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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 67

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 67

Tulips used to be my favorite flower before ranunculus came along.

Feeling really exhausted today, which thanks to my wellness practice will mean extra bath and restorative yoga time.

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Daily Year of Yes – 97

Year of Yes – 97

Today’s #aepiecesofus prompt is “face forward” I suppose I could have saved this for tomorrow since it’s also eyes closed and this photo was not taken today but I wanted to use this because this project is about the stories.

I love this photo because I am laughing. I usually don’t think of myself as a happy person and can definitely spend more time with anxiety or sadness than average. And yet it’s just that I feel all the feelings big. I can feel deep sadness and also great joy. I love laughing with my people. I love loving my people.

And this photo is a reminder of how easy it is to make me laugh.

Yes to laughter and yes to joy and yes to feeling all the feelings.

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Daily Year of Yes – 96

Year of Yes – 96

Today’s #aepiecesofus prompt is “hands” and it was the perfect prompt for celebrating a small win with the journaling.

Since I couldn’t get into the journaling routine for months now, I decided to try a new trick. When I am done with exercise and finally sit at my desk, I set my timer to 5 minutes and journal as much as I can in that time. No pressure to go longer and realistically I almost always have five minutes.

I’ve been able to journal all week so far.

This is the same way I’ve been exercising. 10 minutes of core, 10 minutes of stretching, 10 minutes of arms, 10 minutes of biking and 10 minutes of restorative yoga. 5 minutes of meditation and now 5 minutes of journaling.

It’s been such a gift.

Yes to journaling more. Yes to finding ways to make it work.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 66

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 66

It’s been a tough bunch of days and my anxiety is really having fun with me lately but here I am showing up and doing the best I can!

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Daily Year of Yes – 95

Year of Yes – 95

Today is the first day of #aepiecesofus and the first prompt is feet, so I thought about the four places my feet are happiest.

Biking more so I can get stronger.

Climbing more to both get stronger and to connect with my husband.

Taking baths to relax and be present and soak my feet so they can recover.

And spending time outside in the yard, barefoot so I can feel the earth and the grass and live in the sunshine.

So grateful for all of these places, opportunities and so grateful for my feet that enable all of these.

Yes to living life to the fullest. Yes to getting stronger and being present.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 65

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 65

I was thinking this morning about how beginnings matter so much. I woke up this morning and exercised for a long while and then journaled and there was a deep feeling of satisfaction that carried through the day.

And regardless of what else today or even this week brings, I did some work today to get stronger and I am grateful for that.

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Daily Year of Yes – 94

Year of Yes – 94

There are no words for how happy the ranunculus make me.

It’s always hard to wind down on Sunday nights. I find it takes me hours to get to a place where I feel excited to do things on Sunday so then I am on a roll and don’t want to stop when it gets late.

Today I spent a lot of time journaling and a lot of time scrapbooking. It was lovely to get to play with paper and tell stories and think about life.

I am grateful for a good weekend and still anxious about starting this coming week as I am most Sunday nights.

So instead of reading, I will do ten minutes of restorative yoga so I can quiet my mind.

Yes to slowing down. Yes to being present with it. Yes to yoga.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 64

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 64

I did 30 minutes on the bike today and broke my personal record. It was really gratifying to see that I could.

I also did art, journaling, meditation, connection, strength, yoga, stretching, and more.

Grateful for a full day.

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Weekly Reflection 2021 – 13

The Best Part of this Week: was going climbing in the city.
I celebrate: small victories this week
I am grateful for: people who are going out of their way to help me and look out for me.
This week, I exercised: I climbed 3 times a week, rode seven times, did 10 mins of core and 10 mins of arms 5 days a week. And did 30 mins of yoga and 40 mins of stretching and took a long walk.
This week, I said yes to: going to Djerassi.
I said no to: working on Friday.
I honored my values (love, learn, peace, service, gratitude): things are still touch and go here but I am working on leaning into love and peace way over anything else.
Top Goals Review: did not get that much done this week :/
- Work: did not write up the 3 for L and 3 for D. did finish coaching assessment. did prep for reviews.
- Personal: did not really get back to drawing but did journaling.
- Family: did not take walks with J. did one thing with N and did not do one thing with D. did not book vacation for April.
My mood this week was: anxious
I am proud of: my climbing.
I release: still in my head too much.
Here’s what I learned this week: that i am struggling but i will be okay.

Daily Year of Yes – 93

Year of Yes – 93

Today was a lovely day of connection. I got to chat with my mom, my friend Evelyn and my friend Leslie and I got to go climbing with my husband.

So grateful for internet and telephones and zoom and whatsapp and facetime and all other ways to connect with people I love.

It really makes all this a million times more bearable.

Yes to finding ways to connect anyway.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 63

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 63

I slept in this morning. I did the bike. I sat outside in the fresh air. I connected with friends. I read. I went climbing.

It was a perfectly ordinary day and I am very grateful for these ordinary days.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 62

100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 62

Things have been stressful here and I find myself stress eating more than i would like.

But I am also hopeful that it will pass and working on being patient with myself.

One day, one hour, one minute at a time.

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100 Days of Radical Wellness – 67

Daily Year of Yes – 97

Daily Year of Yes – 96

100 Days of Radical Wellness – 66

Daily Year of Yes – 95

100 Days of Radical Wellness – 65

Daily Year of Yes – 94

100 Days of Radical Wellness – 64

Weekly Reflection 2021 – 13

Daily Year of Yes – 93

100 Days of Radical Wellness – 63

100 Days of Radical Wellness – 62

projects for twenty twenty-six

archives by month

archives by category

savor every last drop

projects for twenty twenty-five

projects for twenty twenty-four

projects for twenty twenty-three

projects for twenty twenty-two

projects for twenty twenty-one

projects for twenty nineteen

projects for twenty eighteen

projects from twenty seventeen

monthly projects from previous years

some of my previous projects

me elsewhere

past classes