Finally! Summer is here! After a very difficult year of teaching I am feeling especially grateful for a break. I need to rejuvenate myself this summer so that I can be productive in the fall again. I want to reconnect with myself by doing fun things.
First, I want to READ more books. My daughters and nieces and nephews are going to start making a list of the books we finish, and then we are going to visit Barnes and Noble at the end of the summer for a treat! On my list right now is A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines. It is set in the south and is about a man awaiting execution. So far, so good. Next up: The Grapes of Wrath?!
Next, I want to pay attention to my HEALTH. I am visiting my naturopath tomorrow and have a physical next week. I have been walking and gardening. I will add yoga and running soon.
Finally, I want to hang out with my FAMILY and FRIENDS! I have two new nephews coming this summer and I can't wait! We are trying to start a weekly picnic and play at Kalevala park movement and are going to try and hit the river for some swimming and water time too. (We got there today and it was very relaxing...) Amanda and her girls and I and my girls are doing a beach day Friday.
So, even though Al's in school, we are selling our house, might start building a house, and need to install a septic system this summer, I am going to remain calm and relax. Savor the season.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Still Not Slowing Down
So, I made my Facebook exit. Check. I have put in my volleyball resignation. Check. (I have to wait to see if they will accept it yet.) I have been meal planning. Check.
But. I still feel weighed down. I think now it's about hunkering down. Not flitting about to every event and gathering. AND. Exercising. Today is Saturday, and I have no commitments to be anywhere, so I am going to walk. Then clean. Then maybe ski or snowshoe? I need to remember to nurture my body, soul, and mind.
My mantra has always been balance, but it's been escaping me lately. I need to get back in the balanced groove. Yoga was helping, but I haven't been for a few weeks now. Walking was helping, but it's been cold again. And so it goes. I need a balanced life, but I keep giving in to the drama and yuckiness all around. I need to clean up my act and stand my ground.
If I am going to sit and watch Downton Abbey, or let's be real here, American Idol, for an hour or two a night, my body better have earned it. If I have raced around all day, I need to remember to slow down and read, write, relax. To be the best me I can be.
Objective today: Exercise and get some fresh air:) Next up: Get back in that sauna to detox.
But. I still feel weighed down. I think now it's about hunkering down. Not flitting about to every event and gathering. AND. Exercising. Today is Saturday, and I have no commitments to be anywhere, so I am going to walk. Then clean. Then maybe ski or snowshoe? I need to remember to nurture my body, soul, and mind.
My mantra has always been balance, but it's been escaping me lately. I need to get back in the balanced groove. Yoga was helping, but I haven't been for a few weeks now. Walking was helping, but it's been cold again. And so it goes. I need a balanced life, but I keep giving in to the drama and yuckiness all around. I need to clean up my act and stand my ground.
If I am going to sit and watch Downton Abbey, or let's be real here, American Idol, for an hour or two a night, my body better have earned it. If I have raced around all day, I need to remember to slow down and read, write, relax. To be the best me I can be.
Objective today: Exercise and get some fresh air:) Next up: Get back in that sauna to detox.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Facebook Freedom!
So, I officially have stuck to my first resolution for 2015! I deleted my Facebook account and am not looking back. It feels great; Audrey was right.
I feel less consumed by my phone and checking people's statuses, as well as thinking about the events in my life as "status-worthy". It's been great.
Otherwise, my simplifying has been going okay. I need to remember to take it easy on myself when I am implementing new ideas.
My next item up is: make a volleyball decision: to coach or not to coach, that is the question... I am going to set February 1st as the date that I want to have that decision finalized by.
I feel less consumed by my phone and checking people's statuses, as well as thinking about the events in my life as "status-worthy". It's been great.
Otherwise, my simplifying has been going okay. I need to remember to take it easy on myself when I am implementing new ideas.
My next item up is: make a volleyball decision: to coach or not to coach, that is the question... I am going to set February 1st as the date that I want to have that decision finalized by.
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