You can read about the start of this project here.
Quick Sketches is a Monthly Project for February 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
|
|
||
|
Weekly Intention: This week has a lot of work trips. Three of the five days, I will be going to work. I need to come up with a plan for journaling and exercise to ensure that I don’t stay off the schedule now that I am back in town. I also need to make sure to get some extra rest to make up for the jet lag I feel. I have one week of full, crazy work and then next week is Winter Break which will be a mix of work and vacation so I really need to use this week to get back into my routine or it will just be easy to completely fall off. My plan is to get a bunch of work done and then to sit with my kids and be intentional about how we plan to spend our time this year. 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 haven’t been focusing on this at all. I would love to buy some clothes but honestly I don’t have the energy at the moment so I’d like to think smaller maybe. Like makeup I can buy/wear. Maybe that can be my focus this week. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: seeing a lot of friends tomorrow. This week’s challenges: jet lag. a lot of trips to work and late nights. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: trying to back to some sort of routine this week. even if just for a week. This week, I will say yes to: asking the hard/uncomfortable questions. This week, I will say no to: anything but being me. i am going to show up as me. do my best and be present. I am worried that: work won’t get done. i will continue to be exhausted and jet lagged. lunch will not be worth it. movies will feel disastrous. i will never catch up at work. i won’t exercise. i won’t journal. i won’t book LA or what I want for spring break. i will be impatient with my kids. This week, I want to remember: that it’s ok to take things one at a time. that it will all work out because things always do eventually.
Three ways I shone this week:
I celebrate: being back home with my boys. missed them so. I let go of: having my regular routine when there. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
What made me laugh this week: i laughed a lot at work this week. Here’s to a wonderful week seven!
I wanted to read Lab Girl because it’s been on my list for months but while I liked bits of it, i had a hard time getting through it. I found myself skipping around. I had the Achievement Habit on hold at the library and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it. I feel like I already do a lot so I wasn’t sure if I need more “achievement” in my life. But I was totally wrong and I am so incredibly glad I read it. It’s by the co-creator of the Design Thinking class in Stanford and it’s full of wonderful, tangible pieces of advice and practices for self improvement. I will have to reread this one. After I finished Achievement Habit, I grabbed Losing It from my library pile. Not sure what made me originally put this book on hold but i was on the airplane and didn’t want to overthink it. In the end it was meh. Not super mad I read it, but my life is not all that better because I read it either. I also dabbled in both of the George and the Key to the Universe (and George and the Big Bang) books this week to see if we wanted to pick them for Lit Club. We decided we likely would not. Not as much as usual, but it’s been a busy week. Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Ok I am writing this before I am in Sydney so it might actually end up a bit different. But I will write both what I did and what I plan. Mind:
Body:
Soul:
Here’s to getting better one day at a time.
Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
For the last five years, my kids have been bringing lunch to school every day. My kids are picky with what they eat so our lunch was the exact same thing every day:
I know that doesn’t sound super-terrible but now that i’ve been reading up on food, here’s how I am breaking this down:
They used to eat oatmeal (packaged) for breakfast and sandwiches and fruit for dinner.
Sooooo… as part of the work I started last summer, I’ve been working with my kids to eat better and more variety of foods. When the school year started we did a big makeover and bought some salad containers and my kids began eating salads. After reading Michael Pollan’s book last week, I decided that wasn’t enough and did an overhaul of all of their lunches. They still need a bit of work but I think we’re in a much better place. Here’s what they have now:
We’ve also changed up dinner to be broccoli, fruit, chicken, and then they can have their favorite dessert. Breakfast is yogurt and bananas and granola for N.
This is not perfect in any way. Here are some issues I see with it:
These are the core things I’d like to work on at the moment. If we can increase the veggie variety to 5-6 instead of just spinach, carrots and broccoli (and corn for N), I’d be happier. I’d like to add zucchini, squash, green beans to the list at a minimum. I’d also like to do better on protein. Just those two would already make me happier.
Considering the fact that I don’t cook at all, I think this isn’t terrible. For every meal now, my kids are eating some fruit and they have dairy at breakfast and lunch and veggies at lunch and dinner. A marked improvement from last year.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Weekly Intention: So as you read this, I am in Sydney. I am scheduled to fly Saturday and I won’t arrive until Monday Sydney time. I have 26 colleagues coming from Seattle and we some 40+ meetings during the four business days I am there. I have A LOT of work and A LOT of details to sort out. I have 3 socials. I can’t even imagine how I will get through all of this and get anything else done. But I will. My intention this week is to take the time to connect with as many people as possible. To move as much forward as possible both tasks-wise and connection-wise. This is why I chose to go during David’s birthday so I’d like to make sure I make the very best of it. 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. It will be summer in Sydney so I will be packing mindfully tomorrow. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: the flight. the connections. making the most of the week. This week’s challenges: well jetlag. a crazy busy week. being away from david on his birthday. two super long flights. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: focusing all of them on work this week. taking care of me but being 100% present at work. This week, I will say yes to: connecting with everyone. trying to get deeper. This week, I will say no to: judgement. rushing. there’s a lot going on but i will not rush through it. I am worried that: david will be sad. i will not be able to make the connections i hope to make. i will not be effective. the trip will not have been worth it. i will be sick. i will not take care of my self. i will not journal or exercise. (and of course that something terrible will happen.) This week, I want to remember: that I am good at my job. i don’t need anything to work out in Sydney. I just need to be me and things can only get better. I can do this. As February approached I was even less motivated than January. I had no ideas. I got more and more panicky. But then I just gave up. I decided to do whatever easy thing I could. So I ended up with these quick little sketches. No rhyme or reason but still. I won’t end up with 20 but even 10 is better than zero. Several of these are inspired by Danielle Donaldson.
Quick Sketches is a Monthly Project for February 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. |
|
|
|
Copyright © 2026 karenika - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||
I started my week with 
