Weekly Diary – January 11 2015

I don’t know if this is because I take so many photos during December as part of December Daily, but I realized that I didn’t really take any photos in the first week of the year. I had nothing to weed through when doing this week’s update.

This was a long and busy week. The boys and I had to work on going back to our routines of getting up early, preparing lunches, doing daily chores, etc. I am cochairing their school Benefit so work for that ramped up starting this week, too. And over the course of this week we’ve also committed to a big project David’s going to work on that will be taking up a good chunk of his time during the week with regular trips over the weekend. And, as if that wasn’t enough, I also committed to doing math with David and one other boy every week for an hour. All this happened in a span of two days, making my life a bit more frenzied than I like. And all this will make for a very busy winter and spring.

Not to mention my actual work. Which is all new to me and I waver between being really excited and really scared.

On top of all this, Nathaniel woke up with a fever of 102.7 Thursday night which then climbed up to 103.4 by the time he made it to the doctor. This meant that our plans for going skiing this weekend had to be canceled at the very last minute. The little boy is all better now, thankfully. And, as it worked out, this weekend was a good one to be in town. The universe always works in magical ways.

I also thought it might be interesting to keep an ongoing tab of what worked well each week and what might need a bit more shifting so I can keep myself more aware of my priorities and goals and not evaluate them only at the end of the year. Here’s some of what worked and didn’t work this week so far:

Worked Well:

I managed to sketch almost every morning.
I started a monthly project and worked on it daily.
I managed to complete all my weekly projects relatively painlessly.
I’ve been putting skin cream on almost every single night and morning.
I’ve managed the 5-2 this week without pain.
Every weekday I ate at least one if not two servings of vegetables.
I took my required vitamins almost every day.
I’ve been really good at saying yes to my boys.

Needs more Work:

I only journaled one time all week.
I didn’t read to Nathaniel.
I did no exercise all week. I need to come up with a plan and execute it.
I didn’t drink enough water.
I did okay on the sleep but need to get more consistent with it.
Now that I am overly committed, the weekly blocking is even more crucial.

So for this upcoming week, the two i want to focus on changing the most are blocking my times and exercising. I think both are crucial and will help me get the other ones on my list done more effectively. Then, the next week I can work on journaling and water, etc.

Here are a few more photos from this week:

Little sick boy who’s such a good sport even when he’s sick.