Daily Joys – 126

 

Daily Joys – 126

 

Tired and just depleted today. But grateful for the clouds and the blue sky and long summer days.

100 Days of Sketching – 83

 

83/100

 

Give yourself grace every day.

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Daily Joys – 125

 

Daily Joys – 125

 

Beauty brings me so much joy. Grateful for a day with my parents. Grateful to be back home and quiet. Grateful for good books. Grateful for happy husband.

100 Days of Sketching – 82

82/100

 

It’s ok to take what you need.

#the100dayproject

Daily Joys – 124

 

Daily Joys – 124

 

So tired today. Just grateful to finally be lying on the couch.

100 Days of Sketching – 81

 

 

81/100

 

Sometimes you have to keep swimming even when you don’t feel like it.

#the100dayproject

Daily Joys – 123

 

Daily Joys – 123

 

What a great day with friends today. So grateful

100 Days of Sketching – 80

 

80/100

 

Celebrate yourself today and every other day.

#the100dayproject

Daily Joys – 122

 

Daily Joys – 122

 

All over the place today. Still grateful.

100 Days of Sketching – 79

79/100

 

There’s nothing as magical as being seen. Truly seen.

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Choosing Joy – May

Still enjoying the monthly cadence.

This months intention is:  Deep Joys: Take some time. Be still. Listen to the whispers of your soul. Hug your people. Dig deep and see what brings you deep joy.

It’s always interesting to see how well these seem to work out each month. Or maybe that they are recurring themes in my life of what I need to hear. Either way, I am definitely planning to be still and hug my people in May. And also to dig and see.

Here are some goals for May:

  • continue to draw daily – finish out the 100-day project
  • Go back to nourish plans/list – or at least make progress
  • do most of of HCOTF
  • Jeff’s graduation in Boston
  • Parents here
  • Support J
  • celebrate Nathaniel’s birthday party
  • connect with at least 6 friends
  • help D and N
  • journal
  • Continue documenting the joy
  • Love my people
  • read more, still.
  • Scrap and OLW
  • Go climbing
  • dive deeper into ease, release, equanimity, space, possibility and see what you might want to do for each. ( never did this in April)
  • figure out linode and cloud stuff for email.
  • take care of karenika email
  • find a class to take
  • work on a daily practice of giving yourself grace
  • Be ok with not getting much done, rest.

This is my list for now.

May, I am ready for you. Let’s do this. Let it be full of joy.

Review: Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay

Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay by Liz Fosslien
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

We need more books like this in the world. Hard things are happening to all of us and it’s been an exceptionally tough few years. I really really appreciate how honest and open Liz and Mollie are in this book. How they do not shy away from the things that are incredibly hard to talk about. They go into the dark places and they hold your hand and give you some ideas of what might help while you’re there. They don’t mince words, they don’t assume they know more than they do or that there are easy answers. They do what they do best: they make you feel less alone in the world. They make you feel seen. I am so grateful for what they do.

with gratitude to edelweiss and Portfolio/ Random House for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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