Week 1 of Reflection and Intention

My coach created an advent calendar for reflection and intention. I really loved the idea and have been working on the reflections.


Dec 1 -- What was at the forefront of your mind a year ago this month?
My niece Carly's health issues and having my work holiday party at my house.

Dec 2 -- What have you accomplished - or really enjoyed - this year related to your work?
A retreat, strategic messaging work, getting our minor approved, submitting our proposal to the CCTC. get an endowment pledge, travel to Chile


Dec 3 -- What have you accomplished - or really enjoyed - this year related to home, family and friends?
Scheduling regular time to hang out with friends and family.
Painting our bedroom, the family room, and the hallway.

Dec 4 -- What have you accomplished - or really enjoyed - as a volunteer in your community?
I have not really been doing this on an official basis. I have enjoyed mentoring a graduate student I work with.

Dec 5 -- Where have you found real meaning this year?
By doing yoga.

Dec 6 -- What spiritual or personal development questions have been important to you this year?
How to have more time to do what really matters to me? How to view and spend my time more consciously and wisely? How to live in accordance to my values?

More of my 40 Things

As I mentioned here before, I am working on doing 40 things for turning 40 this year.

Here is the update of what I have done since I last posted.

19. Do a Detox -- The ultrasimple diet has a one week program of eating well and doing extreme self care. It was a great experience for me in August, and I just finished a second one this week.


20. Get a new pillow.



21. Do the skycoaster




22. Get a Mammogram


23. Make Something -- I made my son's octopus Halloween costume with some help from my Mom.



24. Get a Thai Massage (I didn't take a photo of myself during the massage, but found this photo at http://www.truetoyou.ca/wst_page4.html which gives you an idea of what it was like.). It was am amazing experience for me. I had never been more in touch with my body. You can read about it here.

Transitions

Sorry to have been gone for so long. I am trying to figure out what I want to do with this space. Lately, I have been posting at my other blog -- Getting Out of My Head and Back Into My Body.

More of my 40 Things

As I mentioned here before, I am working on doing 40 things for turning 40 this year.

Here is the update of what I have done since I last posted.

9. Get a kindle

10. Do yoga

11. Listen to music I like every day

12. Celebrate our anniversary. (We got married on my 34th birthday.)

13. Hire a leadership coach

14. Get my car detailed.

15. Celebrate with my aunt. (Her birthday is the day after mine.)

16. Spa Day with my sister



17. Mom's Night Out

18. Paint the bedroom

Monday Motivator

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

--William James

Monday Motivator

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
--Brian Tracy

Turning 40

I turn 40 in two hours.

• I feel remarkably OK so far.
  
• The main thing I realize is that 40 is not as old as I thought it was when I was young.
• I don't feel old, but I do feel wiser.
• In may ways I feel like I no longer have to prove myself -- I feel like I have arrived, which is nice.
• I feel a sense of possibility.
• I feel grateful for my life and the people in it.

My sister inspired me to do 40 things for turning 40. Thus far, I have done 8 things, but figure I have a year to finish the list. Here is the start.

1. Get a Physical
2. Birthday Massage
3. Invest in Skin Care
4. Spend More Time By The Water
5. Get a Tattoo
6. See Howard Jones
7. Stay at a Beach House
8. Take More Walks

I heard a song this morning by Wade Imre Morissette that said "Joy on the inside, peace on the outside". That is what I want for myself this year, and through my 40s.

Monday Motivator

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

-- Henry David Thoreau