Its Official!!!

Hello to all of you on the other side of the globe!

"What a long, strange trip its been!" Almost one year and a half ago, I embarked on this Asian journey of mine. Can you believe it? I left on January 3, 2008....and on June 14, 2009, my feet will be on the ground in Seattle! Yep, you read that correctly...I'm headed home!.....Not without a bit of a journey beforehand though of course! (I mean, were talking about Jody here....she couldn't just fly straight home without a few stops on the way!?!? right?!)

On May 31st, I'll be arriving in London to visit the main character from my infamous story of lost-and-almost-never-found-if-not-for-my-determination, (which originates way back from my days traveling through Australia and New Zealand in 1996) Martin! and his wife Sharon and their 3 kids! This story could be its own movie....ask me about it sometime...

Then onward to Massachusetts to visit my dear friend from Bastyr, Emily, and her divine little baby boy, Gus to have a fabulous week of chillin' in the actual physical presence of one of my closest friends....this will feel like heaven.

And then, home to Seattle! I hit a wall a few weeks ago and am sooo ready for a visit home! (Yes, I said 'visit.') So what does 'visit' mean? Well, I'm pretty clear that I never want to live full time in Seattle again. The weather. The traffic. Need I say more? Will I come back to Bali? Maybe. Its a good possibility. (This town is amazing in many ways.) But it would be cool to stay in at least the same time zone! So maybe I'll just head south...but, I'm going to figure that all out once I get home! Thank you mom! I'll be moving in with mom and will be staying for what I presume will be at least through the summer. And then, who knows!

So Jody, What's your Plan?! Well folks, my love for living outside of the box continues....I am quite clear that I never want to be at a desk from 9-5. My feet just can't handle sitting still for that long day after day. So, I have a few plans....

#1 - I am now the Director of Sales for the best naturopathic website on the web, created by one of my med school colleagues, Dr. Nicole Sundene. Check out her brilliance at www.kitchentablemedicine.com Any natural health question you have, she's answered it. Its going to be big. Our goal is to surpass Dr. Mercola in popularity...and she has spent so much time packing the site with content that the advertising has yet to be fully addressed. So that's my job! And its going to be good!

#2 - Finish my book, of course! Yes, I still have months to go. No, I dont have a publisher as of yet (but working on a submission letter this weekend to send to a key person I just met a few days ago who works for a huge publisher in London who said she'd hand deliver it to the perfect person so email it to her!)

#3 - I am going to facilitate "A Night of Inspiration." What is that, you ask? It is exactly as it sounds. I will be going around to gyms and yoga studios in Seattle until I find maybe two that are a good fit...and advertising for an evening of inspiration with catch phrases such as....Are you run down by negativity and complaining? Is the economy making you feel blue? Do you desire to be a part of an inspiring, positive minded discussion about how to rise above the gloom and feel excited about life today?.....or something like that...the polished version of my marketing has yet to be created. But this is the same message of my book so of course, all my ideas have the same underlying theme of me being Dr. Inspiration. A key quote that sums up the vision of my future career is...."What the world today needs is not more information, but INSPIRATION!" And I've realized that I LOVE leading groups...that is a must in my future ideal career.

#4 - Lead my own health retreats! I'll start small...weekend ones around the northwest and my long term vision is 7-10 day ones at tropical locations around the world! I have a million ideas about how to market myself for getting clients ....

Now, having said all of that, I'd like to reserve my right to change my mind and do none of the above and yet something completely different as well....because, that's just the way I operate! (I like to compare myself to an inventor who constantly has a million ideas in their mind, forever playing with all of them until something big takes hold. :-) So the above are what is floating around in my head for the moment!

Last question...How long will I stay in Seattle? Answer = I dont know. At least for the summer, yes...but I am committed to living a life where I get to smile in the sunshine on a regular basis. So will that be California? central America? Back here to Bali?....Who knows! All I know for now is, my feet will be on the ground in Seattle on June 14th! And I cant wait to see and hug all of you whom I love and have been missing so much.

See you soon!
Jody, aka Dr. Inspiration :-)