Arienne Gorlach - Luxe Life Adventuress

My May 2013 Dreams

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:57:00 +0000

This month is mostly about business dreams. I've already warned The Man and a few friends that I'll be pretty much in lockdown for the next 30 days. I've got a crap load of things to do for my diary/planner business.

You really have no idea what is involved until you venture into this area of production and distribution etc first-hand! But I'm truly excited. I've written a post over on Life is Crafted about how I'm kinda freaking out but at the same time knowing this is what I have to do...I love that The Man is going to be stepping up everything he already does around the house (which is heaps!) to look after me, little Zander-dog and the Charlie-Cat. Love you and thank you babe :)

I'm planning to be gentle on myself and not have too many expectations because I'll be head down bum up for most of May...

Celebrate my 32nd birthday - in a totally low key fashion this year!
Long overdue Archery session for friend's engagement present (no apples to be involved)
Get the car repaired (cracked windscreens and aircon that has a choice between off or full blast)
Make Christmas decisions
Attend real food picnic
New branding and logo for this site (maybe new website!)
Starting some facilitation training
Meet with accountant and discuss sexy biz stuff
Complete BSchool (life changing!). If you haven't already, check out Marie Forleo
Masterminding with new gal pal mistressminders
Prep for launch of new Life is Crafted range (seriously a gazillion things to do)
New LIC shopping cart
Introduce new products for LIC.
(I could go into numerous subcategories of this but I don't want to bore you...)
Start back at yoga...because it's been waaaaaaaaayyyy too infrequent...
Celebrate friend's engagement - Long overdue catch up!
Awesome Ms Y suggested a snail mail letter chain between 4 of us childhood friends that are spread out all over the place - US, Perth, Melbourne and me in Sydney - LOVE IT!

How are you adventuring into the Month ahead? Share one of your May dreams below and we can all cheer you on!

Make it as you wish Adventuress,
Arienne xo

Shoutout Sister Saturday: Zoe Lamont

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:31:00 +0000

Today's 'shoutout to a sister' is to my dear Zoe Lamont. Passionate about social change she's founded financial literacy organisation www.10thousandgirl.com for women around Australia to make finance more fun. Zoe has also co-founded www.futuremap.com.au bringing financial cornerstones and life planning into the workplace.

A raucous laugh and an unflinching belief in the goodness of people, Zoe sprinkles fun and positive change wherever she goes. I even quoted her in one of my Life is Crafted Planners 'Give first, love first and then watch the magic happen.'

I've done my first Audioboo (or as I now like to call it, AudioYAY) - which is just a small audio snippet if you like to hear instead of read. which you can hear below :)

listen to ‘Shoutout Sister Saturday: Zoe Lamont’ on Audioboo

Do you know a woman (personally or through their reputations!) with an amazing biz, product or story? Give them and their page a shoutout below in the Facebook post comments. I'll be doing this each week so we can all discover new and new-to-us people and ideas.

Go on over to the page now and add someone who deserves a shoutout!

Make it as you wish.
Arienne

10 Minute Trips: Gratitude

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Wed, 01 May 2013 05:38:00 +0000

So much is coming together in my life lately. I know it is the result of the hard-ass work I've done in my inner world and the actions I have taken in the outer world but it is all still freaking AMAZING!

Amidst the cray-cray-craziness (and scariness) of some of the things I'm doing, I've had a FLOOD of wonderful things happen - from making connections with people I'll be working with in the future to money showing up out of nowhere; from people wanting to work with me to a whole bunch of peeps subscribing to my newsletter that I had no idea about; from scoring a role that will help high school student connect with entrepreneurship and make a positive impact in the world to positive reactions to my reaching out to others.

So, pack your bags Adventureess, in today's ten minute trip, I'd love for you to join in to the love-fest. Ignore for a moment some of the yukky stuff that is going on in your life and write down a list of things you are grateful for. Make that list as long as you can and just keep writing for 10 minutes!

Start with some of the obvious things you may have going on - great partner, loving mother, money in the bank.

Then look around you and see the little physical things in your life that you love - your hardworking laptop, your favourite pen, the gorgeous colour of your nailpolish.

Think about actions that have happened over the last few days - a smile you got from a stranger, one of your girlfriends calling up to say hi, your puppy waking you up with a lick to the face (and doggy breath).

Then think about the stuff we often over look - clean water, freedom to get educated, the feel on sunshine on your skin.

Just write.
You can't do this incorrectly.
Write from your heart.
Let these things put a smile on your face.
Love the crap out of all that is good.

Maybe you want to introduce this to your everyday. I love writing a few things down on my gratitude list each morning or evening. I often repeat things. Sometimes I cry from the gratitude I feel (those that know me well probably think it is more than sometimes...).

I have a lot of special things in my life. I bet you do too, maybe you just weren't as aware of all of them before....

Make it as you wish Adventuress!
Arienne xo

Week In Review: 20-26 April 2013 - Events, Like-minds & Mummy

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:24:00 +0000

One of the photos from my Lauren Emily Photography Shoot

Everything in my life at the moment is ramping up as all the momentum I've been building has snowballed. It is really awesome, but I'm also realising I'm ignoring certain important parts of life...Honestly, I've not gotten my heart pumping in ages and I'm finding I'm just grabbing anything easy to eat and not thinking about the nourishment (or lack thereof!) it provides to my body. If anyone has any words of encouragement or advice, shout it out sister!

You may have noticed a few changes happening around the blog and online with Savvy Sassy She. I'm starting a bit of a transition...keep your eyes peeled as my new pics, brand and message unfolds.

My week. In review.

Heard some great pitches and met some very creative entrepreneurs at LeanStartUpMachine. Sadly couldn't stay for the weekend as a great opportunity came up to be involved at...

The Greatest Gift Event. Spent the day making friends, helping out, meeting like-minds and hearing wonderful messages. The fab Nancy Georges summed it up in her Storify Story.

Sunday kicked off with a LiveAspireBlog event which I summed up here.

Mummy dearest arrived for a few days.

Posted Magical Monday: Who Do You Need to Contact?

Finalised all the paperwork for The Man's visa stuff. Being together for almost 4 years and there are already so many memories. Tried to be concise in our recollections!

Getting the house into shape for guests that stayed a few days

Printing, packing and shipping of Life is Crafted planners!

Received the photos from the shoot the other week! I'm so damn pleased :) Thanks Lauren Emily Photography!

Doggie walks with VIP guest dog Maddy along for the ride with usual suspect Zander.

Still lots of decision making

Winter veggie soup making (and I broke the brand new slow cooker...)

Berry smoothie indulgences

Business planning...

Paperwork organising

Desk clearing

Routine tweaking

Read seriously amazing, fun and actionable book, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch!: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life
Dinner at the local 'classy' pub with The Man and one of the Guests
Delish Malaysian meal with Mummy Dearest
Session with my UK based coach Ms J- goodness she helps me so much!
Accountability session with my two amazing social entrepreneur gal pals

What is one highlight of the last 7 days ladies? Share one (or more in the comments below!).

Make it as you wish Adventuress!

Arienne xo

Shoutout Sister Saturday: Lisa Fox

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:34:00 +0000

There are so many amazing things going on in the world and so many gorgeous women doing them. I'm always on the lookout for great juicy finds to add to my world so I thought I'd introduce SHOUTOUT SISTER SATURDAYs over on the Luxe Life Adventuress Facebook Page

Do you know a woman (personally or through their reputations!) with an amazing biz, product or story? Give them and their page a shoutout below in the Facebook post comments. I'll be doing this each week so we can all discover new and new-to-us people and ideas.

Go on over to the page now and add someone who deserves a shoutout!

Make it as you wish Adventuresses!
Arienne xo

Room of Inspiration - Live Aspire Blog Event - Connie Chapman & Alison Morgan

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:36:00 +0000

Connie Chapman, Me!, Alison Morgan

Sunday morning saw me adventuring through the sunny sidewalks of Paddington and Darlinghurst to have a morning of inspiration and play.

Jessica Nazarali of Live Healthy Simply and Ursula Williams of The Aspirer have started putting on regular events called LiveAspireBlog. Walking into the room, I was met with a brightly dressed group of ladies (I added to the gorgeous rainbow with an orange and yellow combo) that had gathered to hear the two speakers of the day Connie Chapman of ConnieChapman.com and Alison Morgan of Relauncher.com.

These spaces are so great to connect with other women. Yes, it can be a little daunting walking in by yourself, but there are others there flying solo too and we're oh so welcoming to each other. We're all attracted there for similar reasons - personal growth, business nurturing, creating whizbang microenterprises with heart and positive impacts and tapping into the inspiration of others. It's not too hard to find like minded soul sistas there!

We had the opportunity to mingle with the speakers before and after the speeches and had some absolutely wonderful conversations with these magic-makers and met a great group of gals!

Learnings & TakeAways

Alison Morgan - Relauncher

Customer service is super important. When building a relationship we can ask customers and clients what they really want and see if we can provide an offering to meet their needs
Be flexible in the direction of your business. It should be influenced by your customers and what is going on in the world. Sometimes you start out with one type of product and service and it evolves into something different (small aside, did you know that YouTube started out as a dating site?!).
The first year is extremely hard. It takes a lot of work and dedication. After a while, even though there is still a lot of work to do, things just start to happen more effortlessly.
We are totally in charge of what we do. There is no Boss we have to listen to besides ourselves! There are no boundaries - it is limitless - so we can shape and mold what we want our businesses and lives to be.

Connie Chapman - Connie Chapman

Always write from a place of love, passion and authenticity as it will resonate much more with yourself and your readers. Write from the heart not the head.
Transitioning from a full time job to your business, come from a place of real intention, not financial need as it will come through to your readers. Get a part time job to satisfy your financial requirements as you transition if you feel it will help you.
Look at creating other income streams to supplement your main focus. Programs, products and E-books are great ways to create income and give your clients what they need even when you can't coach them one-on-one.
Ask your audience what they want.
Don't listen to the nay-sayers. Connie says, "I'll only take advice from people that have what I want.". Love it!

It is so nice to hear about the journeys of others and be able to relate to what they've been through and get inspired by their stories and advice. Working solo means you're in your own little world for most of the day so the ability to reach out and make real world connections and hear how others have created their businesses is priceless!

If you've not already checked the ladies out, what are you waiting for?! You'll be happy you've welcomed them into your lives :) Thank you Jess and Ursula for putting on such a great morning.

Make it what you wish Adventuress!
Arienne

10 Minute Trips: The Wheel of Life - Where you at Girlfriend?

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:40:00 +0000

Ahoy Adventuresses! Let's go on a Ten Minute Trip into your Life!

The image above shows The Wheel of Life, a really powerful exercise. It will provide you with a birdseye snapshot of where you are in the big areas, at this moment in time.

I often use this with my clients as it provides a clear starting point of where they are at and starts to provide them with insights of where they want to go, where there is balance (or lack of balance!), where they are happy and where their priorities lay.

We don't need to get into that much detail in 10 minutes, so we'll be using this tool to see where you're at now girlfriend!

Ready to take off?! Take some action!

Grab a blank piece of paper and draw a circle with a dot in the middle and 11 spokes coming out.
Label each of the spokes as per the image above with the different sections:

Love - Your romantic relationship. Your lovelife. How happy you are in your relationship, looking for a relationship or flying as a solo superwoman.
Family - How your relationship is with your family? Your immediate members - siblings, parents, children.
Social/Friendships - How are you feeling around your social activities and friendships?
Health/Fitness - Where are you at with your health and fitness in your physical body?
Self Image/Love - Self confidence, self esteem, self talk. How are you feeling towards yourself?
Spiritual - Your connection to The Universe/God/Higher Power/Something Bigger
Giving Back - Your contribution back to society - volunteering, donations, charity
Finance - Money levels, financial understanding, savings, budget, investing
Career/Business - your studies, job or role, your career path
Fun/Hobbies/Interests - Do you have and spend time on things that are fun and add to your life?
Personal Development/Growth - your growth as a whole person - emotionally, intellectually, physically spiritually
? - I left a question mark in case you wanted to add an area of your own that is important - ie creativity, surroundings (the physical environment you're in).

3. Now, rate each section from 1-10.

'1' being 'holy-moly, it's crap, a schmozzle I tells ya.'

'10' being 'blissly divine, so freaking amazing, I'm rocking this area!'

The one is in the center of the wheel and the ten is the outer rim.

Don't over think it! Just start at one spoke and go around the sections putting an 'X' where you feel you are now. Be honest, you can't lose anything and you won't get a gold star for all 10s, you'll get more out of the exercise with your truthfulness

4. If you want you can connect the dots and it looks like a web and you can clearly see the peaks and troughs.

It is such a simple but eye opening activity! Step one is done!

If you want to take it to the next level, start jotting down or thinking why you gave the score that you did to a particular area.

I'll go into more details next week for our next 10 Minute Trip.

Make it as you wish Adventuresses!
Arienne

Week in Review: 13-19 April 2013 - Stepping Up

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:16:00 +0000

My gorgeous sister Liane ;) Happy birthday!!!!

This week has been full of magic. Internal magic. I've had ahas, breakthroughs and am finally ready to be truly me and step up into my essence and spread my message. I know, I know, it sounds very deep!

Well it is and I'm not being apologetic about it. I've been on this self discovery journey for about 6 years now, but it has only been in the last week that I am really owning it. I've been to hell and back and it's been a blessing. I've put in the hard yards to shake up my life from the inside out and I'm ready to truly flourish and do what it takes to sprinkle my version of life-fabulousness on the world. I don't know all the exact 'hows' yet but I'm not going to let that stop me. I'm clear on my Why and my Path so I'm just going to delve into it and do what it takes. I'm truly not afraid to show the real me now.

Are you ready to stop letting fear control you? What can you do to get closer to the true you?

Alright, now we've started with that amazingness, on to this week in review! I feel like I have done a lot because I've 'gotten over myself' and just jumped into doing things that I might have previously felt super, super, super duper uncomfortable about (so much so that I would probably put it off and self-sabotage, end up not doing it and then beat myself up about not doing it...exhausting!).

Instagramming away for #fflovephotoaday

Dinner catch up with wonderful friend Mrs T. We ate amazing Roti in the city (mouth watering!!!!)

Attended life-changing weekend event. Perfect You. Highly recommend it for pushing forward in life. I'm ready, I'm stepping up. This is my life.

Had birthday chat with my gorgeous sister Liane. I wish I could have been there in person, but my heart was celebrating with her!

Had much needed phone catch up with the Daddy-O. Switzerland feels so far away sometimes.

Lots of catch up responses and reach outs in front of the computer. Being away from emails for two days takes a bit of follow up work!

Wrote a couple of emails that really stretched my comfort zones. But have done it with heart and positive intention and am seeing that I am dealing with this discomfort and uncertainty in a whole new way!

Lots of action taking with progressing Life is Crafted planner printing - speaking with printers and dealing with quantities and questions

Working with providing the designers with what they need for the male version of the LIC planner...

Printing out a surge of Life is Crafted orders! Yay!

Progressing The Man's next stage of visa stuff - I think he's going to be formally Australian before I am (I've been an 'Aussie' with only permanent resident status for 25 years...)

Putting finishing touches on new calendar product

Beautiful catch up meeting with truly amazing women from course I'm doing in Manly. Goddess Inspiration Loops where we are reflecting inspiration off each other and giving each other fab ideas.

Great conversation with Miss C who is inspiring me to pay more attention to my health again.

New website brainstorming

Slight facebook revamp (if you've not 'liked' me yet, go on! www.facebook.com/savvysassyshes)

How about you? What have you done this week that made you feel uncomfortable but you knew it was actually important to the big picture so you did it anyway?

Make it as you wish! Become an Adventuress in your life,
Arienne

Self Love & Sisterhood

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:32:00 +0000

Tara Bliss, Melissa Ambrosini, Amanda Rootsey & Jessica Ainscough
Photo credit via Earth Events

Self Love = Soul Satisfaction ~ Tara Bliss

Walking into this packed room for the event Self Love & Sisterhood took my breath away. I could feel the uplifting energy and looking around at the sea of eager faces was awwwwwwwesome! And this was before the panel ladies even stepped out onto the stage!

This is the world I have been longing for since I woke up from my sleepwalking life. Over the years I've made some amazing one-on-one connections with like minds, but seeing a sea of sisters in one place was truly encouraging - this heart-centered, authentic-life, soul-sista, make-a-difference community is truly growing. I'm excited to see what Earth Events has in store for us in this vein.

So, who were these magic ladies?
Tara Bliss from Such Different Skies, Jessica Ainscough of the Wellness Warrior, Melissa Ambrosini from Path to Wellness and Amanda Rootsey from AmandaRootsey.com.au. Amanda was one of the early followers of this blog and I got such a buzz realising that!! (hi Amanda if you're reading this!).

Me & Amanda - gorgeous girl - gorgeous dress! Photo quality - average ;)

These women are truly living their authentic lives and inspiring others to gracefully (and messily!) dive through the muck and magic and be our well, real, divine, wonderful selves.

I came away from this event inspired. Not only to earnestly practice my version of self love but to gain more confidence in putting myself out there and growing in the direction my heart desires.

The panel format was engaging and provided spontaneous wisdom and heartfelt sharing.

You know me and my love of paper and pouring my heart out onto the page, so, in typical Arienne-fashion, I took copious notes that I had a hard time deciphering! I took down words and phrases that captured me and left me nodding with my heart. I may not have gotten every word right but it the gist that counts right girls?!

In response to 'What does self love mean to you?'
Accepting and having your own back no matter what. - Jessica Ainscough (JA)
Having gratitude for what you have now - Amanda Rootsey (AR)
Everything doesn't work without it - JA
[if you don't have self love you're] Building yourself up with sticks instead of bricks - Melissa Ambrosini (MA)
When you love yourself you want to drink green smoothies....- MA
Working the Self Love Muscle - MA
One first step is awareness...see how you speak to yourself - JA
[affirmations are important in self talk] I deeply and completely love and accept myself - JA
We wouldn't be here if we'd not been so messed up - Tara Bliss (TB)
I have a choice in this moment - TB
What does the mean girl say in your head? Write it down. Look at it. No one else would talk to you like that so why do you allow it? - MA
Doing things for someone else brings self love back
No amount of darkness can ever blow out that candle of awareness and choice

How do you practice self love?
Remembering who I am in quiet time. - TB
Meditating and connecting - MA
What I put in my body are acts of self love.
What soundtrack I choose to play in my head each day?
Getting to know myself without all the external labels (ie party girl) - JA

How do you support the Sisterhood

Compare no more. Support and encourage others. There is an abundance in the world

Acceptance and love of where you are now

How do we make self love fun?Be gentle and forgiving of yourself
Do things everyday that you love. I've designed my life to make everyday and every moment fun - JA

Self love is not selfishness to the detriment of others. It is realising the importance of taking the time and effort in loving yourself so you can truly love and support others from the right place and from the best reasons.

I went with one of my besties and healthy influencers Miss C and caught up with Ashley - Physio and Pilates girl extraordinaire!

The beautiful and vibrant Jessica Ainscough of The Wellness Warrior

Some of the takeaways and reminders that I am taking action on now:

Sitting in stillness or journaling to connect with myself more regularly
Becoming more aware of what I put into my body
Stepping up into my own brilliance so I can shine and reflect that to the women shining around me
Reminding myself that I chose the way I am now living my life and to allow myself more fun and lightheartedness in this.

I love Tara's quote that I highlighted at the top - Self love is equal to soul satisfaction. That's what it is all about - doing the things that make your soul truly light up.

How do you practice self-love?
Make it as you wish,
Arienne

Week in Review: 6-12 April 2013 - Photoshoots, Product Development & Passions

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:35:00 +0000

Oooooh, this week has been mega Savvies! Meeting so many fab people who are helping me make my dreams comes true. Also just stumbling across peeps doing magic in their own worlds and seeing how I can help them work towards the lives they want. There truly are amazing things out there when you zip past all the crap and focus on the good.

Here's what I've been up to this week. I know it looks like a lot, but if you did the same, you might amaze yourself...

Meeting with two designers for new Life is Crafted product designs - amazing peeps!

Cleaned house - mopping magic!

Got ready for a night out only to discover it was on Friday, not Saturday - #lifeblooper

Extra early wake ups due to Daylight saving time changes

Celebrated Zander's 2nd birthday. He's such a puppy delight

Online meeting with amazing international mastermind group

Business name brainstorming session for friend

Wrote raw and real post over at LIC about freaking out. This was a hard one and it took heaps of energy out of me.

Went to 'More Money for Shoes' event, met some amazing women in real life and heard Jodie Fox of ShoesOfPrey speak.

Won gorgeous Uberfine necklace

Brainstorming new product ideas

New connections with people who will be skipping the paths ahead with me

Website ideas being developed

New branding meeting with Designer

Wrote 3 Best Qualities Post and got some great emails about it - go powerhouse women!

Contacted printers, lots of printing associated thinking and decisions

Beauty stuff

Lots of instagramming! I'm playing around with a few photo Apps. Check out my profile on on Instagram!

Mum and stepdad arrived - only for one night though!

Prepping for a natural light photoshoot (pics to come!) with Lauren Emily Photography. Choosing outfits is sooooooo hard!

Got may hair done and then made friends with the gorgeous gal who did my makeup! Ooooh loved the pampering

Lots of timeline and project planning

2 days away from the computer doing a lot of the above!

Spending time with Lisa Fox of Open Shed - she is AWESOMEness

What was the highlight of your week darlings?

Make it as you wish!
Arienne

10 Minute Trips: What Are Your 3 Best Qualities?

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:33:00 +0000

I know, I know, it is hard talk ourselves up but it is so important! I went to a Self Love and Sisterhood event last week and it was such a good reminder that we need to look after ourselves so that we can make life truly work for us. If we are constantly focussing on everyone else first, we get depleted and can deviate from the path that is right and wholesome and worth while and that makes life truly fun for ourselves. But that is a whole 'nother post Sister!

I'm doing a course at the moment where we are looking at building a business around ourselves. As part of that, getting to know who you are, what you want to be and what your strengths and values are is really important.

One of the exercises was to ask 25 people around you (family, friends, colleagues and/or clients) what your 3 best qualities are.

Sure, it felt funny asking, but it was such an interesting and enlightening experience. The responses were varied but I could definitely see a theme. It was truly heartening to see what impressions people have of you that shine through!

So, are you interested in the findings?! I put the words through wordle.net to create a word cloud (that was fun playing around with the colours and word directions!)

Now I know what my strengths are so that I can put more of those qualities out into the world as I see what people appreciate and benefit from.

I really recommend doing it. It is powerful. Plus when I am feeling a bit bleh it is a beautiful reminder of part of who I truly am. What an uplift!

I challenge you to do it Savvies. Go on - what an adventure it will be! Take a few minutes and put together an email and send it out to the people in your life that you trust or admire.

It could be something along the lines of "I'm doing an exercise someone recommended to me to find out my personal strengths. Could you please let me know the 3 best qualities you see in me?".

Make it as you wish SSSs!
Arienne

Week In Review: 29th March - 5th April 2013 - Reunions, Self Love & Sisterhood

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:48:00 +0000

I've been missing my week in reviews and all the benefits it gives me! Here is a wrap of the past 7 days :)

Visited Corban and Blair - a beautiful Sydney-based stationery/lifestyle business. Small world as one of the co-founders is the mother of a student from the School of Nursing I used to work at. The other co-founder is the mother of a boy that The Man will start soccer coaching this week...We had good chats around products and business. Hello Universe and Synchronicity!

Had good chats with a potential printer around paper and production

Me with Janice & Charlie in Bondi

Caught up with the Beautiful Janice, who was my roommate at Kimberly Wilson's Paris/Provence Yoga Retreat last year and her partner Charlie when they had a quick visit to Sydney from Arizona.

Been having lots of instagram-ing fun. I'm @ariennegorlach - join in the visual lovefest! Joining in with the #fflovephotoaday challenge. Love my Filofax!

Revamped my editorial calendar for Savvy Sassy She and Life Is Crafted

Family time at the park - such precious moments

Coaching session with wonderful insight-driving woman

Future creating for Life is Crafted

Reading fun, frivolous, fiction novels to rest the active mind

Product printing for Life is Crafted & LifeTyped

Post office visits

Zander walks

Bill paying

Goulash eating. Amazing food cooked by The Man

Not the best quality shot! Me and Amanda (love the dress!)

Went to an amazing event called Self Love and Sisterhood featuring some amazing bloggers discussing these two important topics. The panel had Tara Bliss from Such Different Skies, Jess Ainscough of The Wellness Warrior, Melissa Ambrosini from Path To Wellness and Amanda Rootsey of Shine From Within. I will definitely write more about this event - they were uplifting and inspiring!

How was your week?

Make is as you wish!

Arienne xo

From Darkness to Light. What you going to do today Girlfriend?

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:51:00 +0000

Found On

We all have those days that aren't so good. The ones where we feel low.

It is okay girl. Things will get better. You may not see the light right this minute but trust me - you will see the sunshine again. It may take time and it will take some effort on your behalf. But when you turn that corner, it will feel even better than before because you know what the darkness was like.

We may or may not know the reasons. If it is fleeting, the Why may not matter.

If it is not so fleeting, talk to someone. Reach out. I'll bet that at the core it has something to do with not being who you really are. Dig down darling, the answers are all there. Ask yourself questions. Work out what truly makes you happy. Your joy is no one else's responsibility but yours. You owe it to yourself to explore what makes you tick. It is a journey, a process, a never-ending one. But it is a path that is so rewarding. The start is the hardest. It does get easier but takes effort nonetheless. I'm travelling down that road and am so grateful to be on my way rather than how I was before I started. I am happier, healthier, more real, more in love, more appreciated...more me.

Don't forget to enjoy the journey along the way. Your life is made up of days. Make everyday something real. Something wonderful. Make a memory. Turn a corner. Laugh at yourself. Call that friend. Give yourself permission. Help that guy. Get to you know more about you. Take a photo. Wear that dress. Ask for that raise. Resign. Read that book. Send that email. Forgive yourself. Forgive your mum. Forgive him. Go to that yoga class. Love yourself. Say thank you. Go after that goal. Say yes. Say no. Listen to that song. Put on your red lipstick and dancing shoes. Live.

I sat down with the intention to write a completely different post. This is what came out instead. Did one of you need it? Maybe I did...

What are you going to do today girlfriend?

Make it as you wish,
Arienne

Feeding Inspiration Into My World

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:33:00 +0000

What a way to start the day!

This morning, I kicked the day off with a dose of inspiration and connecting with like minds. Every month, Vibewire and the Powerhouse Museum put on FastBreak, a pre-work morning event and breakfast with 5 presenters speaking for 5 minutes on the month's topic.

Today was on the topic of Craft (close to my heart because of Life is Crafted!). It was five entrepreneurs discussing their take on Craft and Crafting. I always take something away from these sorts of events. Whether a re-determination to take action, a specific thing to do or inspiration to fuel my work and my being.

The pic above was of the first speaker, Rupal Ismin of Andable. Andable is a wonderful online marketplace with a difference - you can buy 'products directly from indie sellers in Australia and around the world.
10% of every sale goes to fund a micro loan (or 'small business loan') to a person in need in a developing country.'

I've had my Andable account created for a while now, I just need to start stocking my shop there. This morning reminded me to get my Life is Crafted diaries and products organised so I can list them! Meeting Rupal after the presentation was also a treat. I am always interested in the people and personalities behind the scenes of businesses I'm drawn to.

Then I rounded it off with a coffee meeting with my weekly mastermind posse - two kickass women doing wonderful things in the world with their social enterprises. As one of them said - it was 40 minutes of Goosebump goodness going around. It is such an honour to have my path growing alongside theirs and to be along for the journey!

Sprinkling inspiration into your everyday is super important to keep you heading in the direction you want. The good news is that it is not hard to do. Here are 5 ideas:

Find and attend events in your area that have inspiring speakers and attendees.
Find a blog to read that inspires you to be or do more.
Make a regular date with people in your world that uplift you.
Take a walk and find the awe and wonder in the everyday things that surround you.
Connect to your dreams and goals. Have a daily reminder of the why behind what you are doing to push you forward.

How do you feed inspiration into your world?

Make is as you wish,
Arienne

Goals? Resolutions? Just Have Some!

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:44:00 +0000

Having a direction in life is very important to me. It gives purpose to my everyday. It gathers my thoughts, gives me a reason to get up each morning and puts a skip in my step!

Part of this overall picture is having goals. Little goals. Big goals. Goals that will help me make a difference. Goals that will help me live a better life for myself and those around me.

Writing them down is a big part of the steps towards achieving them. So go and write!

At the end of the day, it is about having a focus and steadily working towards, enjoying the process along the way, making my life 'bigger' and bringing me personal satisfaction!

This great infographic was sent to me via someone at OnlineEducation.net and I just had to share.

What do you think? Do you have goals? Are they helpful? What are you working towards?

Make it as you wish SSSs!
Arienne xo

February 2013 Dreams & Behinds The Scenes Update!

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:20:00 +0000

Dearest Savvies,
Well, I've turned a corner. I've found a really tangible avenue to channel my passion and energy into. You may have noticed I've not posted a lot here recently. The reason is I've started Life is Crafted. I believe diaries, organisers and planners (or whatever you'd like to call them!) is the basis of lifestyle design.

What you make time for and schedule into your days becomes your life. The pages I've created for Life is Crafted help with inspiration, creativity, productivity and lists for reflection and planning.

Savvy Sassy She is the bigger picture of making life what you want it to be while the products of Life is Crafted is an implementation of it. I've also co-launched LifeTyped which is a manifestation of celebrating your life's moments in gorgeous typographic art.

Anyways, I just wanted to explain what has been going on behind the scenes!

I've done a lot in the last few months, but to draw a line in the sand here are my February Dreams...

Personal

Plan trip to Perth - work and social
Celebrate little sister's 18th birthday! She's not my daughter but she makes me feel old!
Celebrate the wonderful other sister's return to Oz from a few years in the UK
Celebrate the Valentine's sentiment on a different day with The Man (we won't be together on the 14th!)
Start Healthy Habits Project - deets to come
Workout plan to reach health goal on the 1st March 2013
Discuss Family Food Blog with youngest sister
Look at Christmas Flights to have a snowy European Christmas

Professional

Plan personal and professional projects for 2013
Create personal branding document
Work on Business routines
Organise office workflows
Release FamilyTyped and RomanceTyped for LifeTyped
LifeTyped Etsy Listings
Life is Crafted Etsy Listings
Create and implement blog plans
Create business plan for Life is Crafted
List product sections for sale
Work on product and production development
Do full computer backup
Enjoy the business!

What are one or two of your February 2013 plans SSSs?

Make it as you wish!

Arienne

The Ultimate 2012 Gift Guide

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:21:00 +0000

My goodness me, it was a labour of love putting this post together! I didn’t realise I knew so many fabulous people and their wares! If you like it, please share with others :)

Well it is coming to that time of year again where we are gifting our loved ones with festive presents. I really wanted to support brands and products I've had experience with first hand and those that have some social conscience or supporting business owners that do!

Finding the perfect gift for someone can be a difficult task. What I ask of you is not to give crappy presents! There are some fabulous things out there.

You could make something yourself or give them something thoughtful that will enhance their lives, entertain their faculties or brighten up their everyday.

Recycle, reuse or repurpose items and packaging. There is enough waste out there!

Without further ado, here are my top picks :)

GIFT IDEAS

Candles For Community

CANDLES - CANDLES FOR COMMUNITY

www.zulucommunications.com.au/candles/
Sue has created a special Christmas fundraiser and is selling a beautiful range of 100% soy candles. She is doing this as a fundraiser for Sunrise Children’s Villages. I helped to pour some of the wonderful candles – they smell divine and come is such a wonderful range.

The Sunset to Sunrise range has been created EXCLUSIVELY for Sunrise and Sue is donating 50% of profits from the sale of candles will be donated to Sunrise.

CHRISTMAS ORDERING DEADLINE IS 5 DECEMBER.

Sweet Pins

HOSIERY – SWEET PINS

www.sweetpins.com.au
One of the most gorgeous women I know is the entrepreneurial woman behind Sweet Pins. Lidia is an Italian in Sydney. I’m looking forward to buying my wedding ‘things’ here!

Sweet Pins is the one-stop-shop for discerning ladies and gentlemen, glamorous brides, pin ups and burlesque queens looking for luxurious stockings and vintage inspired lingerie. At Sweet Pins you will find a fabulous selection of fashion tights and hold ups, seamed stockings as well as garter belts, girdles, suspender dresses and lingerie sets from exclusive brands like Kiss me Deadly, What Katie Did, Dottie's Delights, Gerbe Paris, Playful Promises and more.

Baby Teresa

BABY – BABY TERESA

www.baby-teresa.com
I bought a gorgeous romper, hat and blanket set from this Tasmania based organic cotton range. They were gorgeous and came in lovely wrapping. What I love the most about Baby Teresa is that when you buy a product from their range they give another to a baby in need. Awesome huh?! Buy once – give twice!

MICROFINANCE LOANS – OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL

www.opportunity.org.au
Does someone you know have everything they need but you still want to give them a thoughtful gift? Make a microfinance loan on their behalf. Microfinance is a system of providing small loans to those (generally women) who wouldn’t be able to get finance using traditional methods. They then use these funds to create income generating businesses to help their families and their communities out of the cycle of poverty. You can choose who you want to give your loan to. The amazing thing is that these loans have a much higher repayment success rate than loans given by banks. 97%!

KeepCup

COFFEE – KEEPCUP

www.keepcup.com.au
“Hot Coffee. Cool Earth.” Is their catch phrase. This Melbourne based business create awesome reusable coffee cups that stop you from putting all those one-use cardboard ones into landfills. You can even design your own. How cool earth is that?!

Goddess Guidebooks - Create Your Year

GODDESS GUIDEBOOKS

Create Your Year Workbook
Goddess Circle

Leonie Dawson is a magic maker! She is a fabulous self-proclaimed ‘hippie’ turned creative business goddess that has a range of e-course and a uber supportive online community – The Goddess Circle. I’ve used her great products and they are truly useful, actionable and inspiring. Sign up to her newsletter too – its part of my authentic business mindfood regime.

The Burial

BOOK – THE BURIAL

The Burial

I met Courtney when she was part of our 10thousandgirl Steering Committee. She is one fire-cracker of a writer with a heart of gold and is also a social entrepreneur support system with her previous work at the School of Social Entrepreneurs. The Burial is a majestic and poetic novel set in the outback and inspired by Australia's last bushranger, young woman Jessie Hickman. A very unusual narrator tells the story. Perfect holiday reading!

BOOK – ROCK THE WORLD REHAB

Rock the World Rehab: a 4-step "get red carpet ready" body+mind+heart+soul detox adventure

Nothing to do with drug rehab guys! Denise was one of the absolutely inspiring women I met at Kimberly Wilson’s Paris and Provence retreat this year. She is one amazing, sparkly person – lawyer, Phd, writer, furmama, wife and all round inspirer, her book, Rock The World Rehab, is a four step program to detox your body, heart, mind and soul.

GAME - ALTARS

Altars Game
This game for your iPhone is by The Man. It's awesome, it's fun. It's challenging and addictive! Check it Out!

BOOK – TRANQUILISTA

Tranquilista

I have been a long term Kimberly Wilson fan, falling in love with her doses of inspiration and musings on bringing tranquillity into your everyday. Her book Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play provides valuable tips and tools for embracing your many sides. Plus I love the way she writes – it’s a fun and enlightening read!

Half Beast

PRINTS – HALFBEAST

www.etsy.com/shop/halfbeast
Sarah Gleeson is one talented gal! Graphic designer, illustrator and dog lover extraordinaire, she created Half-Beast to provide customised prints that is one half is your favourite animal and the other half is you. Fun, yes? YES! She is also the designer that helped me with the Life is Crafted templates :)

I couldn’t do this post without including my own lil’ ventures now could I?!

LifeTyped

PRINTS – LIFETYPED

www.lifetyped.com/products-2
LifeTyped are made-to-order typographic prints that help you celebrate life’s moments or inspire you in the now. We do Birth Prints, Wedding & Engagement Prints, Pet Prints and Life Manifestos for you to frame on your wall, nursery or shelf.

Imagine your life’s moments captured in words, honoured as art!

Life is Crafted

DIARY ORGANISER PLANNER – LIFE IS CRAFTED

www.lifeiscrafted.com
The printable planner range is definitely more than just a boring scheduler! It is colourful, inspiring and has a really useful layout perfect for planning and organising what you need to do. Plus there is a big collection of life-enhancing lists and info-collection pages.

Life is crafted. Craft yours!

PLANNER FOLDER – PHILOFAXY ADS

http://philofaxy.blogspot.com/p/adspot.html

If you are looking for a planner folder to put your diary inserts into check out the Filofaxes on the Philofaxy site! My favourite size is A5.

OTHER GREAT IDEAS…

While these are not so much gift ideas, they are GREAT ideas that you can either get gifts through or keep in mind for yourself and others in the future.

HONEYMOON REGISTRY

Are you or someone you know getting hitched? Here’s a great Honeymoon registry! I’ve started setting my own up. It is thoughtful and easy to navigate!
http://ourhoneymoonregistry.co

DOGGIE RESCUES

So many pets are bought as thoughtless Christmas gifts and abandoned as soon as people realise what a responsibility it actually is (BOO on them). For those who make an educated decision about having a pet, consider getting one that really needs a home, rather than paying with an arm and a leg through pet shops which can source through unreputable means.

We got Zander from Companions For Life based in Portland, NSW. Two Sydney organisations rescuing dogs in need are Monica’s Rescue and J & J Rescue. If you’re looking for a cat or kitten check out the Cat Protection Society who have a no-kill policy. . Google for an equivalent near you.

OPEN SHED

www.openshed.com.au
Ever tried a new hobby, fell in love, bought everything you needed and then never used the equipment again? Or splurged on a drill and only used it for 12 minutes (which I have now learned is the average time a drill is used in a year). Why not rent what you need from your local community instead of buying things you might not get a lot of use out of? Fabulous co-founders Lisa and Duncan are some of the biggest voices around collaborative consumption in Australia.

ANDABLE

www.andable.com
A fabulous online market place for awesome products. The ‘sugar-on-the-top’ benefit? If you buy an item through their system, 10% of what you spend is given towards a microfinance loan! Winners all round :)

BEAUTIFUL MINDS

www.beautifulminds.com.au
Teenage years can be tough (gosh, sometimes even when you’re older times can be tough too!). My friend Marina Passalaris runs courses for teen girls to help them navigate their inner and outer world. She works magic and the impact it has on the young ladies is transformational giving them tools and skills to handle a lot of what is around them.

THE 10THOUSANDGIRL CAMPAIGN

www.10thousandgirl.com
You probably all have heard about 10thousandgirl from me! I've been deeply involved for a long time, but have taken a small step back in recent months to focus on my projects. Here, we’re all about making finance fun for young women around Australia and inspiring a global ripple effect. Events are on year round!

Please note that three of these are affiliate links – most of them aren't! Most of you who know me, know that I give a lot to help make good things happen so I really hope you don’t mind!

December 2012 Dreams/November Review

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:37:00 +0000

Summer Christmas!

I feel as if this month has gone past in a blur of productivity and yummy refreshments. Luckily December is a great month to stop and review the past year and start looking forward to the next. My December Dreams are mainly made up of these activities :)

DECEMBER DREAMS

2012 Year in review session
New Year's goals and resolutions
Revamp routines
Plan projects and commitments for 2013
Develop product range for Life is Crafted
Develop product range for LifeTyped
Maintain Family Christmas tradition - interviews
Celebrate NYE with ones I love
Finally go to the hairdresser!
Other long overdue pampering - massage & beautician
Attend Hungarian Christmas party with The Man
Host informal LifeTyped launch party and catch up drinks
Attend 10thousandgirl Link Up Event
Write a gift guide and share goodies with friends and network
Attend local Christmas street party and connect with neighbours
Check out the Finders Keepers market
Wave a temporary farewell to biz partner as she jets off to New Zealand
Organise computer - clean up desktop and files
Esty and Andable myself up
Find awesome basic advice from an accountant for legal set up
Tax prep

NOVEMBER DREAMS REVIEW

Launch Life is Crafted - printable planner refills that are more than just an appointment recorder - Done! So excited to finally see the tangible outcome of one of my dreams!
Launch another biz of which I have a wonderful Co-founder :) - Done! www.lifetyped.com is live! Gorgeous prints around celebrating life!
Do more videos for my Life is Crafted YouTube channel - feel free to subscribe! - Done! I'm so chuffed to have over 100 subscribers now - I've got some great videos in the works too :)
Organise Perth christmas trip (mostly Zander related organisation - we'll have a flying puppy!) - Done! We just need to get a crate now...
Spend quality time with the Daddy-O - It has been challenging with so many business things going on, but we've managed to have wonderful dinners together most nights and we went out for a lovely lunch yesterday!
Write my non-fiction version of NaNoWriMo - Not done! I mean really. What was I thinking?! Launching two businesses and writing a book?! This has been postponed!!
Help out at Bookclub Fundraiser join us if you can! - Done! What an eye-opening evening. I laughed and I cried and I got inspired to help. If you've not already heard of Geraldine Cox and her Sunrise Children's Villages in Cambodia, I strongly suggest you do. One way of supporting is buying candles
Attend lovely friends' baby shower - Done! Some great ideas and activities!
Jazz in the Park, dinners with friends, Bday celebrations and nothing more! - Done! I really tried to keep focussed on what I had to do in the short-term. I worked hard and had a few outings - but nothing too over the top!
Remember tear myself away from the computer to exercise because it is good for me - Hmmm, so so. I did start yoga back up for a few days, but I really need to get back into the swing of things now that the urgent launch dates are over
Maintain date nights with The Man - Hmmm, not so great at doing this. Luckily The Man is uber understanding and supportive!
Breathe, be grateful and enjoy the busy-ness! Remember the big picture. - Done! I'm not saying it was easy and I didn't get stressed, but most of the time I remembered to try and enjoy the journey - It helped when others noticed I was very stressed and pointed it out and reminded me to breathe :)

What's one of the things you're planning for December Savvies?

Make it as you wish,

Week In Review: 24-30 November 2012 Launches & Lunches

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:57:00 +0000

The Life Manifesto Print from LifeTyped

I wrote a post about doing a Week In Review over at Life is Crafted last week and it proved to be quite popular! I know I haven't done one here in a while (though I have a few draft posts) but I should let that put me off getting back on the horse.

I have to say that part of me feels like some big things happened, but not much else. Though, it is not until I start looking through my Filofax and seeing what I've actually done, that things I've 'forgotten' about pop out again. So, I might be surprised...let's see!

Worked on all the pre-launch tasks with a level of manic craziness for LifeTyped. This included website tweaking, buying process designing and implementation, image decisions, photoshoots, social media launches blah blah blah. I really feel this took up the majority of my time, energy and efforts this week!
Launched LifeTyped
Friend and business coach over for dinner
Picked little Zander dog up from the vet. He had an x-ray done to see if the limp that has been hanging around on and off for 6 weeks was anything serious - IT WASN'T!
Went to Australian Businesswomen's Network (ABN) catch up evening
Went to the launch of Discordia - it's awesome - check out a different voice for women!
Planning gift guide post
Celebrating The Man's Name Day today
Lunch with the Daddy-O in Balmain
Lots of social media-ing
Responding to sales inquiries and emails for Life is Crafted
Lots of time with Kirsten (my biz partner and friend in LifeTyped) singing 'What you've done to me' by Xfactor winner Samantha Jade. And yes we though the line was 'I'm a hobbit on the run.'

What was the highlight of your week SSSs?

Make it as you wish,
Arienne

Do You Hate A Part Of Yourself Too?

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:45:00 +0000

Photo Credit

Warning! This post goes a little bit lovingly woowoo :)

Is there a part of yourself that you hate? A section of you that you fear will raise its head? Yes, hate is a strong word, but let's be honest now. Do you have a part of yourself that you hate? I have.

That was hard for me to admit because I don't hate anything. There is no room for hate in my life. Instead of 'hating' I try:

to understand with compassion,
to see from another point of view,
to see through the filter of another person's experience,

and then to express my opinion and persuade if I feel strongly enough. Ultimately I try to accept others and to let go and let live.

I have no control over other people. I can only change myself (haha, yes, this is frustrating on occasion - I'm only human after all!).

Anyways, back to the hate I have towards a part of me. That part is ANXIETY.

I've come to understand it from many different sides and now see it as the desperate Wake Up Call to live the life I was born to live that I truly needed to stand up and pay attention.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut. I hate how it makes me feel when it rears its head.

In those moments that it wells up in my chest, I hate.

When I fear the world going dark again, I hate.

When it lifts my heart rate and I go into fight or flight mode, I hate.

When it narrows my perspective, I hate.

When I lose my connection to who I know I can be, I hate.

When I feel the world is hopeless, I hate.

When I feel constant fear, I hate.

When feeling some of those, ahem, not so lovely things above the other day I went for a run and chanted to myself, "I am strong, healthy and happy in body, mind and soul." and then again, "I am strong, healthy and happy in body, mind and soul" and again and again and again and again and again and again.

It didn't quite connect at the time.

Next I went to yoga for the first time in months. I went through the motions of moving and breathing, trying to focus my distracted mind on the simple (and strenuous!) flow. It felt good to move my body and channel cleansing breath to the stagnant corners of my being.

Finally laying down in Savasana, I was trying to sit with (or ignore - I couldn't decide which would be better) the anxious fear sensations in my chest.

A thought popped into my head: Send it love.

I'm willing to try anything in those uncomfortable moments, so I did.

I visualised the anxiety as a ball of dark cloud residing in my chest and I told it it was loved.

I felt the fear and told it it was loved.

I saw the darkness and told it it was loved.

I felt the hopelessness and told it it was loved.

I felt and repeated "You are loved"

You are loved

(Oh my god, big tears are falling as I write this and my flatmate is coming downstairs to watch X-factor at any moment now...)

You are loved

And I felt overwhelming love and compassion for that part of me. Laying there on the mat, in a room full of yogis, I silently cried for the acceptance it felt, for the overwhelming love it finally was receiving. From it being a hated, unwanted, feared, and loathed part of me it had turned into something that I was giving love to.

It felt the love. It felt it so truly and so deeply. So it let go and transformed.

What part of yourself do you hate? Can you tell it is is loved?

Make it as you wish SSSs.

You are loved.

Feel it.

Schadenfreude - A great word for Toastmasters

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:37:00 +0000

The last time I was at Toastmasters (I'm beginning again next year when I have time to refocus!) I brought up the word schadenfreude as the word of the session and everyone got a point for using it subtly in a sentance they brought up. Okay, it really is more fun than it sounds!

On the first day of xmas your true love gave you a schadenfreude

Do you know what the word Schadenfreude means?

Make it as you wish SSSs!

Arienne

Neglecting Me

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:01:00 +0000

I'm having a really off few days. Not sure if it is because:
A) I've launched Life Is Crafted and having a bit of a lull (even though there is still heaps to do!)
B) I worked 16+ hours for a few weeks in the lead up to the launch and I didn't balance it with healthy living (not much exercise at all)
C) I had a big weekend and let loose after being so work focussed and my body and mind is not handling excess alcohol and the repercussions...
D) There is something else going on and the Universe is sending me signals to pay attention.

You'd think I'd have learned my lesson from the experiences in my past to try to live a more balanced life - to listen to signals and know how beneficial doing yoga, journaling and theta is for my mind, body and soul.

Everything was going so well that I think one side of me said I didn't need to do all that 'good' stuff. I was in the flow, kicking goals and my attention was taken up by positive deadlines and getting all the necessary stuff done. My priorties seemed right, but skewed that in the end I neglected my core health and the habits that give me strength, sanity and stability through challenging, and even enjoyable times.

I guess this post is me talking out loud a little. Trying to work through these icky feelings and attempting to understand what is going on.

I know the solution and the lesson is here, I just have to be patient and attentive and catch the penny when it drops.

Do you ever feel anything like this SSSs?

Making it as I wish,
Arienne xo

November 2012 Dreams/September Review!

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:48:00 +0000

This post is also for Day 1 of the November 365/30 List for Philofaxers.

Well friends there are a lot of amazing things happening in the land of Arienne, Savvy Sassy She and my new venture that embraces my planning/planner side. Life is Crafted . I'm being a bit head down, bum up as I focus on making my business dreams happen.

I'm so loving the fact that I am making something I love. That I have an outlet for my passion and creativity and it is being channeled into something I so enjoy (and that I hope others will too). I understand, for the first time, absolutely loving what you do so that it doesn't feel like work. There will be a lot going on over the next few weeks and I'll finally be able to make a lot of announcements! Yay

I also have to pull back on my social outings - so apologies in advance if I don't make it to things. It's nothing personal :)

Because of this focus I think my November dreams will be quite short. Some of these dreams/goals have numerous (many, plenty, heaps of, a lot, plentiful - any other synonym for numerous) steps...

NOVEMBER DREAMS

Launch Life is Crafted - printable planner refills that are more than just an appointment recorder
Launch another biz of which I have a wonderful Co-founder :)
Do more videos for my Life is Crafted YouTube channel - feel free to subscribe!
Organise Perth christmas trip (mostly Zander related organisation - we'll have a flying puppy!)
Spend quality time with the Daddy-O
Write my non-fiction version of NaNoWriMo
Help out at Bookclub Fundraiser join us if you can!
Attend lovely friends' baby shower
Jazz in the Park, dinners with friends, Bday celebrations and nothing more!
Remember tear myself away from the computer to exercise because it is good for me
Maintain date nights with The Man
Breathe, be grateful and enjoy the busy-ness! Remember the big picture

SEPTEMBER REVIEW

Celebrate 3 year anniversary together with The Man - Done!
Progress SSS redesign with Carly from Moozoo Designs - Done!
Help celebrate friend's book launch - Done! Check it out! http://courtneycollinswriter.com/
Help celebrate Ms C & Mr M's Permanent Residency Party - Done!
Attend cousin's wedding - Done and what a lovely wedding it was!
Clear up paperwork that is currently all over the place - not done, paperwork only added to!
Get back into a regular yoga practice - ahem...not done
Craft new health goal - ahem...not done
Reconnect with my journal - Done!
Catch up with Perth Bestie coming to town - So fab to see Ms L!
Launch the new professional focussed me - Done - I'm professional now ;)
Get clear on biz direction and timeframe - Done!
Create logo for new biz - Done! Check out www.lifeiscrafted.com
Revamp editorial calendar - Done!
Implement new insight into my life - Done
New website progress - Progressed - still a few things to do today!
Web copy draft - Progressed
Finish $100 Start Up as below - Done! Love it!

360/30 Lists: 19-23 Oct 12

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:25:00 +0000

19. Today is amazing because…

Even though I’ve been so busy with The Man away, the animals, the Dad arriving and the pre-work launch stuff for two businesses (plus the usual social, personal and household demands) I got everything on my to do list done.
I amazed myself! Go me.

20. Favourite characters in films

I’ve drawn an absolute blank… Amelie? The dolphin at the end of Deep Blue?

21. Foods to try

I’ve tried most foods that I wanted to (I’ve even tried some I didn’t want to!). Traveling gives you many opportunities to test your palette…

A food I wish I liked are Olives. Yes, it just seems like they should be something I love. They’re salty and sophisticated and I really believe I should be an olive loving person. Alas I am not.

22. Colours of the rainbow from most to least favourite

What was that rainbow song from my childhood? Red and yellow and pink and??? [just back from googling rainbow colours].
So, from Newton’s 7 primary colour spectrum my hierarchy of rainbow colour favourites from highest to lowest amount of liking are…
Violet
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Orange
Indigo

23. Sports you want to try

I grew up reading lots of Enid Blyton books. I wanted to be part of the Magic Faraway Tree with Dick, Fanny and Bessie (no kidding), the Famous Five and Malory Towers. Because of the latter, I have a weird curiosity around Lacrosse. I’ve never seen it played, have no idea what the rules are or what you would need to wear. BUT I WANT TO PLAY IT!

Candles For Community - Give Good

savvysassyshe@gmail.com (Arienne Gorlach) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:28:00 +0000

Today I'm bringing you something that speaks to the heart (assuming you have a warm one... of course you do silly! ;)

I've been helping a girlfriend (this woman is amazing - she gives so much - from being on the ground during the Tsunami aftermath to visiting Cambodian orphanages and plenty in between) out with one of her charity passions Geraldine Cox's Sunrise Children's Villages in Cambodia.

Two campaigns are being run by this new friend Sue Liu over the next few weeks.

1. Geraldine's Big Book Club and Fundraising Event

In Sydney, on Tuesday 6th November, I'll be helping out with this intimate evening showcasing Geraldine's adventures and a Q&A. It is such an interesting story - you can get a book from www.scv.org.au

Date: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Entry price: $69 incl GST (price includes a glass of champers, grazing plates and a donation Sunrise Children’s Villages)
Time: 6:45pm (for 7:15 start) - 9:00pm
Venue: Berkelouw Books – Leichhardt 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt

BUY TICKETS

2. Candles for Community

Buy gorgeous handpoured candles as Christmas gifts and help a community! Give good, smell good, do good. Make an impact on the recipients with a gorgeous handcrafed gift and on Sunrise Children's Villages, Cambodia with 50% of profits donated.

I helped to make some of the free gift bonus candles the other day. They smell divine and are so beautifully wrapped!

100% natural soy candles in exotic mosaic glass, glass jars, travel tin and tealights
Delicious flavours: spiced orange, lemongrass, vanilla and citronella
All candles are hand poured to order
Beautifully packaged and ready for giving

BUY CANDLES

More Info

Visit www.scv.org.au for further information and where you can also:
• Sponsor a child for $40 per month
• Make a donation to Sunrise
• Buy a copy of Geraldine’s book “Home is where the heart is” or DVD “My Khmer Heart”

Thank you!

If you can help out please do. Candles make gorgeous presents and it will go even further with Candles For Community.

Make it as you wish SSSs!