The Art & Science of Skillful Living ®

LIFECRAFT ®

An Introduction to the Craft of Life

For each new generation no mission is more important, no adventure is more rewarding than the search for ones' roots and life's enduring values. To turn vision into tangible results requires committment, skills and the right tools for the job. LIFECRAFT's goal is to inspire the pursuit of the ancient quality of craftsmanship; the skill to craft a masterpiece of your life. LIFECRAFT is the "Art and Science of Skillful Living."

Every craft has "how to" manuals and handbooks to help guide practitioners through the practical aspects of the discipline, and refer back to as needed. The LIFECRAFT Life Planner was created with this same purpose in mind. It is a practical everyday reference to help you manage your daily practice of the "craft of life". As a reference manual, you do not have to read it in any particular order. Feel free to browse through it or look up specific topics of interest as the need arises.

A few of the many individual topic pages you will find in the Life Planner's 5 sections range from ancestry and education, to manners, personal and family time, finances, health, recreation and community service, personal hygiene, spirituality, emotions and setting life goals, to facing death as a part of living. The LIFECRAFT Life Planner is a complete and ready to use resource filled with the "earthy" wisdom of life as uniquely spoken by ancient and modern craftsmen and craftswomen.

You decide which topics are important to you by selecting a particular topic page. Using your Web Browser, save as many topic pages as you like to your own computer. Keep or remove whatever content suits you by editing the text. A topic page should be phrased to reflect your views and values. It is a place for you to start. Add quotations and writings from your favorite authorities, as well as your own thoughts. However, if you like the way it is already written just leave it as is.

The Life Planner also comes with a Companion Guide. Step by step, the Companion Guide teaches you how to view the whole of life as a well structured "craft", and how to skillfully use the LIFECRAFT Life Planner to craft a masterpiece of your life. The Companion Guide is also a measuring tool to gauge your practice of LIFECRAFT. Like any measuring tool, the Guide should be employed often to check the accuracy of your work. And, like any craft, LIFECRAFT requires a commitment to excellence and the skillful use of the tools of the trade to achieve the desired results.

LIFECRAFT is a comprehensive life management system dedicated to the idea of empowering ourselves and each generation to craft a masterpiece of our lives.

As a system LIFECRAFT will help you organize in one convenient place all the bits and pieces of "wisdom" about life that you will find scattered about in books, on tapes, at seminars, and "advice" from parents, relatives, and friends. It is a flexible, practical and powerful tool that can be shaped and customized to meet your particular needs. As a practice LIFECRAFT will help you to balance the distinct but interconnected elements of life as an individual and as a member of the "families" we belong to.

Finally, LIFECRAFT is about an ancient quality so easily missed in a world of constant distractions. The ancient quality is the principle of craftsmanship. Craftsmanship is one of the highest qualities revered by the human spirit since the beginning of recorded time. Indeed, it is believed by some that craftsmanship was present at the creation of the world. It is a quality understood by all cultures regardless of language, religious belief or period in time.

Craftsmanship endures long after one has traveled the journey of life. It is immortal. It is a universal value both human and divine which speaks for itself. Its presence is self evident the moment one comes into contact with it, whether through the superior work of a craftsperson, or the life of one who conducts himself or herself as a true craftsperson. Craftsmanship is the foundation upon which LIFECRAFT -- the craft of life is built.

User's Guide - Companion to the Life Planner

Life Planner® - The LifeCraft Organizer

LIFECRAFT® - Home Page

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