increasing ability to develop lucid dreaming. Clarity and power of altered states will be amplified. Dreams will become more significant. Opportunity to explore deeper states of consciousness. Lessons associated with death and dying. Revelations about its process. Knowledge of metabolic control.

Dragonfly – Time to Shine

Trust in the power of your light and your perceptions to succeed. Efforts are maturing. Spiritual path is ahead.

Fly – Deal with Issues

Issues of the past few weeks are growing more troublesome. Tend to responsibilities. Look to subtle clues for solutions.

Butterfly – New Birth

New love and joy are coming. Transformation is inevitable but will be easier than expected. Embrace new beginnings.

Bee – Fertility

This is as a time of fertility and strong sexuality. Extract honey while the sun chines. Be creative in as many ways as possible.

Spider –Weaving Fate

Don’t take the round about way – be straight. Weave something new. Trust feeling rather than seeing.

Lemur – Spirit Contact

Clairaudience and spirit contact increasing. The signs are clear. Take time to open their communications or you will feel haunted.

Goose – Follow Quest

Heed the call to the new quest. Open to new wonders and possibilities. Pursue new adventures. Explore new travels.

Moth – Sexuality

New relationship and sexual energies/activities are strong now. People respond strongly. Trust what smells right to you.

Caterpillar – Good Luck)

Good luck and new birth are at hand. Take a gentle and quiet approach to endeavors. Be realistic and shed the old.