• Weekly Intention: We are now one day away from Election Day. I haven’t discussed politics here very much and I don’t think I will break that trend today. I have spent an unreasonable amount of hours watching CNN over the last year. I’ve read many articles and clicked on just about every political link on my facebook home (links pointing to both directions.) I don’t want to imply that I am apathetic about this election. I have very strong feelings about the election, the candidates, the possible outcomes, etc. But what I really want to mention more than anything is that if you’re in the United States, I beg you not to take your right to vote for granted. With all that’s going on in my homeland, and around the world, it’s even more clear to me that the right to vote is a huge privilege. No matter who your candidate is, no matter your views, I hope you go and vote. Make sure your voice is heard. I am proud to live and raise my kids in a country where that’s possible. I know it’s not the case everywhere in the world. Having said all that, I know most of my week (at least the first part of it) will be overtaken by the election. Everything else I will do will have to stand in the shadow of the election. I will breathe a sigh of relief (at least I hope so!) when this is all over and I can finally stop watching CNN. This election has made me really anxious, sad, frustrated and I am really ready to move on from all this negativity.

• Choices I want to make:
• One: I will choose to vote. I will walk to my polling place with my kids. I will do my research on the initiatives. I will do my duty as a citizen. I am so grateful to get to vote.
• Two:  I will choose to work hard. I want to cross off some serious todo list items.
• Three: I will choose to go back to exercising again and see if i can make a food plan of some kind.
• I am looking forward to: election day. scared. anxious. nervous. really worried. will watch every minute.
• This week’s challenges:  tomorrow is a tough day. and i think tuesday will be, too. but i am hoping the rest of the week will be quiet.
• Top Goals:
• Work: Emails down to zero. Time to cross off some major todo items!
• Personal: Get my 2017 plan, journal, rest, exercise, eat good food. (same as last week, sadly) oh and VOTE.
• Family: make a holiday plan for the kids.
• I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by: 
• I will be kind to everyone this week. I will experiment with being my best version.
• I will be strong and go back to regular exercise. I can do this.
• I will be generous with work. I want to get stuff done!
• I will be true to my needs but also figure out what’s good for me. I need some work in this area.
• I will be brave and have faith that things will be ok.
• This week, I want to remember: that everything will be ok. I have been feeling down and anxious and tired and overwhelmed lately. I want to remember that it’s the darker days that might be contributing to this. Or the anxiety over the election. Or even watching so much news. I would like to take time to make a plan for some fun and adventure and I also would like to remember that everything is transient. This, too, will pass.

Here’s to a wonderful week!