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 Year of Yes – 349
I’ve been thinking about expectations a lot. And how I want to work towards not having so many expectations allows me to create a space where people and situations can delight me instead of disappoint me. If I expect nothing, at worst I get what I expect and at best people surprise and delight me. I like the idea of living with that. Yes to opportunity to be delighted. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 348
I’ve been working on meditating daily. Some days are considerably more profound than others. Some days are considerably more quiet than others. And I still keep showing up. Because it all starts with showing up. Yes to showing up. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 347
We usually go climbing Mondays and Thursdays. This is a very long week at work and I’ve been exercising a lot so I didn’t even feel like going tonight but then I decided it was good to get out of the house and move my body. I promised myself that I would stick to easy routes only. I usually try to go up a grade with each climb but my plan tonight was to stick to easy. So instead of.going harder I ended up going faster. I did 2-3 routes back to back in the time I would have done one and ended the night with twice as many routes total. Which was a lesson in remembering that there are different ways of pushing yourself and if you’re not in the mood to do one, you can still do the other. Sore and grateful now. Yes to trying different ways. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 346
Meal prep day. (I made vegetables too, they were still in the oven when I took this shot.) If I have food in the fridge during the week, I eat said food for lunch. If I don’t have food prepped, I eat pretzels and cheese sticks. So food prep it is. Yes to planning ahead. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 345
I am working hard to take the days as they come and to hold everything lightly. Including my opinions, thoughts and ideas of right and wrong. Maybe it’s the closest I can get to non-attachment. Or the closest I can get to being in the present moment. It definitely means some things don’t get done. Also means that I often suffer less I guess I’ll take that trade. Yes to holding things lightly. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 344
Friday again. Counting down the days until it’s downtime. Doing the next right thing and staying focused. And resting. Yes to the next right thing. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 343
People surprise me and say kind things to me every single day. I am really good at dismissing them and writing it off as them being nice. But this week, I am working hard to receive it instead. Take it in and say thank you. Yes to receiving #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 342
The older I get the less performative I want my life to be. The more inside out I want to live. The more grounded I want to feel. Calm, spacious, and kind. Ease and release. I keep visualizing balloons lately and letting them go. People, thoughts, worries having them all float away. Yes to release and ease. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  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. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  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. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  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. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  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. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes |
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