Phew! I am finally back home after what feels like forever. I’ve spent the weekend getting organized, catching up on email and resting, resting, resting. After I finally processed the 1,200 photos that were sitting in my folder, I’ve posted 30 weeks of stories on my blog which feels wonderful. Thanks to being out of town so much, I have a collection of todo items, appointments and a slew of meetings this week. But I am hoping that by the end of this week, I will feel considerably more caught up. I’d better because Nathaniel’s school starts the following week and I have to spend two days at David’s new school for Orientation. And then they are both back at school. New routines, new school years, and onward we go. So I have about 10days of summer left here and I will do my best to spend that time getting us on schedule/routine and hugging and kissing my boys. And, most importantly, sleeping in!
- Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to organize myself. I would like to wrap my head around all the disparate pieces of my life a bit before the kids start school if I can pull it off. I also would like to do a bit of thinking around 2017. My word, my intentions, my projects. This is around the time of year where I like to begin thinking and planning for the next year.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to get organized. Make lists, collect them together, reply/return/execute on long standing todos to be done.
- Two: I will choose to show up for my 30-day goal that I just set. More on this later.
- Three: I will choose to rest and enjoy my time with the boys before they’re back to school.
- I am looking forward to: feeling a bit more caught up on my life.
- This week’s challenges: I have the dentist (for me), the orthodontist(for david), and the post office (passports for both of the kids) all in one week. Not my favorite. I also have a lot of rearranging, cleaning of my calendar and adding a lot of new meetings this week.
- Top Goals:
- Work: My intention this week is to get a lot of work done at work so I feel more caught up and organized. I’m getting there slowly but I’d like to feel a bit more settled than I do.
- Personal: I want to rest and also eat well and work out and journal this week. Let’s see if I can pull it off.
- Family: The boys and I have been working on eating healthier and more varieties of food. I am so proud of their progress and hope to make even more of it this week.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to my body. I will be working it pretty hard this week, so I will make sure to rest, too.
- I will be strong and show myself that I can do hard things. I can do this.
- I will be generous with my kids. I will teach them math, spend time with them and help Jake with his work.
- I will be true to my priorities and remember what matters most to me. Stay focused on my goals.
- I will be brave by setting up new meetings at work, putting myself out there more, making it work.
- This week, I want to remember: that I can do hard things. I am stronger, braver, tougher than I think I am. Physically and emotionally. I got this.
Here’s to a wonderful week!
I love these posts. It is like centering yourself in a public way so that you can take a breath and then move on. Good luck in getting things done this week.
I love these posts. I particularly like reading your core desires and how you act on them. I’ve begun figuring out my own “Big V Values”: values by which I want to live my life. I like the idea of knowing my “self” and counting on that “self” to know the right choices, so I will always be true to that “self.”
Thank you for your bravery in sharing your own core desires–and how you are implementing them–so publicly.