Agi's ideas for the house

Some general ideas:

1. name our home and name the studio room (kinda like Debra did at FLOW)

2. have a tack board where we put up info about events going on in the community

3. maybe have a weekly "house" meeting just to go over stuff and catch-up?
4. set-up an online calendar to coordinate events/schedules
5. sponsor an adoptive pet (preferably cat!) from ASPCA
6. altar with fresh flowers
7. sparkling waters intead of mainstream sodas

8. meditation retreat (like the kind they have at FLOW)

Some personal goals:

I was thinking about what you said about really focusing on making changes this year and using the support of the house/community to help you. I wanna do the same. These are some things that I wanna work on:

--ending consumption of coffee

--ending consumption of milk (becoming true-blue 100% vegan)

--learning to eat mindfully and slowly

--learning how to relax/unwind/socialize without alcohol

--getting completely off sugar

Some ideas for implementation
1. incorporating an evening of silence one day during the week (an ancient yogic practice of "mauna"); we could write notes to each other if we need to communicate, and there would be no TV or music allowed

2. hosting all-vegan dinner parties and serving juice spritzers (not alcohol!)

3. throwing Barbecue Bashes and serving grilled veggies and meat substitutes (no meat!) and juice spritzers (not alcohol!) and playing uplifting music (not hard core stuff!)

4. inviting people over for board games (as an alternative to going out clubbing or bar hopping)

5. hosting tea parties (not wild crazy parties with alcohol); maybe even calling it " ChariTea" and collecting $$ for a charity; serving some vegan appetizers/desserts

6. hosting Movie Nights, maybe calling it "Spiritual Cinema"