Weekly Intention: This week looks pretty quiet so far but that’s deceiving because I know there are about six meetings that are currently not on my calendar. So I guess my intention this week is going to be taking things as they come.
This month’s intention is:Everyday Magic: October is a long month and not a lot of time off so you need to add a bit of magic to it. Add small bits of life and magic into your every day. Give this month the kick it needs to make it a notch more magical. Since there’s only one day in September left, I figured it was ok to move to October. There’s a lot happening at work this month so I love this reminder to add small bits of magic. I’m going to have to think on this one.
One way I will show up this week: open.
One magic I will make this week: I am hoping to go to the community dinner on Tuesday night at my son’s school.
This week, I will pay attention to: what it takes to really step back and drop all i can and lean in where i really need to.
This week, I will be kinder to: my husband.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: hmm i am not sure to be honest.
One new thing I will learn this week: i guess how to give a presentation since i will be giving one in two weeks.
I am looking forward to: to be totally honest, i am looking forward to the next two weeks being over. there’s a lot going on and i am tired and anxious about it all so i will feel better when it’s over.
This week’s challenges: just unexpected meetings. and all the packets that will arrive on Monday.
Top Goals:
Work: org health. stay on top of email. clean up calendar aggressively. getting offsite ready. getting my preso ready. perf. committee packets.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, make time to sleep. come up with a whitney plan. and a meal plan.
Family: family photos, hug kids. date night with jake. hair.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i love the idea of running an experiment in kindness.
Learn: learn about presentation.
Peace: a busy two weeks.
Service: to taking a breath, stepping back and staying focused.
Gratitude: for the simple joys of life.
This week, I want to remember: that all of this is a choice and i can opt to choose differently at any moment.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This week I seem to have only one long night. Nathaniel will be leaving for camp. David might have a dance. Other than that, though, it appears to be a reasonably uneventful week. So here is my intention: catch up to work + sleep. That’s it. I will do those this week 🙂
This month’s intention is:Magical Thinking: Time to let go. This is a hard month for you. Transitions are rough. But you also turn 45. It’s magical to get to have another year. It’s magical to have a high schooler and a middle schooler. Life is magical. Let the small things go and have faith that it will all work out. It always does. Actively working on this one. I hope it’s really true.
One way I will show up this week: diligent + kind.
One magic I will make this week: I might get to see an old work friend this week which would be magical.
This week, I will pay attention to: sleep. i really need it.
This week, I will be kinder to: hmm everyone?
This week, I will focus on pleasing: work, just to catch up as much as i can and then myself: sleep.
One new thing I will learn this week: more about perf.
I am looking forward to: trying to see if i can catch up more and sleep better.
This week’s challenges: two long nights, no nathaniel for a night.
Top Goals:
Work: more perf and calibrations. org health. stay on top of email. organize birthday. clean up calendar aggressively.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, make time to sleep. come up with a whitney plan. and a meal plan.
Family: family photos, hug kids. date night with jake.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i love that this might be a quiet week where maybe i can catch up?
Learn: learn about calibration.
Peace: with all there is to do.
Service: email
Gratitude: for all the support and love i am surrounded by
This week, I want to remember: i have so much choice and i am so lucky.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This week I am traveling for work. I have a crazy trip planned where I will be in Zurich for about 34 hours and then in London for about 36 hours and then I come back home to leave for Tahoe. So a lot of time on the road. And then a lot of working at work, at airports, on airplanes, etc. So my intention this week is: work hard, be present, sleep as much as I can, and take time for myself where I can.
This month’s intention is:Magical Thinking: Time to let go. This is a hard month for you. Transitions are rough. But you also turn 45. It’s magical to get to have another year. It’s magical to have a high schooler and a middle schooler. Life is magical. Let the small things go and have faith that it will all work out. It always does. This week is a perfect example of how I am going to have to let go. It’s going to be hectic and I am not going to be on top of things the way I wish I were. And yet. It’s going to be okay.
One way I will show up this week: curious.
One magic I will make this week: If I am really lucky I might get to see my friend from high school while in London. It really would be magical.
This week, I will pay attention to: our teams in both of these locations.
This week, I will be kinder to: myself since i will be jetlagged likely.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: work, to ensure the trip ends up being worthwhile.
One new thing I will learn this week: how these teams are doing.
I am looking forward to: visiting london office for the first time
This week’s challenges: lots of airplane time, lots of meetings, lots of jet lag.
Top Goals:
Work: perf. org health. zurich/london meetings. stay on top of email. [heh same list as last week]
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, talk to kids as much as possible, prep Jake, prep lunches.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i love that I often get to read extra on the plane, let’s hope it happens this time, too.
Learn: learn more about the remote offices.
Peace: with the crazy travel schedule
Service: perf
Gratitude: for getting to go on adventures.
This week, I want to remember: it’s fun to be in these offices.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This is another short week at work because I am taking Thursday off for my birthday and I am planning to have no-meeting Friday. Which puts all the stress on the other three days. Like last week, I also have two trips to the kids’ schools. Back to school night for high school and 5th grade tea. I then will leave for Europe for work at the end of the week. So my intention this week is to spend the evenings with my kids. Helping, being present. To focus hard on staying on top of work for the days I am there. And trying to use all my Friday to catch up so I leave for Zurich without too long of a list.
This month’s intention is:Magical Thinking: Time to let go. This is a hard month for you. Transitions are rough. But you also turn 45. It’s magical to get to have another year. It’s magical to have a high schooler and a middle schooler. Life is magical. Let the small things go and have faith that it will all work out. It always does. I turn 45 this week. I am going to stop and breathe in all the magic in my life.
One way I will show up this week: full.
One magic I will make this week: I am going to be taking Thursday off to celebrate and possibly spend some time with a friend on Friday. I am very excited.
This week, I will pay attention to: how to grow.
This week, I will be kinder to: david still. also nathaniel.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: myself. It’s my birthday week!
One new thing I will learn this week: hmmm. some skills i can develop and how.
I am looking forward to: my birthday! and back to school night!
This week’s challenges: long days, short week, needing to get too much done, two trips to school. [same as last week!]
Top Goals:
Work: perf. org health. zurich/london meetings. stay on top of email.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, hike, 5am, make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, back to school and morning coffee, celebrate me!, date night, hug kids, prep lunches, get ready for trip.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i love love love my life.
Learn: learn more about this year for both my kids.
Peace: with not being where he needs me to be yet
Service: myself!
Gratitude: for another year.
This week, I want to remember: i am so incredibly lucky!!
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This is a short week and it’s J’s birthday week and there’s a back to school night and a school coffee. So multiple drives to school, a bunch of crunch on the other days of the week since I am working only 3 days this week. That means I will have to be super efficient. So that’s my intention this week.
This month’s intention is:Magical Thinking: Time to let go. This is a hard month for you. Transitions are rough. But you also turn 45. It’s magical to get to have another year. It’s magical to have a high schooler and a middle schooler. Life is magical. Let the small things go and have faith that it will all work out. It always does I have no idea where August went. It absolutely flew. I am going to really try to let all the small things go this week. Let’s see if I can do it.
One way I will show up this week: curious.
One magic I will make this week: I am going to be taking Thursday off to celebrate Jake. I am very excited.
This week, I will pay attention to: how I can be more efficient.
This week, I will be kinder to: david and see if I can help him out with math.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: the love of my life.
One new thing I will learn this week: how to slow down
I am looking forward to: a short week, learning more about 5th and 9th grades.
This week’s challenges: long days, short week, getting too much done, two trips to school.
Top Goals:
Work: perf. just staying afloat this week.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, hike, 5am, make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, maybe? clean out kids’ closets, back to school and morning coffee, celebrate Jake, date night, hug kids.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i love love love my husband.
Learn: learn about this year for both my kids.
Peace: with not being as productive at work this week
Service: jake
Gratitude: for another year.
This week, I want to remember: life is passing really quickly I want to celebrate all the days.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This week comes with a collection meetings and the first week of school. That’s a lot of transition and work for one week so my intention this week is to sleep well, continue to work out, and be as kind as I possibly can to everyone (including myself.) Let the transitions begin!
This month’s intention is:Work Your Magic: Time to get organized again, transitions are coming, big ones this time. Get organized, plan, prepare and do what you need to do. Done for school. Not done for clothes. This one might have to wait.
One way I will show up this week: open.
One magic I will make this week: we are doing to be taking a family trip for the three day weekend, so that will be my magic this week.
This week, I will pay attention to: work and where I can lean in more
This week, I will be kinder to: my kids and how i can help them with the transitions.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: i’ve been sick so i think this one will have to be giving my body what it needs.
One new thing I will learn this week: how to do some of the performance work
I am looking forward to: our mini-vacation
This week’s challenges: every day this week is long and we have our first week of school so those two things will be challenging on top of each other.
Top Goals:
Work: markets preso, tokyo preso, proposal for ux team, 15 plan v1, packets, strat 2020, and perf1.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, hike, see if I can make 5am wakeup happen (maybe this week!), make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, clean out kids’ closets, first week of school, vacation, date night, hug kids.
I will focus on my values:
Love: i am loving my work lately. so lean into that.
Learn: learn about this year for both my kids.
Peace: with transitions and never being able to catch up at work
Service: my health
Gratitude: for learning to balance
This week, I want to remember: i am having so much fun.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
This month’s intention is:Work Your Magic: Time to get organized again, transitions are coming, big ones this time. Get organized, plan, prepare and do what you need to do. Ok I did some last week but I still need to get the clothes sorted. No word on supplies yet.
One way I will show up this week: ready.
One magic I will make this week: i’m going to be doing my keratin treatment which will be magical.
This week, I will pay attention to: work rhythms and d’s schedule
This week, I will be kinder to: both of the kids who will be transitioning to thinking about school
This week, I will focus on pleasing: one core area at work. birthday maybe?
One new thing I will learn this week: whether i get to be the point person.
I am looking forward to: hearing all about D’s adventures this week
This week’s challenges: lots going on this week with D having to be at school three times, going away for a trip, N having to be at school once and the long hair appointment. just a lot to juggle with the also long work days.
Top Goals:
Work: clean out all the email, get a markets and tokyo schedule done, proposal for ux team, figure out culture d&i, just feel more organized.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, hike, see if I can make 5am wakeup happen, make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, clean out kids’ closets, get ready for school things, hugs kids.
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for the outdoors
Learn: learn all about high school
Peace: with all the upcoming transitions
Service: my job, my kids, my husband
Gratitude: for learning to let go
This week, I want to remember: the downside of this year is low low low.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: Ok this is the last week of summer for us. Next Monday David starts high school. Still can’t believe I am writing these words. Nathaniel has one more week but David starts early because he has a camp before school starts. So this is our last week enjoying summer. My plan is to spend a bit of extra time in the evenings with the kids. And for work, I want to spend the first hour I’m home cleaning email, doing work so that I can then not work all night.
This month’s intention is:Work Your Magic: Time to get organized again, transitions are coming, big ones this time. Get organized, plan, prepare and do what you need to do. Yes it’s time to buy the school supplies, get the clothes sorted, and get everyone ready for the school year.
One way I will show up this week: focused, open, curious.
One magic I will make this week: go hiking with Jake.
This week, I will pay attention to: my mindset when i approach people
This week, I will be kinder to: my kids
This week, I will focus on pleasing: hmmm i think i will just focus on one person at a time.
One new thing I will learn this week: this week i am going to see if i can do one new thing each day, i will make a list and share.
I am looking forward to: having one more week of summer.
This week’s challenges: i am hoping to take things one day at a time this week.
Top Goals:
Work: get next steps on tokyo and markets, figure out culture d&i, sort out the growing leadership stuff, stay on top of email.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, hike, do one new thing daily, and restart yoga or walking or some other morning plan, make time to sleep.
Family: family photos, clean out kids’ closets, get ready for school things, hugs kids.
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for learning and growing
Learn: one new thing each day
Peace: how long it takes to learn
Service: to all around me
Gratitude: for feeling better.
This week, I want to remember: that my mind is limitless.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This is vacation week! The intention this week is to rest and relax as much as possible and let my family relax the way they prefer to.
This month’s intention is:Work Your Magic: Time to get organized again, transitions are coming, big ones this time. Get organized, plan, prepare and do what you need to do. Not just yet. I give myself one more week off.
One way I will show up this week: present and quiet.
One magic I will make this week: letting my family do whatever they want
This week, I will pay attention to: my family
This week, I will be kinder to: my family
This week, I will focus on pleasing: my family 🙂
One new thing I will learn this week: just relaxing and reading and journaling this week
I am looking forward to: having a few days off.
This week’s challenges: just catching up on all the work will be challenging.
Top Goals:
Work: keep up with email enough to not stress when i return.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, walk, and restart yoga, sleep.
Family: hug my kids, go on adventures with my hubby
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for vacations
Learn: to relax and be present
Peace: for time off
Service: to family this week
Gratitude: for getting to go on wonderful vacations.
This week, I want to remember: to enjoy every moment
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This is my last week before I go on another vacation. My intention this week is: get some solid stuff done so I can feel like i can focus on my vacation while away.
This month’s intention is:Be the Magic: Settle into the summer, see the magic around you and connect with it. Step into it. Honor it. Bask in it. we’re going to have to say i failed this one.
One way I will show up this week: excited and quiet.
One magic I will make this week: get so much work done!
This week, I will pay attention to: organizing all my thoughts and todos
This week, I will be kinder to: my sister, i owe her an email.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: work, i really want to make a ton of progress.
One new thing I will learn this week: winding a narrative?
I am looking forward to: having david back.
This week’s challenges: monday and tuesday will be long days so I am really hoping I can not fall behind.
Top Goals:
Work: finalize and deliver tokyo, get nbu meetings on cal and write some thoughts, write up do on Encore, inbox zero, summarize learnings from D, reach out to S for org.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, walk, and restart yoga, sleep.
Family: hug my kids, give my hubby time and space
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for feeling on top of things.
Learn: learn how to wind a narrative and how to write up some of these docs.
Peace: for the business of this week
Service: to work this week
Gratitude: for my incredible life.
This week, I want to remember: it doesn’t have to all get done in one week.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: This is another full week. Long days at work and David will be out of town this week so I expect it to be emotionally hard, too. My intention this week is to be productive and kind. That’s all I am going for.
This month’s intention is:Be the Magic: Settle into the summer, see the magic around you and connect with it. Step into it. Honor it. Bask in it. i have to think about this one more, maybe it means taking walks more or something to appreciate the sun.
One way I will show up this week: curious.
One magic I will make this week: can i keep walking?
This week, I will pay attention to: where can I lean in a bit harder?
This week, I will be kinder to: my husband and my boys.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: my body i think. i need more sleep.
One new thing I will learn this week: how to help the UX team more
I am looking forward to: seeing how david’s camp goes.
This week’s challenges: tuesday will be a very long day. having david gone will be tough too.
Top Goals:
Work: move tokyo forward, get nbu meetings on a roll, summit, summarize learnings from D.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, walk, and restart yoga, sleep.
Family: spend time with Nathaniel this week.
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for trying new things.
Learn: learn to be kinder.
Peace: for having david gone
Service: to my husband
Gratitude: having opportunities.
This week, I want to remember: it’s going to be okay.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
Weekly Intention: I have training for two days at work this week which makes the other three days quite a challenge. So my intention this week is: be at work, stay on top of email and then disconnect as much as i can so i can be with my family. and for the class, be really present.
This month’s intention is:Be the Magic: Settle into the summer, see the magic around you and connect with it. Step into it. Honor it. Bask in it. my intention this week is to pick one and start incorporating.
One way I will show up this week: open.
One magic I will make this week: I will see if I can start walking again. ( i didn’t do this last week and i really want to.)
This week, I will pay attention to: how i can adjust my calendar going forward
This week, I will be kinder to: my family.
This week, I will focus on pleasing: my class and its asks of me.
One new thing I will learn this week: how to be a good manager hopefully
I am looking forward to: my class.
This week’s challenges: squishing all the work into the other days
Top Goals:
Work: move tokyo forward, get nbu meetings on a roll, do class, get all other meetings on cal, summarize learnings from D.
Personal: daily drawing, exercise, journal, walk, and restart yoga, sleep.
Family: spend time with kids @night.
I will focus on my values:
Love: love for the long days.
Learn: learn how to be a good manager.
Peace: the new norm
Service: to my calendar?
Gratitude: for learning, growing, expanding.
This week, I want to remember: i have time, i do not have to rush it all.
Everyday Magic is a year-long project for 2019. You can read more about my projects for 2019 here.
