I didn’t actually go out to buy something today, but I do have an essential oil diffuser and am using it right now. The scent is called mental focus blend and has various mint oils in it. Very relaxing!!!

I didn’t actually go out to but something today, but I do have an essential oil diffuser and am using it right now. The scent is called mental focus blend and has various mint oils in it. Very relaxing!!!

That was time you claimed for you and I’m happy to hear that you did that! 🙂

My opinion? You’re in a high stress situation. And feeling the squeeze during those situations is completely normal.

I just want to remind you of one thing (that you already know).

The tasks in the challenge aren’t so important as the overall point. The overall point is to take a few minutes out of every day to do something for you. I give the…[Read more]

By the time I had even 10 minutes to myself today, it was 10;30 at night!  I did sit and enjoy a glass of wine, though.

I’m behind on check ins, or so it feels. I’m also behind on taking care of me according to the schedule. But, I’m doing some things that help offset that, so I’m not going to be mean with me… Today I was in the house and slept off and on. When I saw the challenge I took a minute to appreciate the outdoors.

Yesterday I did a good job, because it…[Read more]

Watching the clouds is one of my favorite pastimes in the summer. Most people think of rain when they think of Seattle, but we actually don’t get that much rain. We do, however, gets LOTS of cloudy skies – the city sits between two mountain ranges and the clouds settle in and stay a while. Today, they were gorge.

I watched the clouds go from high up and fluffy white to low and dark grey with lots of thunder and lightening. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a drop of rain!

Today has been low key for the most part. I cleaned, snapped a few food photos, etc. Went for a walk and then a BEAUTIFUL drive and just got finished giving my garden bed a once over.

Foods:

breakfast sandwich

cantina bowl from taco bell

yogurt

shrimp

Yep you’re right. I was posting from my phone and pasted the wrong thing. My bad!

Yep remember I made a swap last week and updated the list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YrgvPWvt7FB2Y7TRnLKOSX3ktsowbqsEiy8FMmfCAQc

@nikki-massie, my list says that day 15 is sit outside and watch the clouds go by and day 16 is get yourself something fragrant. Is there a different list that I don’t have?

Do I smell MOTIVATION???

(in my mind, motivation smells like chocolate, by the way!)

So let’s get you reconnected. But first, tell me 1-3 things you feel you need to “get your butt in gear” on?

From there we can get you connected to things that are going on!

I always had the fear of making phone calls. Go figure, I was a secretary for 20 years and that was a big part of the job. It would take a bit of time to psych myself up to actually make the calls. I am getting a little better, but still prefer to communicate via email, online forums, etc.

I spent 1 hour laying on the couch with my eyes closed and listening to my favorite music.