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Day 11 is about work David and I are doing together. We are on week 8 of a Calculus class, both of us learning together. The last time I did Calculus was in high school so it’s been a while. The teacher is pretty awesome and funny so we’re enjoying it.
On the right side, I put a piece of paper where we’re solving a problem or two. [Using the chain rule!]
Love these stars.
Day 10 has two stories: on the left it’s about Turkish tea I had in this cafe in Mountain View that I randomly stumbled into without knowing they were Turkish. On the right it is about flowers. This year has been such a flower year that I couldn’t not have one in the book. The pages are relatively simple but this book is not about the artsiness for me, it’s about all the stories.
Weekly Intention: This is hopefully my last week working fulltime until 2018. The kids go on break this Friday and I’d like to go on break with them. I really enjoy taking two weeks off during this time of year so I am hoping it will be possible. Here’s to hoping! To that end, my intention is to:
Things I want to get Done: Here’s the list for his week.
This month’s intention is: Shine Slowly: And here it is. The end of one more year. You made it through. Tough times, joyful times. Celebrations and trials. Changes and all. You did it. Time to slow down. Time to make space for the next year. Growth comes after downtime for you. Take this time to store some energy so you can hit the ground running in 2018. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: holiday party and david’s culmination This week’s challenges: getting through planning. ugh. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: not worrying so much and just getting things done. This week, I will say yes to: being productive. This week, I will say no to: allowing email to pile up. I am worried that: i won’t exercise. i’ll eat poorly, make bad choices, not get enough nutrition. i’ll disappoint the kids or jake. I’ll drop the ball at work. planning won’t be done. I won’t be able to take the following two weeks off. This week, I want to remember: that all i have to do is show up and do the best i can with what i have. Day 9 is about Nathaniel and I doing some coding and math together. I took a screenshot of the Python class we’ve been taking, and added some journaling to it. On the right side, I put a piece of paper where Nathaniel solved a math puzzle that his grandfather gave him.
Here he is, solving it.
I accidentally ripped some of the photo which is why I added a slew of stickers here.
I am sorry for the terrible lighting in the photos. If I can do it again, I will. Love love love this project.
How I shone this week: Oh man. I shone bright this week. I had a long week with a lot of meetings, a lot lot of work but I still went to Nathaniel’s class for a craft project, to the school for Lit Club, out with my friend Leslie, and date night and date afternoon with Jake. And I got some major rocks moved at work. All with jet lag. It was a tough week and I made it through. Things I wanted to get Done:
I celebrate: lovely news at work. I am grateful for: our lovely babysitter. I nourished myself by: honestly: coffee which is not at all nourishment. Reflecting on my worries: exercised a lot. ate okay but snacked poorly. was quite tired but showed up anyway. car was ok. card seems to be okay i think. december daily is also okay so far. I let go of: keeping up with everything this week. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
What made me laugh this week: can’t remember anything specific this week honestly. What I tolerated this week: really really long work week. My mood this week was: exhausted. Here’s to a great week 50. I can’t believe we’re down to three weeks! Day 8 is about exercise. If you’ve been reading here, you know I had to capture this story 🙂
I loved journaling on this 3×8 page. Fun to have some different sizes.
Hello!! I know I am really behind in my posting of my December Daily. I’ve actually been working on it daily but not able to post because by the time I do it, it’s dark and I can’t take photos, and then I leave for work early in the morning in the dark. Today I finally got some, but they are still pretty low quality because it was almost dark. They will have to do for now. Day 3 is about David going climbing. He’s been climbing like a fiend lately and I love love love it and it’s something I wanted to make sure to capture.
Day 4 follows on the sports theme and has both of the kids at the batting cages. Another story i love love love.
The next page is a tag I downloaded from Ali, it has Jake. I have 4 of these in the album, one for each of us.
The back has the answers to the questions Ali has on her cards.
Day 5 is the tag above and the back has a story about the Friday letters Nathaniel brings home. I wrote about these a few weeks ago. I love them so. I am grateful to get to have one in the December Daily!
Day 6’s story is about the Lit Club I teach at the kids’ school. The top card opens up.
Inside is a long photo which is stitched together with photos I took during lit club. We’re reading Inherit the Wind at the moment.
I love it.
Day 7 has two stories: one is about my journaling at work and capturing my ordinary, crazy days at work right now. The second story is about my friend Leslie and I and how we’ve been meeting weekly for a few months now and how much it means to me.
And here we are. Mostly caught up. Day 8 tomorrow when I finish the journaling 🙂
I was really looking forward to The Power which sounded like a super-interesting premise but in the end I feel it dragged on and on and on. It would have been much more interesting if it were half as long. I had a hard time getting through this one. Insight was a quick read and gave me some thoughts to ponder. I spend a lot of time reflecting so there wasn’t anything super incredibly new here but I always like books like this. I also finally got to read The Weight of Ink which my friend had recommended months and months ago but I had never gotten around to reading. It finally became available in the library and I jumped on it and then used my long flight to Australia to listen. I loved this book. Historical fiction is not my genre and neither is Jewish history. But this was wonderful. Long Way Down was a quick but impactful read. Then it was time to grab All the Crooked Saints because I love love love Stiefvater. I had heard this wasn’t her best but I am going to disagree. I loved it. I love her. I then moved to Five-Carat Soul. Short story collections aren’t really my thing but I did read and love his previous book. So I loved the first story and liked the second one okay, but then I stopped reading because really short story collections are not my thing. On book number 272 now. Here’s to a few more awesome books, especially for the long flights ahead. Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Mind:
Body:
Soul:
Hoping to make one last push to end the year well here. Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Winter here is Summer in Sydney. I love going to Sydney any time of the year because it’s pretty much lovely every time. This was no exception. I usually try to go to the beaches at least once and I was lucky to get to go to Bronte on Tuesday night. Other awesome things about Sydney trip:
So grateful to be there. So grateful to be back.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. Weekly Intention: This week is a bit of a mish mosh. I have a class on Monday and then a summit Tuesday-Thursday. Dinner Tuesday, Work on Monday and Wednesday nights, Date night Thursday. Friday I have to go to the kids’ school for Nathaniel and then Friday night I go again for David. So a full week for sure. I think my intention this week will be focusing on three things:
Things I want to get Done: Here’s the list for his week.
This month’s intention is: Shine Slowly: And here it is. The end of one more year. You made it through. Tough times, joyful times. Celebrations and trials. Changes and all. You did it. Time to slow down. Time to make space for the next year. Growth comes after downtime for you. Take this time to store some energy so you can hit the ground running in 2018. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: our date night, eating better, all the journaling+memory keeping this month This week’s challenges: jetlag+a pretty full week with commitments/work every night Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: focusing on each of these every day this week. This week, I will say yes to: being really present. This week, I will say no to: focusing on being tired or on what’s not getting done. I am worried that: i won’t exercise. i’ll eat poorly, make bad choices, not get enough nutrition. i’ll have bad jetlag. i’ll do everything poorly. i’ll be overwhelmingly tired. something will be wrong with our car. issues with my card won’t be resolved. i won’t be able to keep up with december daily. This week, I want to remember: that this is my favorite time of the year. Today’s story is a simple but fun one. Nathaniel was invited to a sleepover birthday party so I decided it would be a perfect story for today. I added a photo of all the boys on top (a phone photo the mom sent me.)
And then when you open the flap, there are two more photos from the birthday inside.
That’s it for today, sweet and simple.
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