You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment seven: body love. I will admit that the first time I got this assignment I couldn’t even read it because I was at such a tough place with my body image. But this time I was in a more open space and I did all the journaling. At the very end, she asks “What can I do to be more in love with my life right now?” And I loved this question. My board is all about that.
Body and self-care. Baths, massages, meditation, makeup, more smiling. Journaling, learning new things, photography. Adventures, camping. Reading, resting, connection. Flowers. Volunteering. Giving. Candles. Art. Gratitude journal. Color. Travel. Family time.
These are the things that make me fall in love with my life.
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
    I’ve liked Jennifer Egan’s previous books but I wasn’t sure about Manhattan Beach especially since Historical Fiction and I find that genre to be hit or miss for me. But I really enjoyed this book. I read it all pretty much in one shot.
Sing, Unburied, Sing however was a different story. I started and stopped it many, many times. I wanted to not finish it but then felt like I should. After many weeks, I dragged myself through it and I am sorry that I did. It was devastating.
To heal myself, I moved on to The Pema Chodron Audio Collection. She is always what I need. Again and again.
I am now almost done with The Wisdom of Sundays which is also healing, thought provoking, and really good for me.
Here’s to more reading this week!
Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment six which was a direct response to yesterday’s board. I took every single expectation and turned it around, or found some way through it. I’ve since looked at these pages often to remind myself the perspective that helps me (as opposed to the one that’s not serving me.)
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
Mind:
- I read: Nothing besides books this week.
- I learned: nothing new this week 🙁
- I watched: A little catch up TV this week. Nothing to write home about, though.
Body:
- Exercise: I exercised four times this week. On Friday the kids had no school so I decided to take it off.
- Monday: Body Pump
- Tuesday: Yoga
- Wednesday: Pilates
- Thursday: Yoga
- Food: Food’s still a bit all over the place. I am feeling wiped and lazy and not feeling in the mood to cook which means I end up making bad choices for food to eat. Which makes me sad. But still too tried to fix it.
- Body Care: I did a little care of my feet and I also got my hair done.
Soul:
- I rested: I slept better this week but not as well as when I eat well.
- I connected: I got to spend time with my friend Leslie and connected with a few parents from school.
- I journaled: I did not journal a word this week!
- I made art: Planning to work on both OLW and DD this week.
- Flowers: still filling my life and home with these.
Still figuring out how to go back to the place where I was in September…
Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment five. This one was all about expectations. Expectations I have of others and myself. I blurred out the text here because it was all very personal but I can say that almost all of them were expectations I had of myself. Things I tell myself all the time. Ways in which I worry about disappointing others (or myself.) And they weigh me down so much. Which is why I put this photo of the girl in the middle because they make me feel exactly like that.
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
I am not a fan of Halloween. Scary doesn’t jive with me. I am not a fan of all the skeletons, all the super scary costumes, walking around in the dark. I can go on and on. Just not a fan.
Alas the boys feel otherwise. At least this year neither of them were superheros or scary costumes. Nathaniel was a Woopie Cushion. And David loves puns so he printed photos of a few rappers and then put candy all over his shirt so he can be “Candy Wrapper.”
And here went another Halloween. Thankfully it was safe and fun. Onwards to other less-scary holidays.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment four. It’s all about play! This one had me sad at first because I am not sure I know how to play. Then I realized that maybe my definition of what others call play is too narrow. So I decided to define it my own way. Which then opened up a lot of possibilities like taking classes, journaling, scrapping, photography, being with friends, art journaling, and more.
So here’s to defining things my own way!
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
Weekly Intention: This week has the advantage of being no meeting week. Which doesn’t mean I have no meetings, but it does mean I will have fewer meetings. I was about to write that this is the first week in a while I won’t go to the kids’ school twice in the same week but alas I am having to go on Friday for parent conferences so there we are. My intention this week is actually twofold: get what needs to be done and rest. I need some serious downtime.
Things I want to get Done: Here’s the list for his week.
- Work: finish round 2 of 2018 planning
- Work: start mentoring form
- Work: clean email
- Personal: exercise at least 4 times at work.
- Personal: fix the eating issue!
- Personal: Journal three times.
- Personal: Start December Daily pre-pages
- Personal: Do November OLW
- Personal: Continue with the new scrapping/storytelling system.
- Personal: Rest more
- Family: do coding+spelling with N
- Family: do calculus with D
- Family: take photos!
This month’s intention is: Moving on to November: Shine for You: This is your month. Take all the time you need. Shine all your light on yourself. Be kind, practice self-care. Think about the next year and what you want. Think about the rest of this year. You’ve got this. I need self-care.
Ways to Shine this week:
- One: Bold: I think taking time to rest might be my bold move this week.
- Two: Open: Open to figuring out how to change the eating.
- Three: Heal/Nourish: Maybe kicking up the self-care is the right move this week?
I am looking forward to: working on my December Daily.
This week’s challenges: just resting enough will be a challenge.
Top Goals:
- Work: finishing next step of 2018.
- Personal: exercise+food+journaling.
- Family: encouraging my kids a lot
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: taking the time to do self-care and to rest this week.
This week, I will say yes to: letting whatever i need to let go so i can rest.
This week, I will say no to: taking more on.
I am worried that: i won’t exercise. i’ll eat poorly. i wont be able to take the time to organize my life. i’ll let down everyone. i won’t rest. i won’t get my energy back. i will fall even more off the line i’m trying to walk. i am also worried that jake’s traveling and i want him back home safely.
This week, I want to remember: that things happen in ebbs and flows and it’s ok to be where I am right now.
You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment three. It’s all about self-talk. Limiting self-talk and empowering self talk. So I peppered my board with all the topics that create all the negative self-talk in my head. The things I need to remember, the things I try to remind myself, the things that I “know” but can’t seem to really internalize enough.
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
How I shone this week: My mom and Dad left this week and while it was quieter than last week, I think I am feeling wiped at this moment and I don’t feel motivated to do many things. Considering all this, I still did a lot this week and feel pretty proud of how much I shone anyway. I showed up for work, for my kids, for my kids’ school and for Jake. My nephews, too. I wasn’t perfect for anyone but I showed up.
Things I wanted to get Done:
- Work: did a few more things but not done 🙁
- Personal: exercised, scrapped, ate soso, zero journaling, didn’t start DD yet either 🙁
- Family: did math with both kids and coding with N, checked in with nephews and took family photos!
I celebrate: remembering what matters most. my work computer died this week and while it would have unraveled me before, i was able to be mindful about how little this matters in the scheme of things.
I am grateful for: i have been in such a grateful space lately. Again and again.
I nourished myself by: resting a bit more.
Reflecting on my worries: I exercised. i ate not great, but not awful. i’m getting more organized. working hard on letting people down less.
I let go of: my dead computer and getting a replacement soon.
Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
- bold: bold and tough changes at school.
- mindful: mindful that i need time off
- nourish: i still need to forcefully go back to my healthy eating
- love: i love that the kids have no school this Friday.
What made me laugh this week: a lot of laughter at work.
What I tolerated this week: feeling very unmotivated.
My mood this week was: blah.
I forgive myself for: not being into things lately. needing rest.
What I love right now: being able to rest a small bit more.
Here’s to a great week 45.
You can read the story of this project here.
This is assignment two. It was about all the spaces in my life. I focused mine on my house and each room in my house. I know you can’t see many of the details but I love the way this turned out in real life. I spent a lot of time thinking about all the rooms in my house and the feeling I want to invoke in each of them.
You can’t see it well but each little square has the name of the room and the feeling/word I want.
Here’s the list:
kitchen – nourished
garage – utility
master bathroom – sanctuary
n’s room – cuddly
my desk – engaging
master bedroom – restore
laundry room – grateful
kids’ bathroom – encouraging
living room – connection
backyard – serene
front yard – community
d’s room – curious
landing – pause
front room – welcoming
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
Many months ago, I signed up for a wonderful class by the incomparable Stephanie Lee. I’ve taken many classes from her before and I knew I would like this one.
At the time I took the class, I was in some sort of funk and each week as her emails reached me, I would read them but would not do the journaling or even really the thinking her emails encouraged. I wasn’t in the right place. When the class finished, she announced that she was going to offer another version of the same class, but this time with accompanying art. I signed up again.
And by the time the second iteration rolled around, I was in a different place and was ready to receive and do the work. After the first two weeks, I decided that what I wanted to do for my weekly art piece was art boards. I’ve done visual boards for a few years now, especially for my vision board in One Little Word class, so I had a system.
This month, I will share the pieces I did for her class and then I will share a few pieces I did as a result of a class I took with Brene Brown, and finally I will share my vision boards from the last few years.
I would like to start with the caveat that while I am sharing my work here, nothing you read here will ever replace taking the class. The class is awesome only and only because Stephanie’s words are just right. So I can’t recommend it enough. What I did with each assignment was to do 1-2 pages of journaling and then go to Pinterest and pull images that spoke to me as a response to my journaling.
Here we start with assignment number one. This one is about my life story if I had sufficiency in all the areas of my life. There is a lot of feeling unburdened, peaceful, adventurous, community, letting go and being whimsical in my sufficient life.
Art Boards is a Monthly Project for November 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. You can read about the start of this project here.
|
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
|
