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A Book a Week – Daring Greatly

I read Daring Greatly because I love and adore Brené Brown. I have watched her talks, read all her other books, I even had the privilege to bring her to Google as a speaker. As far as I am concerned, the information and the way she delivers it is exactly what I care about, want to have more in my life and want to focus on. She’s amazing.

And this book was no less so. Since i’ve watched and read everything she’s been a part of, one would assume this book would be moot or repetitive.

Not for me.

I think her messages are things that we need to be reminded of again and again. At least I do.

Definitely recommended.

2013 Sketching – Week 28

My goal for 2013 is to make three sketches a week. If I make more, great. If I don’t, that’s ok. Trying to keep the pressure low while still encouraging myself to draw.

Only two this week:

that’s it for this week.

Sketching is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my sketching journey here.

Gratitude Journal – Week 31

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: sometimes the trick is not to fix or do anything. the trick is to be still and notice what is happening? can i let this be?

and here’s what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:

Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.

Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.

Weekly Diary – August 17 2013

Here are some photos from this week:

I asked Jake to take photos of the boys during soccer.

better than nothing.

this week we went to the flower conservatory at Golden Gate park.

I couldn’t get any good photos of the boys, but I tried.

then walked over to get some ice cream.

we kept seeing people driving bike surreys so we decided to rent one.

the kids played a bunch while Jake waited for the paperwork.

david was determined to bike.

and steer.

I, of course, took photos.

Nathaniel played for a bit, too. He got to sit in the front basket while we biked. It was pretty tiring but also fun.

then we went to see the dahlias.

and another shot by Jake during swim class.

i love the boys snuggle up when they play games.

I took them to the park nearby and shot photos as they played.

Nathaniel posing.

David, too, of course.

then it was family photo time.

Nathaniel kept looking out the window.

until we screamed We Love Legos!

and then tickle time!!

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

SixBySix – Week 33

Before this week’s art here’s the important reminder: Please remember, this is personal and hand-made and thus imperfect. If you want perfect art, do not buy mine. Also one more reminder that these are pretty small. 5.5inches by 5.5inches. That’s about 14×14 centimeters). You will just get the original piece of watercolor paper with my art and signature in the back. No mounting, no frame. I don’t want to misrepresent anything. I will put a paypal button under each (you can pay with credit card or paypal.) the button doesn’t update so you will have to click through to see if it’s sold out. I will try to update them as quickly as I can and remove the button if it’s gone, but just in case. Each piece will be $35. That’s US dollars. If you have questions please leave a comment and I will reply as fast as I can.

With that here’s this week’s art:

it reads: when you focus on the journey, the destination works itself out.

sold, thank you.

SixBySix is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

The Savor Project 2013 – Week 32

looks like I missed one more page from turkey 🙂

these are all from Bodrum, Turkey.

See you next week!

The Savor Project is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

Gratitude PostCards – Week 32

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: it is okay to be you just as you are.

This card uses a template from The Crafter’s Workshop (as well as a few others.) and acrylic paint.

Gratitude PostCards is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and the postcards I use here.

A Book a Week – The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

I read about The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness from Andrea Scher’s blog. She mentioned she loved it and it was an impromptu buy for me.

Which is pretty rare.

But something about this book clearly spoke to me.

The funny thing is, once it arrived, I read the first two pages and then stopped. For weeks. I didn’t pick it up again. I wasn’t sure what it was about, I wasn’t sure I wanted to read it. Blah blah. When I finally picked it up, I read the whole thing in one sitting.

It was that good.

If you’re into wonderful (true) stories that are interesting and inspiring, this is your book. It’s not for everyone but for those who like it, they will love it.