Living Intentionally – 29

Hello again. I haven’t been doing my Friday reflection posts as religiously so these posts are going to have to take the place of both reflection and planning. Last week was a crazy week, I left for Seattle at 4am on Wednesday and worked for two days and woke up at 4am to come back on Friday. My plane was delayed due to some weather in SFO so I barely made it home in time to go pick up David from school and then we ended up getting Nathaniel from his camp. I pretty much passed out when we got back home.

I spent the whole Friday night watching the news. It’s been terrifying to see what’s happening to my home. The news in general has just been so incredibly, indescribably traumatizing to me. In the last four days alone, there has been Nice, the coup in Turkey, and Baton Rouge. I just can’t take it anymore. I feel like I am worrying nonstop. I just hope hope hope we get a break.

Anyhow, on Saturday morning, I woke up at 5am to get ready for the ROC Race I’d signed up for over four months ago. I did this awesome 5K with 14 other moms from Nathaniel’s class. It’s something I would have never ever ever done on my own. But they encouraged me and I decided to be brave and social and I am so so glad I did! It ended up being really really fun and I am very proud of myself for doing it.

All of this meant that I spent most of today resting. I’ve shredded a lot of paperwork, cleaned up my house quite a bit more and took Nathaniel to a birthday party. But otherwise, most of my moments were spent on the couch. I’d say it was a long week but it’s nothing compared to how the next two weeks promise to be.

On the upside, I’ve been so busy and so tired that I haven’t had a chance to feel anything but discombobulated. I’ve been living it minute by minute and doing the next thing that needs to be done without worrying too much about the future.

• Weekly Intention: This week is another crazy week. Both kids start new camps this week. I have a lot of work and three coaching clients tomorrow on top of taking the kids to camp, swimming class, and music class. Tuesday is very similar but will also include packing because Tuesday night, I leave for Sydney, Australia. I will arrive in Sydney Thursday AM their time and I will be there until Wednesday AM the following week. The plan is to meet my new team and spend some time helping them get organized. It’s my first time in Sydney so I am really excited but I am also nervous of course. I will be in a place I’ve never been before, I will be meeting a lot of new people. I just hope it all goes well and I can enjoy a bit of seeing this beautiful city. I will be spending a weekend there so my intention this week is to be present and not feel guilty about being away from the kids. I want to be able to go sightseeing and feel grateful to get to have this opportunity.
• Choices I want to make:
• One: I will choose to be present in this moment and enjoy Sydney.
• Two:  I will choose to assume the best of everyone I meet and assume they also feel that way about me.
• Three: I will choose to be positive the whole time. The day I fly back from Sydney is the same day I then fly to Boston. It will be rough but I will be ok. I am lucky to get to go to all these places. And I will remember that over all the other things.
• I am looking forward to: meeting the new team in Sydney. Seeing Sydney. Seeing a few of my friends from Zurich who will also be there.
• This week’s challenges:  Well a 14.5 hour flight is pretty challenging. Meeting a brand new team will be, too. Being in a new city by myself will be a bit challenging too but I am not super worried about that part. I will also have to get organized for Boston since I come back at 7am and leave 11pm that same day so I will have to be prepared this week so I can hit the ground running when I get back next week. Changing time zones, changing seasons. Fun times.
• Top Goals:
• Work:  I would like to spend a lot of fun and quality time with my new team and with the leadership. I will work with this team once I come back so establishing a good base is really essential in my success.
• Personal: I want to exercise, make healthy choices, and stay positive this week.
• Family: I want to kiss and hug my kids and Jake a lot lot lot this week.
• I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by: 
• I will be kind to everyone I meet. Spread it around like light.
• I will be strong by continuing to do my 7-minute exercise daily.
• I will be generous with my time and patience. I want to be generous with myself.
• I will be true to who I am. Be myself with all these meetings this and next week
• I will be brave by going through this gracefully. I will work hard, I will enjoy my time, I will do what needs to be done.
• This week, I want to remember: I first want to repeat what I said last week because it’s so true: that I am so incredibly lucky to get to go to Seattle,  Sydney, Boston. I will get to see new places, meet new people, and do work I love. And then I will get to come home to hug a loving, amazing family. I also want to remember that life is short and things change and it’s important to make the very best of this moment right here.

Here’s to a wonderful week!