Areas:

• Family
  • Love (Unconditional Trust) -Based
  • Children
    • self-guided development
    • having within our community top educational resources
    • travel
    • time in nature
    • good balance between having parents who work/are engaged AND quality time with kids
    • socialization… integrating kids into diverse social life, not getting insular
    • access to top healthcare
    • financial stability —and teaching financial accountability
    • Awareness of rationality!
    • Opportunities for creativity
    • Physical education
  • Partner
    • coexistence of support and constructive feedback
    • honesty/openness
    • adaptability
    • never go to bed angry
    • lots more!! But we’ve had a lot of these conversations!
  • Parents/Grandparents
    • Unconditional support (BG)
    • Financial support (B)
    • Proximity as parents age (BG)
    • Possibility of live-in care (BG)
    • Strong relationship with children (BG)
  • Siblings
    • ongoing clear communication and support, especially when it comes to potential care for parents and money matters (G)
    • proximity would be great, if possible (G)
    • solid relationship with sibling’s significant others (G)
    • Availability for unconditional support (B)
  • Wider family
    • connection —> proximity, being there for important occasions (BG), strong relationship to our children
• Friendship/Community
  • Interest-based
  • Ever growing and engaged (B)
  • Support of both shared and individual friendships (G)
  • Being central connectors (introducing friends to friends, establishing new connections) (GB)
• Work/Career/Money
  • Lord in the House of Lords (B)
  • Occupy a similar place to Emmanuel Macron, a leader of a “second-rate” country, i.e. France
  • Be at least equally inspired and exhausted, preferably rarely exhausted (G)
  • Feel valued and well compensated for work that I find meaning in, and that is collaborative (G)
  • Be celebrated for the merit of my skill versus the political prowess of my nature (BG)
  • Make $3.5 mill (B)
  • Goal: $70-85k/yr (G)
  • Encounter people who are doing high-level, effective, innovative work (G)
  • *Get recognized for a few innovative creative projects (GB)
  • Develop innovation in professional field (theater/education) (G)
  • Establish a chair at a university that I get to sit in and then pass on (B)
  • *Let the pursuit of moral goodness/altruism guide of my professional actions (B)
• Civic Engagement/Philanthropy
  • Improve my community in some measurable way (G)
  • Establish a fund that meets the basic needs of everyone within my local community that can be expanded as a model that can meet the needs of all of humanity (B)
  • Engage civically through the arts in a way that is not aesthetic, but actually highly effective—> (G)
  • *Let the pursuit of moral goodness/altruism guide of my professional actions (B)
  • To lead with rationality, not politics (B)
  • To inspire (young) people towards altruistic action (GB)
• Art/Creativity
  • Is strongly, satisfyingly, sustainably linked to my main activity (work/career) (G)
  • Has a consistent place in life practice and routine (G)
  • Is valued as source of joy/meaning (G)
  • *Get recognized for a few innovative creative projects (GB)
  • Exists in my friends/community (G)
  • Exists in our house (GB)
  • Art as an Afterthought (B)
  • “Freedom to Funky Party” (B)
• Home Environment
  • Ability to host people/family (GB)
  • Uptown House near Audubon Park (B)
  • Outside bed!! (G)
  • Movement Studio (G)
  • Library (B)
  • Yard/Garden (BG)
  • Porch (BG)
  • Not near a major road (G)
  • Unlocked door (B)
  • Off street Parking (B)
  • Woods (BG)
  • Light-filled (BG)
  • Inviting rather than intimidating (G)
  • Bywater weekend home (B)
  • NYC apartment (G)
  • Amazing Kitchen (G)
  • Not overwhelming to clean (GB)
  • Kid-friendly (BG)
  • Wood floors (G)
  • Historic (B)
  • Quiet (G)
  • Near good cafes and friends (GB)
  • Western MA house (yurt in Gill) (GB)
  • Contains/is Art!
• Health
  • Good access to medical services, especially when pregnant (GB)
  • Trusted doctors, who have been with us for years (GB)
  • Always make/have time and opportunity for exercise (GB)
  • Maintain regular mindfulness practice (B)
  • Prioritization of and regular mental health check-in (G)
  • Continued development of relationship to and effect of my emotions (G)
  • Acknowledgment and acceptance of an aging body’s limitations (B)
  • Minimizing stress without limiting life (G)
  • Good air! Good Water! Good food!
  • Prioritizing rest (GB)
  • Still be running in my 70’s (G)
  • Tai Chi til death (B)
  • Always feel that health is worth paying for (don’t cut costs on health)
  • Avoid over-medication
  • Lasik (G)
• Learning/Education
  • Constant!!! Never ending!! Unselfish! (B)
  • Seek out and prioritize Master-level workshops/retreats (G)
  • Open to further degree, but only if about the work and availing me of resources and ability to explore and impact (G)
  • Balance between teaching and learning
• Adventure/Travel
  • Blake’s private jet and lakefront airport, Gulfstream G35
  • Consistent Travel (G)
  • 4 months out of the year (B)
  • Work residencies (G)
  • Extended stays in foreign places (B)
  • Traveling with children