- Weekly Intention: This is another unusual week for me. (January is full of them apparently.) Monday is a national holiday here and I am flying to Zurich on Friday, so I have three working days this week. Monday is not a holiday in Zurich so I expect they will work and it might be a bit hectic doing five days’ worth of work in three. But I plan to make the most of each of these days. I intend to do art and play with my kids on Monday. I intend to work hard and finish up all the middle school work on the other three days. And then I intend to enjoy my flight to Zurich. I will be patient and present and do the best I can every day this week. And if all goes well, I am lucky enough to get to see my mom on Saturday!
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to work hard and eat well.
- Two: I will choose to give Jake a lot of space. He worked so hard to take care of the family last week and he will be doing the same starting this weekend since I will be away. I’d like to make sure he uses this week to fill up his reserves.
- Three: I will choose to do the best I can and to let the rest go every day.
- I am looking forward to: Seeing my mom. Seeing some friends this week. Going to Zurich and getting a lot of work done. I am looking forward to a quieter week after last week and before next week. This is a much-needed buffer where I get to sleep in my own bed. I am looking forward to working hard, resting a lot, and socializing a bit.
- This week’s challenges: I’ve already mentioned a few but I am optimistic, especially since I did a bunch of work on Saturday and hope to do a bit more today so I can catch up to my todo list.
- Top Goals:
- Work: Get through my long-todo list and prepare for Zurich by setting up meetings.
- Personal: Eat well. See friends. Be present. Listen.
- Family: Be kind. Be present. Hug a lot. Lots of family time since I will be out of the country soon.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- Exercising daily. Starting to use weights.
- Giving my time to friends. Filling my well.
- Resting when I need and making sure I get a good night of sleep since I know I will be jet lagged next week.
- Doing at least a few work items I’ve been putting off for a while.
- This week, I want to remember to: Figure out some of our long term plans. Plan for David’s birthday, winter and spring breaks, and the summer. These plans will help me feel a bit more organized and I always feel more grounded when I am organized. I also want to remember how lucky I am. I want to remember to pay attention to it.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Living Intentionally is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s girl eleven:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Three Choices I made this week:
- One: I chose to let everything besides work go this week. I knew it was going to be a long/tough week and decided to just not fight it.
- Two: I chose to still exercise whenever I could.
- Three: I chose to do the best I could every day this week, knowing it was going to be a busy week.
- I read/learned: I am reading The Dog Stars and I am almost done with it. I’ve learned a tremendous amount about work this week but not much else.
- I celebrate: I am so very thrilled to have had all the visitors from Zurich. I celebrate all the time I’ve had with them.
- I am grateful for: My husband. He did everything this whole week. I am so grateful for his kindness, his generosity and his love.
- I focused on my health by:
- Walked nearly 10K steps every day (my weekly average is still 10K)
- Did my extra exercise three days this week
- Ate as well as I could, had no Diet Coke or lattes
- I made art: No art this week. Just writing. I will do some this weekend, I hope.
- I let go of: I really was worried about how to balance work and home and sleep and health this week. But I just decided on Monday that I had to let it go. I had to be present at work and not worry about the others too much. I did the best I could but I also let it go.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I was very kind to my visitors for work. Drove everyone around.
- Strong: I was scared to drive but I did it. I worked out, too.
- True: I stayed true to my opinions and feelings all week.
- Generous: I was generous with my time at work this week. I did a lot at work to sort out issues.
- Brave: I drove. I went to social events. I did so much more than I usually do.
No major photos from this week sadly. I will do better this weekend 🙂
Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s girl ten:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s week two in my sketchbook. I drew the left side back when I was going to a local coffeeshop on the weekends to sit alone with my coffee, croissant, and just enjoy a bit of quiet time each weekend. I decided I wanted to see if I could draw it. What I love best about this is that when I look at it now, I think of that moment. Just like photos, these drawings are parts of my life story. The one on the right was my drawing of a tea I drank with my sister in Bodrum, Turkey and the coffee cups I used to be able to be found with (before I quit drinking lattes) all the time.
I like thinking about the choices I’ve made each day. What they mean, which I’d like to revisit, etc. This is my way of living intentionally. At least trying to.
Here are closer shots of each side:
Today I Choose is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s girl nine:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I read A Spool of Blue Thread because I love Anne Tyler. Love love love love her. Her way of storytelling speaks to me. Her characters are always lovely and stay with me long after I finish her books. There was no way I wouldn’t love this one.
And I wasn’t wrong.
I loved it. It was so typical Anne Tyler.
If you love her as much as I do, it will not disappoint.
Here’s girl eight:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
The day after Christmas, I was sitting with Jake, trying to decide what we should do for the following week. We hadn’t really had too many adventures over the holidays and I wanted to see if we wanted one last hurrah. Nathaniel mentioned he wanted to play with snow so I asked Jake if he knew of a place relatively closeby that had snow. After some searching we found this farm which was about a hour and 20 minutes away.
Nathaniel really wanted to build a snowman and David wanted to ice skate. I wanted to see the lights. We decided a Tuesday afternoon would be considerably better than New Year’s Day so we got on the road around 2pm. As it worked out, between construction and traffic, it took us much longer than 75 minutes. But we persevered. When we got there, the little mountain of snow the farm owner mentioned ended up being really hard, fake snow. Not ideal for making snowmen.
We tried and tried and tried but then after realizing how hard it was going to be, I told Nathaniel that maybe we should just aim to make a sinking snowman instead. So we finished off his head, gave him a nose, eyes, some buttons and called it a day.
Not the best but sometimes you have to make do with what you have.
We then ice skated for a while, the kids raced some cars, got some cupcakes, and I got to have my light tour. The drive back home was considerably less painful and we all enjoyed our lovely little adventure. Here’s to more adventures.
Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s girl seven:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Weekly Intention: This week is a full, full week and even though I usually spend time Sunday evenings planning for the week ahead, as it worked out, we decided to take a last minute skiing trip this Sunday so we just got home and it’s 10pm so I am choosing to go to bed instead of doing my planning. Which means the week might start of even more shakily than usual. But I am grateful for the wonderful day and maybe this was a sign that my intention for this week should just be to be more present and in the moment instead of worrying about planning this week out.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I want to choose to eat well and do my exercises despite the very full days.
- Two: I want to choose to spend my moments at home with my family instead of working since I will be at work a lot this week.
- Three: I want to spend the rest of my time getting as much rest as possible.
- I am looking forward to: Seeing some of my coworkers from Zurich who will be here for the week!
- This week’s challenges: This week I have two back to back summits at work which means I will be going to the office every day. And there will be two social events at night and all day meetings for 4 days. This means a lot of other work will need to be caught up on afterwards. It means I will be home very little. It means I will need time to fill up my energy since I’m introverted and need the quiet time to fill up.
- Top Goals:
- Work: Get a lot of productive work done while all the visitors are in town. Use face to face time well.
- Personal: Keep health a priority for the week. Be kind to everyone even if you are stressed/tired.
- Family: Spend as much time with my kids and husband as possible.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- Being really present at work and at home this week.
- I will be kind to myself and others during this hectic time.
- I will be generous with my time and effort.
- I will put aside anything that’s not urgent so this full week can have all my attention.
- This week, I want to remember to: I want to remember that it might be a long week but it’s just one week and it’s transient and it’s wonderful to have the summits here for a change. And that since I do have to be in the office so much, I would like to use that time wisely. I want to make the most of it.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Living Intentionally is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s girl six:
Fashion Girls in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
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