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.
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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.
Here’s to a wonderful 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. 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. Here’s today’s mantra:
This one is here to honor my word. To remind me that every step of my life is my choice. I decide what to do next, I decide how to feel, I decide who to be, I decide where to go, who to choose, what I see, what I hear. What I remember. What I believe. I decide every moment of every day. Not what happens. But what I make it mean. It’s all up to me. Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read 1984 because my nephews had to read it for school and asked me if I could help them so to have the full context I decided to read it again. Man is that book violent. I remembered the ideology it was spouting but had conveniently forgotten how incredibly gritty and violent it was. It was a tough tough read. Here’s today’s mantra:
Things can be hard. Things can go differently than I wish. I might not be as strong as I thought. A task can be much more monumental than it seemed. And yet. I do it anyway. I am a huge proponent of doing it anyway. Things aren’t meant to be easy. The “easy” comes with practice. It comes with doing hard things first. So even if it seems hard, long, tough, I just do it anyway. Even if I am scared, worried, anxious, I do it anyway. Even if it feels impossible. I do it anyway. I do it because I know I can. Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here. |
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