June was supposed to be the major month I planned to rest before going back to work early July. It was mostly restful but started with a lot of appointments I hadn’t planned on to ensure things were moving forward.

This months intention was to Practice Joy: Breathe in the fresh air. Summer is here. Smell the water. Go outside. Sit in the sunshine. One more school year is over. Celebrate your life. 

I’ve been resting and enjoying the summer. It’s been pretty hot here so I haven’t enjoyed the fresh air as much as I would have liked to. I will spend more time on that in July. Definitely didn’t get to go to the water either. It was a good month.

Here are some goals I had for June:

• I continued to paint daily, I did a lot of this and feel pretty proud of my progress
• I ate a salad almost every day
• did almost all of HCOTF
• supported the kids with all of the end of year activities
• Read a lot – i read over 50 books
• Supported J
• took Liz’s 5 things class and several skill share classes
• continued medication
• helping D and N with their summer journeys
• journaled but not until the very end of the month
• Did a week in the life!
• Continued documenting the joy
• Loved my people
• Scrapped and did OLW
• I did go outdoors and sit outside in the sunshine but not as much as i could have
• Did not dive deeper into ease, release, equanimity, space, possibility and see what you might want to do for each.
• Did not figure out linode stuff for email.
• Have been working on a daily practice of giving yourself grace
• Have been ok with not getting much done, rest.
• Have been trying to be in the present moment, and not count down the days

June was much better than May, still started a bit more hectic than I would have liked but by the end of the month I finally started to feel like I was really starting to slow down. I feel spacious and more rested.

I will continue to try take it each one day at a time and look for the joy again and again. Because I know that I already have all I need and want. Everything else is bonus.

Here’s to hoping July is full of joy.