- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to see friends, rest and do art. I also want to spend some time on deep work. I have some documents to write at work and they require a few hours of uninterrupted work time. I hope to be able to do a combination of rest and deep work this week.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to reserve some time for deep work. And some time for art.
- Two: I will choose to go out and see friends even if I feel like staying at home and/or feel too busy to socialize.
- Three: I will choose to go back to healthy eating habits. I did not do so well with this last week but I am going to choose to start over.
- I am looking forward to: a little quiet time this week. I hope to create some.
- This week’s challenges: It’s always hard going back on schedule after a week off so I expect the school and juggle to be hard this week. I expect going back to eating well to also present challenges but I am ready to go back to routine.
- Top Goals:
- Work: Get some big tasks moving. Write down my thoughts/research on some important topics.
- Personal: Do art. Go out. Keep moving.
- Family: Go back to spending time teaching the kids. Math, spelling, reading.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind by supporting my family and really focusing on not yelling this week and saying only kind words. I want to really, truly try this for one week. See if I can do it.
- I will be strong by showing up even when it’s not easy. By making the healthy choice even when it’s not easy.
- I will be generous with my kids. I will take the time to sit and be with them. To teach them.
- I will be true to myself by taking the time to rest so my aching back can heal properly.
- I will be brave by saying what needs to be said, taking a stand, focusing on solutions and not problems.
- This week, I want to remember to: do what needs to be done. I would like to reduce the dilly-dallying to a minimum. To use my time really productively. To work hard and then disconnect so I can rest or be with friends or my family. I want to make a schedule for myself, for the work I would like done and then to really disconnect when I am not working.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Card sixteen says: Choose the soundtrack of your days.
Choice Cards 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 go to work twice this week too and it was very much worth it. Apparently I am going twice again next week.
- Two: I chose to let go and just be present with my family and inlaws and this vacation.
- Three: I chose to help make things move forward at work even though I was on vacation because I knew they were important.
- I read/learned: I finished All the Birds in the Sky and The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend and Brave Enough and Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist this week! I am now listening to Be Frank with Me and reading When Breath Becomes Air.
- I celebrate: I celebrate a lovely combination of working, resting and lots of little adventures this week. So grateful.
- I am grateful for: California. I am so grateful to live here. For incredible nature, beautiful weather. So grateful.
- I focused on my health by:
- Walked 10K steps every day
- No Diet Coke or lattes still!
- But I have been sliding on the food and I would like to go back to focusing on it.
- I made art: I haven’t been doing art this week but I hope to do some this weekend. I also hope to figure out my April plan.
- I let go of: I let go of alone time and personal agenda this week so I could be present.
- Core Desire Check-in:
- Kind: I was kind to my inlaws and husband this week. And to people at work.
- Strong: I was strong with my patience this week, I am proud of myself.
- True: I stayed true to my values. I remembered what matters most and not in retrospect but in realtime.
- Generous: I’ve been generous with time this week both with work and my kids and my inlaws.
- Brave: I went hiking, driving, and just showed up when it was hard to. I’m proud of myself.
- Here are some photos from this week:
Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Card fifteen says: Choose to notice the ephemeral.
Choice Cards in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Here’s week seven in my sketchbook. I drew these on the airplane when I was coming back from Switzerland. Just my pencil/eraser and the cheeseplate they give and my tea.
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.
Card fourteen says: Choose to celebrate the days when you shine.
Choice Cards in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
I am not sure why I read Belzhar. One night I just felt like picking it up so I did. I had liked but wasn’t crazy about Meg’s adult book The Interstings but I read this book in one sitting. It really spoke to me and I kept finding myself wanting more of it. I am not a huge Sylvia Plath fan one way or another and maybe because of that my expectations were low.
So, for me, it was enjoyable all the way.
And this book, too, had a bit of twist but in this case it didn’t bother me at all for some reason. It wasn’t as extreme, maybe that’s why.
Card thirteen says: Choose joy.
Choice Cards in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
A few weeks ago, I was flying back from Zurich to San Francisco and as part of the lovely service on Business class, they pass a cheese plate. Last time I flew business, I decided to sketch this cheese plate so when the lovely crew member gave me the new one, I started drawing again and I showed her my drawing from the last time since it happened to be in the same notebook. I was trying to show her how the platter had changed so little from the last time. And how it was fun to compare. She was so kind and delighted to see my drawing that she sent a few other crew members to come look at it. And then she said she wanted to give me a gift.
She asked me if I drink wine and I said thank you so much but I don’t. She said that she’ll just put something together for me. A few minutes later, she came with this lovely bag filled with chocolates, crackers, cookies, truffles, and a lovely beautiful Moleskine notebook designed for Swissair. I couldn’t believe my eyes. This was the first trip to Switzerland where I hadn’t bought any chocolates to bring home and now I had boxes of chocolate. It was one of the kindest gestures anyone’s ever done for me. She even gave me her email and asked if I could email her my photos.
Their kindness and this incredibly wonderful gesture was definitely the highlight of my trip.
Stories from 2016 is a year-long project for 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
Card twelve says: Choose yes, and sometimes also no.
Choice Cards in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to do a really good job of balancing my life and catching up to some of the bits I’ve been dropping on the floor. I plan to work half day each day and I want to make sure that I actively take the other half of the day off and spend time with my family or doing things that I find restful. So here’s to balancing work/life.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to be very productive when I am working so I can get a lot done and feel productive so I don’t feel stressed when I am not working
- Two: I will choose to be present with nature and my inlaws who are coming to visit and enjoy some quiet time with my husband .
- Three: I will choose to rest. I will choose to go back to healthy eating habits. I will choose to find my rhythm again.
- I am looking forward to: some down time this week. Some time with Jake. Mini-adventures with my kids.
- This week’s challenges: My inlaws will be here this week. The kids have no school. I have a few very important work meetings and I think it will be challenging to balance all of what’s happening in one week. But I can do this.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My biggest goal this week: catch up to backlog. send newsletter. “feel” organized.
- Personal: Get rest and do art and read.
- Family: Be patient. Be kind. Be kinder.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind by being as present and active as i can be for all of the long days in this week.
- I will be strong by making it through this long and wonderful week and making sure to take time for self-care as i need it.
- I will be generous with my inlaws. With my time. With my patience.
- I will be true to myself by speaking up when I need to and still being kind.
- I will be brave by doing what needs to be done. By not making myself a victim. By owning my choices.
- This week, I want to remember to: Stay present. I know I say this often but I love my family, I love my inlaws, I love my job, I love my husband. I love my life. Sometimes it all comes together and is a bit tougher to juggle. I want to remember that even these hectic days are rare and precious. And I really want to be present in the moments.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
Card eleven says: Choose to be true to you.
Choice Cards in a Monthly Project for January 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.
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