Living Intentionally – 39

• Weekly Intention: My intention this week is to first give myself some grace and then to see if I can get myself a bit more organized. As part of my journaling exercise last week I made a list of what I do in a typical week/month, here’s my list (these are not in any order):
• drive the kids to shuttle/school and back every day – around 2 hours a day
• exercise daily
• read/listen to 1-2 books a week
• do school work+classes with Nathaniel daily
• do school work with David daily
• meetings and work with Seattle, New York, Mountain View, Sydney and Zurich (less and less) daily
• spend time with Jake most nights
• drive to work at least once (often 2-3 times a week)
• drive to David’s school 1-2 times a week
• drive to Nathaniel’s school (besides drop off/pickup) 1-2 times a week
• help my nephews with their college essays + homework
• socialize 1-2 times a week (1-1 or group)
• take care of my skin daily (this is something I used to never do.)
• take weekly classes online/learn something new or do art
• walk 10K steps every day
• do 7 minute workout daily (though i didn’t this week!)
• 1-2 coaching clients a week
• prep/cook dinner + pack lunches + make breakfast daily
• sleep a minimum of 7-8 hours every night

This list is just a 10-minute exercise. If I think I am sure I can come up with more. And all these items are things I do every single week. That’s a pretty long and varied list. Which means that if I want to keep up the pace, I need to be better organized, I need to chunk things better so I am not context-switching constantly and spending time making two trips to school or work when I could be just as effective with one. This list also doesn’t include the oodles of ways in which I waste time or some chores. Like doing laundry, dishes, watching TV or playing candy crush. Which I do a lot. And the less effective I am in getting through my day with grace, the more I see myself wasting time. So I think organizing my days a bit better will allow me to do also waste less time. Or so I think.

This is one of the areas around which I’d like to be intentional this week, especially since I have two trips planned in October.

• Choices I want to make:
• One: I will choose to create a self-tracking system for the kids so they can have accountability for their daily tasks.
• Two:  I will choose sign Nathaniel up for a swimming class again, we went too long without one.
• Three: I will choose to really enjoy my family. I will be gone two days next week so I want to spend even more time with them this week.
• I am looking forward to: possibly starting a volunteer opportunity in David’s school. Let’s see if it happens. I am also looking forward to the debate tonight!
• This week’s challenges:  a lot of night meetings this week, too. And Not a lot of room for getting things done this week.
• Top Goals:
• Work: My intention this week is to setup meetings for the two days I’ll be in Seattle next week.
• Personal: I’d like to spend a little bit of time journaling daily and be intentional about my food this week.
• Family: I want to take the time to do programming with Nathaniel and math with David daily.
• I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by: 
• I will be kind to my body this week. Feed it a lot of sleep and healthy food.
• I will be strong and do what i know is right.
• I will be generous with my patience this week.
• I will be true to my word and do what I said I would.
• I will be brave and establish my own limits this week.
• This week, I want to remember: that I am grateful to have the option to do all the things I do. I am living my life deliberately and fully.

Here’s to a wonderful week!