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 100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 9
I am not doing half the things.on my list in any given day but I am doing so much more as a whole. This is the magic of this project. It’s also helping quiet down the critical voice in my head and that’s absolutely priceless. Onward. #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 8, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
  Year of Yes – 39
Big boy turned 16 today. Sixteen. I remember my sixteenth birthday. I even remember what I wore for my sweet sixteen party. He was the only one of us who hadn’t had a pandemic birthday and now he gets to have that honor, too. I am so incredibly proud of this boy and the person he’s becoming. He’s always had an unwavering sense of self and still does now. We are just lucky to get to do life with him. Happy birthday sweet boy! We love you so incredibly much. Yes to celebrating. Yes to family. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes 
4.5 stars What an absolute joy it was to read this book. It definitely had a similar feel to Knives Out and also to Westing Game. I really enjoyed all the puzzles and the main character and all the brothers and the sister. If you’re in a reading slump and you like puzzles, you will enjoy this book. It’s fast-paced and a lot of fun! Can’t wait for the sequel!
I can’t help myself, I love Kristin Cashore. I especially love her Graceling series so there was no way I wasn’t reading this even though it’s been a long, long time and I can barely remember the characters. In the end, it didn’t matter too much for me. I love Cashore’s writing, I love her complex characters, I love the worlds she creates and I love her strong, strong female characters. I will read whatever she writes.
3.5 stars. I have so many thoughts about this book. Reading it was such an experience for me. The book started out as one thing and then shifted at least two different times so that by the end I wasn’t even sure what I’d read. And while I rolled my eyes in places, and lost focus in others, I think this is a very interesting book. I am still not entirely sure what I thought of it, tbh.
This was my least favorite of the Wayward Children series. While it still had components I loved, I just didn’t connect to the story as much, the world didn’t seem as magical and visual as it usually does and the characters felt like they had less depth than usual. It absolutely wasn’t bad, just not as magical as the others have been for me.  100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 8
I walked over to the coffeeshop today just to encourage myself to do a long walk. When I got there I decided to get a coffee and a baked good. The two options were either a brownie or a lemon cookie. I asked the barista which one she would recommend and she said she’s not a big chocolate person. I told her I was and she said well then she would definitely recommend the brownie. As she handed it to me she said something along the lines of it being a treat that I deserved or maybe she said indulgence I can’t remember. But I do remember that I thought words matter and how we use our words also matter. Calling the brownie an indulgence immediately made me think “do I deserve it?” I could tell there was a tape in my head that said well you ate all those vegetables earlier today so it must be okay. And then another voice saying you’re never going to be thin if you keep eating brownies. And yet another one saying you’re already almost 50 when do you stop worrying about these things. All these voices inside my head just from a single word. I have been trying really hard to unlearn all of the tapes in my head about what’s a good food and what’s a bad food. I’ve been trying to pay attention to what I’m craving and just eating only the amount that I actually want. I’ve been paying attention to the words I use and the words others use. It is so hard to unlearn things especially when they’re all around you all the time. And I felt really proud today for being able to catch all those conversations in my head and for being able to order the brownie anyway and eat only as much as I wanted and then put the rest away. And most importantly for not feeling guilty or ashamed or even daring. It’s going to be a long journey for me to normalize all the foods and maybe it may never happen but this is also part of the wellness journey for me. Paying attention, noticing, being intentional. And as always giving myself grace again and again and again. #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 7, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 Year of Yes – 38
It’s amazing how much life can seem like it will never change and yet so much changes all the time. Today, I was reading some of the journaling I did when I taught fifth grade in the Bronx back in 2002/3. At the time I was really struggling and it felt like life would never stop being miserable. Similarly, when the big boy was born, he wouldn’t sleep for more than 45 minutes at a time. Month after month, we got delirious with lack of sleep. It felt like it would never end. I can remember so many of these instances. And yet they each ended. Every single one of them. This pandemic will end, too. We will get to the other side of this, we will resume life and create a new normal, we will grow and change and adapt to a new life and this will feel like all the other things we’ve endured. A painful but distant memory. Because change is the only constant in our lives. Yes to being here now and yes to knowing that this phase of life is transient. Here’s to hoping we make it through as safely as possible. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 37
Little boy decided he wanted to play card games today. So he taught me this game. It’s a speed game and we had to play it so fast that it was not possible to not laugh each time. So we raced, we giggled and we played again and again. Laughing so hard that I was crying. It was the best part of the day. Yes to laughter. Yes to togetherness. Yes to saying yes. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 7
Today was mostly a rest day. I didn’t achieve all my goals this week but I did well and i.am grateful. The best part of being in California is getting to walk outside in the sunshine almost every single day of the year. I decided to take advantage of it and got my audiobook to keep my company as I walked around snapping photos and enjoying the sunshine. Grateful for rest days. #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 6, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
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