You can read about the start of this project here.
This one says: what if you simply devoted this year to loving yourself more?
Everyday Magic is a Monthly Project for March 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
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For One Little Word in February, our assignment was to pick one thing to do each day. I decided to pick two of course. One was to journal (which I did abysmally at) and two was to take a photo everyday. I did better with that one. These photos were nothing amazing. Just pieces of my ordinary life, which is, of course, magical all on its own so I decided they would make lovely pieces of art for March. I printed them in thick cardstock (not photo paper) and added a phrase to each. This one says: there is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light.
Everyday Magic is a Monthly Project for March 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Nathaniel’s class only did one valentine per kid this year. (woohooo!) which gave each kid time to personalize his valentines. Nathaniel got Paige. The night before, it was clear that he lost the one he’d been working on so we sat together and did an impromptu one! Here’s the cute little card he did. And I love what he wrote in the back.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Weekly Intention: Guess what I am going to say? this is an unusual week! haven’t i had only unusual weeks lately?! Well, this week has the potential to go both ways. It comes with two tough long days in the beginning of the week. 3 clients on Wednesday. And then possibly Jury duty on Thursday. If no duty then two trips to David’s school. Just a lot of chaos. And a stressful week at work to top it off. It’s all going to be ok. This month’s intention is: February was Shine from the Outside In and I did finally buy some makeup!! 🙂 March is Rain or Shine: March is a tough month. You often feel like giving up in March. It feels too long. But it’s not. Keep going, You’re doing great. Remember that the trick is to just show up. Keep showing up. So there you go. Keep showing up is what I am going to do! Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: is it terrible if i say I am looking forward to Friday? This week’s challenges: tuesday. it’s a long day. full of a lot of stress. i also have a tight deadline at work for one thing and i’ll feel better when i am 100% ready. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: being in each moment while it’s here. doing my best. working harder. This week, I will say yes to: having faith. This week, I will say no to: stressing needlessly. so much is not in my control. I am worried that: i will get jury duty and it will mean i miss perf deadlines. i will get jury duty and it will mean i can’t take D to the doctor. tuesday will go badly and both David and Nathaniel will be upset. I will mess everything up. I will get jury duty. I will never catch up at work. I will never stop being in pain. I will never get enough rest. This week, I want to remember: that things always work out. it’s going to be okay.
Three ways I shone this week:
I celebrate: our little vacation to southern cali. I let go of: my site was broken this week, i had to let it go until i was back. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
What made me laugh this week: universal and disney! Here’s to a wonderful week nine!
A lot of books this week. I knew I wanted to read All Our Wrong Todays as soon as I heard about it. Time travel. Multiple worlds. Fun and scifi are definitely my cup of tea. And it was not a disappointment. I enjoyed this story and all the convoluted plot twists along the way. Last week, I watched all the Bravel Girl Symposium talks and I fell in love with Erin Faith Allen. I then bought and swallowed The Underneath in one night. Painful and beautiful and thought provoking all at once. I then shifted gears into A Truck Full of Money which was about to expire so if I planned to read it, it was now or never. I knew very little about Paul English but had of course heard of kayak. My husband interned at Interleaf when he was in highschool. It’s always a small world. I loved reading this story. I wanted to read?This Close to Happy?and I got about halfway through before I decided it was too depressing and finally made the choice to put it down. I’ve read other books on depression but this one wasn’t my cup of tea. I then listened to A Separation in one sitting. I can’t decide if I liked this book or not. It was a tough read. It didn’t have a lot of likeable characters and I am not sure what I took away from the whole thing but I still don’t regret reading it. I heard of The Lonely Hearts Hotel from my library. When I looked up the book, it claimed to be similar to The Night Circus. I knew I wanted to read it as soon as I saw that. As it turned out, it wasn’t similar to the Night Circus at all. At all. However, I loved it anyway. I really loved the characters even though they seemed to go from one tragedy into another. I loved the atmosphere and the language. This book doesn’t sound like a book I’d like but I somehow loved it. I then moved to Lincoln in the Bardo. It was my first Saunders and a weird one at that. I am still thinking about this one. The style was so weird. The plot comical and tragedy all at once. Weird, weird novel. And finally I ended my week with The Three-Body Problem. When I was in Sydney, this book was recommended by my workmates. I checked it out from the library and decided it was finally time to tackle it. It was long and complicated and I didn’t understand most of the physics in it. But I did like it. I am glad I read it. I am not reading the sequel anytime soon. That’s it for this week. Quite a few books this week in all sorts of genres. Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here. And here we are. February was a hard month. I didn’t do 20 but 13 is still better than zero. Here are 12 of the 13 sketches I did this month 🙂
Quick Sketches is a Monthly Project for February 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Oh man. The thing about falling off the plan is that it’s so much harder to go back on 🙁 I seem to have to learn this lesson again and again. Mind:
Body:
Soul:
It’s really hard to get back on track at this moment. I feel like February has been all around tough and I expect this week will be so, too. But I am not giving up.
Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here.
Two weeks ago, Nathaniel’s class celebrated 100th day of school. In preparation for this, each student was told to bring 100 of an item and then sort/group them in a way they chose. A few days before the assignment was due, Nathaniel asked me if I could email his teacher and ask if it would be ok for him to do something different. I asked him what he wanted to do and he said he’d like to do 100 equations that equal to a 100. Teachers said it was ok (after they talked to him about how he planned to group it.) So this little boy and I wrote down 100 formulas which he grouped and put on a lovely poster. I love my boy so much!
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here.
Weekly Intention:?This is an unusual week. It includes a day off, a really full day of work, two days of travel and two days of vacation. My intention this week, which i will have to reset right now on Monday night as I type this is to let everything go. To breathe and try really hard to appreciate all of what I have and all of what I will get to experience in the next week. I have been exhausted, worn out and just off this weekend. I seem to be invigorated at work and I expect I will be so on vacation, too. I will remind myself that these are the moments of my life and I get to choose what they mean. I get to make the most of this week. I get to choose. This month?s intention is:?Shine from the Outside In: It might seem counter-intuitive but sometimes it helps to start with the outside. Take care of your body, your skin, your teeth. Dress in a way that makes you feel good. Show up and look the part. I didn’t get to buy makeup this past week. And clearly I am not doing much of this either. But it’s ok. I will get to it. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: magic. with my kids. what more can i want? This week?s challenges: a long work day. a lot of hours in the car. two long days of walking. but also…a lot of magic. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: shining this week. I will go to sleep tonight and let everything go. i will allow myself to experience each moment of this crazy week. This week, I will say yes to: letting things go. whatever happens happens. we will have many more chances to get it right. This week, I will say no to: stressing the rest of my family out. getting in the way of this being a fun experience. I am worried that:?my kids won’t like it. we will mess something up or miss something. something will go wrong. the tickets will be missing. it won’t be a fun vacation. i will be exhausted. i will be grumpy. i will be stingy. i will mess it all up. This week, I want to remember:? that life is about experiences. this is our chance to make new ones. let’s embrace it. |
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