- Weekly Intention: I didn’t get to do my intention from last week. I feel like I have been so busy living my life that when I am not busy living it, I am relaxing on the couch and trying to do nothing for as long as possible. Which is not how I want to live but I also am not sure how to change it. I don’t even want to assume I can make plans to think this week because I have a very heavy load of commitments this week and then halfway through my weekend, I am leaving for Sydney. So I think I will aim for my intention to be hanging out with my kids as much as possible, being kind to Jake, and making it through the days with grace.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to check off as many todos as possible so I don’t drag them with me to Australia.
- Two: I will choose to spend as much time as possible with the boys, and tuck them in every night.
- Three: I will choose to be present, use my time well, and be kind.
- I am looking forward to: book club, Nathaniel’s shadow, the debate.
- This week’s challenges: I have to go up to David’s school three times this week. I have to go to Nathaniel’s once. I have two coaching clients, a hair appointment and a book club meeting. That’s a lot of commitments. I also leave for Australia on Saturday night. Not a lot of downtime.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My intention this week is to make a lot of progress on all my other tasks so I can focus on Transit and Notifications when I am in Sydney.
- Personal: I want to sleep eight hours each night. I need it.
- Family: I want to give time freely to my kids. Really cherish their presence.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to my family. I love them so much and I am not the easiest person to have around sometimes.
- I will be strong and just make it through this week with grace.
- I will be generous with the kids. Spend time helping with homework.
- I will be true to what makes me me. True to my values. I feel like I am not the best version of myself lately.
- I will be brave and ask for what I need.
- This week, I want to remember: that we are all struggling in our own ways and we all want others to like us and we all want to do a good job. I will assume the very best of others and assume that they want that for me, too.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
It says: Look for what is right in your life rather than what is wrong.
a little shimmer:
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to do a lot of art and journaling this week.
- Two: I chose to finish several books. That made me happy.
- Three: I chose to have a few conversations/social meetings go longer than I should have. I will do better next time.
- I read/learned: I finished Finding Your Own North Star, Underground Airlines, Another Brooklyn, Modern Lovers, and Siracusa. I am almost done with Hoot and in the middle of Loving my Actual Life (and still reading Paradise in Plain Sight.) I’ve also listened to the first lecture of the election class I was hoping to take at Stanford that was sold out so now the lectures are available here.
- I celebrate: I celebrate reading so many books this week. I really liked all of them and doing art and reading are my happy places.
- I am grateful for: being able to live the full life i live. it’s challenging but i am grateful for it.
- I focused on my health by:
- I got the notification today that it’s been 30 days since I did my 7-minute exercise. Isn’t that amazing? this is why I try never to take a day off because it’s so easy for me to take all the days off.
- Walked 10K four days this week.
- Ran 1 mile every week day.
- I made art: I did my November art this week. It was wonderful.
- I let go of: being done on time this week. Most of my Thursday was at David’s school and my Friday was at work, it messed up my regular schedule but I just let it be.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind to kids at David’s school. I started leading the Lit Club and it requires a lot of patience.
- Strong: I am having trouble being strong. I am going to work on this one.
- True: I was true to my needs this weekend and did art and read.
- Generous: I’ve been generous with my time to others this week.
- Brave: I was brave to share something with another parent at David’s school this week and I think it really helped.
Here’s to another good week! 🙂
Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
It says: You are not replaceable. There is only one you.
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
It says: Give yourself some grace.
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read My Brilliant Friend because…well because everyone was talking about it and by the time I heard of this series the third book was out and no matter when I went, there was something about this book there. So I finally picked it up and decided to give it a try.
I really liked it. It’s one of the rare books that talks about the complicated nature of female relationships and does a really good job of it. The story is engrossing, but also long. After I finished this one, I needed a break. There are a lot of characters in the book and sometimes it’s a bit hard to keep track of them, especially in audio.
I recommend this book.
It says: You are worthly of love. You are made of goodness.
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
My kids are the world’s pickiest eaters. Until a month ago, they ate oatmeal, bread, peanut butter (only david), jelly, bagels, hotdogs, yogurt, fruits, green beans, and corn (only Nathaniel.) I wish I were kidding. About a month ago, I finally decided I had enough. I told David that he was starting middle school and he was going to have to travel and go to other people’s houses, etc and it was just time he learned how to eat proper food. I told them both that for a whole month we were going to try new foods every day and we would end up with a list of what we liked.
Over the last month they’ve eaten:
- salads
- beets
- corn
- broccoli
- chicken
- fish
- steak
- eggs scrambled
- mashed potatoes
- brown rice
- sautéed and roasted potatoes
- cucumbers
- tomatoes
- hamburgers
- mac and cheese
and now for lunch, everyday, they eat a salad with carrots, chicken, eggs (N), goat cheese (D), strawberries and beets. They also have some cheese, yogurt, crackers and a sandwich. For dinner we eat what the photo looks like.
Not everything has been a hit. I’m looking at you steak and fish and potatoes. But all of it got eaten and the kids are a lot more open to trying new things now. I call this success!
At least one solid step forward.
Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
It says: You are worthy of love. You are worthy of happiness. You are worthy of all good things.
a little shimmer:
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to step back a bit. I think I’ve been struggling a lot lately in several areas. I am definitely struggling with my food and the choices I make there. I am struggling to stay on top of my mails at work and do all the context switching required for me to do my job well lately. I am still trying to get a hold on my schedule and figure out when I do what. I am also struggling on a personal level with my attitude and outlook. While I am holding everything up, I feel very tired, resentful and quick to anger lately. I also feel a strong sense of scarcity. Especially on the weekends. So I want to take a big step back, take a good look at what’s going on and why I feel the way I do. This is not how I want to live out my days/moments. I want to make purposeful choices and then act upon them. For me to be able to do that, I need to be clear on my purpose, on how I feel, on what I want to do, etc. My plan is to do some soul searching but mostly a lot of journaling. Writing things down, making plans, organizing my life, putting how I feel down on paper always helps me connect with myself. So that’s my plan. At least that’s the first step I plan to take. If that doesn’t work, there’s always more things to try.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to tackle my work schedule. Figure out what I like and what’s tough and how I want to change things moving forward.
- Two: I will choose to journal about my feelings around life right now, what’s tough, what’s working, what do I want to do differently.
- Three: I will choose to take time for myself this week. Block it out on my calendar and use it to reflect.
- I am looking forward to: book club. it will be at my home this week and i like hosting it.
- This week’s challenges: lit club. just because I am not sure what I am walking into. Also going to work twice and each kid has a day off school this week so a lot to juggle.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My intention this week is to make a plan for each time I work with.
- Personal: I wrote this last week but didn’t do it so I will repeat that I want to spend time journaling.
- Family: I want to be less tired when I am around my kids. I want to read to Nathaniel.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to my soul. I think I really need it.
- I will be strong and get organized. I know I am getting in my own way.
- I will be generous with kindness to myself. I will take time to rest.
- I will be true to who I want to be. I will take the time to reflect and understand what I want so I can act intentionally.
- I will be brave and say what needs to be said. I will not be afraid to admit what I don’t know.
- This week, I want to remember: that things will be ok. there isn’t much a lot of sleep and rest won’t cure. And journaling.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
It says: You make the world a better place. You really do. Your life makes a difference.
It’s quite shimmery:
Truth Cards is a Monthly Project for October 2016. All of the words belong to Melody Ross. These are a part of the Soul Restoration class in Brave Girls University, I cannot recommend it enough. Here are some thoughts from when I first took it. It’s even better now because Melody added so much more! You can sign up here. (I teach there, too.) You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to work hard while in Seattle and ran my mile every morning anyway.
- Two: I chose to commit to a recurring volunteer slot at David’s school.
- Three: I chose to take a rest day on Sunday. I am struggling with resting.
- I read/learned: I am still slowly savoring Paradise in Plain Sight but I almost finished Finding Your Own North Star and I just finished The Nix which I loved. I’m also a third of the way through Hoot as part of the Lit Club I am leading with another parent at David’s school for third and forth graders.
- I celebrate: I celebrate being back home for two weeks. I like working hard when I travel but I am feeling exhausted lately and need some rest.
- I am grateful for: my husband. He’s been so very kind to me always and I feel so lucky to have him in my life.
- I focused on my health by:
- I am still failing on the food and the 7minute. this is why it’s important not to stop!
- Walked 10K+ daily except today.
- Ran 1 mile every week day.
- I made art: I worked on my September and October OLW this week. I love this class.
- I let go of: I let go of doing anything today. I needed to rest. I still need to rest more I think.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind to parents at Nathaniel’s school.
- Strong: I have been working extra hard lately. It’s hard but I am hanging in there.
- True: I was true and had a lot of 1-1s this week to connect with my teams.
- Generous: I’ve been generous with my joy of listening to The Nix this week. I enjoyed it so much.
- Brave: I was brave to do the lit club at David’s school. I am looking forward to it but nervous, too.
Here’s to another good week! 🙂
Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
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