Happy Monday, friends!

Cooper has the entire week off of school so we’re working and playing as much as possible this week. Hopefully, we won’t be stuck inside the whole week because of the smoke. Wish us luck!

This week I hope to spend a lot of time with family and some time alone as we move through the first anniversary of my Mom’s death. She died on Black Friday last year (November 24).  Last year our holiday didn’t happen because we spent it in the hospital, so this will be the first Thanksgiving dinner we have without my Mom. I’ll be cooking in her kitchen, using her tools and running the show.  I feel so grateful to be in her space, carrying on family traditions. I know she would have wanted it that way and I feel so happy that she left behind so many good kitchen tools for me to use. It feels like a gigantic hug.  It will be an emotional week, so I am bracing myself for that.

Are you ready for this week?  No? Write down your intentions!  Here are my Intentions for the Week:

Intentions for the Week:

• Work on gift guide
• Give myself permission to go slow
• Drink enough water
• Continue to write down what I eat in my food journal
• Edit photos/submit to client
• Work on invoices
• Go to bed before 11PM
• Track steps with my Fitbit
• Catch up on social media
• Find some time to be alone
• Hang out by a body of water
• Find fresh air
• Spend quality time with family
• Make pumpkin pie
• Prep/Cook Thanksgiving dinner
• Take a holiday card photo
• Read a book (this is what I’m into right now)
• Finalize Etsy stuff and post (cards! Workbook!)
• Celebrate/honor the anniversary of my mom’s death with family dinner
• Make some Art/write in journal
• Pull out Christmas decorations
• Make lists for Christmas

Last Week’s Intentions:

• prep for a conference call
• order books
• exercise/go to the gym
• make doc appointment
• trip to post office
• volunteer at school
• make treats for school function
• delete photos from phone
• catch up on social media
• thanksgiving post
• work through emails
• drink more water
• make a batch of kombucha
• write down meals in food journal
• rsvp to party
• make time for art
• get enough sleep
• work on a new recipe
• finalize Thanksgiving plans
• return at Target
• track steps with my Fitbit
• bookkeeping work

Mantra for the Week:

Important!!!

Self Care Strategies for the Holidays.

I re-read this last week and was so happy to find it again. I really needed it. I hope it helps you too if you’re around a bunch of family and need an eject button!

Don’t forget to write down your Intentions for the Week. It will help hold you accountable!

xox

Tracy