Daily Year of Yes – 341

Year of Yes – 341

 

I love this season so much. I don’t love the short, dark days but I love our intentionality. I love how we actively work to add light to these days. I wish we did that all year long.

Yes to adding light.

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Daily Year of Yes – 340

Year of Yes – 340

 

Rainbows all the way.

Feeling quiet and grateful tonight. Letting there be space for thoughts and quiet so I can create space for growth.

This has been the unexpected gift of 2021.

Yes to space.

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Daily Year of Yes – 339

Year of Yes – 339

 

I love having advent calendars because they infuse a little December joy into every day.

This year I got a candy one and a decaf-tea one. Every day, I get to have a pot of tea with different flavors I would otherwise never try. Some are a hit and others a miss but either way, I love the ritual of boiling the water, brewing the tea and pouring my cup from the pot.

Yes to rituals.

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Daily Year of Yes – 338

Year of Yes – 338

 

It’s good to look up and to look down. I love all of nature.

A quiet Saturday here, buying more Christmas presents and exercising and resting.

I’m letting that be enough for today. So much of this year has been learning to give myself and others grace.

Yes to grace.

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Daily Year of Yes – 337

Year of Yes – 337

 

Grateful for another Friday.

Have some wonderful reading on deck for this weekend. And rest, a lot of rest.

Yes to another week.

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Daily Year of Yes – 336

Year of Yes – 336

 

27 years ago today, I started dating my husband.

Twenty seven years.

That’s a long time. I am grateful for all those years of togetherness and changing and growing together. We celebrated by climbing together and then eating at what turned out to be a terrible restaurant which we laughed about for quite some time.

Yes to togetherness and celebrating.

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Daily Year of Yes – 335

Year of Yes – 335

 

Happy December. This is my favorite season of the year. I love the smells, the lights and the possibilities.

I love the family time and the reflection time and the down time.

Yes to a month of joy.

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Daily Year of Yes – 334

 

Year of Yes – 334

 

As expected today was a long day. I am depleted from being on all day, from commuting and socializing all day.

But it was also really wonderful to see people in person and have face-to-face conversations.

Yes to holding space for both.

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Daily Year of Yes – 333

Year of Yes – 333

 

First day back is always really tiring. So resting tonight. Tomorrow i have an offsite so we will see how that goes.

Yes to resting.

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Daily Year of Yes – 332

 

Year of Yes – 332

 

Today was the kind of day I wish every day in this vacation had been like. I spent some really lovely time with a friend this morning and then came home and did some journaling and finally got up to exercise and almost immediately felt better than I had all week. Then I meditated for 10 minutes.

Then I made my spinach, water and orange drink and some peas and corn and rice. And now my whole body is sizzling with the leftover energy from exercise and I feel so deeply grateful.

I wish I would do a better job remembering how good this feels. Ending the vacation in a high note at least.

Yes to a good day.

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Daily Year of Yes – 331

Year of Yes – 331

 

There’s one month left in this year. I’ve been thinking about what I want to do with it.

It’s time to make a list.

Yes to possibilities.

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Daily Year of Yes – 330

Year of Yes – 330

 

Feeling grateful for the small things that make me happy today: good books, music, puzzle, lovely chats with friends and warm tea.

Simples pleasures of life.

Yes to seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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