CREATING A CHARMED LIFE Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know VICTORIA MORAN Table of Contents     Acknowledgments ix     Foreword xi     Introduction xv Create a Charmed Life Follow Your Heart Get Ample Shine Time Play Your Free Square 10 Take Ten 13 Practice the Vacation Principle 16 Conserve Your Energy 19 Give up Your Mountain 22 Coexist Gracefully with the Unresolved 26 10 Invite Adventure 29 11 Acquire Discretion 32 12 Enjoy Your Eccentricities 34 13 Enhance Your Environment 37 14 Retire Your Too-Too 40 15 Do the Next Indicated Thing 42 16 Live Your Life in Chapters 45 17 Enlarge Your World 48 18 Change with the Seasons 51 19 Factor in Down Time 54 20 Complicate Selectively 57 21 Drink Good Coffee, Eat Good Food 60 22 Razzle-Dazzle on Occasion 63 23 Age Exquisitely 66 24 Stop to Realize 69 25 Obey the Laws 72 26 Breathe 75 27 Designate a Little Sacred Spot 78 28 Put up with Some Discomfort 80 29 Draw from the Past 82 30 Watch Your Words 85 31 Ask for What You Want 88 32 Become an Unhurried Woman 90 33 Seek Compatible Frequencies 93 34 Study Method Acting 96 35 Grow Through the Hard Times 99 36 Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk 101 37 Be Specific 103 38 Decide That You’re Beautiful 106 39 Form a Mastermind Alliance 109 40 Delight in Details 112 41 Prosper 114 42 Cultivate Compassion 117 43 Dance with Your Shadow 120 44 Raise Your Awe and Wonder Quotient 123 45 Add a Little Romance 126 46 Recruit Solutions That Work 129 47 Acknowledge All Blessings 132 48 Choose Actual over Virtual Reality 135 49 Cooperate with Benevolence 138 50 Keep a Journal 141 51 Make the Bed 144 52 Prevent Predictable Annoyances 147 53 Be True to Yourself 150 54 Install Necessary Upgrades 153 55 Boost Your Vitality 156 56 Sanctify the Ordinary 159 57 Check In: Are You Being Served? 162 58 Dig in the Dirt 165 59 When Heaven Knocks, Open the Door 169 60 Ban the Buzz 172 61 Welcome Yourself Home 174 62 Call a Truce with the Clock 177 63 Come up with Quick Connections 180 64 Redefine “Lady” 183 65 Midwife Dreams 186 66 Build Soul Equity 188 67 Honor Your Cycles 190 68 Stand on Ceremony 193 69 Allow for Miracles 195 70 Work a Charmed Job 198 71 Walk 201 72 Enroll in Renaissance 101 204 73 Accept Things as They Are 207 74 Trust Your Instincts 210 75 Embrace Imperfection 213      Resources for a Charmed Life 215      About the Author      Cover      Copyright      About the Publisher ... walk on the sand and leave no / Creating a Charmed Life trace, yet I wanted to build a sand castle and make my mark.” In the realm of charmed lives, this is both possible and plausible, because... unfolding I’ve learned that having a charmed life involves mak- xii / Creating a Charmed Life ing lots and lots of charmed choices and engaging in positive, life- and love-affirming habits Without question,... Leonard, Margery Buchanan, Meg Lenihan, Amy Durgan, Joe Rutt, and everyone else at Harper San Francisco whose work and vision directly resulted in Creating a Charmed Life Appreciation goes as