- Weekly Intention: We are now on week 44 of this year. How did this happen? I am both ready and not ready for the year to be over. I usually take a lot of downtime during the holidays and I really hope I can do that this year, too. I need it even more than ever. Anyhow, back to this week. This week I have a trip to work, two to David’s school, one to Nathaniel’s school, and Halloween, of course. I am not a fan of Halloween. Not a fan of scary things. I much prefer Christmas. I have a medium size of work and personal work to do, but I know it will still be hard because I am very jetlagged and my spine is really hurting (likely from travel) so I will need a lot of rest. So I think I will make my intention to get a lot of rest while taking sprints of getting work done. I think that would make me happiest this week. I’ve been thinking a bit about 2017 plans too and would like to write stuff down this week. And to put my 2016 December Daily pre pages together. Let’s see how much of that gets done.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to rest when I need it and get back to exercise.
- Two: I will choose to pace myself with books, and my personal todo list. It can all wait.
- Three: I will choose to start learning some of the statistics and metrics work I want to learn.
- I am looking forward to: David’s teacher conference this Friday.
- This week’s challenges: I think most of the challenges will be me. How tired I am. So I will try to block some sprint working time and then I will give myself grace to rest as much as possible. Here’s to hoping it works!!
- Top Goals:
- Work: Emails down to zero. One spreadsheet to make, one document to comment on and learning analytics. that’s my goal this week. Everything else is bonus.
- Personal: Get my 2017 plan, journal, rest, exercise, eat good food.
- Family: Hug kids. hug them more. be kind. be kinder.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to myself. Give myself grace to recover.
- I will be strong and ask for what I want/need.
- I will be generous with my kindness. I want to try to be as kind as possible.
- I will be true to my priorities and remember that things are less urgent than they seem.
- I will be brave and give myself what I need. I am often scared to take a break but i really need it.
- This week, I want to remember: that my life is so full and so layered and it’s exactly how I want it to be. I designed it and I love all aspects of it. Sometimes I feel like I am the victim of my life but to be honest, I chose everything in my life and I wouldn’t want to give any of it up. So I just need to check in with myself and see if I still would choose a particular thing that seems to feel overwhelming at the moment. Remember to give myself grace. Remember that I can make different choices if that’s what I’d like. And I want to remember that life is a marathon and not a sprint. I want to savor the journey. To be present for the journey. I am so grateful for my journey.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Another month is over. Good-bye October. Thank you for all the wonderful days.
Here are all the cards:
Onward to November.
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 a lot while I was in Sydney as much as I could. And I also chose to socialize even when I was tired.
- Two: I chose to go to the beach in the middle of one of my days to ensure I didn’t spend the week there without seeing the sculptures by the sea.
- Three: I chose to take David to his first middle school dance the same night I got back from Sydney. Jetlagged, exhausted, and still there. I am so glad I was.
- I read/learned: I finished A Darker Shade of Magic, Nutshell and Creative Schools this week. I am now reading Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy and Tuesday Nights in 1980. I have 18 audiobooks checked out of three libraries at this moment and I wish I could read them all simultaneously. Or at least before they expire! I’ve also watched the three new lectures in the Stanford Election 2016 class.
- I celebrate: being back at home. I really like Sydney and am always happy to be there, but always happier at home.
- I am grateful for: a solid week of work. Jake, being so wonderful with the kids. my kids, being magical creatures. my life.
- I focused on my health by:
- oh man, did nothing this week. it was a week of just surviving it.
- I made art: no art this week. i am hoping with a new OLW, I’ll do some next week.
- I let go of: trying to balance between my two teams while in sydney. i just did the best i could.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind the boys. When my plane landed on Friday, I went to N’s school for halloween parade and D’s school for his dance. It was a long, long day.
- Strong: I am not super-strong at the moment. Jetlagged and tired mostly.
- True: I was true to myself in Sydney. I went to the beach, chose smaller social outings and did whatever I thought was the right thing to do along the way.
- Generous: I’ve been generous to work this week.
- Brave: I was brave with all the social work engagements. Those are tough tough for me and then a social at David’s school Friday night.
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 made it through yesterday, you are making it through today, and you will make it through tomorrow. You will.
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.
It says: It is so important for you to forgive yourself.
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 Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy because my doctor recommended it to me when I said that I wasn’t feeling great lately and I was down more often than I was up.
She said she had heard good things about the book and wanted to see if I wanted to give it a try (she also recommended therapy of course.)
I read this book very quickly and really liked the ideas behind it and the methodology he uses. It works for someone like me.
It says: You will feel whole again. Don’t you dare give up. Be kind to your soul.
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.
A few weeks ago I wrote about how I was trying to get my kids to be self sustaining on remembering their todo lists so I don’t have to nag them all day long and they still go ahead and do their personal work. I kept dreaming about ways to make this happen and then finally came up with this super-simple solution. I typed it all up in a google doc because it means I can make small changes each week and print it out. I then adhered this into the pantry where the kids put their backpacks so they would see it when they got ready for school in the morning and when they came home in the afternoon.
It worked for the first week. The second week it’s been so-so and we’ll see how it does this week. Nathaniel is considerably better at checking them off (though I am not sure if he’s actually doing the items since he’s pretty clever about checking things off.)
Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
It says: You are not powerless. You can choose.
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: You can forgive yourself. It will set you free.
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: As you read this, I am in Sydney, Australia again. My last trip was in July and both so much and so little has happened since then. It’s likely this is my last trip this year, so I want to make sure to make the most of it. I will only be in Sydney for four days. More reason to really make the most of it. For me, the most important outcome from the next week would be to spend 1-1 time with as many of the managers and tech leads as possible. To create the personal connections that make it easier for me to do my job well. I’d also like to socialize but not so much that it will wear me down emotionally so that I can’t do the work part of work. I also hope to get a bit closer to one of my teams in Seattle who will also be there at the same time. And, of course, I also intend to support my boys at home in any way I can remotely. And to get some sleep!
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to work hard at the airport and on the plane and get some work done, write up some notes for myself.
- Two: I will choose to be present while there, make the most of the moments of being away from home and able to 100% focus on work.
- Three: I will choose to take care of myself and eat and sleep well.
- I am looking forward to: meeting more of the Sydney team members. seeing beautiful Sydney.
- This week’s challenges: I have 33 hours of flying this week between Sunday and Friday. That’s 33 hours on a plane over the course of 6 days. I just want to make sure to both use that time well and to rest a lot. I have to sleep on the way there because I get in Monday morning an hour before my first meeting of the day! And then I arrive back home on Friday morning and have to go right to Nathaniel’s Halloween parade and then that night is David’s first middle school dance. It’s going to be a bit of a crazy week.
- Top Goals:
- Work: I think I’ve already covered this one with the weekly intention.
- Personal: I want to make sure to get enough sleep and choose food that will give me energy.
- Family: I want to make sure to talk to my boys daily.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to everyone I meet this week. I will do my best to shine and smile.
- I will be strong and be present, and use my time well in Sydney.
- I will be generous with others and help in any way I can at work this week.
- I will be true to the best version of myself.
- I will be brave and show up even when I am scared. Go to social events. Smile.
- This week, I want to remember: that I am so lucky to get to go to Australia. I am so lucky that Jake can take care of the homefront so I don’t have to be worried. That the kids are very lucky to have so much alone time with their daddy. I am so incredibly grateful for this life.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to get a lot of my todos done. I feel better about tying some of these loose ends.
- Two: I chose to go to David’s school 4 times this week. It was worth it every time.
- Three: I chose to step in and help David with some struggles this week. It was tough on me but really worth it.
- I read/learned: I finished Hoot and Loving my Actual Life and most of Bad Feminist and started A Darker Shade of Magic this week. I am looking forward to more reading on the airplane tonight.
- I celebrate: I celebrate my kids this week. They are truly magical.
- I am grateful for: my parents. they are so kind, so generous, so supportive. I can’t say enough about this.
- I focused on my health by:
- I did run a mile in the morning three days this week but it was an exceptionally hard week and I just decided to give myself a break from other things this week. More on this once I am back from Australia.
- I made art: no new art this week.
- I let go of: having to do it all this week. I was just exhausted.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind to David this week. I tried to help him with several things.
- Strong: I am still feeling really weak this week. I need to make a plan for being stronger.
- True: I was true to my feelings this week and communicated when I wanted something.
- Generous: I’ve been generous this week with the kids’ school and preparing food for when I’ll be gone next week.
- Brave: I was brave to drive to the school four times. To be honest about what I didn’t know. To own my feelings. Much bravery this week.
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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