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I finally processed photos from our little family trip to Forte dei Marmi so I decided to dedicate the next two pages to that.
i love these photos, and all the joy they show.
and other week to week stuff can wait for now. Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
And okay array of books this week. Ghosted was lovely and I enjoyed it but I’ve read a lot of books like this by now so it didn’t really stand out for me. Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One, was trying to be a semi-clever way to hide advice and howto book into a novel style. I think if these ideas weren’t already content I knew, it would have been a more lovely book for me but as it was, it was okay but not whoa! Dear Mrs. Bird was my favorite read of this week. I enjoyed the story and the characters and the writing. I understand that it might not be accurate as a historical novel but i still liked it. Every Time You Go Away was eh. Not the best use of my time. The Sparsholt Affair was my long read of the week. It was ok but I have to say that I just never really connected with it so I am not sure it was worth all the time I invested into it. I thought it would be like The Heart’s Invisible Furies but it’s not proving to be the case so far. I don’t have a pile i’m super excited about at this point, so I’d love recommendations if you have any. Especially of books you loved and/or couldn’t put down. Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
On the way to Forte dei Marmi, we decided to stop by Pisa since it was really closeby.
It was super cool to see the building in person so I am glad we did. We didn’t stay too long but it was totally fun
the views from the train were breathtaking.
and even the train garre was amazing.
we had a rental waiting for us right outside of the station.
and we drove straight to our AirBnB, dropped off our bags and left for downtown Nice.
and visited the butterfly museum.
Stories from 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018here.
Weekly Intention: Monday and Tuesday this week I will work from home. Maybe because of that or maybe just in general, the rest of the week looks reasonably tough. So my intention this week is to make sure I can come up with a good plan to make it through this week with grace. I will make sure I have my morning time each day and if I can carve even a little time for journaling next week, I think that would be really nice. This month’s intention is: Mentally Strong: Time to learn some new things. How can you grow intellectually? What classes do you want to take? What do you want to teach the kids? Oh this one is interesting. I am actually deciding not to do this. Instead I will focus on some personal goals. I will teach kids stuff, and that’s definitely one of the intentions. Nathaniel and I will work on math and writing together. David and I will work on Physics and Computer Science. For me, though, I am focusing on three things: health (exercise+food+meditation), art (drawing and watercolors even though I’ve done nothing here), and stories (journaling and simple scrapbooking.) That’s my focus for July. I did poorly on the art last week, I’d love to spend a bit more time on it this week. Let’s see. One way I will stretch this week: We signed up for a family kayak adventure during the meteor shower this weekend and none of us know how to kayak so that will be a stretch. One boundary I will set this week: i will continue not to bring work home at nights. That break has been really good for me. This week, I will focus on pleasing: my husband. One new thing I will learn this week: i think i will buckle down and sign up for an art class, i don’t seem to be doing it otherwise. One area where I will go deeper this week: journaling still is my goal :/. also maybe figuring out a night routine, there aren’t too many things: clean my face, floss, etc but i just can’t ever seem to get it into a rhythm. What do I need to sit with this week? how i’m feeling about work, life and myself. my contributions to the world in general. I am looking forward to: working from home a bit. it will be a nice change of pace. This week’s challenges: wednesday will be a bit challenging with some extra driving thrown in there for me. Top Goals:
I will focus on my values:
This week, I want to remember: that life ebbs and flows and specific events don’t mean as much as i worry they do. Stronger Than Before is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Top Goals Review: the onboarding doc v1 done, initial thoughts on metrics and accessibility not done, schedule the meetings on my todo is semi-done. i did couch 2 5K, and body pump and HIIT and ate well, and meditated, and journaled so little it doesn’t count, i didn’t do any art but i did scrap! I celebrate: i celebrate having slightly shorter days every day this week. I am grateful for: i had a lovely breakfast with my friend Leslie at work this week and it was really nice. Karen’s Points: I did couch 2 5K all 3 days this week, I also did 3 Body Pump classes and one HIIT class. I am still caffeine, sugar and grain and dairy free (though I ate 5 jelly beans). I drink soy decaf cappuccinos still. Still a bit too high on nuts and fruit but overall I’d say I’m pretty solid here. I’ve noticed that the morning routine is no problem but the evening routine is still super tough and i haven’t had the chance to sit with it yet. A Change I embraced: a lot of change around me at the moment, i am trying to sit with it all. I let go of: Controlling a few situations at work this week. I am learning to sit back. Core Desired Feelings Check-in:
Where I chose Joy: nathaniel and i had a math marathon on thursday that was really joyful for me. I showed up for: my kids. and for myself this week. A Mistake I made this week: i think i am pushing a few boundaries at work and i am too worried about it all, so I am trying to make sure i don’t spin when the situation is unclear. What I tolerated this week: still too tired and just some annoying communication breakages. My mood this week was: slow. I forgive myself for: not being able to break out of my old tapes. What I love right now: the few weeks of summer we have left because i really love my morning routine at the moment even though it’s hard, it’s also so peaceful. Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
And the last layout from our holiday. This one is all Barcelona.
The left page is bits from walking everywhere, seeing all the graffiti and riding the subway and going to the labyrinth.
and the right side is all Gaudi! And here we go. Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
And okay array of books this week. Can’t Help Myself was different, interesting and enjoyable for me. My friend Evelyn’s new book, Circle of Shadows, is not out yet but I got to read a proof and it was awesome. She’s such a talented writer. And Ocean of Minutes was interesting premise-wide but I can’t say I absolutely loved it. The Widower’s notebook was wonderful for me. It was sad but also wonderful. What We were Promised was an interesting read and I really liked parts of it. It had sort of a twist/secret that I didn’t guess at all and didn’t bother me. But overall I can’t say I love love loved it either. The Suicide Club was also okay. Another one with an interesting premise but I wasn’t super crazy about the novel itself. Not as good a week as last week. Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
A few weeks ago I decided I missed scrapbooking. Not the 12×12 layouts or even the ever involved pages but more the playing with some product and telling our stories part. So I looked at the upcoming Ali’s Story Kit themes and decided the next six were perfect for me. So I finally subscribed. The first one was adventure, which was a perfect way to document our recent trip all over Europe, so that’s exactly what I did. I didn’t have an album either, so I bought one of her December Daily albums from last year because they are super thick and come with a lot of pages which is exactly what I wanted.
I love the way this turned out and I only used a few letters, dots, and some washi outside of the kit. This is 30 pages and all of it came from the kit. It was an absolutely perfect fit. Super grateful for this and hoping next month is just as awesome. On My Mind is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
After our day and a half in Rome, we rented a car and drove north to this little town called Forte dei Marmi where we met up with my family to celebrate my dad’s 75th birthday.
My amazing sister had done an incredible amount of work to make the day special for my dad. We call him opapa so she made custom shirts so we all had shirts that said who we were in relation to my dad. and then the back said 75th birthday.
the three of us.
my mom and dad with all the grandkids.
she had setup games for us to play on the beach.
there was much laughing
and joy
my parents were super game to play along.
Stories from 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018here.
Weekly Intention: This week has a lot of meetings too but my intention this week is to leave space in my schedule so I can work or breathe, Ideally both. My goal this week is to move some of the work I am working on forward. Clarify other things. And then really be present at home. I did a good job last week of disconnecting when I get home and I want to do more of that. I’d like to also spend some time focusing on journaling and more meditation where possible. And maybe spend a bit of time on the things I usually would do as part of my evening routine and see if I can find new homes for them in my day. This month’s intention is: Mentally Strong: Time to learn some new things. How can you grow intellectually? What classes do you want to take? What do you want to teach the kids? Oh this one is interesting. I am actually deciding not to do this. Instead I will focus on some personal goals. I will teach kids stuff, and that’s definitely one of the intentions. Nathaniel and I will work on math and writing together. David and I will work on Physics and Computer Science. For me, though, I am focusing on three things: health (exercise+food+meditation), art (drawing and watercolors), and stories (journaling and simple scrapbooking.) That’s my focus for July. I did poorly on the art last week, I’d love to spend a bit more time on it this week. Let’s see. One way I will stretch this week: I’m going to be doing some new work, we’ll see how it works out. One boundary I will set this week: i will make sure home-time is my time this week, too. at least in the evenings. This week, I will focus on pleasing: my husband. One new thing I will learn this week: still more meditation and getting back into scrapping. One area where I will go deeper this week: journaling since i didn’t last week either :/. What do I need to sit with this week? how to make my schedule friendly to getting work done I am looking forward to: some time getting new work done and a little less insane week. This week’s challenges: just juggling work and meetings. also i will still be sore :/ Top Goals:
I will focus on my values:
This week, I want to remember: that i can do anything i set my mind to. Stronger Than Before is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Top Goals Review: i had my talk at work, I did couch 2 5K and exercised ate well, meditated, didn’t journal enough and didn’t do enough art. I cooked for jake, did math and physics with david and did math, vocab and comp sci with Nathaniel. Pretty solid. I celebrate: I celebrate making it to the end of this week. I am sore all over. I am grateful for: having some work to do now that I am excited to do. Karen’s Points: I did couch 2 5K all 3 days this week, I also did 4 Body Pump classes and one HIIT class. IT was a lot, I am sore all over. I meditated 3 days, I am still caffeine, sugar and grain and dairy free. I drink soy decaf cappuccinos now because I drank milk last week and had a reaction. Still a bit too high on nuts and fruit but overall I’d say I’m pretty solid here. I’ve noticed that the morning routine is no problem but the evening routine doesn’t exist for me so I need to incorporate those things into my day better. A Change I embraced: mostly having a really crazy week this week. I let go of: doing any actual work this week, i worked over the weekend instead. Core Desired Feelings Check-in:
Where I chose Joy: the meetings, while a lot of them, have actually been joyful. I showed up for: my friend. my husband. and at work this week. A Mistake I made this week: i put too many meetings on cal this week. i won’t do that again. What I tolerated this week: a lot of soreness, tiredness, i need to see how i can make it better. My mood this week was: tired. I forgive myself for: how long this whole thing takes. What I love right now: my family. i love love love them so much. Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
This week is full of leftover photos since we were in Europe this week and I had so many leftover ones from the previous weeks.
Some are still from Boston and from our flight.
and others are from work and our adventures around home. Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here. |
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We wanted to make sure to stop at Cannes on the way back so next time I’ll share a bit about our Cannes adventures along with the rest of France.
