Yes & I Love You by Roni Loren
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 100 Days of Radical Wellness – trial day
Ok thoughts from trying for one day: this is encouraging me to move more and in different ways so that’s great. It also made me drink more water. Awesome. When I had small moments of free time, I looked to see what else I can check off. So far the list feels encouraging and not stifling. So let’s see what happens later this week! #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness January 25, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
  Year of Yes – 25
I don’t like making mistakes. Especially when my mistake results in letting people down. I really have a hard time forgiving myself and for letting it go. There was a communication mistake that I caught at work tonight and it resulted in a bunch of churn and frustration and now I am sitting here ready to jump out of my skin with frustration and disappointment. The thing is, I’ve already learned the lesson I need to and I’ve taken the steps to ensure this particular issue doesn’t happen again. Which is really all I can do right now. And if my kids came to me with all this, that’s exactly what I would tell them. That they did all they can do and now it’s time to give themselves some grace. So here I sit trying to find a way to give myself grace. Trying to say yes to feeling this but also trying to stop myself from catastrophizing it so much and learning to be more generous with grace. Yes to kindness to myself and others. It starts with me. I know it and yet it’s still hard. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes 
 100 Days of Radical Wellness – Planning
When I heard that the 100-day project was going to start in January 31 instead of April, I panicked. I had no idea what I wanted to do and I was already doing the daily yes on @karenika so I didn’t want to do something else at the same time. But then the idea of radical wellness came to me and it wouldn’t let go. What if I focused on 100 days of radical wellness. What would that look like? For me, a crucial step in the success of any project I attempt is the time I put into preparation. So I spent the last few weeks thinking about what radical wellness means to me and what would I like the parts of my journey to look like. And today, I finally put it all into a spreadsheet. I am not sure if this will work, I might be biting off way more that I can chew but it’s worth a shot. Let the experimenting begin! #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness January 24, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 Year of Yes – 24 After a three-month hiatus, I drew again today and it felt magical. Sometimes starting again is the hardest thing to do. But we start and stop and pause and rewind and fast forward all the time in life. It doesn’t mean anything unless we decide it does. I’ve been anxious that I have had to take such a long break from riding the bike. I was in the middle of such a good momentum and now it’s been 25 days since I haven’t ridden and sometimes I worry I never will again. But that’s just my mind playing tricks on me. Just like how when you’re sick sometimes it feels like you’ll never be well again. But then you get better and forget all about that feeling. Today I got to draw again and soon when my sciatica is more under control I’ll get to ride again. Yes to beginning again and yes to knowing that no decision is permanent unless we say so. You get unlimited chances at life. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes 
This book was on so many of the lists I’ve seen in the last few weeks that I felt like I had to read it. It started out really fun but I started to get mixed up pretty quickly and because I was listening on audio and I was only able to listen in bits and pieces throughout the week, I lost track of the story and the characters quicker than I would have liked. I still finished it but I’m afraid I didn’t give it its due. I plan to read the next one on paper or listen to it in one sitting.
I am usually a big fan of Jackson’s novels. I find the pacing, the character development and the plot intriguing and engaging, so I was really looking forward to this one. And while I did read it all pretty quickly, this wouldn’t be at the top of my Jackson novels. It’s almost as if it’s two books. The first one is the plight of a mother whose baby is kidnapped and she’s doing what she needs to do to get her baby back and then the second book is the backstory of the kidnapper and the event that led her to it. Either story, fully fleshed out might have been interesting but together it felt disjointed. There are also several trigger warnings that go with this story, so please do look up those before you read it. I am not usually easily triggered but because the second part of the story felt so disjointed for me, I didn’t see it coming. Even with all that, I still read this story fast and wanted to keep reading to see what happened and why. As with many Jackson novels, the characters were real and the story moved at a pace that made it hard to put down. with gratitude to Harper Audio and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
“If we want to remember something, above all else, we need to notice what is going on. Noticing requires two things: perception (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling) and attention.” When I first picked up this book, I thought it would be slow-moving as most of the non-fictions are for me, so I geared myself up to “slog” through it. I couldn’t have been more wrong. From the first page onward, I was completely hooked. I read the whole book in one sitting and underlined passage after passage. I also told my colleagues about this book and quoted passages from it, shared ideas from it and would not stop talking about the endless ways in which the content fascinated me. “What we remember about the past is also influenced by how we feel in the present. Our opinions and emotional state now color what we remember from what happened last year. And so, in revisiting episodic memories, we often reshape them.” I’d read Genova’s fiction before so I knew she was a good writer. I also knew she was a neuroscientist and had studied memory. I’ve read about memory and brain in several books and I’ve taken classes so while much of what was in this book wasn’t completely new to me, I loved the simple, relatable and practical way in which Genova laid it out. I loved her practical tips. If you’re interested in memory and how we remember (and how we forget) I promise you will be glad you read this book. with gratitude to netgalley and Rodale for the early copy in exchange for an honest review.  Year of Yes – 23
When I was in college, Jake and I spent a whole weekend watching Twin Peaks. We spent weekends playing Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle. We would really get into things and they would momentarily take over our lives. A few weeks ago, we watched the first episode of the Korean drama show “Start-Up” together and he decided he didn’t want to watch anymore. I took a break too but then last night I decided I wanted to give it another shot. The show is in Korean so I can’t do my usual multitasking and have to pay attention the whole time. This is pretty much a deal breaker for me. But somehow I got into it so much that with the exception of virtual birthday party for a friend, I’ve watched the show nonstop. I am on episode 15 and each episode is.75-90 mins long. So it’s like I’ve watched 13 movies today. At first I was annoyed with myself for wasting the day away but right now I am feeling the comfort of really diving deep into something and living in that alternate universe for a while. It feels lovely. Yes to going all in. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  Year of Yes – 22
Made it to Friday. I started today with a great conversation with a colleague, and then had a fantastic training on compassion, and the rest of the day wasn’t as exciting but I ended the day with my little one’s sixth grade fall culmination. Now I’m exhausted and ready to sleep. But I also feel full. No residual stress or anxiety or frustration at the moment and that’s a rare thing for me. I’m grateful. I’m paying attention. Yes to to a weekend full of rest, art, books, and hugs. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes |
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