- a blog a day
- art projects for kids
- walking in the mornings before school
- our summertime
- travel to Birdsboro early in the summer
- read aloud time first in our school day
- the Yes/No sign for neighbors
- going out to eat as a family (just recently)
- walks with friends instead of going out
- pre-planning spending and using cash
- hot tea at night instead of wine (much improved sleep!)
- spiral notebook planning for school
- a stopover on our flight to and from CA
- leaving kids for a few days 🙂
- chicken and rice in any iteration
Now…for what didn’t work:
- running errands wily-nily; many days I felt like I was running without a plan in place
- booking our Wednesdays
- allowing play in the basement without guidelines
- negotiating with a 3 year old
- trying to sneak in gym workouts without a plan
I’m still deciding on my word of the year. Â It is hard this year because I know how I would like it to look and how I want to feel and what I will choose to focus on but not how to sum it up in one word. Â Mostly, I would endeavor to:
- NURTURE my relationships especially working on listening
- BE STILL for some time each day instead of the usual go-go-go
- ELIMINATE the unnecessary in my schedule, day, house, diet
- learn to really feel the ENOUGH point in life
- focus on the ESSENTIAL of my day to day that then nourish myself and those around me.
so, you know, not very ambitious or anything. Â I am sure if I continue to ponder this I will find a word just comes to me that encapsulates the whole darn thing…until then, a list!