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 Year of Yes – 293
October is flying by and so is 2021. Winter is coming and the days are dark and rainy. I am adding bits of light and joy into my days to ensure the darkness of winter doesn’t take over. Candles, smells, flowers and small reminders of color go a long way for me. Yes to choosing joy and making it visible. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 292
Not a lot on my mind tonight. Or maybe too much on my mind and I can’t organize it down to a pithy post. I’m feeling tired both physically and mentally and I am really looking forward to a little downtime. Lately I feel like the weekends are not enough so this week, I am taking a few extra days off. Here’s hoping it helps. Yes to downtime. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 291
Ran out of time to post today. Will just say yes to what is. Yes. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 290
I am a big fan of feeling my feelings. I like to name my fears and worries out loud. I know they are there whether I acknowledge them or not and whether I say them or not. I believe that naming them, saying them out loud and putting them outside of me is key to reducing their power. It’s an important way for me to connect to myself and not to numb. It’s also a step toward connection with others who might feel similarly so I can feel less alone. So I am not a fan of dismissing or diminishing the feelings when they are spoken out loud. I try hard never to tell my friends or boys that what they are feeling is not a big deal and that there are people much worse off in the world. Or that if they voice their fears, that voice might bring them forth so don’t say it. I disagree with both of these philosophies. Our feelings are real whether we acknowledge or not. Our lives and worries and anxiety and blessings are not part of a comparison game. We are allowed to worry and be sad no matter what. And naming our fears does not make the universe send them our way. For myself, I try not to encourage wallowing because I don’t think it helps me. But acknowledging and being acknowledged absolutely does. How can I work through my feelings if I am not even allowed to say them out loud? Yes to feeling our feelings. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 289
My favorite moments about life are always in the little moments. Snuggling up on the couch. Laughing in the car. Watching my kids play. Joking around in the kitchen. Those are all moments of magic. Yes to magic. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 288
Happy Friday. I am still working on doing a better job with rest and a better job with remembering what’s mine to carry and what’s not. Always a work in progress. Yes to being patient with myself. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 287
It’s almost Halloween which means I can put my Christmas tree up soon. I’m not a fan of Fall but Christmas season is my favorite. It’s performance evaluation season at work so I have been thinking a bunch about how to give and receive feedback. And how other people’s feedback might be valid and still it doesn’t mean I have to do anything about it. I can receive it, say thanl you and then decide if I’d like to incorporate it. I get to decide which feedback matters to me and what I want to do about it. Like other things in life,.I can choose if this happens to me or if I decide to be an active participant in the conversation. Having choice and knowing it’s up to me completely changes how I show up. Yes to owning my own life and choices. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 286
Tonight I rest. I haven’t been sleeping properly. I keep waking up in the middle of the night and then have a hard time going back to deep sleep. So tonight I will rest. Yes to rest. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 285
I am working hard not to hold on to what’s not mine to carry. Being intentional with how to help without fixing and how to be present and sit with things without rushing to solve. All of which is so hard for me and yet so liberating when I can do it. Yes to growing and learning. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 284 I connected with an old friend today and it reminded me how magical and easy it can be to spend time with someone who knows you and sees you. New friends can be fun and exciting and yet old friends are like comfy clothes that always fit you just right. It’s always good to have a mix of both. Yes to reconnecting. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 283
Lately I find that I am running out of time often. Time is passing quickly and I am having trouble getting all the things I want to do, done. When I feel this way, I am usually cranky so I am reminding myself that time is the most precious asset I have and it’s the only one that cannot be replenished, thus it helps me to be intentional about how I use mine. I don’t know what the right answer is for me right now and I am having a hard time choosing so instead I decided to make a list of things I never regret spending time on: – playing games with my kids That’s some of my list. So the plan is that when in doubt I do one of these. Yes to using time well. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 282
Here’s to choosing joy again and again! Yes to joy. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes |
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