Today’s #aepieceofus prompt was eyes closed. I snapped this photo of Jake and I at the climbing gym and even though the color is all off because of being inside the gym I still love this photo.

For the last year the only place I’ve been going when I leave the house is either to do grocery shopping which we do touchless or the climbing gym with Jake now that we are in the orange zone.

Three times a week we go and climb for 2 hours. There are lots and lots of things I can say about it but one of my favorite things is that it’s time that Jake and I spent together just the two of us and we literally hold each other up and support each other as we climb.

There are many things I love about my husband and at the very top of the list is who he is and who he makes me want to be. He has always added light into my life and has always made me strive to be a better version of myself. These hours at the gym are no exception. I’m so grateful for him and so grateful that he’s encouraging me to get stronger.

Yes to time together and yes to getting stronger and yes to people who make you want to be a better version of yourself.

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Today’s #aepiecesofus prompt is “hands” and it was the perfect prompt for celebrating a small win with the journaling.

Since I couldn’t get into the journaling routine for months now, I decided to try a new trick. When I am done with exercise and finally sit at my desk, I set my timer to 5 minutes and journal as much as I can in that time. No pressure to go longer and realistically I almost always have five minutes.

I’ve been able to journal all week so far.

This is the same way I’ve been exercising. 10 minutes of core, 10 minutes of stretching, 10 minutes of arms, 10 minutes of biking and 10 minutes of restorative yoga. 5 minutes of meditation and now 5 minutes of journaling.

It’s been such a gift.

Yes to journaling more. Yes to finding ways to make it work.

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Today is the first day of #aepiecesofus and the first prompt is feet, so I thought about the four places my feet are happiest.

Biking more so I can get stronger.

Climbing more to both get stronger and to connect with my husband.

Taking baths to relax and be present and soak my feet so they can recover.

And spending time outside in the yard, barefoot so I can feel the earth and the grass and live in the sunshine.

So grateful for all of these places, opportunities and so grateful for my feet that enable all of these.

Yes to living life to the fullest. Yes to getting stronger and being present.

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There are no words for how happy the ranunculus make me.

It’s always hard to wind down on Sunday nights. I find it takes me hours to get to a place where I feel excited to do things on Sunday so then I am on a roll and don’t want to stop when it gets late.

Today I spent a lot of time journaling and a lot of time scrapbooking. It was lovely to get to play with paper and tell stories and think about life.

I am grateful for a good weekend and still anxious about starting this coming week as I am most Sunday nights.

So instead of reading, I will do ten minutes of restorative yoga so I can quiet my mind.

Yes to slowing down. Yes to being present with it. Yes to yoga.

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