More about Molly + Drawing for a Care Package!

posted 24th January 2011    Written by: Molly Mahar    CATEGORY: Inspiration, Molly

Hey you!  Wanna get some mail from me?  Here’s the challenge:  pick one question, head over to Stratejoy’s Facebook page and answer the question on the wall.   All answers will be entered in a drawing for a super special gift package from me!  Who doesn’t love getting surprise care packages?!

(And yes, current clients, bloggers, and pretty much anyone is eligible!)

You can also answer all of the questions on your own blog, mention and link to this post, and leave a comment with your post url below, and you’ll get 5 entries in the drawing!

Entries need to be in by Monday, January 31st.

Onward to my Q & A…

What do you miss most about being a child?

When I was little, my mom used to tuck us in every night with a glass of water and a song or two.  I felt so safe and loved.  This is a tradition I definitely want to carry on with my own kids someday.

Also, my sister and I lived up in the mountains without any neighbors our age, so we really put our imagination to work.  I loved the days of “Indian Princess” (secret language and all), “Chef”, and “Orphans” (which consisted of pretending we were locked in the dog’s kennel and trying to escape with a jump rope and the laundry line).  What can I say?  I was obsessed with the movie Annie when I was little!

2.  What’s on your bedside table?

Burts Beeswax Lip Balm, a BPA-free waterbottle with straw, whatever earrings and bobby pins I took off the night before, flowers, and a huge stack of books.  Current rotation?  A Joseph Campbell Companion, The Gifts of Imperfection, Women Who Run with the Wolves, Improvisation for the Spirit, and at least 5 novels from the library.

When was the last time you were giddy with happiness, lost in one of those can’t-hold-back-a-smile kinda moments?

When the Big Man and I were at the NFL playoff game (see picture above) where the Seahawks beat the Saints.  It was amazing!  And I’m not even a huge football fan….  But screaming with strangers, causing a seismic tremor, and celebratory hugs for hours?  I’m in.

What are you most looking forward to in the next 6 months?

Settling into a home of some sort.  At the moment, I’m at our cabin in Index (1.5 hours outside of Seattle), taking a little breather from the trip.  But I’ll go back to living out of Stella, our CRV, soon enough!  I’m meeting the Big Man down in San Diego in another month for the West Coast portion of our Road Trip.

And then?

Who knows?   But I’m really looking forward to settling down (location-wise) for a while.  Cooking, crafting, being able to get drinks with my girlfriends.  Being a nomad has led to some awesome sights and great new friends, but I’m ready to just be for awhile.  Ready to make community connections.  Ready to feel grounded in a really lovely, cozy, affirming way.

What’s your hell like?

I can only eat imitation crab and drink Orange Tang.  Grasshoppers are continually jumping on my legs.  My only company is a corporate asshole who can’t stop bragging about his toys and the Real Housewives of Wherever. People litter.  A TV playing nothing important is blasting.  I am forced to drive in traffic in the dark and rain.  When I try to sleep, I can hear the ticking of watches and my pillow is scratchy and without a cool side.

What’s your heaven like?

My groceries magically appear in the fridge.  I can fly.  Everyone I’ve ever loved, admired, or respected is there to play, dream, frolic, party, plot, flirt, create or debate with me.  Money does not exist.  We spend a lot of time dancing and climbing peaks and laughing.  There is always fresh flowers, the smell of coffee roasting, and plenty of sparkly sandals and perfect-fitting denim.  We film documentaries on the awesomeness of heaven and slam poetry and swim in the middle of oceans with nothing but stars in the sky for light.

What’s the biggest lesson you’re taking away from the past 6 months with Stratejoy?

That it’s okay to ask for help.  That I do not have to always be on top of things.  That dreams shift and definitions of success may change and that is okay.   That I love coaching groups on the phone as much as I love leading them in person.

What song lyrics fit your life, right now, at the beginning of this brand new year?

“So we live out of our old van, travel all across this land, me and you
We’ll end up hand in hand, somewhere down on the sand, just me and you
Just as free, free as we’ll ever be
Drive until the city lights, dissolve into a country sky, just me and you
Lay underneath the harvest moon, do all the things that lovers do, just me and you”

–Free, The Zac Brown Band

If you had a time machine, what place and time would you travel to and why?

Why is this so hard?  Too much to process…  Can I redo the past?  Or just visit and observe?  Can I jump into novels or does this mean just real time travel?   What does real time travel even mean?  Would I be me or could I enter into someone’s body as a Native American on my vision quest or a Broadway star belting the classic show tunes?  If dangerous things happen, can I safely come back to the present?  Time Travel!!

I give up.  Time travel me to a naked James Franco.

What is something that not a lot of people know about you that you wish more people could know?

Well, I’m not necessarily sure I wish more people would know this, but since college I’ve practiced “Sober January”.  Yes, that means I don’t drink in January.  Yes, it’s fairly boring.  But as someone who regularly drinks (though not even close to what I consumed as a sorority girl at school) and as someone who has a very strong addiction gene in her family, I take the month off to make sure I’m still in control.   Weird?  Definitely.  Healthy?  I don’t know.  One of those quirky things about me?  Yes.

What surprised you the most about 2010?

That I didn’t love being a nomad as much as I thought I would.   And that I love the Big Man even more as my husband.

What’s the best present you’ve ever received?

A trip around the world as an I-adore-you-and-want-you-to-figure-your-shit-out present.  And all the rest of my “student loan” I owed my parents being forgiven as a wedding present.  (I still owe oodles of money to Cornell, just not to my parents anymore!)

Imagine your life was being made into a movie. What would the title be? Who would you pick to play you? What would the theme song be? How about the little trailer blurb for the advertisement?

Seeking Joy, starring Reese Witherspoo or Rachel McAdams or Blake Lively (a girl can dream, okay?) with music by Chris Cornell, Rilo Kiley, Taylor Swift, and the Counting Crows.  “Happiness is not a destination, but a journey for this free-spirited, ambitious, New World leader.”  (again, pushing it a little, but isn’t everything inflated in Hollywood?!)

That question was Nikki’s, right?  So hard.  I couldn’t come up with anything that didn’t sound cheesy, so I just rolled with it…  Urgh.

Dream Job? Dream Home? Dream Vacation?

Dream Job in my reality:  An internal coach and leadership policy developer at Google, or some other equally brilliant, progressive, and crazily fun company on the West Coast, with loads of travel and speaking opportunities OR the resident coach at some amazing spa-like heath resort that doesn’t cater to celebrities.

Dream Job outside of my reality: Broadway Star.

Dream Home:  Pretty much anything from 360 Modern and PB Elemental.  With a view of water.  And within walking distance to a market, coffee, yoga, fabulous schools.  Easy driving distance to vineyards, skiing, and sailing.

Dream Vacation:  So, let’s just pretend that private jet tours aren’t bad for the environment and each leg of this trip is totally sustainable and treats the country guides & vendors amazingly. And hip people who love local food and drink and making new friends are along.  Okay?  Expereiences of a Lifetime Trip. That is all.

p.s.  Want to read my Q & A from Season 2?  More random facts about Molly

p.p.s  Don’t forget to enter the drawing for a love package!  Wheeee!

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19 Responses to “More about Molly + Drawing for a Care Package!”

  • doniree Says:
    January 24th, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    "My groceries magically appear in the fridge."

    This is why, in our next lives, we should be roommates or life partners or something because I LOVE to grocery shop.

  • Katie Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 6:12 am

    oh my god, I forgot about "Orphans"! Climbing on top of the dog house to get over the chain link…too funny :) Love reading your random facts to learn even more about my seestar. xoxo

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 9:36 am

    Done and done, future life partner. ;) I don't mind washing dishes….

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 9:36 am

    xoxoxo Right back.

  • doniree Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 9:56 am

    Me either! I do, however, HATE doing laundry.

  • Alisha Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    I love that song lyric. I think I need to go download it! Your time travel answer almost made me pee in my pants–which since I'm pregnant isn't hard to do these days, but still–too funny. And Reese could totally play you. Thanks for sharing some more random bits :)

  • stephamus Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    Here is the link to my Q&A Blog post!!

    http://stephamus.wordpress.com/?p=149&preview…

  • Natasha Hollerup Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Naked James Franco is nice. I answered these questions and mentioned your answers on my blog. Here is the link: http://thebankofmylife.com/2011/01/21/heaven-hell…

  • asummermoon Says:
    January 26th, 2011 at 7:29 am

    What are you most looking forward to in the next 6 months?
    Finding a new job and feeling good about my work
    Building more connections with like minded people
    Staying committed to writing on my new blog at least once a week
    See an increase in home business sales
    Have enough savings to feel like I'm really going to make it to Africa before the year is out (volunteer work)

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    January 26th, 2011 at 10:41 am

    Orphans. Bahahaha! My mom still questions her parenting when we tease her about that. Big, big love right back.

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    January 26th, 2011 at 10:44 am

    5 entries for you!! YES.

  • suki Says:
    January 26th, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Yikes, I don't like imitation crab OR fake orange flavors like Tang / Orange Skittles either! :p Looking forward to BISC in May!

  • Heaven, Hell and Other Random Thoughts | In Search of Squid Says:
    January 26th, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    [...] to me, but I bet she would if I talked to her.)  She did however invite me to participate in her really cool care package giveaway and answer a bunch of fun (sometimes silly) questions about myself.  And since I know you guys [...]

  • Big L Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 4:16 am

    I love it when you tell us more about you! Yay!! But there are a few things in this post that deserve special attention…

    1. Money doesn't exist – Absolute HEAVEN, agreed!
    2. NFL PLAYOFF GAME – As a huge NFL fan, I can't BELIEVE you recently had this experience. And what a game it was!
    3. Naked James Franco – Ummm, yes. Probably my favourite answer to a question, ever.
    4. Blake Lively playing you – AMAZING!

    xo

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    January 28th, 2011 at 11:16 am

    I might even be okay with Blake Lively (playing me) making out with James Franco. Close enough…. ;)

  • Diana Says:
    January 30th, 2011 at 9:17 am

    Hey hey! I finally did this…and it was much harder than I thought it would be.
    Lil More About Me http://bit.ly/e5PJzu

  • I know I should be asleep right now, but I just love a good Q-and-A. « Michelle Bizon Says:
    January 30th, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    [...] to throw your name in too? Details are here. The deadline is [...]

  • Michelle Bizon Says:
    January 30th, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    YAY FOR Q&A POSTS! Great idea, Molly! Here's mine: http://michellebizon.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/i-k….

  • Molly_Hoyne_Mahar Says:
    February 1st, 2011 at 8:57 am

    Loved it! 5 entries!

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