- Weekly Intention: I am off work this week! Weee! Nathaniel is home all week and David has grandparents day at his school on Wednesday and Jake has a surgery on Wednesday afternoon, so I decided it was a good week to stay home and focus on my boys and take some serious downtime. My intention this week is to slow down. So so much that I feel the scarcity dissipate and the abundance creep in. I notice when I really slow down, things feel less urgent and I feel more peaceful so here’s to hoping for some of that this week.
- Choices I want to make:
- One: I will choose to read quietly and enjoy my time at home.
- Two: I will choose to see if I can make some more plans for 2017, get a bit closer to understanding my goals/wishes/hopes.
- Three: I will choose to be present and enjoy my time with all three of my boys.
- I am looking forward to: downtime. relaxing. reading.
- This week’s challenges: even though he’s done it before, i am always nervous when jake goes in for this surgery. I’ll breathe better when he’s out of it safe and sound.
- Top Goals:
- Work: do not check email. do. not.
- Personal: make more progress on the 2017 plan. Do the desired feelings exercise. (i didn’t do either of these last week so carrying it forward.)
- Family: make a holiday plan for the kids. (i didn’t do this last week, either!) and buy more presents for xmas, and put up our tree. love love love this time of year.
- I will focus on my core desires (kind, strong, true, generous, brave) by:
- I will be kind to nathaniel this week during our alone time early in the week. kind to jake after his surgery. kind to everyone as much as i can.
- I will be strong and sit with all the discomfort around the health and body issues i seem to be having lately.
- I will be generous with my family this week. Give more time, be more patient, feel abundance.
- I will be true to what i love the most. resting and reading and reflecting.
- I will be brave with disconnecting and knowing that work will still be there when i am back.
- This week, I want to remember: that these three people are the ones that matter the most to me in the world. that there’s nothing more I want than to make them feel loved and make them remember that they will always always always belong with me. I cherish every day I get with them. Every day.
Here’s to a wonderful week and for those of you who live in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving!
Just want to encourage you regarding Do Not Check Email. I recently did something I have never done in 20 years of my current career. I took three weeks off. I did not check email. It was glorious and so restorative. So, don’t. Nobody will die. You will survive the re-entry. It’s so worth it. Happy Thanksgiving!