The Best Part of this Week: The best part of this week was big boy’s 16th birthday!
I celebrate: my sweet, wonderful son. my amazing sister. and my wonderful uncle who all had birthdays this week!
I am grateful for: the three day weekend, they are always perfect for me.
This week, I exercised: I did so much exercise this week! 50 mins of core exercises, 50 mins of arms exercises, 20 mins of other strength classes, 60 minutes on the bike, 40 minutes of yoga, 40 minutes of stretching, and 2 hours of walking and I went climbing!
This week, I said yes to: accepting what is.
I said no to: drawing and journaling unfortunately. I chose to let them go vs stressing myself.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): i was much more peaceful this week and it felt wonderful.
Top Goals Review:
Work: talked to D, worked on helping close NBU, did not write up L convo, did not yet make a plan for L/D.
Personal: continued to tinker with and edit plan
Family: took walks with J. celebrated D. did not really do one thing with either 🙁
My mood this week was: calm and peaceful for the most part.
I am proud of: trying to not let all the work get to me.
I release: all that i didn’t get done this week and all the ways in which i’m dropping the ball everywhere.
Here’s what I learned this week: i own my feelings, my thoughts, my life, and my choices.
The Best Part of this Week: The best part of this week was playing card games with little boy, we laughed so hard.
I celebrate: we had a get together with some of my coworkers from my first project at google, almost fifteen years ago. it was lovely to see them.
I am grateful for: the kindness of friends in what was a really tough week.
This week, I exercised: I did so much exercise this week! 50 mins of core exercises, 50 mins of arms exercises, 40 mins of other strength classes, 60 minutes on the bike, 40 minutes of yoga, 40 minutes of stretching, and 3 hours of walking.
This week, I said yes to: opera while i journaled and meditation in bed!
I said no to: a lot of things while I was going through a rough period at work.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): my 100 days of radical wellness plan is still helping here.
Top Goals Review:
Work: talked to L, sort of helped kickstart NBU, make a plan for L/D.
Personal: definitely continuing to tinker with and edit plan
Family: took a walk with J. did one thing with N and did not do one thing with D.
My mood this week was: stressed and then miserable and then peaceful.
I am proud of: communicating my needs.
I release: all the pain from this week. it was a painful week.
Here’s what I learned this week: that it’s ok to take what i need.
The Best Part of this Week: The best part of this week was sitting through the parent teacher conferences on Friday and hearing all the wonderful things my kids are doing.
I celebrate: one of my co-workers left this week, which was very sad, but we celebrated him with an impromptu chat on video and it was fantastic.
I am grateful for: going climbing after taking a long break and getting back on the bike too!
This week, I exercised: I did so much exercise this week! 50 mins of core exercises, 50 mins of arms exercises, 40 mins of other strength classes, 60 minutes on the bike, 35 minutes of yoga, 15 minutes of HIIT, 50 minutes of stretching, 2 hours of walking, and 3 hours of climbing!
This week, I said yes to: going climbing!
I said no to: going harder on the bike so I could make sure to heal.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): my 100 days of radical wellness plan is helping here. Thinking about these more.
Top Goals Review:
Work: started changing cal, wrote down what to talk to L, started next steps for NBU.
Personal: started new plan
Family: took walks with J. spent time with kids each day just listening but I need more here.
My mood this week was: present.
I am proud of: all the exercise I did this week.
I release: all the work i didn’t manage to finish this week
Here’s what I learned this week: that I can trust myself.
The Best Part of this Week: The best part of this week was making it through Wednesday, both for the country and for me personally at work. I was quite stressed out so once it came and went the rest of the week felt considerably lighter.
I celebrate: not having to watch the news as much anymore
I am grateful for: my manager encouraging me to go outside my comfort zone and saying “yes” on my behalf 🙂
This week, I exercised: i did daily peloton classes: 15 minutes of meditation, 20 minutes of core, 55 minutes of full body strength, 10 mins of arms, 10 mins of stretch, and 10 mins of yoga. I also took 3 45min+ walks with Jake. My sciatica regressed seriously this week and I am likely back to 50% so I tried not to push too hard.
This week, I said yes to: attending a social (online) event i didn’t want to.
I said no to: quitting the medication even though i really wanted to.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): I am trying to make specific goals in my life to make it easier for me to have these more at the forefront of my life.
Top Goals Review:
Work: did the preso, though it was more of a Q&A. did my new schedule and talked to D.
Personal: still did not start journaling.
Family: hmmm, i did some with N but and did spend some time with D, not sure either count
My mood this week was: stressed and anxious
I am proud of: doing it anyway
I release: the nagging thoughts that I am not using my time well and that i am wasting the minutes/hours/days of my life
Here’s what I learned this week: that I can trust myself.
The Best Part of this Week: This was a tough week. The best part of the week was taking a walk with Jake in the middle of the day on Thursday. It was sunny and beautiful.
I celebrate: being bold and asking for what i wanted this week.
I am grateful for: my hairdresser who comes to my backyard to make sure we can both be safer.
This week, I exercised: i did daily peloton classes: 3 arms, 3 strength and one stretching class. I am at around 90% with the sciatica so I am hoping to re-start the bike this or next week, slowly.
This week, I said yes to: i tried my best to give myself grace this week. the schedule was quite hectic.
I said no to: working late into the night to keep up with my email.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): I am trying but I will be honest that this week was low on some of these values.
Top Goals Review:
Work: i did talk to L, made a decision and the preso is ready to go. talk to L, make a decision on presentation, prep for presentation
Personal: I have not started journaling 🙁
Family: I did support the kids as they started their first real week.
My mood this week was: hectic
I am proud of: the amount of work I got done this week, while not dropping the ball too much on other todos.
I release: the emails i didn’t read, the people i disappointed, the times I yelled.
Here’s what I learned this week: that my current work calendar is not sustainable.
The Best Part of this Week: The best part of this week that I had intentionally blocked out my calendar for the week because I wasn’t sure if I would be working or not. That created a very slow transition to work this week and made it much nicer.
I celebrate: N getting his shiny machine working. D getting into advanced photography and J starting his LLC. Good week!
I am grateful for: The morning smoothie I’ve started drinking that is full of vegetables and good nutrition.
This week, I exercised: I am still off the bike because of severe sciatica (which is healing thankfully!) so I’ve done 3 arms, one pilates, one core, and one yoga class. I’ve also done two stretching classes. One more week and I hope to be back on the bike. Cross fingers.
This week, I said yes to: Resting. Going slow.
I said no to: adding last minute meetings.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): I’ve been thinking a lot about my values and what it means to love someone and how everyone’s peace looks different and how I can serve the people I love and how much more I have to learn and all that I am grateful for. Much of this is on my mind lately and I am learning to reprogram the tapes in my head.
My mood this week was: I have been incredibly distressed with all that’s happening this week. I am angry and sad and disappointed.
I am proud of: I’ve been paying attention to my thoughts and doing a lot of self-work in my head lately. I am proud of being able to pause enough to notice my toxic thoughts. I know it won’t always be so.
I release: I release all of what’s making me anxious at this moment. All of the things I constantly find myself worrying about. All the balls I dropped. Tomorrow I get to start over.
Here’s what I learned this week: I learned a lot of facts about sleep this week and how crucial and needed it is.
