- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to be present. I have another full but unusual week. My week starts with a few days off thanks to Labor day and Jake’s birthday. But then Wednesday is full to the brim and Thursday also promises to be a very long day. I want to be present for all of it. For the celebrations and for the work. I want to play hard, work hard. I want to soak in the moments of my days.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to celebrate big on Jake’s birthday and do my best to make sure he can see how much he means to me.
- Two: I will choose to make wiser eating choices.
- Three: I will choose to rest whenever I can during this relatively hectic week.
- I am looking forward to: David’s back to school night. It will be long but I am still looking forward to it. Oh and Glennon’s book is coming out tomorrow!
- This week’s challenges: A very long Wednesday and Thursday this week. I want to make sure I rest well. I am worried about driving in the dark on the freeway as well.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My intention this week is to close off all the loose ends and finish a few tasks i’ve been dragging my feet on.
- Personal: I’m coming to my one-month of exercise, I’d like to make a plan for month two.
- Family: I want to make sure to spend time with the kids between when i pick them up and when i have to go out at night.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to Jake. I love him so very very much and I want to make sure to both say it and show it.
- I will be strong and start making some changes in my diet.
- I will be generous with my time. I have more of it than I think.
- I will be true to my priorities. I will also try to do a bit of art this week. I miss it.
- I will be brave by attending back to school night. Here’s to showing up!
- This week, I want to remember: that it’s all working out. Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, we’re making it all work. I’m so grateful.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Here’s today’s card:
Here are a few closeups:
Index Card Photos is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to go to work a lot today to get things back into routine. Three trips in one week.
- Two: I chose to make healthy salads+lunches for my kids all week! woohoo!
- Three: I chose to drive my kids to school, to be there for them on their first days, back to school nights, homework and more.
- I read/learned: I still reading Present over Perfect slowly and savoring it. I finished the whole Winner’s Curse series this week and listened to the September One Little Word presentation. Learned a bunch of math thanks to David’s homework this week!
- I celebrate: I celebrate our first full week of school. We survived it!
- I am grateful for: getting closer and closer to some routine. and surviving it!
- I focused on my health by:
- I’ve been doing a 1mile run, my 10K steps and my 7minute exercise daily still.
- Kids and I are still eating a mostly veggie and fruit diet lately.
- I need to do better with my diet. Adding more protein.
- I made art: didn’t do much art this week. I seem to be lost for ideas on what to do for October art. I’d love to hear if you have any ideas. I’m looking for some for November, too. December will be December Daily, of course. 🙂
- I let go of: I let go of worrying this week. I am just taking one moment at a time at this point!
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind to all the other parents at Nathaniel’s school this week. I did the volunteer sheets for the whole school and have been helping guide the room parents.
- Strong: I’ve been showing up, everywhere. Even when it’s hard. Even when I’d really rather be at home.
- True: I’ve been putting my priorities first. Being there for my kids, my husband, my family and getting a lot of sleep.
- Generous: I’ve been generous with my time. Not stressing too much about not having enough of it.
- Brave: I’ve been brave with all the new beginnings, changes at work, signing up for volunteer work at David’s new school.
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.
Here’s today’s card:
Index Card Photos is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I wanted to do something simple for September because I was going to be away for the first half of August and I didn’t want to stress about having these done. or doing them on the road. I kept thinking about what would be easy to do while away, or in a batch.
But then as I was surfing around Pinterest, I had a strong desire to do something with index cards, my photos, and stitching and just scrapbook stuff. So I decided to use my photos as backgrounds to a bunch of index cards I had and then embellish them a lot or a little.
And the September project was born. Nothing I can do on the road but alas a lot of fun.
A closeup:
Index Card Photos is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read 11/22/63 because it was the only Stephen King book I could read (besides the one on Writing which is excellent). HE usually writes horror and I don’t read horror. But he’s an excellent writer so I wanted to give this one a try.
It was excellent.
I really liked the scifi bent. I liked learning all about JFK, especially since I knew very little about the whole story.
I recently watched the miniseries they made on this book and really enjoyed it as well.
Recommended.
Here’s another story I should have written months ago.
This is David performing Superheroes by The Script. David and his two friends performed in front of the whole school. They practiced for weeks and then just got up there and did it.
This was the third year David was allowed to participate in the Talent Show and he did it each year. In third grade, he sang Deamons by Imagine Dragons while a friend played the piano. In fourth grade, he sang Pompeii by Bastille and played the guitar with a friend who sang and played the piano, and this year he played the electric guitar and sand while his friends played piano and the drums.
This introverted, quiet, science-loving kid never ever ceases to amaze me.
Thank you for all the ways in which you inspire me David!
Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
One more month is over. Here are all of them.
This one was really fun. Onward to September.
Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is similar to last week. David officially starts school this week and I have no idea how the routine will go so I want to be patient with myself and him while we both learn to navigate this new world. I also have a lot of work trips this week so I want to make sure to balance it all as well as I can.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to focus on work while at work and focus on my kids while i am home.
- Two: I will choose to keep exercising. I can do this.
- Three: I will choose to go to bed early so i can get rest and my body can recover.
- I am looking forward to: hearing all about David’s first week of middle school!!
- This week’s challenges: As I mentioned, we will be getting our new routine this week. Dropping both kids off at different buses, picking one up from school and the other one from his bus. This will take a while to get into routine form. I expect it will be rough this week. I also have to go to work three days this week so there won’t be much downtime I think.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My intention this week is to stay on top of all the teams and figure out the next phase in their tasks.
- Personal: I’ve noticed that I tend to use my end of day winddown as a way to do nothing and then go to bed late. I want to work on this and get to bed no later than 9:30 on nights when I don’t have meetings. This increases my chances of an 8-hour sleep night.
- Family: I want to focus a lot on the kids this week as well. Make sure we’re off to a good start into the school year. They matter most.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to myself. There’s a lot to juggle this week.
- I will be strong and keep taking care of my body.
- I will be generous with myself. With my kids. With Jake. With work. I will operate from a place of abundance.
- I will be true to what matters most. This week is also about the kids. They come first.
- I will be brave by going to the volunteer fair at school. Yet another social event. I’m ready for a break.
- This week, I want to remember: that time passes so fast. that my kids are amazing. that my husband is the kindest person. that i am so incredibly lucky for all the supportive people in my life.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to show up for my kids. Multiple trips to multiple schools this week. Social events that are hard for me. I did it anyway.
- Two: I chose to cook new foods for the boys and stick to the new way of eating.
- Three: I chose to keep running even though it’s still really hard.
- I read/learned: I finished Truth and Beauty(audio) in one day. I am still reading Present over Perfect slowly and savoring it. I listened to the Winner’s Curse last week and am now listening to book two, The Winner’s Crime. I finally did all the lessons in Kristin and Brene’s Self Compassion course and signed up for Brene and Glennon’s Power of Story class. Looking forward to it.
- I celebrate: I celebrate the school year finally starting.
- I am grateful for: David surviving his first week with braces and so far loving his new school.
- I focused on my health by:
- I’ve been doing a 1mile run, my 10K steps and my 7minute exercise daily.
- Kids and I are eating a mostly veggie and fruit diet lately. Though I have had some chocolate of course!
- I’ve strayed a bit more away from the diet this week but I am mostly on board still!
- I made art: didn’t do much art this week. Hoping to get back on that wagon soon.
- I let go of: I let go of having things figured out. I am going to take it one day at a time and try to survive one thing at a time.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I’ve been kind to my kids this week. Trying to support their beginnings to school.
- Strong: I’ve been working out daily, I’m proud of myself because it’s really hard for me and yet I keep doing it.
- True: I’ve worked hard but been true to my values this week. I’ve been present for my boys.
- Generous: I’ve been generous with my patience. Taking things as they come.
- Brave: I’ve been brave this whole week. All these social events, new people, smalltalk are extremely hard for me. And yet I keep showing up anyway.
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.
Here’s today’s mantra:
And finally, take a moment. I want to be able to rest. I want to be able to remember to respond and not react.
Here’s the thing. I have this friend Kerry whom I love. I notice that when I am around her, she is always easygoing. She isn’t super picky. It’s not that she doesn’t care, it’s just that she is open, kind and just easy to be with. She makes life feel effortless when I am with her and I love that feeling. I want to also create that feeling for those around me. But, alas, I am usually just the opposite. I am super picky. Super stressed. Often worried. I don’t go with the flow. I am the flow.
So I want to take a moment and ask myself “what would i do if i were easier?” How would I respond differently? What would I choose? I want to take a moment to be more the kind of person I want to be. Not be on automatic pilot but really be present and act from a place of choice.
To do that well, I need to always take a moment.
Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s today’s mantra:
This one is thanks to my nephew Jeff. It’s one of his mantras that I think I really could use.
I always worry. About everything. About small things, big things, medium things. About all of it. For a long time, when I was pregnant, I had a big sign over my door that said “give up that there’s something wrong.” I love what that means but somehow it sounds negative to me. I don’t want to just give up that something is wrong. I want to embrace that all is good. Everything is great. Life is good. All will be ok.
I want to remind myself that good and bad are just in my head. I can choose good. I can see the good. All is good.
Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
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