2017 has been a whirlwind – how are we at the end of the year already?! I’ve been thinking a lot about my one little word and how it manifested itself throughout the year. “Slow” is simultaneously such a simple and yet intensely difficult thing to achieve. As a family, we made intentional changes to grasp it and yet I still have so many days that are an absolute blur. I sometimes wonder, with my big family and crazy life, if it’s even smart to strive for the goal of slow living. But the more I think about it, the more I know it is. It may be moment to moment, but “slow” is the word that directs my actions. I pull back, reassess and see life with the lens of gratitude. Slow is a word that I’ll take with me for years to come.
INTENTIONS FOR THE END OF NOVEMBER:
- Habit of the Month: Thanksgiving
- wrap picture books for Advent
- start the Rooted in Hope journal
- print out the kids sheets for Rooted in Hope
- try to take a decent picture of the kids for Christmas cards
- decide on a gift for P’s first birthday
- buy P’s needlepoint stocking
- get organized for December Daily
- slow down, unplug and enjoy Thanksgiving with family
PREVIOUS INTENTIONS:
- begin sharing our daily gratitude as a family at dinner (I totally forgot I wanted to do this and we didn’t share once, ahh!)
- finally complete the summer/winter clothes switch for the kids (almost done – why do we own so many clothes?!)
put flannel sheets on all of the bedsfinish purchasing gifts for M’s birthday and wrap(he got this and this)start making a list for Christmas- begin wrapping picture books for Advent
- finish reading Anne of Avonlea
get back into my Jackson Pollock book and read two chapters- buy a new candle
- bake a cake (100LT #90)
get in all my training runs for the Turkey Trot 10K(I only missed one run, so I’m considering that a success)
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What about you? What’s on your to-do list for the next few weeks?
