The Red Velvet Lawyer

Planning my Third Act and my Transition from Qatar to Thailand Using Vision Boards As I plan my international move from Qatar to Thailand for my third act as a retiree, I have used a number of planning tools.  I describe them here ,  here , here , and here . I picked a word for the year: Transition.   I reflected on the goal setting words I chose for 2019.  Had they worked?   I listed all the things I did in 2019.   All 108 of them.   And, using the Sunday Summits for 2019, I closed the loops on pending projects.  In June 2019, I created a vision board to help me get through my last year as a Clinical Professor of Law at Qatar University College of Law.  As an organizing technique, I used the nine quadrants of the Feng Shui Bagua Map.  The vision board included: financial goals and tasks,  the need to update my internet presence to reflect a change in location and employment,  rec...

"Calling it In from  the Universe" As part of my goal setting process at the beginning of this year, I reviewed the materials I assembled during my three entrepreneurial coaching programs offered by Christine Kane .  One of her workbook tools asked me to answer this question: "What will you have created/manifested/attracted in the upcoming year? The tool asked me to list ten things. I must have filled out this "intention and clarity" tool during the February 2015 retreat in Asheville, North Carolina.  At that time, I had applied for the job at Qatar University, but I did not have a job offer. I had visited Dubai in December 2014, and I knew I wanted a job in the Arab Gulf region.   Here is what I put on the list: New circle of close colleagues. New circle of expat friends. Inroads into Qatari culture. Travel in Asia. New fitness level. New home furnishings. New car, New student relationships. New diet. More cultural life.  So let me ...